O’Keeffe Scientists
We are learning all about different materials and their properties. The children are enjoying investigating the materials and finding out their properties. After we sorted our materials. We took four materials: paper, foil, fabric and plastic. We wanted to test if...
Year 5’s Plastic Project.
For the past few weeks, Year 5 have been working with an Eco arts company called Sunny Jar on a special project to raise awareness about the harmful effects of single use plastics. We collected as much plastic as we could from home and have been cutting and attaching...
Learning all about the number five!
Anaya and Sadid are building towers 1-5 and putting them in order. They are talking about which tower has the most and which has the least. Safa has ordered her towers 1-5 and is recording it as a number story. Sumayya is recording what she knows about numbers 1-5 in...
What a Light Bulb Moment!
This term in science Year 6 have been learning about energy and electricity. Today we investigated how the number and voltage of cells (batteries) in a circuit can have an effect on the brightness of other components, such as a light bulb. We used actual batteries,...
Delaunay’s VIP lunch!
Delaunay class are so proud that we won class of the week. We had a VIP lunch in the community room (we even had music and a table cloth - fancy!) We had a roast dinner and then cheese and crackers - delicious! We have worked very hard on our hand writing recently,...
Hip Hip ‘Array’!
In Maths, we have been looking at multiplication. Last week, we explored arrays practically - using objects from the classroom. We know that multiplication is... commutative!
Year 6 Has the Rhythm, Yes We Do! Year 6 has the Rhythm, How ‘Bout You?
In our music lesson today the year 6s learned about syncopation, which is when a is a musical term meaning a variety of rhythms played together to make a piece of music, making part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat. We sang different songs and made beats...
We love to play!
We have had a great week in Carle Class. Here are some of the activities that we have been doing. Some of us have been busy having a go at a variety of puzzles. This has helped us develop our fine motor, concentration and problem solving skills Some of us have been...
Arrays, arrays and arrays
As part of our multiplication unit we had a fun Maths activity about making real life arrays. The children worked in teams and used classroom objects to show their ideas. Well done everyone for writing the correct multiplication number sentences as well!
Field Trip for Food Miles
This week Year 5 went on an exciting trip to......Chrisp Street Market! We were looking at the fruits and vegetables and recording where in the world they came from. We also noted whether they were wrapped in plastic packaging. Some of us noticed Fair Trade labels...