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Autumn Term 2023We have had a very exciting half term and learnt lots of new skills. |
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Animals Our first topics were ‘Ourselves and other Animals’. We had great fun experimenting with our senses to find out if we could identify something using only one sense at a time. |
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We looked at the similarities and differences between a wide range of animals and learnt about the characteristics of different groups. We then used this knowledge to sort animals. |
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ZooLab We were very excited when Zoo Lab visited bringing lots of animals for us to see. This included a frog, a snake and a giant hissing cockroach! |
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Toys and Materials Our next topic was all about toys and the different materials they are made from. |
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Making a Waterproof CoatAs part of our topic on materials we were given the challenge of making a coat to keep a teddy dry. First we had to test different materials and then decide which would be best for the coat. Then we worked together like the Together Twins and made, tested and evaluated the coat |
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The Three Little PigsThe children really enjoyed watching the adults act out the story of The Three Little Pigs. Then it was their turn! They enjoyed taking turns being all the characters, especially huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf! We all created our own wolves and wrote about them. |
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Journey to the Moon We were all very excited to learn about the space explorer Neil Armstrong. We wrote questions for him and found out lots of information. We also tried to move like an astronaut, which was very tricky. In DT we found out about how to join materials in different ways. We then used these skills to make our own rockets. |
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Christmas
Christmas Technology
In December, we learned lots of strategies of making a mechanism that can move.
We then used our skills to make a range of Christmas-related pictures.
We were amazed of what we achieved!
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We also had our Christmas performances
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We had great fun at our Christmas Party!
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And finally a big thank you to all the parents who came to Santa's workshops
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