This week, Class 9 made a variety of musical instruments – including guitars, drums, pan-pipes and rainmakers – using junk model materials. This follows on from our learning of Sound in Science and our planning in DT: building instruments that could make high, low, loud and quiet sounds was our Read more…
Today, Class 10 made their own musical instruments using junk model materials. Our aim was to make an instrument that could make a loud and a quiet sound and a high and a low sound. We used elastic bands, pasta shells and straws to try and achieve these different sounds Read more…
Oliver, McKenzie and Elliot taught Class 9 all about internet safety and awareness today. The children were engaged throughout and there was some excellent discussion on how to ensure that we all stay safe when online.
Thank you to the parents who made it to our Family Brass Band Afternoon on Friday. We hope you enjoyed hearing about all the new things Mr Dixon has taught us this year.
Class 9 have become fantastic dodgeball players this term. They have shown great competitive spirit as well as showing a real improvement in teamwork and resilience. Well done Class 9!
In Science, Class 10’s topic is ‘Sound’. Today, we started to explore pitch and how we could change the pitch of different musical instruments. We investigated the ways to change pitch on a guitar, a recorder and a xylophone. Then we had a go at making our own instrument and made panpipes Read more…
Class 9 have been learning all about how to measure area this week. Starting by counting squares in rectilinear shapes, the children are now using multiplication to calculate area of many different shapes.
In P.E, Class 10 have transformed into secret spies and have been creating dance sequences using different spy movements such as crouching, rolling and army crawling. This is our first try and tomorrow we will be performing our sequences to the Mission Impossible soundtrack to turn them into flowing dances.
Year 4 have today used Google Earth to explore famous American landmarks such as the Empire State Building, Mount Rushmore, Times Square, Golden Gate Bridge and the Grand Canyon. This is a part of our current Linked Learning topic which will see us travel Route 66 in the coming weeks.
