Christmas celebrations.

Here are a few snaps of festive fun in Kew Gardens Base!





Wishing everybody a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011!

R.E Jesus Light of the world

We have been learning how light is used as a symbol. We looked at the Christingle and how the candle represents Jesus bringing light into the world.

Then we thought about what we coulds do to make the world a lighter, brighter place. Here are some of ouir ideas!

Science and D.T.

In our science work we have been finding out about different forces. We have planned and carried out experiments investigating the forces involved in rolling vehicles down ramps, changing certain variables and noting the effects.

Next we looked at a variety of  toy vehicles, disassembled them and examined how the different parts worked and joined together.

Finally we designed and made our own vehicles. We had to work carefully to make sure the wheels turned successfully!

Then we added the finishing touches!

Here is a slideshow of our results.

Snow day activities.

I hope you have all had some fun in the snow! Remember it is very slippery today so do take care.
Here are some activities to keep you busy!
As we are looking at poetry in literacy you might like to compose your own snow poem. It could be a shape poem, or a list poem. Here are some examples.......
Snow Snow Snow.
Snow snow snow
Is
Falling
From
The sky
And
It is a
Winter
Wonderland
Out there
Believe
Me
Aldo Kraas

SNOWFALL

Snow snow wonderful snow. Snowman, snow forts, snow igloos, snow mobiles, snow boarding. All my favorite in the snow, all right, and all white. I hope it snows all night.
Brady McCrary

When composing your poems remember our top tips!

·         Use exciting, descriptive words.

·         Link words that sound good together [maybe rhyming or alliteration].

·         Separate describing words with commas.

·         Start each line with a capital letter.

·         Put a full stop at the end.

In our number work we are learning to read and order numbers.

Click  HERE to Play Rabbit, Carrot Number cruncher Game!

To play this game you need to:

       Read the question, Move the rabbit with the mouse until he is sitting on a correct answer and then CLICK to see him eat the carrot. He will only eat the carrot if he is sitting on a correct answer.

Next week in our topic work we are going to learn about how school life has changed in the last 100 years  by looking at a Victorian classroom and comparing it with our school today.

 To prepare for this at home it would be great if you could talk to a grand -parent or an older friend or neighbour about their memories of school life to show how gradual changes in practice were.

You could prepare a list of questions about how they travelled to school, what they wore,  what subjects they learned, what equipment they used, what the classroom was like and what happened if they got into trouble!

The video on the last blog entry will start you off.