Balloon in a Bottle

The challenge was to blow up a balloon in a bottle.
Not as easy as first thought.

 

 

We discovered that there was not enough room left in the bottle for the balloon to blow up.

When we punched a hole in the bottom of the bottle all of a sudden the balloon could fill. This was because all the air that was in the bottle was forced out of the hole and left space for the balloon to inflate.

School Values: Give It A Go

Key Competencies: Participating and Contributing, Thinking

Air Pressure Experiments

 



We placed a small ball of paper in the neck of a bottle. We blew on the paper.
What a shock - the ball of paper flew OUT not in.
This was because there was already air in the bottle and no more air could fit in. Therefore when we tried to blow the paper in there was no extra space for it so it was pushed out instead.

The Beatles

We have been learning about important musicians and how they have affected society.
The Beatles are this term's focus.
We have looked at the changing style of the Beatles music, iconic photos - Abbey Road crossing and even talked about their rooftop concert.
We have been learning to play 'Here Comes The Sun' and Yellow Submarine' on Ukelele, Marimba and keyboard.
I have been impressed with the concentration and persistence shown by many of the children. They have to really concentrate to follow the music onscreen and translate the notes through their fingers plus get the timing correct.

School Values: Give It A Go

Key Competencies: Participating and Contributing

Flight Challenge

Today we had a challenge to fly a plastic toy form the ground to the top of a table. And what a challenge it was.

We had these items to use

• string
• plastic toy
• sellotape
• straws
• washers

There was so much discussion and lots of problem solving. It was great to watch the persistence displayed by many children.

School Values: Give It A Go, Be Heard
Key Competencies: Thinking, Participating and Contributing

Flight

We are using the House of Science kit about flight. Here we are brainstorming all the things we can think of that fly. This brought up a discussion about floating vs flying.
We also had discussions about whether something moving through the air is flying or not - does that mean when you drop things they are flying as they are moving through the air?
Lots of challenging questions.
We then had to categorise a selection of flying objects. The way they categorised them varied from group to group - some man made vs animal, some needing engines etc

School Values: Be Heard
Key Competencies: Thinking, Relating to Others

Spelling learning

We are learning our spelling words everyday through a variety of fun activities. Here we are drawing them on the concrete with water and chalk. We also write on whiteboards, play board games and draw rainbow words. these are all ways you can practice them at home too.

School Values: Give It A Go, Aim High

Key Competencies: Using language symbols and textx

Country Fair Writing

Hot chips dripping tomato sauce in my mouth

Children screaming "It doesn't get better than this!!"

Hearts filling with joy over prizes being won

Kids cheering others, wanting them to win

Going on the rides, but wanting to go longer

Items at the jumble sale going for very low prices

Walking around the school looking for my friends

Curious little brothers wanting to go on rides

Trying and trying again but not winning anything

Pony's trotting around with children on their backs

By Toby


School Values: Be Heard
Key Competencies: Using language, symbols, and texts

Yellow Submarine

With Mr E today we looked at records and how a record player worked.
I was shocked by how many 'oohs' and 'ahhs' there were from the children on seeing these for the first time. I felt really old.

We also listened to 'Yellow Submarine' by The Beatles and played along on Marimbas and keyboards and Glockenspiels

School Values: Give It A Go

Key Competencies: Participating and Contributing

Positive Words of Encouragement

We are filling our class with positive words of encouragement.
Here is our latest display.
The children tried out some new techniques to add pattern and texture to their painting. They also had to include patterns in some of their sunrays.

School Values: Care, Be Yourself

Key Competencies: Relating To Others

Beach/End of Summer Day

Here are some very summery children who dressed up and brought along a donation towards the Country Fair. They look so bright and cheerful.