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As part of our Gardening Project, the children learnt about food chains and the ecosystem. They collected resources and made bird feeders and bird shelters Year 4 have been involved in the Discovery Garden Project at the Museum of the Home. They will be visiting the museum regularly to help design a new community garden at the museum. During the initial sessions, the children enjoyed art and science activities including exploring plants and animals in the gardens, flower printing and investigating soil samples. Linking in with their learning in science, children learnt about different animals and their habitats. They explored minibeasts in the woods, did meadow sweeping and pond dipping. Today in Year 4 we practiced typing. We are trying really hard to master 'touch typing'. This is when you type without looking at the keyboard. We used the 'bumps' on the f and k key to help us! How fast can you type without looking? In Year 4 we've been exploring using electricity. This week we conducted our own investigation. Our hypothesis was: Will adding an extra battery increase the brightness of the bulbs? We then had to explain what happened and label our circuits, making note of our independent and dependent variables. Caption - This term the children have taken part in the nation wide sporting event - 'The Mini Marathon' Using our daily mile track on the playground each child completed 2.6 miles over a couple of sessions during the last week of half term. Well done William Davis! In Science Year 3 have been learning about the human body and the function of the skeleton. The children enjoyed naming the different bones and making their own giant skeleton. In science year 3 have been learning about different types of rocks. We have been 'geologists' and have been sorting rocks into different groups. We have also investigated the amount of calcium carbonate in the rocks by doing the 'acid test' and observing how the rocks reacted. We were amazed with the results, chalk and limestone started to fizz! In RE, year 3 have been learning about different festivals. This week they have been learning about Holy Week and how Christians celebrate Easter. The children enjoyed making the Easter baskets! The new science unit in year 3 is Light and Dark. The children have learnt how shadows are created when light is blocked by objects. They created their own shadow puppets and investigated using different materials (opaque, translucent and transparent) to find which materials helped create the darkest shadows. |
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