Today we read the story 'Have you filled a bucket today?' It says that we all have imaginary buckets that are filled with people's kindness. Our buckets can be 'dipped into' when others don't treat us with kindness and respect. We had a lovely discussion about how we can be 'bucket fillers!' Evie said that being nice to someone and [...]
So...does increasing the length of the wire make a bulb brighter or dimmer? What about adding more bulbs or adding a motor to the circuit? Does that alter the brightness? We spent this afternoon finding out about this and more. We then used symbols to represent our findings with scientific circuit diagrams 😀
Class 2 have been listening to the poem Tell Me A Dragon and adding detail to line drawings of dragons from what they heard. Great fun 😀
The next instalment of BIDMAS.......Well done everyone, now try explaining this at home!
Class 3 had a fantastic morning working on their tennis skills this Wednesday morning at the Tarka Tennis centre. One of the games was 'Beat the teacher' and we had quite a few winners ☺️ The class were great at supporting and encouraging each other and we really did improve our skills over the course of the morning. Well done [...]
What a fantastic day we had yesterday at Watermouth Castle. We had a lovely time exploring the inside which had been set up as 'Victorian' rooms. We even braved the dungeons and made it out the other end! We watched the fountain light show, mined for gold, watched various fairy-tale themed puppet shows...but our favourite part of the day was [...]
Today's maths - challenging at first! Ask your child to explain BIDMAS..... 😫 [attach 1] [attach 2] [attach 3]
Walking through the hall just now, I spotted a lovely message left by one of our lovely 'Georgeham Jumper' children. Thanks Imogen, that's made my day!
Class 2 lived up to their long term reputation as the best stone wall builders the National Trust have ever seen. Apparently they are better than any of the older groups and adult groups combined, (small but mighty!) The children also spent time gathering natural artefacts and using them to create sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. A big [...]
A literacy lesson designing fiction genre posters, followed by our first GOLDEN TIME! The posters were excellent, despite some very tempermental computers...... you can hopefully see them here! Comments from the lesson: ~ best literacy lesson yet (Amias) ~ we worked well together, the computer was good (it was Mrs T's); it was amazing (Jess)~ my group worked well (Oscar) [...]
