Reports

It is nearly time for the children's reports to be sent home. As usual, we will be putting a photo from this year on the front of the report. If there is a particular one which has featured on a blog, and you would like it on your child's report, please let Mrs Allott know before Friday 12th July and we will ensure that it is used for the report.

Thank you.

Rand Farm Park

On Wednesday 3rd July, Kestrel Class went on a trip to Rand Farm Park near Lincoln. As it was raining slightly when we first arrived, some of us decided to go on the tractors and in the indoor play area. 

Next, we had cuddles with some gorgeous baby guinea-pigs.

Feeding the donkeys. 

No calves were harmed in the taking of this photograph (honestly!). The lamb in the right hand corner obviously decided it wanted to be famous too.

Big smiles all round!

Feeding time for the lambs. 

Now onto the calves.

Thoughtful pig.

It's a tough life having all these admiring fans!

Outside again.

Meet Daisy the Jersey cow, whose milk is used to feed the lambs and calves. We learned how the cows are milked.

Getting ready for our tractor ride around the fields.

The end of a most enjoyable day!

Huge thanks to our helpers, Mrs Maksymiw-Magan and Mrs Streeter and also to Mrs Laing. 

Pancakes

Okay, it might not be the normal time of year for discussing pancakes, but as part of our Science topic of Changing Materials, we decided to do some cooking.

First, we used our senses to smell, taste, feel, listen to (this one made us laugh!) and look at the properties of bread.Then we put it in the toaster and made the same observations after the bread had been heated.

After we had discussed the vocabulary for the changes that occur when bread is heated, we thought about food which changes from a liquid to a solid. This involved making a pancake batter with 300ml milk, 100g flour, a pinch of salt and 1 egg. (This also helped us to revise the measuring which we've been doing in Maths).

We realised that the egg hadn't disappeared, but that it had been combined with the other ingredients to form a liquid. 

Then, we cooked the pancake batter and watched it turn from a liquid to a solid. The best bit was yet to come and was a good incentive for us to think of how to describe our observations.

After we talked about the changes that happened from the batter to the pancake, we ate it. (Most of us thought that was the best bit!)

Artwork inspired by nature

Our art topic this term is Mother Nature. This afternoon, we used a variety of materials to create a collage. 

Cocktails

 To help us with our capacity work, we made cocktails. We decided that we needed a recipe, so that we could make the same cocktail again. Here are some of our photos showing us measuring.