Classes
Coots Computing
Last week in our Computing lesson we used the BeeBot. We had already used the virtual beebot in our computing lessons, so the children enjoyed applying what they know about the virtual beebot to the actual Beebot. The children had time to ‘tinker’ with it and explore the different buttons before they set themselves a challenge to make a trail using building blocks for the Beebot to follow.
Gogo Giraffe
An exciting week for the Bitterns, as we got to sand and prime our Gogo giraffe and work in collaboration with our artist, Josie Smyth.
Block Coding
The Bitterns used Scratch to design a musical instrument and program code to run ‘on tap’. They selected appropriate blocks for their purpose and were incredibly creative!
Coots History
In our history, Coots have been learning about old toys. This week we had a play on toy old pinball games. A much older wooden one and an electronic one from the 80’s. The children had great fun playing these games and spotting the similarities and differences between the two toys.
Anglo-Saxon Building
In History Grebes have been pondering the question “How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?” Focusing mainly on invasions by Anglo-Saxons, we attempted to build using the Anglo-Saxon wattle and daub technique. These miniature walls are made from frames of pipe cleaners or paper straws (the wattle) with a mixture of clay, straw and water (the daub). All children agreed that this building technique has many challenges, but makes for surprisingly strong construction. It would have been more authentic but very smelly if we had used manure instead of clay!
Capacity
The Reception children have been exploring the capacity of different containers. We used vocabulary such as full, empty, half full and we were exploring which containers held the most water.
Science
Kingfishers testing fossil formation using different breads, water and toy dinosaurs.
