Superhero Photos

In ICT last week we used the ipads to create our own superhero photos.

First we used the "You Doodle" app to take photos of ourselves in superhero poses, then we drew our own superhero costumes on the photos.

Next we used "Cut Me In" to choose a background photo, and added our superhero photos on top of the backgrounds.

Here are the finished products for you to enjoy!

Spring Term-Superheroes!

Welcome back!

Our topic this half term is Superheroes. 

We will be learning:

• Literacy-Riddles, Instructions, Story Writing
• Geography-Taking care of our World
• Science-Recycling, Investigations
• ICT-Comic Strips
• Art-Superheroes, Pop Art
• PSHE-Going for Goals
• RE-Miracles
• PE-Dance, Outdoor and Adventurous

Our Advent Calendars

In our topic work we have been busy using the ipads to make our own advent calendars.  It has taken quite a while, as we had to plan then create a background and finally add photos, videos and text to our calendars. Luckily we kept going, and finally managed to finish them.

Here they are for you to use at home...

Bethlehem's Buzzin'

On Monday we finally got to perform our Nativity Play-Bethlehem's Buzzin'!

Despite being a bit nervous we did a fantastic job, and made everyone very proud. Here we are looking fabulous in our costumes...

Making Sandwiches

In literacy this term we have been learning about non-fiction texts, including instructions!

To tie in with our topic work on food we made our own "How To Make A Sandwich" video instructions. Here they are for you to watch at home...

DoodleBug Workshop

Yesterday we were lucky to have a special visitor. Ian Brealey-the artist who painted our mural, came to school to do art workshops with each class.

He worked with us, and taught us all, step by step,  to draw Wallace from Wallace and Gromit. The techniques he taiught us will be useful for any drawing we do from now on, Mrs Davies definitely learnt some new skills!

Here are some photos of us during the workshop...

Halloween Disco

On Friday the PFA organised a fabulous Halloween Disco.

Lots of the Jets class went to the disco, and scared Mrs Davies with their spooky costumes! They all had a lovely time dancing and playing games. Here are some photos from the disco...

Maths-Measuring Capacity

In maths last week we had our first lesson on a new type of measurement-capacity and volume.

We worked in groups to measure different amounts of water in millilitres using measuring jugs. We soon found how important it was to be able to read a scale accurately!

Geometry Hunt

In our Geometry maths lessons this term we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes, and lines of symmetry.

For our final lesson we decided to test how much we have learnt. We went exploring around school, and took photos of interesting things. Then we labelled them with maths information!

Here are some examples of our work...

The Princess and the Pea

Last week in literacy, we looked at the story of The Princess and the Pea. We  got to know the story really well, so we decided to tell it in some different ways.

We used drama, and some ipad apps to help us!

Our Fairy Tale Village

In DT this term we had a huge project to complete...Our own Fairy Tale Village!

First we worked in pairs to choose a Fairy Tale building and plan how we could make it. Next we formed the structure using junk modelling materials, then we papier-mached it to make it stronger. After that we painted the background colours, then added some finishing touches! Finally Mrs Boultbee helped us put our village together.

We made:

• The Three Little Pigs Houses
• Cinderella's Palace
• Grandma's Cottage
• Jack's Beanstalk and the Giant's Castle
• Rapunzel's Tower
• The 7 Dwarfs House

Can you spot them in our photos?

The True Story of The Three Little Pigs

This week in literacy we have been looking at the book "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" as told to Jon Scieszka. It tells the story from a different point of view-The Wolf's! To start with we were all convinced he was the bad guy, but after reading the book we weren't so sure...


After reading the book we decided to hold our own interviews to get to the bottom of things. Green and Purple groups worked in threes to interview each other...

Rapunzel Science Investigation

In our science work we have been thinking about materials.

Last week we decided that glass wasn't a good material for a shoe, so we designed some new shoes for Cinderella to wear to the ball.

This week we focused on Rapunzel, and whether hair is a good material for climbing up a tower. This led to a discussion on which type of thread is the strongest. We designed an investigation to compare washing line, cotton, silk embroidery thread, wool and ribbon.  First we attached a thread to the handle of a bucket, then we added a weight to the bucket and lifted it for 10 seconds. If there were no problems we changed the weight for a heavier one and repeated it. We kept doing this until the thread broke, or we ran out of weights! Then we recorded the heaviest weight that we had successfully lifted. We repeated this for each type of thread.

Finally we compared our results. Some of us were very surprised! We definitely all agreed that we had enjoyed investigating, we're planning more fairytale science for the next few lessons!

The Three Little Pigs-Storytelling

Today in literacy we continued our work on the Three Little Pigs. Today we worked as a team to design a storymap to help us tell the story, we made sure to include some connectives from yesterday's work.

Then we worked in groups to practice telling the story, with actions, using our storymap. Finally, each group performed the story for the rest of the class.

Each group did a fabulous job, as you can see in the videos below...



Tomorrow we will be using our storymaps to help us write the story!

The Three Little Pigs

This week in literacy we are focusing on the story of The Three Little Pigs.

Today we started to get to know the story, reay for writing our own versions on Thursday. We decided to act out the story in different ways. Orange group worked with Mrs Boultbee to act out the story, the other children worked in their animal groups on the ipads. They used the Puppet Pals app to create their own cartoon version of the story.

Our Fairy Tale Ball

Last week was a fabulous week. We did some of our best work so far this year. Then at the end of the week we had our Fairy Tale Ball!

We had all been looking forward to the Ball, and it didn't disappoint! We spent the morning preparing. We made decorations, crafted beautiful invitations, had waltzing lessons with Mrs Treadwell, made Jack's Bean Stew and decorated Gingerbread Men to look like fairy tale characters.

Finally, after lunch, it was time to get ready for the Ball. We all changed into our outfits, popped outside for a quick photoshoot then headed for the Ballroom!

At the Ball we got to show off our new dance moves! Mrs Savage and Mrs Treadwell both popped in, and were very impressed! Then we sat down for a fabulous banquet!As well as the food we had prepared, the Diamonds class had decorated fairy cakes and prepared chocolate apples (Much better than the poisoned apple from Snow White!)

We all had a fabulous time, as you can see in the video below...





Please leave us a comment about The Fairy Tale Ball!

Shape Hunt!

In maths today we were looking at 1D, 2D and 3D shapes. We were really good at idenifying which type of shape each one was, we could even name a lot of the shapes!

To practise our shape spotting skills, Planets Group went on a shape hunt around school. They found a lot of 2D and 3D shapes.

Please look at the photos and see what they found. What shapes have you spotted?

Local Walk

Last week in topic work we looked at different types of homes and buildings. To use what we had learnt, we went out in groups to have a look around Albert Village and see how many different types we could find!

It was very interesting, and we had a lovely time...



Leave a comment about different homes and buildings you have seen.

The Jolly Postman

This week in literacy we are looking at one of my favourite books-The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg!

Today we started by helping the postman deliver the letters to each of the fairytale characters. We soon found that each character had a job for us to do; we made magic potions, played games, matched shoes, scared wolves and other tasks!

Here are some photos of our letter deliveries...

Iggy Peck, Architect

Today we read a great book-Iggy Peck, Architect.

It is all about a boy who dreams of becoming an architect. In the book he creates models out of unusual items, including a tower made out of nappies!

At the end of the story he saves his teacher and his whole class by designing a bridge to escape from an island!

We were so inspired by the book that we did lots of exciting activities...

• We drew our own designs of buildings made from food
• We thought about our dream jobs
• We created buildings using only spaghetti and marshmallows
• We painted our own blueprints

What a busy day!

Leave a comment about the book, or about our activities today.