News/Blog

In our science lessons, we have been learning about evolution and inheritance. We wanted to put Charles Darwin’s finches theory to the test. An experiment was conducted to test which type of beak was the most successful when trying to gather food and how this lead to adaptation.

Tearing leaves apart.

Which is best to pick up worms?

Which is best to pick up seeds.

Year 2 bringing bar charts to life outside in the playground, finding out which fruit the class liked best.

Then converting themselves to a grid on the ground, using the hundred square to keep it tidy.

You can just see that grapes pipped strawberries by two!

We made a goalkeeper using Lego Wedo and Scratch 2. The motor is attached to the white lego brick on the back of the goalie making him move from post to post.
Shaw and Taylor.

We used timers to make our legs kick forwards and backwards. Then we experimented with sound. We chose a ‘boing’ sound. We are looking forward to going home as we have chosen to make a goal and ball so that our legs can kick the ball into the goal.
Megan and Rubie.

Year 1 went out to draw some of the local houses, they were told to draw what they see. We all thought that Riley did a really good job.

Year 6 have been working hard all term getting to know how to use the Scratch 2 program. Its has been a learning curve for everyone, adults and pupils, and today saw a really productive session as everyone got to grips with producing a “Hide and Seek” game.

Year 2 were set homework to find and write out a poem that they really enjoyed, this is a sample of what came in this week. They made us smile we thought you might like to see some of them too.

It looks like we’ve had lots of visitors to the bug hotel over the summer. Year 2 enjoyed sowing wild flower seeds and planting flowers to try and attract lots of wildlife and it’s looking great.

Year 6 have been working hard for some time now to build up their literary writing skills. This week -when they were asked to produce a piece of free verse based on the Ikea (t-shirt birds) advert – they more than stepped up to the challenge. Mrs Essex was thrilled and impressed (as were we all) with the standard of the work they produced. These three, free verse pieces shown here, are fantastic examples. Well done Year 6! Click on the links below to read their work. then on their name in the window that opens.

Home Lexxie The Journey of the Birds Harvey Way Home Cassidy