The week began with a bang with a visit from NOVA Schools. We took part in a workshop with lots of different scientific experiments using vacuums, air pressure and shaving foam! The children engaged brilliantly and it was fantastic to hear the children aspiring to get jobs within STEM when they are older!
We have kept Science as a theme of the week as it is British Science Week. In our science lesson, we looked at fossils and how they can teach us about the past. The children were tasked with becoming paleontologists, studying a variety of different fossils and discussing what they thought they were. Once discovering what they were, they then thought critically about what this could tell us.
Our reading has also been linked to our science topic on Evolution as we looked at the life and times of Charles Darwin, learning about his early life disappointing his father to his voyage on HMS Beagle and his later life publishing his works despite their juxtaposition with his faith.
We have, of course, been continuing with our core lessons and we have begun our 'Fractions, Decimals and Percentages' work in maths, been continuing to write and edit our horror stories based on 'Alma' and expanding our knowledge of fact and opinion within our reading lessons.
We haven't finished there either! We have had outdoor learning sessions, cricket and dance lessons, got crafty making cards for the special women in our lives and continued with our keyboard challenge in music with Mrs Love.
As always a super busy week with much, much more to come!