We continued our journey into Greece, where we designed some Grecian urns and heard stories about some mythical creatures. We had very mixed reactions to the olives we tasted! Travelling by magic carpet we then arrived in India. We made some rangoli patterns, peacocks and tigers. We also had a go at Bhangra dancing! Miss Chatha’s grandma made some delicious
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A little hint of how wet the children got during the water race. Smiles all round. More to follow.
We carried out our own experiment to test our resting heart rate and heart rate after exercise.
As part of our science topic, we made our own blood so we could see the different elements: red blood cells, white blood cells and the plasma. We then tested how quickly blood flows and whether there is a difference of blood flow between the arteries, veins and capillaries. Then clogging the arteries with Vaseline highlighted the importance of leading
We have been learning about our circulatory system this week. Here we are dissecting the hearts of pigs focusing on finding the four chambers and their entry and exit points.
This week some of our year six children went for a walk/play a we ventured a little further than the playground. Running down hills is fun no matter what your age.
What a busy week we have had in Reception! We travelled by ferry across the Irish Sea to Ireland, where we learned about leprechauns, did some fantastic finger painted shamrocks, tasted some delicious potato cakes and heard stories about Saint Patrick and how the Giant’s Causeway was created by two giants who had a fight and threw stones at eachother!
We took a trip to Coombe Abbey to support our topic of Wriggle and Crawl. We saw so many different creatures within 3 different habitats. First we began with a minibeast hunt under the shaded woodland (here we found a well camouflaged toad!!). Then, we went to the large pond area to look for aquatic creatures. Finally we took a
We had so much fun on our trip to Coombe Abbey hunting for minibeasts in three different habitats: woodland, pond and wildflower meadow. The sun shone all day and we learned so much!
We had fun mark making with corn flour, mixed with water. We thought of lots of different words to describe how it felt including slimy, slippery, sticky, gloopy, soft and squishy!