Into space, magnets and life cycles

Rabbits have gone into Space!  The children have been exploring the Solar System and matching planets by appearance.  They have also been creating props for the Rabbits space adventure.  The children have made earth biscuits, the skills used were rolling, shaping and cutting the dough.

The Dragonflies have been looking at forces, specifically magnets!  They have found that magnets attract and also repel each other.  They have also been using the magnets to test if a material is magnetic or not.  The Dragonflies are using their Literacy skills to explain the life cycle of a Dragonfly and in Numeracy they have been identifying 3D shapes in their environment.

Through their topic of Changes, the Otters have been learning about the life cycles of Frogs and Chickens.  At the end of this term, 3 of the Otters will be make very big changes by moving to their new schools.  In anticipation of this they are all making personal passports so that they can share information about themselves with other people.   In cooking they are continuing to make “super summer salads!”  

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!

Last week the Rabbits have been going under the Sea!  They have labelled under water creatures and made seafood salad, the children were able to put their cutting and shredding skills to good use!

Last week the Dragonflies were focusing on explanation texts.  In ICT they created a flowchart and carefully sequenced events and selected their own images to bring their flowchart to life.  The children made sandwiches in their cook lesson, the children have been working on their spreading and mixing skills. 

Following our trip to Hunstanton, last week Otters have designed and produced publicity posters in Literacy.  In Numeracy the children have been learning about volume and capacity, litres of water were used in these lessons.  In art the children created "Seascapes" using different paints and techniques.  

Key Stage 2 sports day 2015

The Rabbits have started their “Under the Sea” topic.   They have been exploring underwater animals and in Literacy they have started reading “The Snail and the Whale” by Julia Donaldson.

The Dragonflies have started their “Exploring Africa” topic.  In Science the children have been learning about forces and how things move, the Dragonflies enjoyed looking at activities that need you to push, pull or even both!  They have also made strawberry turnovers in cooking as they have been learning about 2D shapes in Numeracy.

It has been an action packed week for the Otters!  It was key stage 2 sports day, the Otters had an excellent morning taking part in a variety of different sporting activities, such as the hurdles, javelin and the long jump!  On Thursday, they joined year 5 to visit Hunstanton to look at the coastal erosion and to compare the coastal town to Oadby.  The children had a fantastic day and the weather was superb!

International week 2015

Brookside has started the Summer term with a bang!  This week was International week, each class looked at a different country and on Friday we had a special assembly where the children shared what they had learnt.  As part of the celebrations, Mrs Patel visited every class to give them a special French lesson.  It was a fantastic week and the children certainly enjoyed
themselves.

The Rabbits have been learning about Nepal, they have made a flag and also looked at the landscape of the country.  The Rabbits joined foundation as part of the sharing assembly and put on a great show!

The Dragonflies have been learning about Gambia.  The week started with them learning a dance using an African drum.  Brookside is fortunate enough to be twinned with a Gambian school so using a recipe sent from the children from that school, we made Mango jam!  The dragonflies made African masks and joined year 3 as part of the sharing assembly to show these masks as well as taking part in performing a song “Kye kye kule.”  The Dragonflies did an excellent job and really enjoyed taking part in the assembly.

The Otters have been looking at Italy.  They have looked closely at the Italian painter Leonardo De Vinci and his famous painting of the Mona Lisa.  The Otters made their own Mona Lisa painting.  They also looked at the unique city of Venice and designed their own bridge.  They presented their bridges and painting in the sharing assembly with year 5.