HELLO!
Welcome to Donaldson class!
Miss Bell, Mrs Kennedy and Miss Naylor
Miss Bell, Mrs Kennedy and Miss Naylor
FIRE PIT FUN!
We have enjoyed our Fire Pit session of 2020! There are so many benefits that the children gain from our fire pit sessions. During each fire pit session the children are learning about fire safety, how to manage risks, learning organisational skills and the skill of self control. They are learning to respect nature and the power of fire and other natural occurrences such as wind and rain. They learn how to cook and most importantly gain a huge amount of enjoyment from the sessions.
SPRING 1 2020!
This half term our whole school topic is 'The Great Exhibition.'. Donaldson class have chosen to concentrate on the history of aviation as we are fascinated about all things that fly!
DA VINCI'S PARACHUTE
In Design & Technology we have been learning about Leonardo da Vinci and his parachute. Da Vinci made his parachute out of a linen cloth which was supported by wooden poles.
We have designed and tested our own parachutes using the materials that we have available in our classroom. We chose to use crepe paper for the parachute itself and floristry ribbon for the parachute strings. We joined the ribbon and paper together using a variety of methods and tested how well our parachutes worked outside. We sometimes had to make alterations to our original plans to improve the designs of our parachutes.
In Design & Technology we have been learning about Leonardo da Vinci and his parachute. Da Vinci made his parachute out of a linen cloth which was supported by wooden poles.
We have designed and tested our own parachutes using the materials that we have available in our classroom. We chose to use crepe paper for the parachute itself and floristry ribbon for the parachute strings. We joined the ribbon and paper together using a variety of methods and tested how well our parachutes worked outside. We sometimes had to make alterations to our original plans to improve the designs of our parachutes.
ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER
We have been using the Talk for Writing approach to imitate and innovate the story of Rosie Revere, Engineer by Angela Beaty. We have orally re-told the story using our story map, made Cheese-o-Copter models, used the large scale construction outside to design our own flying machine and explain how it works and created a giant story map. All of these exciting activities will help us to produce some superb pieces of writing in a few weeks time!
William Morris
We have been learning about the work of the famous artist, William Morris and how he used nature, repeating patterns and symmetry to inspire his art work. We have used the work of William Morris to inspire our own natural art work.
Maths fun!
We have been working hard to understand our number and how to combine two groups of objects to create a total amount.
Remembrance
We explored the theme of remembrance in Donaldson class. We took part in a moving remembrance assembly where one of the Year 6 pupils played The Last Post. We have learnt about why poppies are a symbol of remembrance.
Fire Pit Fun!
This week we have learnt the story of the Gunpowder Plot and all about Guy Fawkes and King James. We have talked about fire and firework safety and toasted marshmallows over our fire.
We have made fireworks pictures and created bonfires by combining different materials.
We have also started to practice our Christmas Nativity!
We have made fireworks pictures and created bonfires by combining different materials.
We have also started to practice our Christmas Nativity!
The Enormous Turnip!
We have used our story telling skills to imitate and innovate the story of the Enormous Turnip!
The children have really enjoyed this story linked to our RE week topic of 'God's wonderful world' and exploring Harvest.
Make sure you come down to our harvest service at St. Giles' Church on Wednesday 23rd October at 2.30pm to see our performance of this harvest story!
The children have really enjoyed this story linked to our RE week topic of 'God's wonderful world' and exploring Harvest.
Make sure you come down to our harvest service at St. Giles' Church on Wednesday 23rd October at 2.30pm to see our performance of this harvest story!
HARVEST!
We have been exploring the theme of harvest this week. We have looking in detail at lots of fruit and vegetables. We have tasted, smelt, touched, painted, drawn, described, sorted and measured using the vegetables.
A special Thank You goes to Thomas who took the time to dig up all of the home grown vegetables from his very own vegetable garden . Thomas even made a video of him harvesting the vegetables which was lots of fun and very insightful for the children to watch!
Have a look at Thomas' amazing vegetables for yourself!
We have been exploring the theme of harvest this week. We have looking in detail at lots of fruit and vegetables. We have tasted, smelt, touched, painted, drawn, described, sorted and measured using the vegetables.
A special Thank You goes to Thomas who took the time to dig up all of the home grown vegetables from his very own vegetable garden . Thomas even made a video of him harvesting the vegetables which was lots of fun and very insightful for the children to watch!
Have a look at Thomas' amazing vegetables for yourself!
CONKERS!
We have had lots of fun exploring the theme of Autumn and Harvest over the past few weeks.
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We are learning about DEMOCRACY and that everybody's individual opinion counts. Every day we each get to vote for which book we would prefer to read for our end of the day story. |
Our topic this half term is THE ROMANS |
P.E. DAYS
In Donaldson class we love to climb trees and roll down hills every singe day but our specialist P.E. lessons are with Mrs Reeves on Tuesdays and Fridays,. Please make sure your kit is in school for these days. |