Spy Disguises

Year 3 came up with some brilliant disguises! Can you tell who is who?

 

Understanding how sound travels through the ear.

Drama in the ear!

 

Today we learnt that sound is made by vibrations.  These vibrations travel through the solids, liquids and gases around us. 

 

Our ear is a clever piece of biology and traps the sounds.  These travel through the middle ear and into the inner ear before heading along the auditory nerve to our brain. Once there, our brain can translate vibrations into recognisable sounds.

 

We had great fun pretending to be all the individual components of the ear.

 

 

 

 

What did you do at school today?

For many parents a child starting school and handing them over to the care of another adult can be very hard. For some parents to 'lose' their child for a part of the day, especially if they have been at home with their child , can be quite lonely. So it stands to reason that most parents will ask their child at pick up time - 'What did you do today?'. They want to know what their child has been doing in school without them. Most young children will reply "nothing" or "played" and this has to be frustrating for a parent who really wants a blow by blow account of what has happened from when they left their child until they pick them up again. 
So,  We thought it would be helpful for parents to see all the skills the children have already learnt in the past two weeks. This is what your child has been doing in school, they have learned some if not all of the following: 

To say goodbye to their parent/carer & trust they will come back at home time.

To register themselves in on the board and choose their lunch.

To wash their hands & get a their photo for self registering snack.

To choose one piece of fruit from the snack choice.

To open the milk bottles or pour a cup of water.

To wash out the milk bottle or cup and put it in the right bin.

To put the empty cup to dry after washing it.

To put the milk bottle in the white bin.

To wear an apron when playing at the water or painting.

To label their own art work.

To take turns using the sand timers.

To try & take off their own shoes & put on their welly boots & vice versa.

To try & take off their own jumpers & put them back on again.

To tidy up the classroom.

To find out what there is to play with in each area.

To be part of a group of up to 29. 

To listen to a short story.

To speak in front of 29 children and lots of adults.
To begin to understand that when they need an adult they will have to wait.

To stay and eat lunch in school.

To walk through an enticing classroom, full of toys & head out into the playground at lunch time.
To follow a group instruction - when the teacher says 'time to go to the carpet area - they know to all head off into the area together. 
To do sally sitting without bouncing! 
To wait for their name to be called before going out for the classroom at home time.
To play with sticks and know not to point them at eyes!

As you can see it's actually amazing what they have accomplished and I know there is more that could go on the list but it would take you all night to read them!!!!! maybe we should add some more each week? 

Have you thought about different ways of talking to your children about what they have done with their day? Share something about what you have done with them. 

We would love to know what gets your child talking about school, let us know.

 Another choice is knowing where to have snack.Here the children can be seen making the most of the sunshine earlier in the week whilst chatting and snacking together.Making new friends is so important.

 This week a band of nurses have given us all a fit bill of health!!!!!!

There seems to have been a large interest in the bears that might be in the woods.

 so watch this space for next weeks bear activities.

Illustrators in the making

Illustrator Study Take 2

 

This week was the turn of Nick Sharratt.  We have been looking at, and exploring, his images that are used for a wide range of authors, most famously Jacqueline Wilson.

 

We had a go at different methods for colouring including pencil and coloured paper. 

 

Our most successful images were created using our new fine line pens.

 

Comment below and tell us what you think...

 

 

Something fishy has been going on....

All the staff were talking on Tuesday morning.... There was a shock discovery in Year 3 and 4. The fish have gone missing!

Thankfully, we have an amazing set of spies and detectives who are experts in finding evidence and solving mysteries. Armed with notepads, magnifying glasses, iPads (to take photos) and tape measures, we set to work!

We scoured the grounds to see what evidence there might be. One of the first things we found was a book that was about setting up an aquarium....

There was also a pair of waders and pieces of paper that had some sort of code on it... pot, may, tom were just some of the codes that we found.

Using our detective tools, we measured any evidence that we saw. We spotted some large paw prints on the floor. There was also a pair of binoculars left behind.



There was lots of evidence still to be found.... a ladder against a wall, a rope left on the floor, trails of fish food, cutlery and a fishing net to name but a few.

We stepped into the forensic lab to analyse the fingerprints left in Year 4. Mrs Glyn-Davies used her super microscope so we could look at all of the small lines and loops on the fingerprint. 

We also noticed a large forensics tent set up on the field. But what was inside? Mr Earle put his gloves on so that he didn't damage any of the evidence. Inside they found broken glass (that Mr Earle and Mrs Stanley had picked up in to a tray). There was also a bottle of detergent left there. Everything was getting even more mysterious!

Our super sleuths are now analysing all of the evidence and trying to crack the mystery. Where have the fish gone? Keep your eyes peeled to see if  our daring detectives can find out what has happened!

Code Crackers

Just like real spies, we've been extremely busy trying to crack secret codes! We found out that Agent Noun, Agent Verb and Agent Adverb had been writing secret code words. Agent Noun only writes his secret codes using nouns, Agent Verb always uses verbs and Agent Adverb only uses adverbs

We needed to solve the codes to work out who wrote each of the messages, Some of them were written in invisible ink, some used numbers instead of letters, a few of the codes were written in Morse code and there were even some codewords written in sign language!

With our superb spy skills, it wasn't long until we cracked the messages and worked out which Agent they belonged to.

Live drawing with Sir Quentin Blake

 Roald Dahl Extravaganza

 

Today we took part in the Puffin Virtually Live Roald Dahl extravaganza.  This was an event streamed globally live from Drury Lane in London.

 

As part of our topic, we have been learning about different authors.  Last week we studied the work of Sir Quentin Blake.

 

Luckily for us, there was a draw-a-long session with Quentin Blake.  We had a go at drawing Willy Wonka with his amazing guidance.  What do you think?