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Cam Toys
Year 5 have had an amazing DT day today making toys using cams mechanisms. They applied creativity in their designs and resilience when trying to make the mechanisms turn.
The Pandora theme park rides look amazing so far and we are really proud of the children’s teamwork as they worked in pairs.
Year R learning update
Last week the children enjoyed sharing their baby photos and talking about how they’ve changed. This week we have thought about what we would like to be when we grow up. The children’s ideas have ranged from police officer, drummer and footballer to mermaid, princess and pirate!
Our Year 6 buddies came to visit on Monday and the children shared facts about themselves and talked about each others’ likes and dislikes.
Unfortunately we were unable to get our class photos published in the Gazette newspaper this year, which we are disappointed about. We were missed off the mailing list from the Gazette so did not receive the submission date in time. However, if you would like a print out of the photos we took as a keepsake, please come and ask and we would be happy to send a copy home.
Have a great weekend,
The Year R team.
Beautiful Butterflies and Delicious Kebabs
The children have continued to enjoy our project this term. They have been very excited watching our caterpillars grow and turn into cocoons. Everyday, they were watching to see when they would emerge and finally they did – ‘beautiful butterflies’ were the comments from many children as they watched them spread their wings. This week, we released the butterflies and watched them as they took flight.
We wrote poems using our senses and imagining what the butterflies might see, hear, taste, smell and feel as they entered their new world. We also enjoyed recounting how the caterpillars grew into butterflies and wrote about this in our English this week.
Yesterday, we all enjoyed using our sense of smell, taste and sight when making our vegetable kebabs. The repeating patterns the children made on the kebabs were fab, they smelt delicious and all the children said they tasted ‘yummy!’. It was great fun. The children enjoyed writing their own simple recipes for their kebab, so they should be able to tell you how to make them.
As the children approach the end of this project, we would like to invite you to come in and see their artwork in the small hall on Wednesday 23rd October, 8.30-8.45 am.
Thank you for all you support.
The Year 1 Team