On Monday, we took part in 'The Internet Owl: Be Kind online' workshop.  We described how to behave online in ways that do not upset others and gave examples. We described ways that some people can be kind online. 

We made a poster to remind ourselves and others how to stay safe online.

During this lesson, children began to understand the importance of organising data effectively for counting and comparing. They created their own tally charts to organise data and represent the tally count as a total. Finally, we answered questions comparing totals in tally charts using vocabulary such as ‘more than’ and ‘less than’.

During this lesson, children became familiar with the term ‘pictogram’. They first created their pictograms manually and then progressed to creating them using a computer.  We used a software called 'Just 2 Easy'. Children started to understand the advantages of using computers rather than manual methods to create pictograms, and used this to answer simple questions.

During this lesson, children thought about the importance of effective data collection. They considered the benefits of different data collection methods and why, for example, we would use a pictogram to display the data collected. They first created a tally chart of different minibeasts they found and then used this to make a pictogram on a computer. 

Swan class took part in a live lesson with Farmer Eveey to answer questions and learn about the different parts of a tractor, the materials they are made from and why each material has been chosen for each job. They then discovered how Eveey’s clever tractors drive themselves and all the other important jobs they do. 

Why do scientists wait around in old buildings in the middle of the night? They are protecting the connections in a food web which keep the habitat around the building healthy. Swan class explored what would happen if these connections are broken. 

In this project, Swan Class will learn to design and make a bag for a fictional character (Claude) with a specific purpose such as to carry a reading book, pencil case etc.

We first learnt about the origin of fibres used to make selected common fabrics and how some are constructed. We were then given different bags and had to categorise them.

We read our design brief and planned our bag. We then created a prototype of our bag using paper. We connected the bags in different ways such as stapling, using sellotape and glue. 

We made the bag by using different ways to connect the pieces of fabric.

We made sure to evaluate our bags and checked it alongside our design brief and some students from KS2.

In today's lesson, children thought about ways in which objects can be grouped by attributes. They then tallied objects using a common attribute and presented the data in the form of a pictogram. Children then answered questions based on their pictograms using mathematical vocabulary such as ‘more than’/’less than’ and ‘most’/’least’.