Spring Term

"Plants all need the same things to grow and thrive," Is that sometimes, always or never true? Grizedale Class examined different plants and their plant care to find an answer to this question. We used a table to compare the conditions that plants needed to survive and found out that even though the plants may need different amounts of each element, they all needed them in order to thrive,

In English, we have been reading and watching character descriptions of Cruella De Vil and using dictionaries to decide which vocabulary we can use to describe her the best. We worked as a class using zones of relevance to define and use 21 different words and then decided which we wanted to use to describe Cruella. We think she is surly, bad-tempered, devious and cunning! 

In Science, we have started learning about plants. In our first lesson, we set up an investigation to find out what would happen if we didn't give a plant one of the things we learnt they needed to thrive. We have a control plant which we are nurturing and have four other plants which are lacking water, air, temperature or light. After making predictions and monitoring our plants for a week, we made our first Scientific observation of each plant. 

We were shocked how quickly the plants have changed and started to wilt. So far, the plants are surviving but looking very different to our control plant. 

We had lots of fun during our comic book workshop with Comic Kev. We worked together to create our very own Grizedale Class Comic!

In our Shape, Space and Measure lessons with Mrs Taylor we have been exploring the properties of 3D shapes by making them! We used toothpicks and Bluetac to construct our own versions of different 3D shapes and then worked together to discuss the properties. 

We had SUCH a brilliant afternoon for our Animation Workshop with Michael from Animation Nation. We learnt so much about the tricks of the trade of animation and produced some really fun stop-frame animations in our pairs or groups. Please see our school videos page for the finished work!

To assess our learning in History, Miss Taylor challenged us to showcase our knowledge of Boudicca in any way we wanted to. We worked independently using our History books, knowledge notes and knowledge organisers to create some FANTASTIC pieces of work including newspapers, reports, scrolls and stories!

We are loving our weekly cheerleading lessons and have been learning how to correctly lift and be lifted to add to our full routine. We learnt that the person who gets lifted is called a flyer and it is very important that they trust their team, keep their arms nice and straight and land with soft feet.

After conducting some source analysis of portraits of Boudicca and reviewing some different text about her (some written by the Romans and some written by the Celts), we thought about how it is really tricky to get an accurate impression of somebody from the past because of bias. We decided to use our own knowledge to create a one page profile of our own impressions of Boudicca. We think she is loyal, brave, trustworthy and resilient! 

We have been transferring our knowledge of the Spider and the Fly into different genres of writing. After writing a letter in response to the Spider after receiving a very sinister invitation, we are now moving onto diary entries as the characters from the poem. Today, we have created a toolkit for a diary entry and tested it out against a diary entry written by the Fly! 

We have absolutely loved our History unit all about Boudicca. In every lesson, we have been listening to this super fun song all about Boudicca to keep our learning sticky and to prompt some brilliant discussions. 

After creating our one page profiles of a character of our choice from James and the Giant Peach, we worked very hard to create a clay replica of them. We worked very hard on our scale and proportion and it certainly paid off!

Grizedale class loved our first Cheerleading lesson today with our special cheerleading coach. We did so well that next week we will be attempting some lifts!

In Art, we have been looking at how artists make stories come to life with their work. To start our unit, we have been studying Quentin Blake and his style of drawing. We took part in a guided draw of Willy Wonka and were so impressed with how quickly Quentin draws. We thought about how he celebrates uniqueness, imperfection and creativity in his art.