We started the new year focusing on pets in the Sunshine’s and Rainbow classes. We shared how we look after our pets and what we needed to do this. Our second week a tiger came into our classrooms! Lots of children built traps to capture the tiger incase it came back. We then learnt about the Tiger who came to Tea and had lots of tea parties in our role play areas. The life education bus came to visit with Harold the giraffe and taught us how to look after ourselves. In Math’s we have been busy finding different ways to make 5. In our RE we read the story of Daniel and the Lions Den, making Lion masks.
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STEM Space Workshop
This week, Years 5 & 6 welcomed Dr. Irene Wise, from Lancaster University, to lead them in a Space themed workshop.
We looked at the problems faced by the crew of Apollo 13, and tried to work out how to solve it using a plastic box, a rubber tube, a plastic bag, cardboard and tape!
We tested the properties of various materials to see which would be useful in space for different purposes.
Finally, we designed and made prototype landing pod to safely land an astronaut (jelly baby) onto the surface of Mars.
STEM Space Workshop
This week, Years 5 & 6 welcomed Dr. Irene Wise, from Lancaster University, to lead them in a Space themed workshop.
We looked at the problems faced by the crew of Apollo 13, and tried to work out how to solve it using a plastic box, a rubber tube, a plastic bag, cardboard and tape!
We also made a new material that could be used in Space – slime!
Using the slime and other materials, we designed and made prototype landing pod to safely land an astronaut (jelly baby) onto the surface of Mars.
