Lauren Hazelton
In Forest School this week, we used toilet roll holders to create our own mini bird feeders. We smothered out toilet roll in lard, then rolled them in the oats and seeds to cover all the lard up. Some of us added cocktail sticks so the birds can land on our feeders. Once finished, we […]
Every Friday for this half term, we have Forest Schools. Our curriculum link for these sessions is D&T, with a focus on cooking. Today we all had a turn at making salt dough; we measured the flour and salt, carefully poured in water then mixed it using our hand. We then molded the dough into […]
As part of our final day before the Christmas holidays, we all had four rich tea biscuits to decorate with icing and sprinkles. Everyone enjoyed making these and we let them set before enjoying them with our Christmas film (The Grinch animated version). Apologies if none made it home, they were very tasty! Have a […]
Thank you to all the family members who made it to our sharing session today. We made Christingle’s because it linked nicely to our RE topic this half term; Christianity. The Christingle is used in churches as each element represents an idea symbolic to Christian beliefs. The orange represents the world, the red ribbon is […]
Over the last half term, Woodpeckers have been learning about rocks in science. We have looked at the three types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We found out how each rock is formed and looked at examples of each rock. In English, we have learnt about headings and subheadings, adverbials, adjectives, expanded noun phrases, […]
In English this week, we looked at headings, subheadings and paragraphs. We learnt that headings are like a title; they are usually in a bigger size or bolder font and underlined. The heading tells us about what the page/leaflet etc. is going to be about. Subheadings are like mini titles and they tell us what […]
So far this half term, in Woodpeckers class, we have looked at ballads in music. We know that ballads are songs that tell a story and that they have lyrics, a chorus and an instrumental part. So far, our favourite song is Christina Perri’s A Thousand Years!
In Science, we are looking at the three different types of rocks and how they are formed. We learnt that igneous rocks are formed when magma cools into rock. Sedimentary rocks are formed under water and under lots of pressure. Metamorphic rocks are rocks that were once igneous or sedimentary rocks come under intense heat […]
On Monday we went to Kinetic Adventure in Claydon (near Ipswich). We learnt all about the sizes of planets, the International Space Station and even had a go at a few science experiments. We had a lovely day and would recommend everyone to look out for the offers they have over half terms and on […]
In a recent Woodpeckers computing lesson, we looked at Sketchpad on the Chromebooks. This is a free website that allows you to draw, write and colour. We thought about what astronauts might take onto the International Space Station and then drew our pictures of items in their bag using Sketchpad.
On our trip to Flatford, we had a wonderful tour guide who spoke about John Constable and the history of Flatford. We created our own drawings, discussed the use of the river in the past and learnt about John Constable’s life. Here are some of the pictures from that day.
In Science we are looking at Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He was an engineer who created tunnels, bridges, ships and docks. One of Brunel’s many creations was building the biggest ship of his time. We decided to plan and carry out an investigation into creating a tin foil boat that can hold as many pennies as […]