Blog by Tag: Starlings

No only are Team Starlings amazing scientists who can tell you all about space, they can now tell you in French! We have enjoyed learning lots of new vocabulary this week and look forward to learning even more French words about our Solar System. 

This week in Geography, we have been looking at the climate in the Gobi Desert, including how much rainfall there is across the year, as well as how much the temperature varies. We were very surprised by our research and enjoyed plotting our data onto this graph! 

This week in maths, we have been multiplying 2-digit numbers by 2-giti numbers. Even though this has been tricky, Team Starlings have shown great perseverance and are making some super progress with their multiplication! 

This week during our PSHE session, we have been defining the terms bullying and cyberbullying. We have also been playing the role of an Agony Aunt and giving helpful advice to others. We explored how our learning charters at Streethay ensure that that we are kind and welcoming…

Our music lesson this week involved us working as part of a pair to compose a piece of music in a particular style - a funeral march. 

We used standard notation to notate our piece of music and then we performed our piece of music. 

This week in our English lessons, we have been doing our 'big write'. We have been writing three diary entries as Matthew Henson and his adventures leading up to reaching the North Pole!

Firstly, we planned our diary entries. Next, we wrote our diary entries, edited and polished them and then…

Our DT project this half term was to create a Steady Hand game. 

We began by discussing form and function and then researched and analysed a range of children's toys. After that, we identified the features of a steady hand game, including the circuit that needed to go inside. 

We then…

Gymnastics - we learnt how to safely do a catspring onto a block.

Orienteering - we completed several team building games. 

During our RE lesson this week we explored Zerrin's Ramandan. We gave example of Zerrin's childhood memories and how Zerrin strengthens her faith.

During our History lesson this week we explored how Muhammad's teachings had an impact on his followers. 

Our Science lesson this week was very exciting!

We have been exploring filtration. We looked at when filtering should be used and how filtering separates mixtures.

Our experiment involved filtering water through cotton wool, a paper towel, filter paper and gauze.

During our computing lesson we explored the concept of personal safety in real life and 'online life'. 

We looked at the SMART rules for being safe online and then created a poster to show our knowledge.