World Cup Fever

Despite Mr Riley being away ill this week, Gascoigne class have been putting in some hard work with Miss Birdi.

They have been collating all their knowledge from the past few weeks to create a non-chronological report about the Vikings. This included the organisational devices they practiced last week and will be finished in the next few days. The children have been able to show off all they know about trade routes, weaponry, village life and invasions.

We have also had a special treat in art this week. Items from Artsmark have been delivered to school and are on display in classrooms. In Gascoigne class we have access to a Viking drinking vessel, helmet, carvings and even the remains of a Viking hoard! The children have enjoyed using these amazing items in their observational drawings.

On Wednesday the school was gripped by World Cup fever and showed our support for the England football team by wearing red, white and blue. Despite our loss 2-1 to Croatia that evening, we are still proud of the achievements of our very young team!

  

Happy Birthday NHS!

This week we have been getting into lots of messy science, experimenting with reversible and irreversible changes.

We have mixed malt vinegar and bicarbonate of soda to create carbon dioxide and could see the gas inflating a rubber glove- we couldn't get the vinegar back but we certainly craved some fish and chips! We also attempted an experiment to create casein but found that our vinegar wasn't quite right, our milk began to curdle but not enough to make plastic- it was definitely an irreversible change! Feel free to try it at home, it's easy! (when you have the right ingredients).
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akhs3wcSDGA
Finally we cracked an egg open (irreversible) and decided to try and cook it using the amazing sun shine we have been having this week. We placed placed it on a metal tray on the slide which was the hottest place in the playground at a whopping 41 degrees Celsius! 

Miss Smith has joined us for literacy this week. We have been using a clip called 'Eye of the Storm' by Lovett to inspire and improve our creative writing. We have done lots of thesaurus work and have tried our hand at amplification.
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1mX8ptsmBM

We have also been learning about the origins of the NHS, what it stands for and how it operates, to celebrate its 70th anniversary. The children asked lots of interesting questions and discussed how important our health service is and how it embodies our Christian and British values of tolerance and acceptance. They made posters of medical advancements throughout the ages that have contributed towards our great NHS.

Talking of the NHS, all of Gascoigne class wish Mr Riley a speedy recovery after losing his voice!

Best wishes,
Miss Wadlow