Whales

We are going to write non-chronological reports on Whales next week and this week we began learning information about them. However, some children said they would like to find out some more information. This picture is a link to the WWF website and a lot more information.

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Inspire Workshop

There is an inspire workshop, on Wednesday 25th April. The workshop will involve making boats.

The children have designed what they wish their boat to look like and have brought their designs home to share with you. They have made a list of things they think they will need such as: margarine tubs, cardboard, tinfoil, cling film, straws, paper, cocktail sticks, string, amongst other things.

I have spoken to the children about discussing their ideas with you and how they may need to adapt their designs. Feel free to edit and amend the designs together.

Please do not  make anything prior to coming in, but please bring in any appropriate resources that you will need for your child’s boat. If you have an extra containers they are always appreciated. Thank you.

Water Transportation Experiment

Here is a similar version of the experiment we did in class today. Maybe you would like to carry your own experiment at home and let us know how it turned out. I wonder if a different colour of food colouring would have an effect. What about the size of the stalk?

Let me know your results.

1. 

   Step 1

   Gather your materials.

2. 

   Step 2

   Cut about one inch off the bottom of four celery stalks.

3. Step 3

   Fill each jar about halfway with water. Then, drip a few drops of food colouring into each glass.

4. 

   Step 4

   Stick the celery stalks in the coloured water and let them sit for about 20 minutes.

5. 

   Tip!

   Rip open 1 or 2 of the celery stalks to better see how the color travels through the stalks.
6. Step 5

   Come back to the celery after 20 minutes and check out the stalks! What do you see? Colour should start to appear in little dots on the ends of them!

Parts of a plant

In science this week we have learned about the parts of the plant and their jobs. This video is great for explaining this.

World Book Day

Tomorrow is our rescheduled world book day. Please come in costume or mufti. Can you bring in your favourite book too as we will share these during the day.

Can’t wait to see everyone’s outfits!

Spelings fr test wc 26.03.18

The endings -tion, -sion, -ssion and –cian
There are different ways of spelling the shun sound –tion, -sion, -ssion, and –cian.
The most common way of spelling the shun sound is –tion. We use this when the root word ends in t or te.
For root words ending in –ss or –mit spell the shun sound –ssion.
If the root word ends in te like complete drop the final e and then add –ion
For root words ending in d or a consonant then se , spell the shun sound –sion. If the root word ends in d like extend, drop the d before adding –sion

1. hesitation
2. education
3. obsession
4. direction
5. invention
6. perfection
7. injection
8. enough
9. favourite
10. promise

Some children will have these spellings…

1. each
2. book
3. than
4. best
5. better
6. coming
7. things
8. enough
9. favourite
10. promise

Spellings for test wc 19.03.18

The endings -tion, -sion, -ssion and –cian
There are different ways of spelling the shun sound –tion, -sion, -ssion, and –cian.
The most common way of spelling the shun sound is –tion. We use this when the root word ends in t or te.
For root words ending in –ss or –mit spell the shun sound –ssion.
If the root word ends in te like complete drop the final e and then add –ion
For root words ending in d or a consonant then se , spell the shun sound –sion. If the root word ends in d like extend, drop the d before adding –sion

1. famous
2. nervous
3. discussion
4. musician
5. action
6. tension
7. election
8. interest
9. probably
10. business

Some children will have these spellings…

1. know
2. bear
3. can’t
4. fast
5. laughed
6. much
7. suddenly
8. interest
9. probably
10. business