Year R Making Mr Greenhead

This week the children have enjoyed making their own "Mr Greenhead" having been inspired by reading the book. They worked carefully, following instructions to make their seed filled heads.

Year 1 Alien Crash Landing- Science Hook

Today as a 'hook' for our new Science unit about human bodies we had a crash landing in our playground! An alien that looked like broccoli left a secret message for us asking us to draw and label human bodies, as their bodies were very different compared to our human bodies! For example, the broccoli aliens used their eyes to TASTE their food! After all the excitement we explained that it was actually just Mrs Brooke-Shore pretending to be a broccoli alien, and if you'd like to rewatch the video message they left (to make sure your child didn't find it at all scary) you can watch it at home here by copying and pasting this link: https://youtu.be/C2GaSvw4FgY Over the coming weeks we will be learning more about how our bodies work and our senses.

Elm Class at Testwood Lakes

Year 2 went to Testwood Lakes for their trip. We focused on our map reading skills by helping Speckle the Spider find his belongings that he'd lost in the woods and around the site. We then needed to find as many of Speckle's friends as we could by sweeping the long grass and log turning in the woods. It was a very fun day, evenif it was a bit hot!

Year R at Hillier- Oak class

We had a lovey time at Hillier today! The sun shone, the butterflies fluttered and the bees buzzed. We got to participate in all sorts of wonderful activities that allowed us to really experience all that nature has to offer on a fine summer day. We skimmed the long grass using nets to try and catch crickets, grasshoppers, butterflies and beetles. We went pond dipping and caught a whole array of little critters, such as newts, pond skaters and freshwater prawns. We used colour palettes, just like artists, to colour match using the beautiful flowers at Hiller, snap! We also went on a scavenger hunt through a meadow looking out for items that don’t belong in nature, we had to look closely as some were camouflaged! Thank-you to Hiller and to all of the parents who helped make this wonderful day possible!

Year R at Hillier- Beech Class

We had a lovey time at Hillier today! The sun shone, the butterflies fluttered and the bees buzzed. We got to participate in all sorts of wonderful activities that allowed us to really experience all that nature has to offer on a fine summer day. We skimmed the long grass using nets to try and catch crickets, grasshoppers, butterflies and beetles. We went pond dipping and caught a whole array of little critters, such as newts, pond skaters and freshwater prawns. We used colour palettes, just like artists, to colour match using the beautiful flowers at Hiller, snap! We also went on a scavenger hunt through a meadow looking out for items that don’t belong in nature, we had to look closely as some were camouflaged! Thank-you to Hiller and to all of the parents who helped make this wonderful day possible!

Using Electricity

 In Year 4, we have been learning about using electricity. We have explored making our own circuits, and designing our own torches. 

Year R Jungle week 3

This was our last week learning about the jungle. We’ve really enjoyed reading the book, “Day Monkey, Night Monkey” and have followed up by sorting nocturnal and diurnal animals, exploring shadows and writing sentences about what we do in the day/night time. We have also used natural materials that we found outside to create some ‘jungle pictures’ of our favourite creatures! Next week we will be learning about sea creatures and how to keep our environment clean.

Year 2 Science - Plants

Year 2 Getting Close To Nature

Year 2 are learning about plants in science this half term. Today we got out and about to observe the trees and plants around our grounds and to make observational drawings of some of the things we found. We also looked closely at the different trees and took some rubbings of their bark. As an added challenge, we looked closely at some of the sticks that have fallen from the trees and tried to work out which ones they belonged to.

Static Electricity DT Challenge

Today we explored static electricity using lots of experiments. Then using our findings we were set the challenge of designing a game for our classmates to play, that had to use static electrictity. See what we got up to!

Year 3-Curious about Static Electricity

 Year 3 have been having fun finding out all about static electricity: we have been very curious to discover what might happen. What did? Take a look:-

Year R Vegetable Printing

This week we have been reading the book, "The Enormous Turnip", and so have been discussing vegetables that grow over/underground. Today we enjoyed doing some vegetable printing, thinking carefully about where to 'stamp' them, over or under?

A visitor on the Y1 playground...

Today we had a visitor on the Year 1 playground. The children enjoyed looking at the snail and talking about how they climb up the trees. Some children decided to create habitats for the snail and thought about what they need to survive. 

Year R Mr Greenheads

Year R have been very busy creating their very own 'Mr Greenheads'. They were asked to bring in some old socks from home and worked in pairs to follow the instructions (from a non-fiction book). First, they put in some grass seeds, then compost and after carefully tiying a rubber band on the end they stood them up in the old yogurt pot. The next job was to create a face using felt shapes and PVA glue. Once the face was attahced they then added some water and put the Greenhead somewhere sunny! It will be very exciting when they start to sprout some grassy hair! They'll be taking them home to look after once the hair has sprouted!

Year R Bean Experiment!

Year 4 Biodiversity Survey

 Year 4 have completed their survey of the animals in their local habitat - the temperate woodland. They classified the animals they encountered and had fun exploring the woods. 

6FL investigate electrical circuits

Last week Year 6 worked so hard and had great fun with investigating electrical circuits! So much Science chat and discussion - brilliant!

Year 6's Electrical Steady Hand Games

Year 6 had a brilliant DT day yesterday, creating their own electrical steady hand games. They worked so hard on them and should be very proud of their finished games! Please see the photos below to see their fantastic DT work, which is now on display in school.

Which magnet is the strongest?

In Year 3 we have been learning about forces and magnets, last week we created our own experiment to work out which was the strongest magnet. Have a look at our photos to see what we got up to.

Science in Year 1 - Seasons

This term Year 1 are learning about different seasons. 

Last week, both classes had a lovely walk along Oakwood's beautiful nature trail. They observed the colours of the leaves, the different berries and toadstools growing as well as looking up high to appreciate the huge green canopy overhead. 

They also learned about the difference between deciduous trees, that lose their leaves in autumn and evergreens.

Over time Year 1 will be observing and discussing the changes that take place during each season, recording through, drawing, photos and charts.