We engaged in lots of Maths activities during May. We love to use card games to revise our Maths tables.
We studied Mass (Weight) during our Maths Stations with Ms McDermott. This involves lots of hands on investigations and activities.
The following week, we investigated Capacity. We had lots of cloths on standby for any spillages! We were THRILLED to have Ella back in Room 9, and helping us with our Stations!
We used money and our fraction walls to investigate Decimal Fractions.
We created a human Fraction and Decimal Fraction numberline
We used non-standard units (books, copies and playing cards) to investigate Area.
We investigated Magnetism during our Science lesson. Then we applied our knowledge to create artwork with paper plates, paint, paper clips and magnets.
We also studied the Song Thrush and Blue Tit during our Science lessons. We did research using the iPads, and created beautiful projects. We also conducted a birdwatch survey.
During our History lessons, we studied 18th Century Ireland. We were so pleased to take a class trip to visit nearby Casino Marino (the little house by the sea), a fabulous local example of Georgian architecture. Thank you to the kind parents, who joined us on the trip, and took photographs.
In our class novel, The Twits, Roald Dahl writes about how disgusting Mr Twit’s beard was. Thank you to everyone who responded to our Beard Questionnaire. We were so interested in the fascinating topic of Hairy Faces, that we had a class Beard Day. The girls who knew no-one with a beard got to interview, Tiarnan. We were thrilled when Tiarnan was reunited with his beard twin!
After reading ‘Mrs Twit Comes Ballooning Down’, we were inspired to design and create parachutes. The criteria for success were
1. The parachute remain in the air for as long as possible.
2. The parachute descend straight down.
First we investigated how different materials might float or descend.
Then we designed and built our parachutes with a lollipop ‘Mrs Twit’ attached to each. We dropped them out of our classroom window, one by one, and timed their descent.
In PE, we developed our orienteering skills. We drew maps, using symbols, and a bird’s eye view. We followed maps and traced paths.
We used our observations in the environment, Maths knowledge, and riddle-solving skills to solve teacher’s tricky orienteering quiz.
