Eagles in action!
Spring Term
Welcome back to the ‘Eagles in Action’ page.
Here’s what we have been up to recently!
Spring Week 7
As part of our topic on Brazil we have been studying life-cycles of different organisms. In order to reinforce this learning, we went on a trip to the Bug Parc. It was a superb day where we learnt all about different insects and other invertebrates. As usual, our engagement and behaviour were excellent and were remarked upon by members of the Bug Parc team.
Thursday was World Book Day where we all came dressed as a character from a book. At the end of the day, we had a choice of books to listen to.
Spring Week 6
The Friday before half-term was ‘Be Yourself Day.’ We took part in lots of fun activities including yoga with Kirsty and Lauren, made personalised bracelets, made Powerpoints on things we were personally interested in and we had a visit from some miniature donkeys. It was a great fun day!!
Spring Week 4
As part of the work we do in Aplington Parliament each class has been looking at an area of the playground and have been thinking about how it should and should not be used and what could be done to make it better. We were allocated the exercise equipment and after some discussions Summer and Amilee prepared a poster to present to our Parliament. This poster is going to be put up near the exercise equipment.’
Then ‘ We are currently doing a lot of work on lifecycles as part of our topic on Brazil. This includes the human lifecycle. This week we have been investigating gestation periods and the number of offspring mammals have, We have been estimating then researching the correct answer. Hopefully the more information we gather the better we will become at this. Did you know the hamster has the shortest gestation period of 15 days whilst the Africa elephant has the longest at approximately 22 months!’
Spring Week 2
On Tuesday we have music with Mr Cooper. To complement our topic work on Brazil he has been teaching us some Brazilian musci including a song calle Sambalele
Christmas in Eagles
We have had a lot on the past couple of weeks with lots of performances, Christingle and trips. We did, however, manage to get some learning done and we finished our Christmas Cakes!
Autumn Week 12
We have been working extra hard this week on our Egyptian topic where we are debating whether the Rosetta Stone should be returned to Cairo from the British Museum, on our maths where we are finishing off our fractions work and in RE where we are philosophising about whether it is ever okay to lie. However, we have had time to get ready for Christmas – making decorations and dressing the classroom, practising out carols and Christmas songs and on Thursday we started making our Christmas cakes!
Autumn Week 10
On Tuesday we had a day completing some geography fieldwork at the Horsted Centre to complement our work on rivers. We canoed down the Bure and took depth measurements on a meander and on a straight part of the river. We will use this next week to draw cross-sections of the river which should confirm our understanding of how rivers work. We also did an experiment looking at the flow of the river at different points. To finish we did some map-reading and orienteering around the grounds and gardens. It was a great day and, as always, we were beautifully behaved and really engaged with our learning!
Autumn Week 9
This week we have been continuing our work on the Ancient Egyptians focussung on the Book of the Dead. On Thursday we had the chance to explore an Egyptian tomb filled with lots of artefacts some of which we made with Mrs Godbold and Mrs Johnson in art.
Autumn Week 6
On Wednesday we had Harvest Festival at the church. We walked there with the Robins and then did five different activities to do with the harvest, sharing and being thankful. It was great fun and as usual we were beautifully behaved and really looked after the Robins.
Autumn Week 5
Fridays is computing day and Mrs Scott is teaching us all abour spreadsheets this half-term.
Our new lockers arrived this week which Mrs Lloyd has organised for us.
Autumn Week 4
On Thursdays we have art with Mrs Godbold. This half-term we are working on recreating artefacts found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. We are all making shabtis (servants for the deceased, placed in the tomb to do work for the person buried in the after-life) and canopic jars (used to store the vital organs of the deceased person) amongst other items found in the tomb.
Autumn Week 3
Last week we had a brilliant trip to Norwich Castle to learn more about the Ancient Egyptians. We too part on four different activities: one on the Egyptian afterlife and mummification, one on Egyptian jewellery, another looking at real Ancient Egyptian artefacts and the final one was a look at ordinary life at the time. We also spent some time considering whether it was ethical to remove artefacts from tombs.
It was an excellent trip and we were, as always, brilliantly behaved, engaged and polite. The staff at the Castle remarked what a pleasure it was to have taught us!
Autumn Weeks 1 and 2
The Eagles are back!
We have begun our new topic entitled ‘Wonderful Things’ which is about the Ancient Egyptians by looking at where Egypt is in the world and when they were an important civilisation. We have also been working our way through the beginning of year assessments. Everybody has done really well and have impressed Mr Stowers!
