The Dot- Planning for Writing

Drawing by Eloi

On Thursday, it is International Dot Day. International Dot Day is named for the classic Peter H. Reynolds storybook The Dot. Today we read the story and retold the story in pictures. What character strengths does Vashti have?

Auntie Dot Poem

Some of us read a poem called, "Auntie Dot" today. We have been learning to read poetry in different ways. 

Baking Soda and Vinegar Experiment

Today, these guys showed us an experiment with baking soda and vinegar. Before we did the experiment we made predictions about what might happen. We said that it might:

• rise up 
• cause a reaction 
• explode 
• poof like a cloud of smoke 
• get fizzy 
• froth up 
• create create carbon dioxide 
• bubble

The dragons are coming ....

Scott's base groups performance .... What a night !

Pizza making

As part of maths Chrissy and Scott's maths groups have been learning about fractions. 

We made delicious pizzas today to reinforce our learning.

Quadblogging: Favourite Books

We are very excited to be involved in a project called "Quadblogging". We have connected with schools in Luxembourg, England and Canada and will be commenting on each other's blog posts and working on different projects together.

Week 1: 

We will be focusing on Holly Blog from St. Augustines School in Nottingham, UK: http://holly2016-17.sasblogs.net

They have asked us...

"Hello to all our quadblogging friends. We hope that you enjoy looking at everything we have been up to over the past week and what we get up to this week.

We are reading a book called FUNNYBONES by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Have you read it?

What is your classes favourite book?" 

Created with Padlet

Eggtastic experiment

We are exploring kitchen science...here is an experiment we did using eggs and a time. We predicted what the boiled egg would look like after 2,4,6,8 and 10mins then we cracked them open to see if we were right and made our observations. Take a look at the photos below and our seesaw to see our predictions and observations.