Autumn Term
Maths
We had a great start to the new term!
Today in maths we enjoyed making our own place value abacus using spaghetti and cheerios!
History
To start our history topic on the Islamic Civilisation the classroom was transformed into a trading market in Baghdad to help us find out about the silk roads and the goods that were travelled on them.
PHSE
We used drama to explore our PHSE topic on staying safe and managing risk. We looked at violent relationships and where you could go for help.
English
In English we have been reading the book 'There's a boy in the girls bathroom' by Louis Sacher. We used drama today to explore Bradley's thoughts and feelings.
Maths
Today in maths we played a game that involved rounding numbers within 1,00,000.
Science
In Science we represented how we have day and night and used the Earth's tilt to explain how we have seasons.
Today we sat in a circle and sketched the shape of the moon that we could see from our position. It helped us to explain why the moon appears to change shape and the cycle it has.
We marked out the planets orbits around the sun to represent how long a year is.
Art and DT
In art and DT, we enjoyed making our own coasters by designing our own Islamic patterns. We used acrylic pens and practised experimenting with geometric patterns.
History
We finished our Islamic Civilisation topic by reenacting the dramatic Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258 which brought an end to the golden age of Islam.
Science
In science we started our new topic on Forces.
Today we tested the explanations of Aristotle and Galileo about how things fall. Children investigated and found evidence for these ideas, exploring gravity as a non-contact force.
English
Today we started our new English book, 'Shackleton's Journey'. by William Grill. We all took on the role of a member of the crew and can't wait to read more to find out what happens to us in this incredible story!
Today we created a conscious alley to persuade Shackleton to stay or risk his life to get back to South Georgia from Elephant Island to raise the alarm for help.
Science
We investigated the question: Does the shape of an object affect its movement in water?
French
We enjoyed our morning of French at Deighton Gates today. We had a teacher from Wetherby High School to come and teach us some french and play games.
Children in Need
To raise money for children in need we wore spots and took part in a variety of fun activities. We enjoyed making shortbread biscuits as a whole school and decorating them with smarties.
Science
We made parachutes to investigate how we can slow a moving object down. We changed one variable in our parachute and observed what happened.
D Side
We enjoyed our visit from D-Side today. We learnt about the effects of smoking to start our new PHSE topic on Drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
