The creative process! Everyone worked really hard to use a contrast of hot and cold colours and create layers of different materials to create a slice of a landscape. Will post images of the finished product on Monday 😀

What an interesting afternoon (and lots of interesting noises to be heard!). After completing research on the digestive system this week, the class worked in pairs to create their own working model! They started with the banana and crackers in the ‘mouth’ with the saliva, then added the stomach acids and enzymes (orange juice) and used the ‘muscles’ to break up and mush up the food even more. This was then transferred to the ‘small intestine’ (a leg of tights) where all the nutrients were squeezed out into body on its way through (a particularly noisy part of the model making!) After this, we then moved onto the large intestine, where the body would take out the water and salt and start to solidify the waist, which children then pushed out the bottom of the cup  ( perhaps the noisiest part of the model making!). They had lots of fun and there were a lot of good learning conversations 😀

Another super literacy carousel this morning. Each group rotated through four activities: spelling practice, reading books, reading comprehension card and a VCOP activity (today’s was a game separating Proper Nouns and Common Nouns).

Using money to count out amounts and then using some role play to develop use of money and making change.

This week, we looked at Scottish artist and designer Gillian Kyle and tried out the tea cake challenge 😀

This week we have been using film, books and online research to learn about the respiratory system and finished off by making a working model of a lung! 

Lots of practical learning about angles (and very careful use of the saw by everyone!).

Today we learned a little about Scottish artist Andy Scott and looked at some of his sculptures. Although Andy tends to use steel, we worked on developing our creative skills using clay to create a tile that represented something important to us. 

Enjoying a short physical activity to give the brain a boost!

As part of our ‘How the Body Works’ learning, we have been focussed on the heart and the blood! Today, all of these super scientists worked together to make their own drop of blood. There were lots of excellent discussions about the different parts of the blood (plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets) and their function.