Year 4 have loved the start of our STEM week. This year, the theme Masterpiece links science, technology, engineering and maths to the arts. Today, the children have started to explore different ways that hobbies and interests can be shared. They’ve been amazing builders, working collaboratively to construct a stage! They then thought about ways they could use technology to further improve the stage.
Today we prepared for our Team Event. We thought about what questions people may ask us e.g. Why did you create your model? How did you use the core values? How does the poster show your team journey? We worked as a team so that we were all confident in sharing our learning and celebrating our success. The Event went really well and everyone was impressed with our innovative ideas.
We were extremely happy to receive our well-deserved ‘build your own’ medal, lanyard and certificate.
Well done Year 2!
Today Reception talked about different places we could host a show. Then we designed and built our own show using Lego. Next, we looked behind the scenes and talked about different jobs people might have at theatres, museums and galleries. After that, we build objects, tools and vehicles that the people doing these jobs might use. It was so much fun !!!
This week Reception are taking part in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) week. Today, we have been using Lego to complete ‘6 Brick Challenges’ and build objects to show our hobbies and interests. We then designed and built our own music concert. We have had so much fun!!!!
STEM week has started in Year 2 and we are enjoying taking part in the Lego League Master Piece Challenge. Today we thought about our hobbies and interests and ways in which we can showcase our talents to others. We learned about different roles and elements backstage that can enhance a performance. There are lots of careers that work within The Arts such as a graphic designer, stage manager, florist and games designer. Our challenge today was to work as a team to build a a stage using our Lego. It was very important to follow the instructions carefully and support our team mates.
As part of the NE Festival of Languages, our school choir learnt ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams in French. Our singing has been incorporated into a video with all of the other participating schools. Enjoy!
Year 5 are continuing to enjoy their STEAM week. Today, we have been finalising our robot codes and timing our missions. We have been putting all our innovation information together, as a group, into our presentations and creating our speeches for the judges. We are looking forward to our final day tomorrow.
Year 6 have loved taking part in STEAM week so far, developing a wide range of skills including teamwork and communication.
The children have been working in 4 different groups. Some groups have been coding, the coding instructs the robot to move around the Lego and complete certain missions, each of which can earn points. While some groups have done this, other groups and have been preparing their presentations. The presentations must outline a design for how an art is showcased. We have some excellent examples in Y6 so far including, a fidget table to support children with additional needs, a stopmotion app which helps younger children to construct Lego and an inflatasuit to help with jetty jumping and prevent injuries.
Today, we continued with our STEM week activities.
We have been split into groups and in our groups we have started programming our Lego robot to complete various missions using the Lego models we built on Friday. As well as coding the robots, we have been producing a presentation to share with the judges, about sharing a hobby/interest with new people. We have looked at the careers of visual effects, stage management, sound engineering and museum co-ordinators to identify ways in which we could share our hobbies with others in an interesting and immersive way.
As part of our Maya topic in History, we had a visit from a Maya warrior called Big Nose.
We had a fantastic day! We learnt about different aspects of Maya life: what they wore, what they ate, their numbers and even some different ways the Maya sacrificed people to please the gods!
We took part in drama activities in groups acting out Maya stories; how to prepare the most important drink from Maya times (chocolatl); a Maya ball game called Pok-a-Tok; and how to prepare a body for burial.
There were Maya artefacts for us to look at and we thought about what they might have been used for, and what clues they gave us about Maya life.
We ended the day all together acting out the Maya creation story. Did you know the Maya believed the first people were made from corn?
What a great start to our new History topic!
