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There was some great acts at the Christmas Talent show today. We had children telling jokes, singing their favourite songs and performing dances. Well done to all the children that shared their act with the school at the show. Here are a few of the acts that performed:

Mulberry class made party hats in the morning, and then had a great time, enjoying Christmas lunch altogether. Merry Christmas everyone!

Light is a truly amazing thing, but what it is?  Mulberry class discussed their understanding of what 'light' is, during their first lesson of our new science topic. We thought of sources of light such as torches, lamps and the sun, as well as how some of these are lit e.g. by electricity  or fire. We made a start by finding out more about what light is and how it behaves. To do this we investigated light using a cardboard box. We chose 5 items to go under the box.  Then made one hole in the top, and let each person look through, then make more holes in the side, and looked through. Then shone a torch through one hole, whilst we looked in other holes. The class remembered to never look straight into a  light source like a torch, as this will damage your eyes. We found out that when there were no holes in the box, it was completely dark, and so we could not see the objects under the box. As we started  to put more holes in the sides and top of the box, we cou

We have been learning the meaning of some new words related to history such as archaeology, archaeologists, artefact, replica, evidence. We pretended to be real archaeologists and dug up some artefacts very carefully and made notes about what we found. What artefacts did you discover?

Egyptian Day 2019 We all had a lovely day, dressing up, on Monday for our Egyptian Day. The children took part in different activities such as bread making. The children worked as a group to weigh out the ingredients to make a type of flat bread. They mixed, kneaded and later formed a flat shape with the dough.  At the end of the day, after is was cooked, we all tried the bread and everyone said it tasted nice. We also tasted some other foods eaten during Ancient Egyptian times such dates, grapes, and pomegranate seeds.  Each child began to create their own Egyptian mask, and decorated it in gold, just like Tutankhamen's mask found in his sarcophagus.   We learnt how to write our name in hieroglyphics and decorated a cartouche with our name using this Ancient Egyptian writing. We all had a fun day, and enjoyed learning more about the past.  Our Egyptian masks are now completed. We look like a sc

We invited the Year one class to join Mulberry Class for a science fair. The Year 3 children created fun and exciting games, investigations and activities all about magnetic forces to teach the younger children. These are some activities that we designed and created. Thank you to Sycamore class for joining us on Wednesday. We all had a fun time learning more about magnets.

Our science this term is focused in Forces and magnets. Here are a few things that we have found out. We all played ‘Furious forces’ where we looked at a range of items and thought about how we move them. throw bounce We came up with other 'forces' words like push, pull, turn, twist etc What objects are magnetic? This stapler is!! We explored lots of objects and found out that metal is magnetic. Do magnets work through liquids? We could move the paperclip up through some of the liquids, using a magnet. The syrup didn't always let you move the paperclip, we thought that this is because syrup is sticky and thick. The magnet worked through water, oil and apple juice. Magnet magic How can you make the ring magnet move without touching it? Can you make it attract or repel to another magnet? We used a ring magnet attached to a pyramid framework, and used another magnet to make the ring magnet move around like magic.

What would you do if you had to explain to a robot how to make a jam sandwich? Well, of course, you would write it a set of instructions (also known as an algorithm) to explain to the robot how to do it. Mrs Morris pretender to be a ‘jambot’ and let the children give her instructions on how to make a jam sandwich. But she went a bit wrong because the instructions were not clear and precise enough. The class soon realised that instructions have to be simple, clear, direct and in the correct order. They then wrote a set of instructions to explain how to make a jam sandwich. Many used numbers or arrows to order the instructions, and everyone remembered to use bossy words like put, turn, spread to start their instructions. Here are a few of us following our instructions to make our own jam sandwich. Were your instructions easy to follow? We had good fun making and eating our sandwiches!!