Design Technology
In DT this term, we have been designing and making our own vehicle.
The children were set the task of creating a cart to carry Eggy the Egg. The design criteria for our product was that the carts needed to be durable, safe and movable. The children had great fun drawing annotated diagrams of their designs and then calculating the dimensions.
We used wooden dowel, axles and wooden wheels to build the carts. The children have used hack saws and G-clamps to cut the dowel to the appropriate lengths.
During the building stage, the children were constantly thinking about safety features to ensure that Eggy survives if he/she had a collision.
We tested the carts this morning and we only lost three Eggs.
It has been a fantastic few days and the children have really impressed with their initiative, creativity and attention to detail.
Being Healthy Week – handwashing
Being Healthy Week – a balance between online and offline time
We have been reflecting about how much time we spend online vs offline and thinking about signs that we may have spent too much time on screens or devices.
Being Healthy Week – dental hygiene
Further to our learning in science about teeth, we took time to reflect on the different ways we can look after our teeth. Some great tips here from Kiara!
Being Healthy Week – the importance of self care in keeping healthy
We enjoyed sharing ideas of how we can practise self care to keep ourselves happy and healthy. Lots of children recognised the importance of sleep and other popular choices included reading and having some time to ourselves.
Being Healthy Week – Keeping active
As part of our Being Healthy Week, Year 4 enjoyed learning how to fence and to aim for a target in archery. 
We practised how to use the “T position” for our footwork in fencing and had to show lots of perseverance when aiming for increasingly challenging targets in archery.
Design & Technology – Make
Year 3 have been busy this morning making their model go karts using Tech Card and electric circuits. They have taken what they have learned from the design phase to problem solve and make the models move independently.
Design & Technology – Make
Year 4 have been busy this morning making their model go karts using Tech Card and electric circuits. They have taken what they have learned from the design phase to problem solve and make the models move independently.
The Fish Who can Wish
This week our focus story was The Fish Who could Wish by John Bush and Korky Paul.
We talked about how the fish was different to all the other fish and used our word of the week Unique to describe him and ourselves.
“I am unique because I have curly hair, my nanny has curly hair but she has glasses so we are not the same.”
“I am unique because nobody can sing like me.”
“I am unique because I am not the same as my sister.”
Sports Day
We’ve also been learning all about Being Healthy and had the best sports day competing in the egg and spoon race, the sack race, the bean bag shuffle and a running race. We made sure we wore our sunhats, stayed in the shade and drank lots of water as part of keeping ourselves healthy in the sun.
Forest School
We’ve had out last forest school this week with Born of the Forest, We enjoyed looking for minibeasts, looking at a birds nest and egg shells and making tea for the woodland animals. We finished by toasting marshmallows over a fire with the help of Sparky. We’ve had the best time and can’t wait to go again in year 1.
“I love forest school, it’s so cool!”
“Let’s go this way and be quiet we might get to stay and have another one!”
Final Forest School
We have continued to love every second of our forest school sessions.
Over the past two weeks, we have been up to lots in our forest area.
We really enjoyed the ‘bear hunt’ inspired activities. We loved squelching about in the mud!
For our final session, we were treated to a delicious marshmallow which we got to toast on our bonfire. We had to carefully follow instructions to help us stay safe.
We can’t wait to hopefully see Sarah and Spike again next year!