We have had scientists in the making this week as the children have been experimenting with creating different potions and mixtures. They have been making predictions and discussing with each other what has been happening to their creations;
“I mix it, all the whites all gone” said Chloe
“My white has gone under” Sebastian M shared
“Look what it’s making, its making lellow and orange” said Chloe as she added colour to her mixture
“It’s brown now” observed Izabella
“I’m getting all the white out with my fingers” said Chloe as she mixed some flour in with her hands
“Mine is still green” said Sebastian M
“The green is coming up, look!” said Izabella excitedly as the colour bubbled up to the top.
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Parents,
Following great interest in the book 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Helen Oxenbury, we decided to go on our own bear hunt on Wednesday. At Charlie's suggestion we grabbed our gumboots to use in the mud. Henry suggested we might need a hat and Jack J thought we might need a coat for when we went through the snow storm. We headed off with much enthusiasm......
First we came across some mud. It was thick, ooey and gooey! "Let's take our shoes off" Jack J said, "so they won’t get muddy".
Once we made it safely across the mud we ventured on until we came to a river.
"I'm getting sea sick" Tommi said as he began swimming across.
"Yeah, and I got seaweed in my eyes" Erin said.
"Maybe we can make a boat with people" JJ suggested to the swimmers. "We could hop on each other and make a people boat. Quick guys, hop on top" JJ encouraged.
"Or we could make a jumper boat" suggested Oliver, looking at the pile of jumpers the children had removed.
"Yeah, and I'm the driver" Jesse said, eagerly jumping to the front of the boat and beginning to drive.
The children all piled onto the boat and we successfully navigated across the river under the safe driving of our captains.
Just when we thought things had quietened down Oliver shouted, "We're in the middle of a snowstorm! Let's get out of here!"
Finally we came to a dark cave! We tiptoed in quietly with great trepidation.
Charlie shouted "You wait here guys. I'm gonna see what's up with that bear!" as he lead the way into the cave.
We ran as fast as we could away from that bear once we stumbled across him!
Grace was exhausted and decided she needed to "lie down and have a look at the clouds" to recuperate.
"Tilly would love going on this bear hunt" Hannah told us, "'cos she likes bears".
"Bears have big teeth" Henry told us, "and a wet shiny nose. I think that bear was black" he continued.
"That bear wanted to eat us" Erin said gasping for breath. "But now he's back to his cage".
"No" Milo added, "I think he just wanted to play with us".
What an adventure!
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan and Emma G
Cooper
Recently in Cooper Room Deacon has been making symmetrical buildings with the construction toys. We have extended on this concept by looking at half pictures in mirrors and this week with 'butterfly' painting. The children splodged paint on to pieces of paper then folded them in half and rubbed them. As they made their paintings the children predicted what might happen and described the changes they saw...
Green, orange, blue… the sides are the same – Henry
It’s a butterfly – Joshua N.
It looks like pink, brown and blue – Zac
I have two paintings, it’s got changed. It’s a butterfly. It happened because it’s got two wings – Ajeet
I’m doing a pattern. Can you do it with your finger? – Sami
Mine is a pattern too. Wow! Now mine’s a butterfly too. They are fairy wings – Joshua S.
It’s going to be a monster… let’s see what it is… it’s going to be a… a monster! See, I made a monster, not a butterfly – Charlie
It’s a butterfly, wings and a head – Noah
Wings… same because I fold it up - Deacon
A butterfly. I wrapped it up – Cooper
It keeps going the same – Deacon
Hey! I made two just like you! - Oliver
In our morning meeting Joshua S. suggested that the butterflies could be turned into kites, an idea which the group was very enthusiastic about! We attached string to the butterflies and took them outside to fly. The weather was windy and the kites flew very well. "My kite nearly went into the air" said Deacon. "It's a great day for flying kites" said Zac, "It's perfect weather" agreed Oliver.
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan
Chapple
Lemonade is still bubbling away in our class, thank you again for all the donations of lemons! We have also moved from paper planes to making model planes with clay. The children who have engaged in this activity have thought carefully and worked with each other to plan, design and make their planes. We have them on display in the classroom, so please take a minute to admire their creations. Flying along the same track, we have experimented with making O-gliders. We used paper strips and made different sized circles to stick onto a straw. Some of the O-gliders soared through the garden, others did loop-de-loops and some children tried sticking the circles in different spots to see how they would fly. We will continue to experiment with making various flying machines and if your child wishes to bring in some show and tell related to planes and flying, that would be fantastic!
Warm wishes,
Suria, Sinead, Rachel and Sue
Edgerley
Dear Edgerley Parents,
We have had a week of 3D construction. Everywhere you look in our classroom, children have been transforming 2D constructions into multi-level creations. We have been speaking about how to make creations that are “not flat”. Some of our highlights included Noah and Alan’s transparent money safe, Julian, Nicholas and Henry’s straw construction complete with moat, grass and sand and Dougal and Eddie’s attempts to create a 3D carpentry construction (not as easy as it looked!!!) We have also been very interested in numbers this week and we will combine these two interests to plot and graph our buildings next week. I wonder how many stories we will be able to create before our buildings topple!
Our final highlight for the week was watching our new bollards being installed on the corner of Parade West and the entrance to the College, cement mixers are sooooo exciting!
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie
