Investigating the strength of magnets.
The children in Willow class used their investigative skills to test the strength of different types of magnets, and whether the size of the magnet affected the strength.
Staffordshire Regimental Museum
Our trip enriched our learning about WW1. We had a fantastic guide, Roger, who explained all about life in the trenches, weapons, uniforms-showed us some interesting artefacts. We had such a great time in the trenches, acting out the various roles and discovering new learning about the war.
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Creating 3D pictures
In Art we have been using tints and shades to develop 3D art.
Hot seating in the role of Sidney.
In English we are reading the book ‘One Boy’s War’ to link in with our topic on WW2. Today we took on the role of Sydney (an 16 year old recruit) and asked him questions about his time in the war. The children used their knowledge to respond as Sydney and answer some tough, heart-wrenching…
National European Languages Day.
Today we learnt to sign our names and proudly showed the class.
We joined in with the song ‘Voices of Unity’ and created actions for the chorus. Our freestyle dance moves during the instrumental were incredible!
We followed this with our French lesson, holding conversations with our…
Investigating friction
In Science today the children investigated how friction plays a part in movement. They investigated different materials to see which one had the most friction.
Trench building
We are learning about the living conditions in the trenches. The children were able to create their own trench fit for soldiers.
Superhero proof readers
In Willow class we are super hero proof readers. Our purple pen edits our fantastic writing. Who will we choose to be today?
Exploring forces
In our science lesson we are investigating pull, push and twist forces. Looking into how different actions have different results.
Shadows
We have been learning about shadows in science. We have worked in groups to carry out a scientific enquiry to investigate how the distance of a light source affects the size of a shadow. We have discovered that the further away the light source is,the smaller the shadow is.
Shadows
In science we have been learning about how we can change the size of shadows. We carried out an investigation to explore how the length of shadows changes over the day.