Today we visited the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington! We had learned a lot about the early advances of flight and we impressed our guides with our previous knowledge! We learned about some local Yorkshire heroes in the aviation industry such as Amy Johnson (our very own Amelia Earhart) and Sir George Cayley. We have seen and sat on some very cool planes.
A big WELL DONE to Henry, Amelia, Ariana, Rishaa, Georgia and Vinnie! They worked so hard to create beautifully presented letters to send around the world as part of our final product.
In Year 1 this week, as part of our case study of The Vikings, we learnt that a sculpture is a 3D piece of artwork, that could be made of anything! We took this knowledge and had a go at making our own Viking longships… out of pasta and marshmallows! As tempting as it was to eat the yummy marshmallows, we resisted and used them as glue for our spaghetti structures. Once we figured out the shape, we had the difficult challenge of working out how to make them 3D. We were resilient and used our problem solving skills to recognise that more spaghetti in one place made it stronger, and we got very creative with our dragon heads for the front of the ships!
During our English Hook lesson this week, Year 1 got to experience what it would be like to be a viking warrior. In our writing, we are exploring a character description of a young Viking boy named Erik, who dreams of one day being a Viking explorer and warrior.
To get into Erik’s shoes, we had a go at archery to see how the fierce Vikings fought! We had the best time and all really tried hard, even when we found it tricky. We can’t wait to have another go!
In 3B, we have been learning all about the parts of a volcano and how they have been formed. The class were very excited to have a go at creating their own mini volcanoes using sourdough to erupt. We then used dyed sourdough to place over the erupted “lava” replicate the building of layers of solidified lava (igneous rock) over time after each eruption.
Miss Brown
#LovePlover
As part of our learning last week, we have been learning all about Amelia Earhart and the world of aviation. We looked at how flying came to be. Beginning with Leonardo Di Vinci’s “Flying Machine”. We explored how fast technological developments have been made. We made our own timeline for our display which shows when we were born up to the present day. We will keep adding to this as we go along!
Mrs. Crawford
When we arrived into school a mysterious suitcase had been left in our classroom. It had different items inside to show us where this person was going. But then we found a letter and a book inside; from Emma-Jane! Who our story is about! We then read her story and she visited some of the big landmarks around the globe.
We then designed our own post cards to show the place we most wanted to visit!
Mrs. Crawford
Better late than never!
To introduce our new topic, North, East, South, West, we opened up our own Plover Airport. As part of our experience day in 1CR we designed our very own passport for our upcoming adventures and talked about what our dream destinations are! We learned about our personal information and why it is important to know it.
We then had Mrs. Malik as an expert. Mrs. Malik worked in the aviation industry for a number of years in all different roles. She has been a highflying air hostess, travelling all over the world but as also had other roles at Heathrow Airport and Doncaster. The children used the time to ask her questions about her experiences.
After lunch we had our 1CR aeroplane. We watched an in flight safety video and prepared for take off! The children enjoyed some squash on the plane whilst watching a documentary about “The Day in the Life of a Pilot”.
To finish our day we followed instructions to make paper aeroplanes. We then took them outside to see who could throw theirs the furthest. A big well done to Ariana who was our overall winner!
Mrs. Crawford
