Blog Author: Angie Long

In English Willow class, to link with our topic on the Stone Age, have been reading Stone Age Boy.

We then wrote our own stories based on this story.

What an incredible time we all had at Conkers!
To support our topic on The Stone Age we worked with Ranger Jack to take part in many enjoyable activities.

We did, cave paintings using sticks and feathers to create a story.

Played different tunes on a drum using stones or sticks. 
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In Science, Willow class have been investigating the viscosity of liquids and how it affects how they pour.

We carried out our experiments using our plans from the previous lesson and recorded the results.

Using our  circuit building knowledge we designed and created a working torch. You can tell by these pictures how pleased we are with the results.

Some of the children in Willow class sat in our outdoor reflection area for our morning worship today.

Our theme for Art week centred round marine preservation, particularly the dangers of plastic in the ocean.

We discussed how art can have a purpose and is often quite poignant.

In our sketch book we planned our piece of art and began collecting plastic recycling to add to the art.

We…

 Willow Class tested different circuits to see if it would light their bulbs.

Willow class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating book covers. We thought carefully about the appropriate fastenings and how we will add the details.

Sewing has become one of our favourite things.

Once we had completed our covers we evaluated the finished pieces against our…

The children had a great day today dressed up funny to help raise money for Red Nose Day.

Thank you to everyone who donated.
 

Practising our ball control in hockey for our PE lesson today.

 We have been thoroughly engrossed in this topic and demonstrated a wonderful understanding of Egyptian life. Making our fact files has been so enjoyable and we are all incredibly proud of our finished files.
 

Willow had a very creative science lesson making pan flutes.
We used 8 different lengths of straws and stuck them together. When we blew them we'd created an instrument that could achieve different pitches and we were able to explain why.