The Many Faces of Fox Class

We have had a great week in Fox Class getting to know each other and starting our topic of Egyptians. Earlier in the week I set the children the challenge of creating a self portrait showing their outer and inner self. They thought about what they like, their hobbies and favourite things and used it to complete the second half of their portrait. See if you can have a guess who is who!

Roller coaster Science

We have had lots of fun over the last 2 weeks investigating the science of roller coasters. We first investigated loop the loops by dropping a marble down a tube and seeing how many it could complete. Later we looked at which materials created the most friction by pulling blocks across different surfaces with a Newton-meter. We used this information to think about what materials would be best to make the brakes and wheels of the roller coaster from.

Clarinets

Today we had our 2nd clarinet lesson with Mr Chalk. We have learnt how to carefully put on the reed and to join the first half together. We then had a go at trying to make a sound. It was tricky and a little squeaky at first but eventually we managed to get some good sounds!

Our Trip to Winchester Science Centre

We had a great day out at Winchester Science Centre. First we got to look the exhibits. There were lots of fun hands on things to look at and explore. After that we saw the space exhibit and got to learn about gravity on different planets and how people control rovers on Mars. After lunch we visited the planetarium and saw constellations and visited different planets. We finished with a workshop. We made rockets and saw how a rocket engine works. We had a lot of fun!

Art Week

Have a look at our fantastic artwork from this week! First we created some abstract art using wax resist, ink with a pen and blowing ink with a straw. Then we used this to create a background for our bird faces. We added feather-like brush strokes to add more detail to the faces.

Leaf area

This morning Fox Class practised finding the area of irregular shapes by estimating the area of leaves. We collected leaves from the playground of different shapes and sizes and drew round them in our books. We then used the squares in our books to estimate the area. First by counting the whole squares and then by putting together the half squares.

COP 26

We had a great day on Wednesday learning about ways that we could reduce waste and help our planet. We took part in lots of activities outside and thought carefully about what we could do individually to help make a difference. In class, we created great pages all about the problems the environment has and what we can do to fix it.

Alchemy Island

This week we have received some mysterious letters from the chief alchemist of Alchemy Island. On Thursday, he sent us some samples from the island and asked us to investigate them and see what part of the island they were from. We tested them to see if they were magnetic, if they conducted electricity and if they were transparent. Fox Class were really good at investigating and deducing what part of the island the samples were from.

Egyptian Tomb

This week we were set the challenge of creating a tomb and getting a pharaoh ready for the afterlife. We were split into teams and had to work together to create a sarcophagus, canopic jars and amulets that the pharaoh might need. We then took them to the tomb and described what we had made and how it would help the pharaoh.