Our Learning Lift-Off – How is sound made?

As part of our Learning Lift Off into our Sound topic, we had a visit from Mr Cook to show us how different instruments make sounds. We look at the way the instruments were made, the materials used and the way the sound is created. We were fascinated to find out how some of the main sounds were made! Ask us some questions, we would like to tell you our facts.

   Writing – Adventure Stories

As part of our writing topic, we have been writing our own Adventure stories based on our class text ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. We have described the journey of a character to find three missing objects to achieve their dream of becoming either a chef, a ballerina, a football or a rugby player. We have really explored different sentence types and how to make our writing interesting for the reader. Please have a look at some of the exciting language we have used.

“I’m going to use 'trudging' because it is better than 'walking'.”

“Look at my sentence!”

Our Learning Lift-Off - Investigating Circuits and Potato Power!

As part of our Learning Lift Off, we investigated circuits using wires, cells and a bulb. We made our own circuits and discovered the importance of having a complete circuit. We then investigated whether a potato could power a bulb. Unfortunately, our investigation did not work but we did look at how the potato contains acid and can power a small bulb. We then thought it would be interesting to explore whether other fruits and vegetables had the same effect. The children were really excited to investigate this – please do ask them what we discovered!

Science – Balloon Boosters

As part of our science topic, we explored static electricity. This involved rubbing balloons on our hair and watching what happened. We discussed how rubbing the balloon on our hair creates a static energy charge which then attracts the hair to the balloon – similar to how a magnet will attract something.