Autumn 2024
Our central topic this term has been journeys.
We started by looking at the journeys of polar explorers and learning about life in the Arctic and Antarctic. Then we learnt all about the Anglo Saxons, and the period during which they moved to live in the British Isles. We went to Perlethorpe to meet an Anglo Saxon and see how they lived. We have learnt about Anglo Saxon rune messages. We have also read the Anglo Saxon story of Beowolf and written our own endings.
During our Science lessons, we have learnt abouts sound – how it is made, how it travels, and how we could use different materials to muffle sounds and make them more difficult to hear. The children thought about how to alter the pitch and amplitude of sounds, and even able to use a variety instruments to demonstrate what they had learnt. We also learnt about electricity and then used this knowledge for our DT project, where we designed and made a torch for a Polar explorer.
In IT, we have been learning how to edit photos, including changing colours as well as adding and removing objects from the picture. The children have really enjoyed their work
In Art, we have looked at the work of a local artist Anna Collete Hunt, who displays her work at Nottingham Castle. We have looked carefully at butterflies and sketched them in detail, before designing our own clay butterfly. We decorated them beautifully and were really impressed with our finished butterflies.
In Music, we have enjoyed learning how to play our guitars and have learnt some notes and put them together to play some simple tunes. We have also appreciated the music of different artists.
