Think Safe

On Thursday, we took part in a Think Safe event which taught us how to be good junior citizens. We heard from different people about different ways to keep safe - have a look on the website to see some of the ways you can be keeping safe! 

 Eastleigh Borough council spoke to us about how to stay safe when approaching dogs in public places.  

 We built on our work with the PCSOs when we learnt about 'stranger dangers.'  After speaking with the PCSO, we understood how important it is not to go anywhere with people we don't know.

The Hampshire fire and rescue service taught us some important lessons about fires in the home. We even had a go at calling the fire service to report a fire! We were also taught about fire alarms and how important they are in protecting us in our homes.

The RNLI discussed with us how to keep safe on the beach and what to do if we find ourselves in trouble. We also learnt what to do if we see someone else struggling at sea or on the beach.

From the trading standards institute we learnt all about how to check if items are genuine or not using the labels. We also learnt about 'use-by' and 'sell-by' dates and how to check the food we have is safe to eat.

Another activity we took part in was a handwashing activity - we were shocked to see how many germs were on our hands under a UV light! We were given a special foam to put on our hands before shaking hands with people - we could then see the germs under the UV light. After we had washed our hands we expected the germs to go, but it was surprising how many we could still see! We soon realised how important it is to wash our hands thoroughly.

We also participated in a First Aid activity where we learnt some basic skills such as the recovery position, helping in a safe environment and raising the alarm if we need.

Overall, we learnt some really helpful skills throughout the day. If you would like to know more, have a look on the website! Think safe website:  http://www.juniorcitizen.org.uk/kids/ 

Capacity

Capacity

This week in maths we have been learning about capacity.  We had great fun measuring different amounts of green liquid.  There were two challenges for us which helped us with estimating and measuring.  Why not have a go at home?!

Task 1: Pour out an estimate of 100ml into an unmarked beaker.  How close can you get?

 

Task 2: Ask someone to pour out an amount in an unmarked beaker.  Estimate the amount before measuring it out.  How close were you?

Gardening Club commenced again at the beginning of March.  We started by thinking about crop rotation and which borders our; alliums, roots, brassicas and legumes were to be grown. 

And then we .......

cleared last years leeks before planting peas in the legume border,  

Tidied the shed and working areas,

planted shallots, red and white onion sets in the allium border and then hung CD's to protect them from birds! 

We sowed lettuce, broad beans, sweet peas .... (but to name a few)

Moved compost ...

 cleaned out the chicken coop and had hugs!

which everyone had helped make, by composting your left over fruit, grass cutting and chicken straw.   

But we have bigger and bolder plans......

over the coming months we plan to  .........                     

1.  plant a herb garden on the strip of ground in front of years 6, 5 and 4.

2.  build a fruit cage alongside the raised borders by the chicken coop.

3.  and take part in the Rocket Science experiment.  This involves schools across the UK growing rocket seeds.  These seeds have been in space, with Tim Peake at the International Space Station.  And by us growing, watching and recording how they grow we will help inform scientists about growing food in space.  

To see Tim Peake's message to schools copy and paste the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgSJKqDRFk

Marwell Trip

Marwell Visit

 

On Tuesday 15th March Year 4 set off on a trip to Marwell with Year 3.  We had a great time looking at various animal skins and live animals in the workshop. Some of us were really brave and touched Colin the Cockroach.

 

 

We spent lots of time in the tropical house studying the minibeasts and the habitats that they live in.  Our next topic is Brazil, so we used the time to look closely at some of the different plants found in rainforests.

 

 

After collecting research for our topic, we had great fun looking around the zoo.  We were incredibly lucky to see so many animals out and about in their enclosures.  Both tigers were visible and even the leopards were strutting their stuff for us.

 

Thank you to all the parents, helpers and staff who joined us on the day.

 

 

 

 

 

Fairtrade Bananas

 It's fairtrade fortnight in Kings Copse! In maths, we are currently investigating measurements, and this gave us the perfect opportunity to look into fairtrade bananas. We wanted to find out the average measurements of a fairtrade banana, so decided to measure certain aspects.

 What do you think we used to measure each of these things?

We also discussed the journeys that these bananas have been on, and the benefits for the people involved. 

One of the best parts was getting to eat them as a healthy breaktime snack!

NSPCC Big Work Out

This week we took part in the NSPCC BIG Work Out!

The idea was to have fun while challenging ourselves to complete different sporting activities.

The children worked together to see how many burpees (ask you child!), skips, step ups and bean bags in a bucket they could complete in one minute.

The totals were added up and the winning school team in each section was awarded 10 points. School council are busy collecting up all the results and the winning team will be announced soon!

All the children who took part did really well. The activities were quite tiring and one minute suddenly seemed quite a long time. Apologies for some of the photos being a bit blurry but they were moving very fast!

Of course we were also trying to raise awareness for the NSPCC and some money to support all the work they do with children.

If you have managed to collect any sponsorship please bring it into school by Friday 11th March.

Thank you.