The Elf on the Shelf is visiting our classroom to make sure the boys are being good. He will be reporting back to Santa on all the good work the boys have been doing.

The boys have been learning about shadows and had lots of fun making animal hand shadow puppets.

Dogs

Butterflies

Snails

Horse 

World Kindness Day was held on 13th November 2020 Rather than celebrating it for one day we intend to be kind to one another every day. During the week, the boys wrote about times when they are kind and made it into a paper chain. They also completed a fill in the blank exercise about kindness.

These are some of the wonderful things they do to show that they are being kind.

I am kind when I…

1. hug my mum and dad.
2. help my friends.
3. say “please” and “thank you” .
4. hold the door open for someone.
5. call my granny or grandad

Science week was held between 8th-15th November and our class had a blast!

1. Inflating a Balloon with Yeast 

We got some warm water, yeast and sugar and mixed it all together. As the yeast eats the sugar it makes a gas called carbon dioxide. The gas fills up the bottle and after about 20minutes it also inflates the balloon!

2. Making Steel Sponges Rusty! 

For this experiment, we placed a steel sponge into a glass. We then added vinegar and bleach. We left it to sit for a while and it started to rust! Rust forms when it mixed with oxygen and water. The vinegar removes the special protective coating off the steel wool. The oxygen from the bleach combines with the iron in the steel. This chemical reaction gives off heat so the boys observed condensation on the glass too!

3. Colour Changing Flower Experiment

For this experiment, we put food colouring and observed the flowers changing from white to green or white to red!

4. Making a Tin-Foil boat that would hold cubes 

The boys really enjoyed drawing designs for their tin-foil boat and making it.

Their favourite experiment of the week was making elephant’s toothpaste!

5. Making Elephant’s Toothpaste! 

A welcome back display for the boys!

The boys have been learning about the season of autumn. We talked about the changes that take place in nature during these months. They learnt about how some animals hibernate and how others migrate to warmer climates. The boys learnt all about hedgehogs and painted these beautiful ones by dipping forks into paint to create the spikes.