P2/3 have been looking at different materials and as part of our topic ‘Knights and Castles’ we made our own junk model boats. We had specific success criteria to stick to so had to plan and design our boats carefully. They had to float on water but also be strong enough to carry a £1 coin. We will test them out next week!

P2/3 did a lot of real-life maths problems for STEM week. We worked out the winners of the commonwealth games using only the scorecards. We also did a lot of problem solving with Numicon and looked at how different numbers could fit together well.

Today the children learned how to create a menu and prepare food from around the world.  We made Greek Salad for starters, Italian Margarita Pizza for our main and French Crepes for dessert smothered in strawberries and strawberry sauce.  We learned about the importance of food hygiene and keeping safe when cooking.  We all had the opportunity to taste everything on the menu and some children have developed a taste for new foods for example: Kloe likes salad now; Kayla loved the tomatoes on the pizza; Kacey loved the salad and Colin wants to make Greek Salad at home.  So as they say ‘RESULT!’  We must thank Mrs Shearer who helped us with the cooking on the day, as we definitely couldn’t have done it without her. Thank you and well done to P4/5 children.

The children in P4/5 had a challenge to build the tallest, strongest tower using only recycled materials and only had one hour to plan, design and create these.  The children had great fun but found it challenging to not only build the tallest tower but also the strongest.

Thanks to P3/4 children for inviting us in to find out all about the Romans as well as learn some fantastic new facts.  We were lucky to weave, play with the catapults, test the strength of bridges and learn about operations Romans performed and the tools they used.