Spring Term 2022: Weeks 1 and 2
Great to all be back in the room Class Newton.
The beginning of term has been chance to draw a conclusion to our science work on Forces and our History- based experience outcome to build and complete a diorama of an Anderson shelter and garden.
In science, the children carried out tow different investigiations into physical processes. First the children explored streamlining and streamlined shapes, uing small lumps of clay adn leasuring the time it took them to sink to the bottom of a measuring cylinder. The children had to calcute the mean average and explain what they observed. Then, using this knowledge, they had to make a boat and observe how well (or not) it travelled across a stretch of water.
Next stop was friction. The class were very excited to see the balance bikes in the classroom and a bit intrigued as to why they were there. All was revealed as they carried out in another investigation, this time looking at what makes a good set of brakes.
Finally, bringing our History leanring from last term to a conclusion, the children finished their dioramas and Anderson shelters as part of a mini Challenge Time. Super impressed by the quality of the products made using DT skills, the originality of the ideas and the authenticity of the details using history knowledge.
Our new experience outcome is writing a story set in a Maya civilisation and our BIG QUESTION is "What do you need to know to write an adventure story?" We are taking inspiration from the book The Explorer by Katherine Rundell and have already read the fist few chapters. The children will be entering thieir sotories into a writing competion at the end of the term organised by the Historical Association. You can view our SMSC map and Experience overview here https://chrishall.essex.sch.uk/essex/primary/chrishall/arenas/newton/wiki/pages/learningoutcomes/spring2022 and we will be adding resources to this over the term. Our new science unit is "Spherical Bodies" and began with some interplanetary speed dating as the children gathered knowledge about our solar system to create a poster.