This week learners focused on programming the floor robot to move forwards and backwards. They observed that the robot moves forwards and backwards a fixed distance. This highlights the idea that robots follow a clear, fixed command in a precise and repeatable way. Learners thought about starting the robot from the same place each time. Using the same start position with fixed commands allowed learners to predict what a program will do.
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This week Team CH have been introduced to biology. Biology is the study of living organisms. Children were given the opportunity to talk about a variety of common animals that they may have seen before in their local area while watching this short clip; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyHwyUVQTs .
After a discussion of the animals which we saw, we identified common pets, wild, woodland and farm animals. Finally, we sorted these into groups and shared our work with a talk partner. This week Team CH have started Unit four. We have introduced 2D shapes such as, hexagon, trapezium, rhombus, triangle and square. In addition to this we used the shapes to create pattern block images. We focused on rotating pieces and paying careful attention to aligning the edges of pieces. Additionally, we found alternative ways to make shapes, e.g. changing a hexagon for two trapezia. Secondly, we looked very closely at a design and attempted to describe it using as much detail as possible. Next, we had a go at copying it on our own whiteboards. we thought really carefully about how big each part of the design is. Finally, we compare our own picture to the first design and made changes to improve our own pictures. After this, we moved on to repeating patterns, we practiced extending a repeating pattern and describing that pattern in as much detail as possible. To further challenge ourselves we substituted all of the blue rhombuses for two triangles. This week Team CH have been revisiting previous learning from the Autumn term. We have been able to confidently count to five spannish. Uno = 1 Dos = 2 Tres = 3 Cuatro = 4 Cinco = 5 This week team CH were introduced to their dance topic, "seasons of the year". First we warmed ourselves up using our striva challenge of being able to skip along a line of cones and back again. Then, we played traffic lights. We spent some time talking about the changes to our breathing and highlighted that we are taking deeper breathes.
After this, we explored the four seasons of a year, spring, summer, autumn and winter. We split into four groups and shared ideas of what reminds us of these seasons. Next, we put a short movement together to represent our season and presented this to everyone. This week Team CH have set out to discover what nutrition means and why it matters in relation to a healthy lifestyle. To learn about food groups and how these are all part of a balanced diet. WE introduced words such as, Nutrition, healthy lifestyle, balanced diet, food groups, protein, carbohydrates and dairy.
This week team CH have been introduced the to floor robots. Pupils had the opportunity to talk about what the buttons might do and then try the buttons out. Next, we spent time linking an outcome to a button press and considered the direction command buttons, as well as clear memory and run program buttons.
This week Team CH have become familiar with Hanukkah. Hanukkah is the Jewish Festival of Lights. The word 'Hanukkah' means 'Dedication' in Hebrew. It celebrates a miracle that happened in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago.
Team CH listened carefully to the story and three songs that remind Mr Holmes of Hanukkah such as, "Give me oil in my lamp", "God is watching over you" and "all together as a family". These songs can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/primary-school-songs-songs-for-collective-worship-and-assemblies/zmgwkmn This week in Team CH we have travelled back in time to the year 1666. We looked closely at present day London and highlighted some things we found interesting such as the bright lights, cars, busses, planes, helicopters, brick buildings and the public underground subway.
We questioned why we couldn’t compare these pictures of present-day London, to the London of the 17th century and that is because there was no way of capturing images of London in 1666 as cameras were not invented until 1816. Additionally, we looked very closely at present day London at night and thought hard about what London in the 17th century would look like at night and more specifically how people would move around, see in the dark and build their homes. Finally, we completed a cutting and sticking task to help visualise the similarities and difference of present-day London and London of the past. This week team CH have become familiar with the story of Lent.
Lent is the forty days preceding Easter in the Christian calendar. We began our session by listening to the song " Giod is watching over you " which can be found here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/assemblies-ks1-ks2-lent/zy6br2p After this we watched a short video to introduce the story of Lent. Pupils had the opportunity to talk about when Lent takes place, talking about the way Jesus was tempted by the devil while in the desert and why Christians give up things during lent. We then reflected on all the things we enjoy such as, Ipads, games, chocolate and thought hard about something we could give up to remember the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert. |
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