Today, year 4 had some special guests all the way from South Africa to help us prepare for the upcoming Festival of the Arts at XP school. They taught us a traditional Zulu dance and some songs to perform for the event. The kids did an amazing job joining in and had the opportunity to ask some sensible questions at the end. Well done!
Miss Brown
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This week we have been working as scientists, we have made Oobleck and tried to determine if it is a liquid or a solid, we have beenusing thermometers to find the warmest and coldest areas in school and then observing ice cubes to discover if temperature affects the rate of melting.
We really have been engaged in our learning and can’t wait to discover more about solids, liquids and gases.
Mrs Graves
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Methmi is such a fabulous young lady: she never ceases to amaze me! During Science lessons, we have been thinking about changing states and have been investigating the question: Does temperature affect the rate of melting? She took it upon herself to use a thesaurus to research a bank of vocabulary that she could use in her write up so as she did not repeat herself and to ensure her word choices were appropriate! Well done. What a superstar you are!
Mrs Haycock
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Well done and thank you to these superstars for being so kind as to help their friends understand how to compare decimal numbers using the < and > symbols! Your use of mathematical language was excellent. Talking your friends through the method of looking at each place value column in turn, and helping them to remember which symbol is which, enabled them to compare the decimal numbers accurately. Thank you and I hope you are proud of yourselves!
Let’s keep being kind to each other and working collaboratively so that together, we can make as much progress as possible before you become Year 5’s!
Mrs Haycock
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I was so proud on Friday, as the children in Year 3 and 4 presented their learning for the spring expedition, ‘There is no Planet B – How can we protect our wonderful world?’
The children presented their learning with real confidence and they sang the song beautifully.
At the end of the celebration, parents were able to buy the artwork canvasses created by the children for a donation towards the Polar Bears International Charity. Through this and the chocolate tombola we raised and an amazing £310.
Thank you all so much for all your support.
Mrs Graves and the LKS2 Crew
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Inspired by the Dr Seuss story, we made our own Oobleck and investigated what state of matter it is. During these activities, we discovered that Oobleck is a unique type of liquid called a ‘Non-Newtonian fluid’ which behaves like a solid when pressure is applied. Well done for being super sensible scientists and having fun while doing so!
Miss Brown
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To kick start our new Science case study, we have been exploring what solids, liquids and gases are. We have found examples around the room, described their properties and explained why they are so different by how their particles are arranged. Super start to the new term! Well done 4B!
Miss Brown
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Miss Brown
Whilst investigating Oobleck, Kason asked a huge amount of questions to build his understanding of its, in Kason’s words, ‘weird properties’. One of his questions was, ‘What does it smell like?’ I told him I didn’t know and to smell it to find out.
’No,’ he said. ‘You smell it!’
Knowing what was coming, I took off my glasses to ‘smell’ the Oobleck. Here is what followed…
We learnt that the Oobleck splits over time to form a watery layer on the top which is what I mainly got all over my face. However, when this watery layer evaporated and my face was dry again, the Oobleck solution left behind a powdery layer which was very tricky to get off! My eyelashes were still white when I got home! Never mind – it was worth it to help your children remember their learning about this Non-Newtonian fluid. Kason had a great time too!
Oh, and to answer K’s question: It doesn’t have a smell!
Mrs Haycock
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Is it a solid? Is it a liquid? No it’s a non-Newtonian fluid! Years 3 and 4 have been making and investigating Oobleck this week. They were asked to pay particular attention to its ‘state of matter’ properties and to record how it behaved in a variety of situations. As you can imagine, we had great fun whilst learning lots in 4H!
More investigation photos will be added next week…
Well done everyone: I heard great discussion about the properties of Oobleck – you did a great job of washing it all off of your hands and into your bowls too so we didn’t block the toilet drains! Miss Trindall will be pleased with us all!
Mrs Haycock
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