Design and Technology
The Year 5 children have been looking at cam mechanisms and learning what cams and followers are and how they work. They worked in small group to design their own ‘Jack in the Box’ style toy that uses a cam mechanism to make it move. The children successfully cut, measured and built their own version […]
Gulliver’s Land
Year 5 had a fantastic trip to Gulliver’s Land where they learnt about forces, gravity and mechanical systems in workshop, as well as having lots of fun on the rides! It was an excellent introduction to our new topic, ‘Scream Machine’. All of the children had a brilliant day and were a credit to the […]
What we are learning WB 22.05.23
22nd May – This week in the Dolphins and Dragonflies we will be learning to.
Painting and fractions
This week in year one the children have been learning all about quarters and how to break objects and amounts into 4 equal groups. In English they have been writing a character description of the Big Bad Wolf. In topic we have been artists and have printed and painted scenes from Oakley woodland. We have […]