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This morning the Green Group did some fantastic snowman drawings after getting caught in the snow on the way to school.
Those children who braved the cold had great fun exploring the snow; snowballs, fun and footprints!
The snow felt so cold on our hands.
Ivy spotted the patterns our boots made. Violet thought hers was like a maze.
This week F1 have been busy making ‘bear’ biscuits, inspired by our Bear Hunt story.
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In Year 3 today, we were investigating – ‘Can people with longer femurs jump further?’
We all made a prediction and about half the class thought that it would affect the distance and the other half thought that it would not.
We discussed how we could possibly test this out and we decided that we would need to measure our own femur then compare this to other people in the class. We said that we would then get these people to carry out two jumps and we would record the distance to work out the theory.
We write down the method then looked at how we would make this test a fair one – we would all need to do the same type of jump, we would need to jump from the same starting point and we would need to measure the distance in the same way.
We carried put the tests and recorded our results in a table.
We concluded that you did not have to have a longer femur to jump further.
We are growing our own beanstalks this week. We’re not sure if the beans are magic or not, but we can’t wait to see them grow.
We talked about what plants need to grow, we decided they need water and sun.
So, we placed them in the bag with the cotton wool (instead of soil), then watered them. After that, we stuck them to the window so they can get some sun and we can see them grow. We cant wait to see what happens.
In science today, year 5 looked at investigating different materials and seeing if they had magnetic qualities. They made sure that they conducted a fair test through keeping the magnet and variable at the same starting distance each time and they kept the magnet the same size and direction. The children were able to predict and show their results on a table.
In this Jigsaw Piece, the children in Years 3 are exploring the concept of making healthier choices…
In Year 3 we began by discussing the importance of exercise and the benificial effects it has on our bodies, our hearts and lungs. Before participating in star jumps, burpees, boxing moves, dancing and a little jogging on the spot we felt and measured our resting heart rate then compared it with our elevated heart rate after we had exerted ourselves! We found that whilst exercising our heart beats faster to pump the blood around our bodies and that our lungs work harder to take in more oxygen. In addition we identified that exercising, whilst tiring, actually makes us feel good!
We then explored the suggested statement ‘Children need to be active for at least 1 hour a day’ and recorded/calculated the typical average timings of the regular activities we all participate in throughout the school day every day:
Walk to school – 10 minutes
Walk up and down the stairs at school throughout the day – 5 minutes in total
Playtime – 15 minutes
Lunchtime – 1 hour
Walking home from school – 10 minutes
Our findings found that we certainly excel the suggested 1 hour of activity from the activities we undertake in a typical school day but as this is only a suggestion we can go on to do more if we so wish.
We then went on to explore the concept of calories, fats and sugars within the food that we eat and how these can affect our health. Firstly, we identified how we can make healthier choices by swapping out certain foods with something considered to be healthier:
Chocolate – Fruit
Icecream – Plain Yogurt
Crisps – Rice Cake
Muffin – Plain Popcorn
We explored a range of food packaging to identify the calorific values (energy) fats and sugars of some food types and noticed that the traffic light coding on packages makes these easier to identify…
We then played the ‘How Much Sugar Game?’ and tried to match a specified amount of sugar with one of the food items presented…it was not easy!
Once the amounts were revealed we were amazed to find that there are…
35g of sugar in an energy drink
22g of sugar in a bowl of chocolate icecream
17g of sugar in a flavoured yoghurt
8g of sugar in a plain biscuit
We all agreed that whilst we find lots of food items rather yummy, that we can try to make healthier choices and keep some of those foods which have lots of sugar, fats and calories in as a sometimes treat. Great work Year 3!
In year 5 this week we have been investigating and observing which materials are soluble and insoluble in water. We then took the experiment further after discovering that sugar was an excellent soluble in water and then investigated if it would create a soluble solution when added into oil, cordial and washing up liquid. 