Science, Art and Pancakes.

Catkins

We kickstarted our week with pancake day preparations! The children designed, labelled and then decorated their own pancakes! We also had some messy and active pancake activities to stimulate discussion! This week we began our new topic 'Ready, Steady Grow!' which focuses on learning where our food comes from, how food is produced and the lives of animals on the farm. We created our own farm shop that sold fresh produce and even had the chance to use our 5 senses to explore the wonderful fruits and vegetables we had delivered! Catkins then did some super sketches of their favourite fruits and vegetables! Well done for another fantastic week!

Rowan

This week, we have been inspired by the artist Yayoi Kusama- (The Queen of dots), to create our own sculptures. For our innovate challenge, we had to design a flower template, draw it on to a paper plate, cut it out and paint it using bold colours. 

Birch Class

Birch Class have been continuing their work on forces and magnets. This week, they have used magnets to sort magnetic and non-magnetic materials. From this, they discussed the question,' If all magnetic materials are metals, are all metals magnetic?'.  The children worked in pairs to discuss, prove and share their ideas. 

Sycamore

This week Sycamore Class have been learning about the water cycle. We brought this to life to using plastic bags to show precipitation, evaporation and condensation and water collection that occurs within the cycle. This has also linked in with our English work based on a book called 'Rhythm of the Rain'. 

Year 5 and 6

The first day of term started with the discovery of  a mysteriously large footprint at Stanmore school. The children followed this intriguing find with an exciting treasure hunt to learn more about the creature who produced the footprint and the story surrounding it.