ICT – Control

We have been using a range of equipment to learn all about control.

Character and Setting Descriptions – Robots

Over the last two weeks, we have been writing a variety of character and setting descriptions. We used our senses to help us write descriptions and included similes to make it more interesting. Some of us used personification and onomatopoeia.

Internet Research – Roman Shields

During ICT, we searched the internet for different Roman shield designs. When we found one we liked, we used Paint to draw the design. Here are some of our designs.

Music – The Planet Suite

This term, we are going to be looking at The Planet Suite by Gustav Holst. During our lesson today, we listened to the following pieces of music and created a representation through drawing, sketching, words and doodles.

1. Mars, the Bringer of War
2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Here are some examples of the representations we created for the music.

Open Afternoon

On Friday afternoon, parents were invited into school. Children were able to share their work and work with their parents.
It was a wonderful opportunity for all!

 

Coolie Hats

We all had an opportunity to try on a coolie hat. Chinese people wear them when they are working in the fields. It helps to protect them from the sun and rain.

Basketball – Session 3

During session 3 of basketball, we learned how to carry out a few more skills.

These included:

• Bouncing the ball behind us – we did this by bouncing the ball to the side, stepping forward and then receive the ball with the other hand.
• Bouncing the ball under our leg – to do this move, we had to have the ball in one hand,  step forward with the opposite foot and bounce the ball between our legs.
• Bouncing the ball at different heights – we started off bouncing the ball while standing, then sat down and slowly lent back to lay on the floor, keeping control of the ball.

We played a game at the end of the session. Our overall winner was Megan and our runners up were Bailey, Harrison and Benjamin.

ICT – Creating Dragons out of Shapes

Our ICT lessons have been great fun, so far this term. We have been learning new skills to help us do things quicker on a computer.

These include using:

• ctrl c – copy
• ctrl v – paste
• grouping objects together

By using these skills, we have been able to create dragons using the shapes on PowerPoint.

Do you like our dragon heads?

Creating a Clay Dragon

We have had an amazing time making our clay dragons with Louise. We used lots of utensils to create a range of effects on our dragons. Some of us made 3D dragons and some of us made square shaped pots with dragons wrapped around them. We will have our clay dragons back in approximately two weeks, after they have been fired in the kiln.
Here are some photographs of us creating our clay models and holding our final creations.

 

Information Text – Komodo Dragons

This week we have been writing an information text (non-chronological report) on komodo dragons. We worked in pairs to write the paragraphs but decided independently how to present our work.

Here are some examples.