In Design and Technology this week, Class 9 investigated the use of sails and keels. After making an origami boat, they were challenged to build a functional sail and then test their design in the water tray with wind power provided by a hairdryer. Some were successful. Others were not Read more…
This week, we began the investigations we needed to complete in order to design and build our own boat. First up, buoyancy. After learning about the force of buoyancy, Miss French challenged us to work in pairs to build a boat out of silver foil. We then tested our boats Read more…
This week we have being investigating which materials will conduct electricity (conductors) and which will not (insulators). We discovered that only metal will conduct electricity, which is why plastic is used to cover wires and plugs, because it will not allow that electricity to pass through.
This week in Computing we have been creating simple frame by frame animations. Have a look at our amazing creations: Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser does not support iframes. Your browser Read more…
This week we have started our rugby training with Elliott from Rochdale Hornets RLFC. Our first lesson involved learnong how to how to hold the ball and then we played games that leaped us practise passing the ball. It was a bit tricky at first, as it’s so different from Read more…
This term in Science, we are learning about circuits and conductors. For our first lesson, Miss French gave each pair of children a battery, a bulb and two wires and challenged us to light the bulb. After a lot of perseverance, we discovered that in order to make the bulb Read more…
For their Spring 2 challenge, the Digital Leaders were tasked with evaluating apps and helping others to use them. Using the screen recording function on the iPads they created video tutorials for several apps.
This week, the children in Class 9 painted and detailed their Ancient Greek ‘pinch pots’. They used the designs they had sketched a few weeks earlier to give their pots an Ancient Grecian look.
Class 9’s latest Language and Communication lesson was tied to our learning in Beliefs and Values. Specifically, the character value of forgiveness. First, we considered what forgiveness was, what it meant and what the main world religions said about it. They were asked to consider the following question: …and back Read more…
Class 9 have begun the process of making pots in the style of those found in ancient Greece. Using their thumb and first two fingers, the children manipulated the clay to make a “pinch” pot. They then used cross-hatching and scoring techniques to add a base and, if they wished, Read more…