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Date: 20th May 2021 @ 6:35pm
After exploring all existing products and making prototypes of each mechanism, it was time to create our own design! We linked our designs to the story 'Giraffes can't Dance,' and we chose a scene from this book that we would like to bring to life.
We then brought our designs to life by creating our moving picture of a scene from ‘Giraffes can’t Dance!’ We looked back at the designs we had created to check the key elements, including the characters, background and the type of mechanism we wanted to use. We recapped on our key vocabulary, lever, slider, pivot, push, pull, direction, up, down, left and right, and described our desired movement and mechanism to our partner. We reviewed how to make each type of mechanism and the key parts to remember with each one, before beginning to make our moving picture. We all successfully made a moving picture with a combinatnation of levers, sliders and wheels!
Date: 20th May 2021 @ 6:31pm
We began the morning by exploring existing products and introducing our new vocabulary. We read each key word and discussed what they mean. We identified which of our key words – lever, slider, pivot, push, pull, direction, up, down, left and right – fit with each example of the mechanism. We then found examples of levers, sliders and wheels in books. We discussed the way the moving part moves, how does it work and what effect is has.
Our first mechanism to make was a slider! We read the Gingerbread man story and talked about which part we might like to turn into a moving picture! Lots of us said a good part of the story to make would be when the characters chase the Gingerbread man and this is the picture we made! To make a part move in our picture we needed to make a sliding mechanism.
Our second mechanism was a lever! For this mechanism we linked our learning to the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We read and discussed the story and we were then ready to turn part of the story into a moving picture using a lever mechanism.
Our third and final new mechanism technique was a wheel. We read the story Little Red Riding Hood, and discussed that we are going to again turn part of the story into a moving picture using a wheel mechanism!
Date: 19th May 2021 @ 5:05pm
It's been all about shapes in Nursery this week! The chidlren have done so well learning the names of some 2D shapes and they have started to use the shapes to make pictures. We have also talked about shapes in the environment and went on a little shape hunt around nursery - it's amazing the amount of shapes we found!
Shell Structures for Design Technology
Date: 19th May 2021 @ 4:36pm
For our Design Technology day we created our own Shell Structures, after looking at the nets of many different existing product packagings.
Our design brief was to create a lunch box suitable for a Year 3 pupil to take out to a picnic that could carry food. Although we had to create our models in card and paper, we discussed how it would be better for them to be made in plastic so they would be more durable but less eco friendly as plastic pollution is a big problem for the planet.
We discussed how the existing products we had looked at were made from recycleable materials and we used recycled card in our final designs. We found the recycle symbols on most of our existing products.
We completed our designs, made our prototypes and refined our ideas before creating our final product in card. We also learned how to strengthen and stiffen materials using laminating, tubes and corrugation. We had to cut and glue carefully once we had put our bold designs onto our structures. It was very fiddly and tricky but we showed resilience.
Date: 19th May 2021 @ 8:10am
This week we have continued with our topic 'Journey to Space' by painting our own new planet. We used layed watercolours then added unique patterns by blowing paint onto the planets. We were very pleased with the results.
In science, we found out about the different phases of the moon. We then used the inside of oreo biscuits to display our learning.
Date: 18th May 2021 @ 9:28pm
Over the past few weeks the children in Willow class have had their classroom transformed into superhero central. We have enjoyed reading lots of different superhero stories, using our imagination to create our own superhero narrative, making and painting superheros, working our superhero maths equations and drawing and writing about our own superheroes. Come and have a look at our amazing work.
Date: 18th May 2021 @ 9:22pm
Reception have been working really hard with our reading. We have been practising applying our phonic knowledge of phase 3 sounds when reading independently. We have been using our robot arms to segment and blend the sounds andtrying hard to improve our fluency. Well done Reception, keep up the hard work.
Date: 18th May 2021 @ 5:03pm
This week's topic in Reception has been Super Heroes! We have been dressing up, acting out our own narratives, writing and taking it in taking turns playing maths games. We read the story Supertato, wrote about our favourite part of the story and even made our own Supertato!
Take a look at what some of our photos!
Date: 18th May 2021 @ 1:59pm
This week in Reception we have been reading the story Supertato. We identified all the different vegetables in the story and talked about the importance of making sure we include these in our diet. We then wrote some sentences about Supertato and labelled the super veggies using our phonics knowledge. At the creative table we used a range of different meduims and materials to create our own 'Supertato' models and pictures. Have a look at our wonderful work!
Year Three are enjoying their lessons from the Royal Ballet School!
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 9:24pm
Although Boundary Primary School have been part of the Royal Ballet Scheme for some time, last week was the first face to face lesson for Year Three after lots of virtual lessons. The children learnt a great deal from their teachers, 'Sarah and Rob' and are really looking forward to their next lesson. We also have a number of children in Years Four, Five and Six who are participating in the Royal Ballet scheme and they too are enjoying face to face lessons after months of lessons on Zoom.
Introducing the superb cast of a Midsummer Night's Dream!
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 9:03pm
Twenty children from Year Five are going to be a Royal Shakespeare Company film this summer along with children from other local schools. Everyone has been really committed to learning their lines and are enjoying paericipating in such an exciting project! Here are a few photographs of the cast.
Fantastic Forest School Fun For Year Five!
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 8:41pm
Year Five have been really enjoying their forest schools sessions! They have completed a collaborative challenge of building a tower using only natural materials, found tadpoles in the pond, built a campfire and sampled popcorn cooked on the fire. The children are currently working towards the completion of a forest schools certificate.
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 6:15pm
We continued our science learning this week by investigating the life cycles of different animals. We compared the life cycle of a mammal, amphibian, bird and an insect. We learned that some animals lay eggs, while others give bith to live young. A mosquito's life cycle is only 7 days, while a dolphin can live up to sixty years.
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 5:23pm
This year our school council meetings have been quite different to previous years due to Covid 19. We now meet virtually using 'Googlemeet' and this appears to be working really well.
The School Council have decided on which charities they want to support and have been busy coming up with ideas as to how to raise money.
Local Charities- Brian House and Donna's dream House.
National Charities- Children in Need and Comic Relief.
International Charity- Water Aid.
Money has already been raised for Children in Need and Comic Relief and, as you can see from the photos on the blog, everyone had fun participating in these events!
The School councillors have now been given the task to generate ideas of how we can continue to support our local charities, Brian House and Donna's Dream House in the final half term of the year. Watch this space!
One potato, two potato, three potato, four...
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 4:56pm
This week we have been planting potatoes in our outdoor area. We worked together, sharing the tools and helping each other dig the holes. It was a rainy day and we were very dirty when we had finished! In a few months time, with some sunshine and (more) rain, they should be ready for digging up and eating- we can't wait!
Date: 17th May 2021 @ 3:28pm
Last week we learned about Piet Mondrian and Andy Warhol who are famous artists from History. We understood that they created different types of prints, so we took inspiration from this to create our own. We designed our printing blocks, and used primary and secondary colours to create simple and then repeating patterns. It was very tricky to carve our design using straight lines into the lino block, but we persevered (with help)! We loved our final designs and thought that the lines stood out really clearly!
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 8:35pm
This week we spent some time outside and used our senses to take in the world around us! We talked about things we can do to support our mental health and how we can support each other. We listened to the birds, looked for patterns in the clouds and looked at all the different colour we could see. We also listened to a story.
During snack time we then recapped on the 5 important things we can keep doing to help us boost our mental health: Connecting with others, staying active, keeping learning, taking notice and giving of our time.
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 7:55pm
This afternoon, the children designed their own Medusa inspired hair pieces by creating card linkages, loose pivots and a card lever to create a moving hair piece. The children created their prototypes today which went really well.
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 7:46pm
On Monday, year 4 completed a practical activity looking into digestion. As digestion isn't something they can see with their own eyes the children demonstrated all the stages of digestion using crackers, bananas, water, orange juice and tights. The children loved this activity and have learnt a great deal about digestion.
Date: 14th May 2021 @ 8:01am
In Science, we have been learning about electricity. We found out that in order for an electric current to flow around a circuit there must be no breaks in it. We were given a varity of scenario cards with different circuits on. We made predicitons as to whether these were working circuits and then tested them. After testing, we recorded our results and found out that our predictions were brilliant!
Date: 13th May 2021 @ 7:46pm
We had a bit of a stink in nursery today when we made some dinosaur poop! The children helped to measure and mix all of the ingredients and then they selected what sort of food the dinosaurs might eat. We decided they would probably have eaten some grass, leaves, nuts and seeds - can you see those things in our dinosaur poop?
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 8:00pm
At 9.50 this morning we listened to Anthony Horrowitz broadcast for the ‘Take 10’ event. We listened to him explain why he enjoys reading, where his favourite place to read is and what his favourite type of books are. At 10 o’clock it was then our turn to read! We each selected a book or comic we wanted to read and had ten minutes of independent reading. After this we then briefly discussed our favourite books and what we like about them. All the children enjoyed having the time to read and talk about books they enjoy!
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 7:52pm
This week in our Reading into Writing sessions we have been using 'and' and because to extend our sentences. We began the week by finding and building sentences containing 'and' and worked on writing the remainder of a given sentence. For example, 'I went to the shop and...'
"bought some sweets!"
"saw my friends!"
"my mum bought some milk."
We then linked our learning to the story 'Aliens Love Underpants.' We described different aliens from the story, using and to extend our sentences and connect two ideas.
We have also then began to talk about using commas! Miss Kay showed us a sentence she had written about the aliens, but it had too many 'ands!' We learnt how to use commas in a list, and we will continue our work with this.
