Fourth Class

February 25, 2016 by Coppertops Administrator

Last week we went all Medieval and built ourselves some castles! The children went home and took on the task of designing and building their own castle to rule over. It’s design was based of the stone castles the Normans built around Ireland.

The children did a fantastic job and really put a huge effort in, here are some of the Kings and Queens and their castles.

We also made some catapults so that we could lay siege to each other in our castle battles. In these games the children had to knock over little army men in their opponents castle. Here’s some of the catapults we made.

All you need is 6 lollipop sticks and 3 rubber bands.

Next just follow these steps and you can make your own!

Now its ready to fire!

We had a visit from the parents to see all the work the children put in and how the castles wars were turning out. It was a very successful day altogether!

February 8, 2016 by Coppertops Administrator

A few weeks ago we had Bru Bellew visit us in class and show off some of the Bellew Family history. Most impressive of all were the flags that he brought in.

These are the flags from the Bellew family showing their Coat-of-Arms. We also got to try out some old uniforms from the English army!

We enjoyed the Flags and Coat-of-Arms so much we decided to make our own.

First we cut out our shield shapes out of card.

Next we papier mached the shields to create a nice surface to paint on. We mixed PVA glue and water to make a runny paste and used this to stick old scraps of paper all over the shields.

After that we had to paint a white undercoat so that none of the writing on the paper could be seen.

Next we painted on our base coat of paint. These would be the main colours of our Coat-of-Arms. We picked these colours based on their heraldic meaning and what we wanted our Coat-of-Arms to represent.

Finally we painted on our Heraldic symbols, these were chosen because they have a special meaning to us.

At last after all our hard work they were finally finished and ready to show off!

December 3, 2015 by Coppertops Administrator

Today we made our rockets and launched them in the rain.

We got plastic bottles and put a little bit if water in them and used a special pipe to compress the air in the bottle. this created the forces needed to push the water out of the bottle and send our rockets flying!

Check out this video to see it in action.

……………………………..Rocket-Launch (1)…………………………………

October 22, 2015 by Coppertops Administrator

Inspired by the Mexican Halloween holiday Día de Muertos, we decided to make our own Mexican skulls.

We started by designing and colouring our skulls,

Next we cut them out and stuck them on some black card.

Finally our skulls were ready to show off

Halloween skulls 1

They are also great for scaring people!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

October 16, 2015 by Coppertops Administrator

This week was Maths Week. The children had the chance to experience maths in a fun and engaging way by playing many different maths games.

First they were given shapes that they arranged into different patterns.

Next the children were given cards and they practiced their number bonds.

Maths Week was loads of fun!

October 2, 2015 by Coppertops Administrator

While learning about how plants grow and what they need to survive we decided to do a spot of gardening ourselves. The children filled socks with grass seeds and compost and watered them regularly. They drew some faces on the cups and waited for their “hair” to grow.