Exciting LEGO Space Challenge! Last week, class three had a blast taking part in the LEGO Space Challenge! They were tasked with creating a space-themed LEGO masterpiece, whether it was a space station, rocket, or UFO. They could work individually, in pairs, or small groups to bring their cosmic ideas to life. The creativity display … Read more
Today, our class enjoyed sharing their learning in a special assembly all about space. The children performed a poem called ‘The Alien in our Bin’, each choosing how to deliver their own verse and whether to add actions. They also shared space facts they had researched themselves. We finished with a song, ‘If I had … Read more
The children had a fantastic time at Forest School this week, enjoying a wide variety of fun activities outdoors. They explored nature, built little creations, and even made some adorable conker snails! I wonder if any of them decided to name their snail Gary, just like the friendly snail in our class book. It’s wonderful … Read more
Exciting STEM Workshop Day! This week, our class joined a super fun STEM workshop, which introduced five STEM role models, with Welsh connections. We learned about lots of different jobs and the special qualities that help people do those jobs really well. We learned about some cool scientists who work on space missions. Laura Gibbs … Read more
Today, we were lucky to have a special visit from the music team. We started with a fun warm-up and a quiz to see how much we remembered from our previous sessions. Mrs. Ellis was very impressed, especially with how many brass instruments we could name. Next, we listened to the Star Wars theme tune … Read more
For the final part of our ‘Space and Aliens’ Day, we read chapter two of our book. To our surprise, the alien from the jam factory sent us a letter with a tricky riddle! Will we be able to solve it and discover the planet the alien comes from? We’re also going to write back … Read more
For our third activity, we used the iPad app ‘Chatter Pix’! We made our alien models talk by recording little speeches for them. It was so much fun to see our aliens come to life. We’ve started to upload our Chatter Pix videos to Google Classroom, so feel free to check them out.
Our second task of the day was creating our own spacecraft. We had lots of fun painting and gluing and we’re going to hang our spacecrafts in our classroom.
Our first task was to create aliens using clay. We watched some videos that gave us great ideas and showed us how to use sticks to keep the different body parts connected. We really love our aliens and are very proud of them. We hope you like them too!
