As part of Year 5’s learning about forces and air resistance, we are designing a fair test to find out what makes the best parachute. First, we learnt about how gravity and air resistance interact and used this to form scientific questions. Then we drew on our knowledge about gravity, mass and surface areas to help us make hypotheses about which parachute would work best. We worked in groups to carry out our scientific method, thinking carefully about constants and variables. Now we are ready to test and make observations about the parachutes that we made.
This week in year 6 we have been looking at personification. We decided to personify the candles . We looked at the movement of the flame and tried to link this to figurative language. We used candles to see the reality of the movement.
We thought hard about the vocabulary we could use that best fitted with the movement of the flame. Pirouetting, swaying, dancing twisting and turning.
Year 2 have got stuck into their lessons this week and have shown real enthusiasm and a fantastic attitude to learning.
In Maths we are using real objects to help us to understand numbers and how the number system works. We can already count in steps of different numbers, partition big numbers and use fantastic maths vocabulary. Keep it up!
This week in our Forest School sessions we used the bow saw. We listened carefully to the tools talk so that we knew how to use it safely. We used the bow saw to cut slices of wood from a branch. we then decorated the slices and wrote a Fruit of the Spirit on each one. Next week we will finish using the palm drill to put holes in the slices and then we can hang them up in the willow dome.
On Thursday some of the children worked together to make a small den / house for an animal. It even had a swimming pool!
Today we had our first Reading Together session in Reception. Thank you to all the parents and carers who attended today. The session will be on every Friday and it is a chance to change library books with your child and read together.
On Wednesday mornings, St. Clement’s holds a Stay and Play session for children aged birth – 3 Years. The sessions are held in the school hall, where there is a wide range of toys and activities to engage the little ones, as well as, friendly staff and parents to enjoy a nice chat with.
If you are interested in attending the sessions then please come along and enjoy the fun! Sessions run from 9.00am – 10.00am and families without children attending St. Clement’s are also welcome. See Miss Akers for further details.
Last week, Year 2 entered the classroom to find we had been visited over the weekend by something very strange indeed.
Upon investigation the children noticed there were some glittery footprints along with a trail of slime in the classroom and started to wonder as to who may have left that. We also spotted something that looked like a crash! Lots of wires, metal objects and screws. Very strange.
The children were asked to file a report for the police and explain what they thought had happened. We had some amazing ideas! Could it be a glitter monster? Could it be a scary, slimy alien?
Keep your eyes are ears open if you’re in the Year 2 hut!
This week Year three have been busy learning and exploring their first narrative of the year – Theseus and the Minotaur.
This is an ancient Greek myth and links perfectly with our current topic – Gods and Mortals. It is a conquering the monster tale and is split into five clear parts:
Opening Introduce the main character and all is well.
Build up A monster appears and causes problems.
Problem The monster is difficult to defeat.
Resolution The main character defeats the monster.
Ending All is well again and the main character gets a reward.
This has allowed Year 3 to learn the story by putting actions to the key parts and then retold in the correct order by following a story map. Click on the link below to see our story map
After putting actions to our story, Year 3 explored the characters further through drama. Hot seating, freeze frames and spot lighting really helped Year 3 understand more about the characters.
In Year 1 we have been learning the story ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson. We have been learning to re-tell the story off by heart using actions and role play. We have enjoyed making puppets, creating story maps and using our phonics knowledge to label and write sentences about Zog.
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