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We have been investigating seeds dispersed by the wind. We made helicopters using paper and added a paper clip seed. We changed either the length or width of the propeller blades but made sure that everything else stayed the same. We made sure we repeated each test 3 times and then found the mean…

Look at our finished bread rolls. Hopefully they will taste as good as they look and smell. Well done to all our budding bakers. 

Today we have been making bread rolls using a basic recipe. Now that we know the ingredients we need and how to combine them, we can use this to help us design our own bread next lesson. 
 

We are looking at different outside areas around school. This half term we are exploring the tree lined path. After Easter we will visit Dorrington Road woods and invite our parents to come along with us.

At lunchtime a group of Y6 children have volunteered to run an Art club for Y1 and Y2 children. Look out for photos of other things the children have made.

As an added extra this week, the children have been asked if they'd like to cook a crumble at home with their families using fruits, linking to our learning in DT. Despite it being an optional activity, it's great to see our children and families already eager to give this a go! Some children have…

Every day, we have been checking and recording the temperature. We have even seen -2’C, we definitely needed our coats, hats and scarves that day! 

After learning about traditional British savoury dishes last week, we took a look at sweet dishes in our second DT lesson! When considering how healthy different desserts were, we learned about nutrition and RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) and how many shop-bought meals and puddings have lots of…

Year 6 worked hard during their first lesson of iData where they were introduced to spreadsheets. The children learned how data is inputted into spreadsheets via cells and practiced navigating through spreadsheets, solving problems and cracking codes!

The children who attend Knitting Club each week are very excited to be starting their new project. They are eagerly already making teddy bear hand puppets for next year's Christmas Shoebox appeal! Well done Team Knitters!

It really seems as though Max has caught the knitting bug also... After…

We have been weather forecasters and finding out the weather in the UK. Some children made cameras in the making area to record the forecast too. We had other children checking the satellites and others recording the temperature. 

Check out an online circuit builder here: ‪Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab‬ (colorado.edu)