Blog Author: Angie Long

In Science we have been making solutions,which are special types of mixtures. We mixed 5 different substances with water to see if they dissolved.

Today we were honoured to meet a gentleman who fought in WW2. 
Popa, Mrs Long’s grandad, came in to answer our questions about the war, life when he was a child and generally all about his long, long life. 
Popa is 105! This is the first time a lot of the children had met someone who’s this age!
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In our art lesson today we have been learning how colour and brushstrokes can communicate aspects of our identity. We used different sized and shaped brushes whilst experimenting with colour and painting techniques.

We are so impressed with how our personalities have shone through in our…

In Science we have created our own filters to clean water. We had to use 6 different layers of materials which would trap the dirt but allow the water through. Our water was much cleaner at the end but we still wouldn’t drink it!

In our Art lessons we have created a continuous line drawing of our selves. This proved to be quite a tricky skill, one which we haven’t attempted before, however we persevered and tried our very best.

Next, we used our ideas to communicate our identity in the self portrait and wrote these…

This morning our year 5 children took part in their level 1 Bikeability session. Tim and Andy were very impressed with their abilities and how well they all listened to the advice and instructions given.

After a session around the playground, some of the children took theirs bikes out onto the…

In Science we have been learning about mixtures. We have discovered you can separate mixtures that have different sized particle by sieving. We became gold prospectors and created our own sieves to see how much gold we could extract from the sand.

What an incredible way to celebrate our year 6 children. In our beautiful church surrounded by our friends and family we shared our memories and poems to send our year 6 friends off in style.

There may have been quite a few tears mixed in with the laughter 🤭.

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.