Today we had the final practice for the Carol Service , which we will perform tonight.Everyone was busy decorating the church. It looks lovely now and we can’t wait for tonight… here is our video.
Fourth Class
Today we had the class draughts finals. Leah played Archie and Liam played Simon. Both games were very exciting and play was of a very high standard. Leah and Archie really battled in their game. In the end Simon won against Liam in 4th class and Archie won against Leah in 3rd class. After the games we had the presentation of prizes and everyone got a lovely chocolate Santa for taking part.We also presented the winners with gold coins and the runners up with silver coins. We can’t wait for the next competition ! Well done to Archie and Simon – the draughts champions!
In Science class this week we experimented with friction or lack of friction ! We all completed the tablecloth trick and did very well. We used tins, plastic bottles , large potatoes and spoons so nothing would get broken if it went wrong. Some of us managed to pull the cloth and leave the bottle standing . We tested different weights by using a large and small spoon. The final challenge was to pull the cloth from under everything. We all managed to do it. Archie, Ben and Dylan pulled the cloth and nothing moved – well done lads. We learned that the faster pull means less friction and the cloth moves smoothly from under everything and nothing falls.
For PE this month we will be learning some folk dances. We have already learned The Circle Dance and The German Clap Dance.First we learned the steps and movements with our partners in a line and then in a circle. It was great fun ! When we danced to the music we moved very fast and we got better the more we practiced. Dancing is great fun and very good exercise – we were all puffing after the lesson ! Here is a short video of us in action …….
Our Active School’s Committee has created a whole school Active challenge. The challenge is called “The Christmas Jumping Jacks Challenge”. Each class has a target number of “Jumping Jacks” to achieve over a 4 week period- ending on the 19th of December. Best of luck to all the classes!
In science class we learned about forces and friction. We saw Bill Nye The Science Guy on our IWB. He knows a lot about friction. We made card propellers (helicopters) and investigated how they worked when we dropped them from a height. We added weights (paperclips) The extra weight made the propellers spin faster. We used a large size propeller and a mini propeller. The mini one worked best, it spun really fast with two paper clips as weight. . It was good fun working with forces and friction. Here are some photos …
