Does the weight of an object affect the size of a moon crater?
Elm Class
French Day in Elm
No Plan Day – Lego
Today we had our no plan day all about Lego! We created some information sheets, made a 3D paper model of a Lego figure and created our own Lego sets. In the afternoon we then took on some different Lego challenges and then made a Lego tree!
Elm Junction
Elm Class found out about the jobs that many poor Victorian children did. We made and decorated Victorian children using fabric and wooden pegs. Look at the wonderful creations.
Science Week – Foil Boats
As part of Science Week, Elm designed and made foil boats to see which would hold the most coins without sinking.
We talked about the forces of gravity and upthrust acting on the objects.
We found that the boats which were long and wide were able to hold the most coins.
British Science Week
In Year 5, we conducted some different experiments and investigations this afternoon for British Science week. We made ice cream in a bag using salt water and ice. Then we looked at yeast and the effect it has on bread and how it makes bread rise.
Village Walk
We went out on a village walk to look at the differences to Mundford over time. Lots of building have changed use including the old greengrocers which is now a care home. We looked at the old school and discovered the gates were still there but the oak trees have been replaced with a bus stop. We enjoyed walking in the fresh air and sunshine around the village!
Number Day
During Number Day Elm Class took part in lots of fun practical activities, such as using measuring skills to bake flapjack, calculating the perimeter of shapes using unifix, encrypting and decoding messages using a cipher wheel and creating patterns in art using tessellation.
SAW Day
For our SAW day we answered the big question of: Why is plastic a problem in the oceans? We started out by trying to filter out different materials which included, salt, water, lentils and sand. We found it was difficult to separate all of the mixtures and that the smaller the particles the harder it was. We the completed some research on microplastics and how plastic affectations life. We then created some wave pictures based on ‘The Wave off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai. We used tissue paper and pens to create our own versions.
No Paper Week
Last week the whole school had a No Paper Week. So instead of using books we had to creative in the ways we completed our work! We made characters out of play dough for our book Beowulf, we also did some drama and performed various actions, we wrote out fractions on tables and created art work with some natural resources.
Maths – Fractions
In maths we are working hard to understand the concept of fractions. We used sweets to show different fractions of colours in our bags, as well as using fraction walls to show equivalent fractions and how they line up.
Elveden Farm Trip
We visited the Elveden Estate Farm and were met by Andrew (the Farm manager), Anna and Charlie who took us on a tour of some different fields in the farm. We spoke through the process of growing crops and how the farm remains sustainable. They spoke to us about the challenges they face but also about how they manage the different fields on their 22500 acre farm! Even though it was cold, we had the best morning!
