Friday, February 24, 2012
20th to 24th February
In English we have started a study of myths and legends, focussing on those from ancient Greece, to link in with our history focus. We looked at the myth of Pandora's Box and have also started watching a series of video programmes bases on The Odyssey. In response to this, we have written a "newspaper report" of the siege of Troy and the story of the wooden horse of Troy.
Our maths work has been concerned with shapes and their properties. Concentrating on 2D shapes, we have investigated symmetry properties, using mirrors and folding shapes, and learned some vocabulary including "parallel" and "perpendicular". We have also learned about the names and properties of different types of triangles and tried drawing the reflection of complex shapes.
We have had two sessions to start off our technology unit on bridges and structures. We have explored what we can do, just using a single sheet of A4 paper, we can make a structure which sticks out from the top of a desk as far as possible and, today, we made different types of beams (circular, triangular and square cross section) and tested them to destruction to find the strongest type - again making each one from a single A4 sheet.
In addition to these lessons, on Monday, we did some filming for our "Wonderful World" video, we have had French and two PE lessons and done a science investigation. We carried out an experiment to find out how the size of a shadow changes as an opaque object moves closer to a light source.
# posted by Mr Jennings : 7:28 pm
