Blog Author: Streethay Primary

We have had SO much fun during out STEM day this week! We have been competing to make the slowest marble run, using our science, maths, design and technology knowledge around textures, friction, angles and speed to help us. We have created some MASTERPIECES and have really impressed our teacher…

In Team Starlings, our current topic is all about coding! We have become experts in both Morse code and Semaphore, and have really enjoyed both encrypting and decrypting various secret messages in our classroom! During our lesson on Semaphore, we made flags and practised sending messages across a…

This week in Science, Team Starlings have been investigating how the mass of an object affects it's gravity. We had a great time drawing planets on the playground to get an idea of their comparative scaled sizes, and enjoyed researching what the gravity is like on other planets. This half term, we…

Badgers have loved their STEM Day! The challenge was to create a marble run, but we didn't want the marble to move quickly - that's too easy! We hoped to slow it down! We discussed what may help slow down the marble on its way and what materials may help. The children planned their designs in…

Sunflowers have had so much fun experimenting outside in the water to see what objects float or sink. We predicted what we think might happen before carrying out the investigation. 

This week, we have been reading 'Yucky Worms'. We have learned all about worms, including where they live, what they eat and what happens if they come into contact with a spade. Today, we found a worm in Forest School and spent lots of time watching it wriggling through the dirt. 

This week Sunflowers have been developing confidence, competence, precision and accuracy when engaging in ball activities. We have been throwing, catching and kicking balls. 

In PSHE this week we explored group dynamics. We understood that there are people who take on roles of leaders or followers in a group and when is the appropriate time to take on these roles. We then applied this knowledge of group dynamics in our art lesson where we created prints as a…

Sunflowers have been learning about an Artist Paul Smith. We have looked at his clay sculptures and discussed what we like. We have then designed and created our own rocket clay Sculptures.

This week, Team Daffodils have been innovating our Tales ToolKit story. We have changed the dinosaur character to a different animal or person. The children in Team Daffodils have done an excellent job of drawing their new characters. We've had everything from princesses to unicorns!

This half term in History, we have been learning all about the Roman Empire! We have heard all about how Julius Caesar was brutally murdered on the Ides of March, and have been hearing about other Roman Emperors, including Augustus Caesar, Nero and Claudius. We have enjoyed comparing the leaders…

Last week was Science Week. We loved linking all of our subjects to science and showing off all our scientific knowledge! In our Science lessons we are studying Biology- Animals including humans. We looked at the similarities and differences of animal features.