Week beginning 7th January 2019
We have been 'over the moon' to get back to learning! The children's enthusiasm for our new topic, Stargazers, has been 'out of this world'!
Thank you to everyone who came to the launch of our topic on Wednesday evening. We all thoroughly enjoyed it - and learned some new dance moves too!
During the first two days back, we pondered whether life exists on other planets and designed our own Martians. The children created some fantastic collages and interesting character profiles for these.
During our other topic sessions, we went outside to explore the scale of the Solar System and learnt about Galileo Galilei, who is known for his theory which explains that we orbit the Sun (instead of the other way round - very controversial in the 16th Century!)
For the first seven days of the term, we have been following the Week of Inspirational Maths programme. Their engaging, thoughtful videos about Maths mindset have reminded us how our brains grow and change and have encouraged us to believe that we can solve any problem! The children have shown excellent problem solving and reasoning skills. Their resilience during the 'Make 37' task was truly inspirational. Many of them have brought this home task to test you - we hope you enjoy the challenge as much as they did!
We have also been inspired by our visit from paralympic swimmer, Ryan Crouch. We enjoyed hearing about his journey to success at Rio 2016 and trying out his pre-swim circuit exercises.
Looking forward to next week, please could you ensure that your child has a full PE kit in school, including a change of trainers for lessons. Full details can be found on our school website: http://mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk/?page_id=307
Thank you to everyone who came to the launch of our topic on Wednesday evening. We all thoroughly enjoyed it - and learned some new dance moves too!
During the first two days back, we pondered whether life exists on other planets and designed our own Martians. The children created some fantastic collages and interesting character profiles for these.
This week, we began by focusing on the different planets in our Solar System. We wrote mnemonics to help us remember the order and recorded our research on the Padlet website.
Here are the links to the information that we collated:
https://padlet.com/missargyle/solarsystem1
https://padlet.com/missargyle/solarsystem3
During our other topic sessions, we went outside to explore the scale of the Solar System and learnt about Galileo Galilei, who is known for his theory which explains that we orbit the Sun (instead of the other way round - very controversial in the 16th Century!)
For the first seven days of the term, we have been following the Week of Inspirational Maths programme. Their engaging, thoughtful videos about Maths mindset have reminded us how our brains grow and change and have encouraged us to believe that we can solve any problem! The children have shown excellent problem solving and reasoning skills. Their resilience during the 'Make 37' task was truly inspirational. Many of them have brought this home task to test you - we hope you enjoy the challenge as much as they did!
We have also been inspired by our visit from paralympic swimmer, Ryan Crouch. We enjoyed hearing about his journey to success at Rio 2016 and trying out his pre-swim circuit exercises.
Looking forward to next week, please could you ensure that your child has a full PE kit in school, including a change of trainers for lessons. Full details can be found on our school website: http://mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk/?page_id=307
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