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Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 12:00pm
This week we launched our whole school "Reading for Pleasure" initiative at school with a special assembly. Each class was presented with a basket full of wrapped books which we eagerly unwrapped back in class and enjoyed sharing the new fiction and non fiction titles with our friends over a yummy cup of hot chocolate and a delicious biscuit!
Date: 15th Jan 2024 @ 4:12pm
We are learning how to creat concept maps in computer studies this term. We made a physical network to show how all the ideas relating to the main concept are inter - related.
Science Week - Year 5's Forces
Date: 15th Jan 2024 @ 4:07pm
Last week saw all the children in year 5 come together for the morning in Aventurine Class, where we investigated the science topic of forces. By looking for patterns and fair testing the children were able to identify the effects of Gravity and explain how air resistance changes the rate at which objects travel. Lots of fun and creativity was had in trying to make the most streamlined paper plane. The children loved the jelly experiment where they saw how adding oil reduced friction, which meant that they couldn't hold the jelly cubes in their chopsticks!!! Afterthis they did a fair test to investigate water resistance, by seeing which shape of plasticine travelled through water the best. The final day was spent exploring pulleys, levers and gears, which they learnt are amazing mechanisms that allow smaller forces to have fa greater effect.
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 1:40pm
The children in Aventurine have been learning about the importance of prayer to Muslims. They enjoyed creating these prayer mats using a mix media of watercolours and fine art.
Christmas Party and Talent Show
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 1:29pm
A few of the best bits from our party this morning. All the children were abosolutely amazing. Well done to all those who took part!
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 4:27pm
This week we were inspired by the book "Escape from Pompeii" to create and erupt our own volcanoes. We are now writing our own set of instructions for our Non-Fiction unit. We had such fun and have learnt about all the features needed for an instruction text to be successful.
Date: 12th Dec 2023 @ 7:48am
I am so proud of these children who have received awards for their super spelling and maths.
Date: 6th Dec 2023 @ 12:02pm
The childrern created some beautiful, rainbow-coloured salads and sizzling chicken and or vegetable fajitas. Before our cookery day we had learned all about food hygiene and preparation. The food was delicious and the children tucked into a variety of vegetables and spices.
The comments form the children were so positive about the food that they had prepared and eaten.
Cooking a Healthy Salad, dressing and Fajiatas!!!
Date: 4th Dec 2023 @ 4:18pm
It has been a busy morning in Aventurine. All the children took part in an action packed Masterchef experience. The children designed their finished products before making and evaluating the results. The winners of the competition went to the vegetariann group, who stuck closey to their design when creating their salad. Take a look at the creativity of the designs... we even had a christmas tree salad.
The children really enjoyed both the experience and the final products!!!
Date: 4th Dec 2023 @ 4:12pm
We had an amazing week focusing on Properties and Changes of Materials. The children could not believe that every morning we did two different experiments.
We compared materials according to their properties, we tested materials based on their thermal conductivity, and gave reasons for their use. We then thought about how and why materials dissolve, and how some form solutions and others mixtures. We were set a task to separate mixtures and solutions, after am accident had happened in a local suppermarket. On the final day we created a gas!!! By using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar we saw how these created a chemical change when they were mixed together.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 8:15am
We have been finding out about shadows . We explored moving our opaque puppets nearer and further from a light source and found out that the distance affects the size of the shadows. Next, we experimented using a torch as our light source and a white sheet as our screen to put on a mini puppet show for our friends.
Date: 22nd Nov 2023 @ 2:50pm
What a great week we have had completing an AMAZING and OUTSTANDING 11,301 'Bearpees'! We are so proud of you all. Thank you to all who sponsored the children or donated to Children in Need.
We had a great day baking and decorating 'Pudsey' biscuits (yum yum).
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 4:34pm
Last Thursday Aventurine class went to Capels Mill where we met Tasmin from the Stroud Water Project. Here, she led us in a fieldwork investigation. She taught us the names of equipment, which we then use to carry out a filteration experiement where we look for Eel DNA. We have sent our samples off to Slimbridge who will take a look and see if the sample we tested did have eel DNA in it.
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 4:28pm
Every day last week, even when it was raining, the children in Aventurine ran a mile to raise funds for Pudsey. I was so impressed with their determination and their discipline as they acheived their personal goals. Well done Aventurine!
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 4:24pm
Working in groups we explored language based on the first few chapters of the book Holes by Louis Sacher. The children then showed there creativity by generating sentences to describe the setting of Holes.
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 4:20pm
The children worked very hard to creat point balances and shapes in last weeks gymnastics lesson.
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 4:18pm
A few photos from the amazing trip to Stroud Book Festival last week, where we met the very animated, award winning performance poet, 'Joseph Cohelo'. It was so exciting for the children to meet him after studying the book Creeping Beauty, last term.
Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 8:35am
In today's Science learning about light we found out all about sun safety. We learned the words ultraviolet and ray. Then we had a fun game of "Heroes and Villains" where we had different statements about the sun to read and then decide if that was a "Hero" or "Villain". Some of us spotted that some statements could belong in both groups and we were able to use our scientific words to justify our reasoning. It was quite a noisy game but lots of fun! Mrs R-T chose to be the villan and Miss Taylor was the hero :)
Date: 15th Nov 2023 @ 12:56pm
Mirror mirror on the wall - who is the fairest of them all?
Date: 14th Nov 2023 @ 1:29pm
In today's science learning we have been finding out about reflection. We found out that light travels in straight lines and bounces off flat, reflective surfaces such as a mirror. During our investigations today, we used a mirror to write secret messages for a friend that had the letters reversed – they needed a mirror to read them! Then we used a mirror help us travel along different chalk lines drawn on the hall floor. We used the mirror held above our heads to track the reflection and move along the lines. It was tricky not to have a “sneaky peak” at the ground to help us!
Date: 13th Nov 2023 @ 2:42pm
This week’s Science topic for Year 3 is all about Light. We got busy sorting different light sources into 2 groups :- "natural" and "artificial".
Next we found out about retro-reflective material. Our challenge was to adivse a book bag company about what material could be used to ensure the bookbag could be seen safely outdoors at night. In groups, we predicted which materials would be most reflective and then used a torch to test our predictions. When we shared our results we discovered eveyone had predicted foil to be the most reflective and our tests proved that our predictions were correct!
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 4:23pm
Here are some illustrations we created working alongside children’s author and illustrator Tom Percival. We found that eyebrows can really explain the character’s emotions and feelings!
Emerald Class Visit Gloucester Prison
Date: 6th Nov 2023 @ 3:05pm
We had a fascinating visit to Gloucester Prison, it was very interesting and quite eerie as well. We got to learn all about the history of the prison and how punishments had changed over the years. We even got to go in a cell. The sound of the prison cell door closing was quite scary!
Aventurine Visit to Slade Farm
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 6:09pm
A big thank you to Mr and Mrs Kingdom for welcoming Aventurine to Slade farm and organising a wonderful day fulll of outdoor learning and fieldwork. After working in the orchard the children made a farm model using items they collected which was based on their sketches and understanding of slade farm.
