Greek Myths

We had a lot of fun learning about The Ancient Greeks in the Spring Term.

We heard the story of Pandora's Box which led to some exciting story-telling and some DT involving making boxes from balsa wood.

As part of our Fairgrounds Topic we looked at some of the work by the famous painter L.S. Lowry
 

All the children had a section of the picture to copy and when we stuck them all together it looked really good!

Have a look at some of detail close up.

We used chalk pastel in muted colours to capture the style of the artist.

Lowry is famous for his 'match-stick men'.

Parent Carousel

 

 

Monday was the start of our STEM week and we had a lot of fun
making structures with some of our parents and carers.

The different groups had to choose which challenge they wanted to do then plan, cost and build it!

Engineering Challenge

 

Specifications:

Tower: must be at least 1 metre high; hold one Lego person at the top; cost no more than £50.

Big Wheel: must turn; hold 4 Lego people; cost no more than £80.

Bridge: must be at least 50cm in length; hold the weight of at least five toy cars; cost no more than £100.

 

 

 

 

Cost of materials

Art straws £1 each

Paper clips 50p each

Paper fasteners £1 each

Roll of tape £20

Pair of scissors £5

One piece of card £2 per A4 sheet

PVA glue and spreader £5

One newspaper £20

Electric circuit (with motor) £15

Cotton reel £1

Pulley and elastic band £2 (includes washers)

What fantastic results! Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to work with us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A theatre company visited us on 6th June and performed A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare - it was BRILLIANT!

Everyone joined in when there was some magic to be done.

Even Miss Whittell...

...and Mrs Driver had little parts to play!

Bottom the donkey was very funny.



 Then everyone in Swifts took part in a workshop that helped to think about how to portray different characters - Thisbe and Pyramus, a lion, a wall and even a river!

We have some VERY good actors in Swifts.

More work on Forces

 

We had a lot of fun finding about upthrust as part of our topic on forces.

First we found the weight of the object in Newtons.

Then we measured the weight again with the object in the water.

The difference told us what the force of the upthrust was.

 

 

Then we put little boats on the water to see how much weight it could hold before it sank...

We tried the same boat in salt water to see if the upthrust was greater.