Design and Technology Project

Kestrel children brought in books to investigate how images in books move. This is before we try to make some of our own moving images.

Dame Edna eat your heart out!

The girls looking at the way the pictures move.

Pylons were raised by a thin piece of cotton which was attached to each pylon.

This book opened up to create a huge 3D image.

This image moved by pulling the edge of the book.

Our Great Fire of London Day!

On Monday 11th February we dedicated a whole day to our topic of the Great Fire of London.
 
We decided to make some bread as Thomas Farriner would have done for Charles II. Thomas Farriner was the King's baker at the time of the Great Fire and it was in his baker's shop that the Fire started.

Here we are weighing the ingredients, mixing them and then kneading the dough. We got VERY messy!

First of all we weighed the flour.

 

 

 We added salt.

 

 We mixed!

 

 Can you see the yeast? That makes the bread rise!

 

 

Whilst the dough was rising we had great fun participating in a Great Fire of London workshop provided by a historical theatre group called Partake. We acted out the story of the Great Fire using props. We even dressed up in clothes that people would have dressed in in 1666!

 

Take a look at some of the photos!

 

Thomas Farriner!

 

 

Charles II

 

 

Samuel Pepys

 

Pretending to be rats spreading the Plague!

 

 "Ring a ring a roses" a song about the Plague in 1665

 

 

 

 Uh Oh! Thomas Farriner has fallen asleep!

 

 

 His apron has been left to dry by the fire!

 

 

 FIRE!!

 

The fire spread!

 

Time to put it out with buckets and water!

 

DON'T PANIC!!

 

 

 

We're not quick enough! The fire is spreading too fast!

 

Time to get in to our boats on the River Thames and row ourselves to safety!

 

What a great day!



World Book Day

Please note that we are now celebrating World Book Day on Friday 8th March and not on the Thursday, as previously advised. Children and staff will be dressing up as one of their favourite book characters. More details to follow via the school newsletter. 

Rangoli Inspired Art Work

On Friday 25th January, we were very lucky to be able to spend some time with Mrs Sunita Patel. She explained to us about rangoli patterns. Using a template and coloured chalks, we had to work very carefully in order to create symmetrical art work. We talked to our team members and decided which colours to use. Each person had to make sure that he or she used the same colour, in the same position. Kestrel Class was delighted with the results! Thank you very much to Mrs Patel for such an enjoyable session. 

Toast Toppings

Last Friday, we talked about breakfast being an important meal. We tried a variety of toast toppings, including lemon cheese, marmite, Mrs Streeter's delicious home-made jam and chocolate spread. As part of our Maths work, we then voted which topping we enjoyed most, before making our own pictograms and bar charts.

The tasting was going well. Look at all the notes we were making!

Colour Mixing

In Art, we have discussed how to use primary colours (yellow, red and blue) to create secondary colours (orange, purple and green). Then we used an image of a fruit bowl in order to practise our new colour mixing skills. The end products are on display in the KS1 corridor, so please take a look, next time you are in school.

Circuits in Science!

In Science this term we have been learning  all about ELECTRICITY.

We have talked about different forms of electricity and where it comes from. We now know how it travels to our homes and other buildings.

Experimenting with batteries, wires, bulbs and buzzers to make our own circuits has been great fun!
 
Take a look at some of our photos!

 Concentration!

 

 

Will it work?

 

 

Hooray! Aren't we clever?