We have rounded off our Science topic on sound this week by investigating pitch. Frist we got out the glockenspiels and investigated how the pitch of each note was different and why that might be. We concluded that the pitch changed depending on the length of the keys. The longer Read more…
Today in Class 9, we took part in a PrimeVR workshop. We visited the Polar regions and met some cute arctic creatures. We also looked at the impact of climate change. It was really fun!
Class 9 were history detectives this week finding out how Heywood had changed over the past 130 years. Using historical maps, we investigated the land use in Heywood in the present day, the 1950s and the 1890s. We discovered that over time, Heywood has become more urban, with more houses Read more…
In French, we have been learning Easter nouns and did a hunt around the classroom to find Easter objects.
In Art, we have been studying Andy Warhol, the 1960s pop-artist and this week practised the skill of tracing images to copy them. This is so we know how to make three exact copies of our final piece or work. It wasn’t easy, but we persevered and got there in Read more…
This week, Class 9 were lucky enough to get hands on with some Viking artefacts. The children were challenged to see if they could work out what each artefact was and what it was used for. Some were quite easy, but others were a little bit more challenging.
For Science Week, we were tasked with designing and making a healthy breakfast drink. We thought about how we ensure we are eating healthily and the nutrients included in each food group, before looking at which fruits are grown within the United Kingdom and which fruits grow during which seasons. Read more…
This week in English we have been planning the instructions for the magic potion we designed last week. We had to think about what order we were going to add our ingredients and pick an imperative verb to use in each instruction. Watch this space for our super writing!
We’ve had a great morning celebrating World Book Day in Class 9. There some really fantastic costumes! We read two versions of Little Red Riding Hood – the traditional tale and then the alternative Wolf’s Story. The children were then asked to consider the evidence from both books and decide Read more…
In Science this week, we were exploring how sound is made. We carried out an experiment to observe what happened when: We hit a drum with small blocks on it We plucked an elastic band We twanged a ruler off the side of the table We put a tuning fork Read more…