Strange things were happening at Eaton Bray Academy on Monday of this week... members of school staff kept noticing small bars of chocolate mysteriously appearing on their desks! No-one was quite sure how they got there, but could it have had something to do with Deer Class children, who were being secret agents for the day...? Great stealthy fun!
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Year Five children have had a fantastic week! They have moved on to learning about multiples and factors in Maths and have started to learn about Prime Numbers as well. Whist reading The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, they took a side-step and tried to write an instructional text - they had to write detailed instructions on how to use a kettle. Regardless of how easy this sounds, when you are trying to write instructions for someone who has never seen one before you have to be very precise. One simple mistake in the instructions means that you could end up with water everywhere; as they found out!
In Art and D&T, they designed and carved pumpkins for Halloween. Nothing was wasted, as the scooped-out parts were given to our local wildlife.
In Science, the children are now learning about 'Forces'. Push and Pull forces are everywhere, Even rubber bands, which students found extremely difficult to stretch when they tried to pull more and more together, can store enough potential energy to explode a watermelon. It took over 400 rubber bands, but we finally saw the amount of energy stored and transferred when the rubber bands squeezed the watermelon enough to cut right through it and push half of it into the air! Next week, they will start building their own machine.
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More explosions with Badgers Class, who have been learning about volcanoes! They have had a lovely time making and painting their own volcanoes, and are looking forward to next week when they are going to use baking soda and vinegar to make their volcanoes erupt!
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Rabbits Class have been finding out about cave paintings, as part of their Stone Age topic. Their wonderful cave paintings recreations make a fabulous display on the classroom wall.
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In their Science lessons this week, Squirrels Class children have been investigating what makes the best material for teabags! They tested various options by wrapping loose tea in the different materials and infusing it in hot water. They concluded that tin foil was the very worst choice for making a cup of tea, and that fabric was the best.
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Friday was officially "Elmer Day" in Hedgehogs. To celebrate, the children completed a number of activities all designed to help them focus upon colour, pattern and improving their fine motor skills to help with writing.
The day began with a retelling of the story by different members of the class whilst the rest performed the actions. The children took it in turns to complete various activities including decorating a cake for Elmer, designing a tabard using repeating patterns and covering an Elmer shape with a pattern of cubes.
The finale of Elmer day was a parade showing their cakes and tabard. They also sang The Elmer Rainbow Song.
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With the grand opening of Mount Foodius creeping ever closer, Deer Class children spent the whole day cooking on Friday, perfecting their recipes for ravioli and pizza. It was a really messy business preparing all the dough, but the end results look great, and everyone is looking forward to feasting on the delicious Italian dishes on the evening of Friday 22nd November.
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