Year 1's All Dressed Up homework projects

Year 1 have worked very hard this half term learning about different types of clothing.  We have carried out experiments to find out which sort of material would be the best for a rain coat for Billy Duck, we have thought about why people in different countries need to wear clothing made from different types of fabric and we have learned about the clothes people wore in the past.   For homework the children have investigated the traditional clothing worn in a country of their choice.   Their work is fantastic!!
Thank you to parents and children for your brilliant work.

1 Fir

1 Elm

Year 3's Airport Adventure!

Last Tuesday, all of year 3 went on an action-packed adventure to Birmingham Airport. The journey there involved lots of walking, two trains, four train stations and a monorail. Carry on reading to hear what the year 3 children had to say about the trip.

'On Tuesday we first walked to the train station and got on the fast train. Then we found our seats and sat down. When the train started moving quickly, it was all wobbly. After the train stopped we walked to the next train station, New Street. When we got on the train it started and we went to the airport. Next, we got off the big train and got on the exciting monorail which took us to Birmingham Airport. Then we excitedly walked to Flight School. When we got there we made our boarding passes, watched the planes and had lunch. After lunch we went back home feeling tired. We had a great day and all felt happy.'

Emelia, 3 Cedar.

‘We really want to go again!’

Jessica, 3 Beech.

'The monorail was like a rollercoaster.'

Aadil, 3 Cedar.

‘We saw some amazing aeroplanes.’

Imaan, 3 Beech.

'If you don't know what a monorail is, it's a small cabin with little seats and it felt like a rollercoaster!'

Lily, 3 Cedar.

Computing in Year 3

In year 3 we have been very busy learning all about networks. We thought about how the computers, laptops, iPads, printers and the internet are connected within our school.

In groups, we took on different roles within our school network and shared information, requested webpages and printed documents. It would seem that there are some future computer scientists among us!

Now we are going to think about the networks that exist at Birmingham Airport as part of our Gateways to the World topic.

Year 1’s Homework Project

We are very proud of the projects Year 1 have worked on as a homework task.   They were asked to find out about a tree in their local area and present it in any way they would like.   We are amazed at the creativity and thought put into the work.   We have had photos, written work, poems, models, paintings, collages and even a “YouTube”!   Well done to everyone and a big “Thank you” for all the support parents and families have given the children.

Year 1's Entry Point Day

Year 1 have had a very busy day today running a café in their classrooms.   This was the Entry Point day for our new topic "We Are What We Eat".  
We started our day writing instructions about how to wash our hands as we knew we had to make sure we did this before preparing and serving the food in the café.   Later we made menus for the food we were going to sell and the drinks we were going to serve.   We also made ourselves a Chefs hat so that we looked the part!
We all took turns to either be a customer or a member of the café staff.   We were very busy.   It was great fun.   
We practised adding up the amounts of money the customers spent and sorting out which coins we needed to use to pay.

We have had a fantastic day!

Year 4 Trip to Cadbury World

On Tuesday  10^th  of  November  2015  we (4 maple) went  on  a  trip  to Cadbury World  in  Bournville. We  went  as  part of   our  chocolate  topic.

Firstly, we went to see the history of  cocoa beans. I  learnt that  you  have to have people out in tropical Rainforists so they can harvest them.

Secondly, we went to see the history of Cadbury and we had a look at two different videos, but they were both about cocoa beans. We learnt that there were two men who had sons and they took over Cadbury.

 

Next , we went out and found  a little car ride it was called  the Cadabra ride. We enjoyed the little cocoa beans all around but the best bit of it was the cave with the paintings at the end.

After, we walked around the factory and we saw boxes going down a slide. The best bit was getting to taste the chocolate with popping candy and jelly babies.

Chloe