A mysterious object has been spotted disturbing the movement of smaller objects in the outer solar system - but it's too far away to be seen directly.
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It has been a great start to the year in Kestrels, with the children having settled in well and taken to their learning like a rocket to space.
This week saw the end of our rugby sessions with Gloucester Rugby FC and it has been a truly enjoyable experience. We were able to share the sessions with year 4 as part of the rugby club's Something To Chew On program. Not only have we learnt about how to play tag rugby but we have learnt about the importance of getting exercise and leading a healthy lifestyle.
For the last six weeks the children have been taught different rugby training drills and have played numerous games of tag rugby. From these, they have learnt skills including: sprinting, ball control and team work. Each of these skills, and many more, have been at the heart of the program to help the children learn about an alternative sport. We were very fortunate to also be invited to a tag rugby tournament held by Gloucester Rugby FC. A small selection of children from years 4 and 5 were chosen to represent the school and they did us proud! We will very much miss the Gloucester Rugby players coming in to provide us with the lessons and we would like to say thank you for all of the hard work they've put in to the sessions. This week in science we have been looking at the orbiting cycle of the moon around the Earth (the Lunar Cycle).
The moon has an orbiting cycle length of one month and throughout the month we see can only see so much of the moon. This is because the sun's light reflect on certain parts of the moon as it orbits the Earth. We can only see a full moon when the moon is on the other side of the Earth from the sun - at this point all of the sun's light is reflecting on the moon. We can't see the moon (a new moon) when the moon is between the sun and Earth. As a class, we replicated the lunar cycle in circle time mapping out the different phases around our class globe and we also used a spinning chair, torches and a white ball on a stick to get a sense of how the sun's reflection dictates how much of the moon we can see. Now that we are aware of the different phases we can keep a look out throughout the month! http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_phases_calendar.phtml Since the start of the year we have been working on instruction writing in English, focusing mainly on how to build a paper rocket. This time however, we felt that it'd be best to mix things up!
First, we worked in partners to direct one another on how to make a jam sandwich - after all, to write instructions, you need to be able to follow instructions! It was both helpful and very messy (just the kind of learning we like). Next, we completed a variety of language activities to remind ourselves of, and introduce ourselves to words that are both informative and descriptive in the context of instruction writing. We came up with an array of adjectives and adverbs for description, and plenty of imperative verbs and adverbials to add order and a bossy tone to our writing! After that, we watch an animated video about a girl who was trying to build a robot. She tried all sorts of things but failed to make the robot work. In the end, the robot overpowered and broke into pieces. We took this as inspiration to make a set of instructions based on how to make a robot. Finally, after drawing and labelling our perfect robots, we applied our instruction writing skills to our new topic and the results were brilliant! As a class, we really used the language and structure of instruction writing well to provide informative and detailed pieces of writing. |
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