We have shown amazing determination and perseverance in Year One whilst creating our stained glass windows. We are really proud of our hard work and how well we drew lines and coloured in staying inside the lines. We think they will look beautiful in our classroom.
Key Stage One had an exciting visit from the author Phil Sheppard this morning. He told us all about his love of stories, books and reading as a child and how he became an author. He introduced us to his non fiction books all about Doncaster and shared some of his stories with us before holding a book signing. We’re looking forward to sharing some of our own work with him at the end of our expedition.
We took our inspiration from Doncaster Minister and had a go at recreating our own stained glass windows. We also wondered where we belong in the world so we used maps to create circular diagrams to show.
We think they look great – what do you think?
We spent some time this morning working collaboratively to sort religious symbols, places of worship and special books into which religion they belong to. We had to do lots of talking and listening but together we all succeeded.
Geoff came in and spoke to us about aerial images and how they can help us learn more about the world around us. He shared with us some images of Norton and we had a great time locating familiar landmarks. Geoff is coming back during our Geography case study to send the drone up and take some new aerial photographs with us.
We wonder how aerial images will help us in our expedition?
Our KS1 crews took part in a Humpty Dumpty crew challenge to mark our Norton Campus science week. We investigated materials to see which one would make the best jacket to protect Humpty Dumpty when he fell from the wall. After investigating the materials we voted for the ones we thought would offer the most protection. We also discussed how we could make the test fair and made predictions for the results.
Wishing you all a ‘Hoppy Easter’…
We had a very special visitor today… Easter Bunny dropped off a chocolate egg for us to take home! It was very exciting…
This week in reception the children have been scientists. We have been learning about how things grow and how we care for plants. We planted our very own cress seeds. It’s been great watching them grow…
We wanted to find out about how plants absorb water. We carried out the ‘celery colour change’ experiment. We discovered that tiny tubes transport the water and it moves up into the celery.
Finally we investigated things that change state. We made predictions about things that melt and things that won’t melt. The children enjoyed passing around the ice and feeling it changing state. The excitement continues tomorrow when we will be melting chocolate and making something yummy!
Mr West has visited our school and taught us about the true meaning of Easter.
We started the week in a community meeting, sharing some really beautiful work. What a great start to our Monday morning!
Mrs Parsons x
