Friday, March 20, 2009
17th to 21st March
We have had another busy week following our weekend away together at Caythorpe.
The special events were a school disco on Thursday evening and a science day in the middle of the week. On science day we had two main activities. One of these was a series of investigations and practical activities involving magnets. The other was a "CSI" styled activity in which we first had to do a series of tests on six white powders. The tests included describing appearance, texture and smell, then observing reaction of the material with water, noting its pH and finally checking its reaction with a weak acid. After that we did some chromatography on some felt pens found at "the suspects" homes. We used all this information to make a comparison with results of similar tests on substances found at the scene of crime and help the police arrest the most likely suspect. We also had time to make some records of our finger prints.
In our normal lessons this week, we took a break from our work on argument and discussion in English to write a playscript from a story following a lesson revising the key features of scripts. We continued our maths work on fractions and percentages by working on problems in these areas. We finished the week with an art lesson in which we made some card sculptures - hoping that some of these will be displayed in the new glass cabinets in the school entrance hall.
The special events were a school disco on Thursday evening and a science day in the middle of the week. On science day we had two main activities. One of these was a series of investigations and practical activities involving magnets. The other was a "CSI" styled activity in which we first had to do a series of tests on six white powders. The tests included describing appearance, texture and smell, then observing reaction of the material with water, noting its pH and finally checking its reaction with a weak acid. After that we did some chromatography on some felt pens found at "the suspects" homes. We used all this information to make a comparison with results of similar tests on substances found at the scene of crime and help the police arrest the most likely suspect. We also had time to make some records of our finger prints.
In our normal lessons this week, we took a break from our work on argument and discussion in English to write a playscript from a story following a lesson revising the key features of scripts. We continued our maths work on fractions and percentages by working on problems in these areas. We finished the week with an art lesson in which we made some card sculptures - hoping that some of these will be displayed in the new glass cabinets in the school entrance hall.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 7:46 pm
