This week, we have been exploring and learning about language features in a non chronological report. As a class, we designed story maps about the magnificent Anglo Saxon artefacts, discovered at Sutton Hoo by Basil Brown. Here is a wonderful example of our story maps by Nevaeh!
This week for art, we practiced weaving using wool and cardboard. It was a bit tricky at first but eventually we got the hang of it and became experts 🙂
This week, we watched a video discussing what bullying is? We linked this to feelings and recorded how we would feel if we were bullied. Some of us had ideas on how we can prevent bullying if we see it at school. Others highlighted on ways to feel more confident and to ‘love yourself’ even if people are ‘bad’. However, we all agreed we must ‘tell an adult’ or a friend so they can help us and stop bullies from hurting others.
We had a lovely end to the first half term by choosing two FREE books from the book fair! We were so excited to choose from all the wonderful books and had some peaceful reading time on our Friday afternoon 🙂
Have a lovely half term break!
This week, we thought about why the Anglo-Saxons invaded England. In groups, the children were given different pictures and had to come up with different potential reasons for them leaving their homelands across the water. After we had discussed possible reasons, the children decided which reasons were likely and which were unlikely (and which they would need to research.) We talked about ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors in terms of why different people leave their countries to go in search of new places to live.
This week we have made conclusions on how best to take care of our teeth. We understand what can damage our teeth and what type of drinks can be harmful to your enamel. We conducted a fair test using eggs, orange juice, coca cola and water. We saw that the shell of and egg placed in each of these liquids reacted differently. We predicted that coca cola would cause the most damage to the shell and we were right! The shell cracked within a few hours. The juice damaged the colour of the shell. However, the water caused no damage to the shell of the egg, suggesting that our enamel is safe without fizzy and acidic drinks.
