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Spring 2
Attracting and Repelling
Today we learnt about magnetic poles. Magnets produce a magnetic force. The area around the magnet where the force can be detected is called a magnetic field. The magnetic field is strongest at the ends of a bar magnet - the north pole and south pole.
In a bar magnet the red represents the north pole and the blue the south pole. If like poles, for example north and north, are brought together, they push away from each other – they repel. If opposite poles are brought together, they pull together – they attract. The closer the magnets are together, the stronger the force between them
We had lots of fun using the bar magnets to move cars around a road using attracting or repelling forces!
World Book Day
We had an amazing day celebrating World Book Day. We dressed up as our favourite book characters, took part in a book quiz, read our favourite stories, swapped books and decorated bunting for Middleton library’s 135th birthday. Thank you to our lovely parents who have supported their children with their love for reading and thank you to Mrs Moore for making a special video to show case our costumes!
Forces - Push and Pull
This half term’s science unit is Forces and Magnets. Today we learnt that pushes and pulls are forces and we use them all day every day! We tested out different activities and identified whether we were using a push or pull force.
Spring 1
Lent
We have created some beautiful Lenten art work for our prayer area.
Prehistoric Art
We have been learning how prehistoric people created art work. We learnt that they only had access to natural resources. We experimented with different natural resources in our sketchbook. We also made our own paint using flour, water and spices!
Tree Planting
Our new Religion unit is 'Listening and Sharing'. We will be thinking about what happens at Mass and why.
We used drama and role-play to demonstrate what happens at church when people gather together for Mass and what happens during the introductory rite.
Autumn 2
Design and Technology - Seasonal Tarts
Over this half term, we have been learning about seasonal fruit and vegetables that are grown in the UK. We have discussed the benefits of eating food grown locally.
We have designed and made savoury tarts using seasonal vegetables grown in the UK.
During this unit we have learnt how to chop and peel vegetables. We have also tasted a range of different vegetables to help us design a tart.
Christmas Dinner
We had a wonderful time eating our Christmas dinner. We all tried hard to eat everything on our plates, including the sprouts!
Middleton Heritage Walk
We had a brilliant time on the Middleton Heritage Trail. We visited several significant buildings and even had a special tour of St Leonard’s Church.
Music
We have been learning how to read and play music. Please click here to here to hear us play Jingle Bells on the glock and spiel.
Autumn 1
Geography Fieldwork
We carried out an Environmental Quality Survey around different streets in Middleton. We were ranking different criteria such as noise, litter and appearance. Our hypothesis was that the environmental quality would improve as we moved further away from the town centre. We were very sensible and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Maths - Place Value
We have been identifying the value of digits in the 3 digit numbers. We love using practical equipment to do this. We will be applying this to addition and subtraction.
Botanical Drawings
We have been developing our drawing skills. We have been drawing flowers and focusing on improving our shading and toning techniques. We have been inspired by the artist Georgia O'Keefe who was famous for her abstract drawings of flowers. We are currently creating our final pieces, please come back to see them here.
Class Liturgy
Our Religion Champion lead her first class liturgy. The liturgy helped us reflect on our most recent Religion unit ‘Homes’. We thought about our own homes and families. We listened to scripture to help us remember how God’s wishes for the family home and how The Holy Family set an example.
Science - Light
This half term we are learning about light in Science. We wanted to find out if we could see without light. We carried out an investigation to test this enquiry. Miss B0wers placed secret items inside shoe boxes. Each box had a peep hole and we had to look through the peep hole and see if we could see the object without any light. We had a piece of black opaque card that blocked any light from travelling through the box. We then removed the black card which allowed some light to travel into the box. We found this made it slightly easier to see inside the box but it was still hard to see objects that were dark in colour. We concluded that we do need light in order to see!
