We kicked off our Mountains topic by designing our very own Mountain Rescue centre. In teams we drew floor plans for our rescue centres and thought hard about what they might have inside them.
One group drew a simulation room; for simulating rescue scenarios to train staff and prepare trekkers. This led us into freeze framing some photographs of mountain rescues in action to display around the rescue centre and to recreate in the simulation room as training exercises. As mountain rescue experts we reflected on how tough it may be attending mountain rescue situations and how we might feel during and after these high risk rescue situations. We worked hard to show not tell these emotions in our photograph freeze frames. Our mountain rescue team now has an established rescue centre full of necessary supplies and are ready for our first rescue mission.
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I hope you have all had a wonderful half term holidays and are ready for a jam packed half term before Easter!
Our Geography topic this half term is 'Mountains Around the World' and our Science topic focuses on 'Light'. Have a look at our knowledge organisers to find out more about what we will be covering! This half term we also have swimming lessons every Thursday afternoon - so please remember your swimming kits EVERY Thursday! During Sleep Week we also recapped our internet safety messages and visited the ThinkUKnow website to refresh our internet safety knowledge.
What a relaxing week we had for this year's Sleep Week.
As always we completed our sleep week diaries and carried out lots of research into the importance of sleep, how many hours we should be getting each night, relaxing bedtime routines and the importance of a calm and tidy sleep environment. We also learnt about lots of interesting sleep disorders in our Guided Reading session. We carried out lots of mindfulness and yoga style/relaxation practises throughout the week. Mrs Vaughan led a relaxing story massage session where she read a calming story and we massaged our partners backs with moves linked to the story. We planted bulbs and seeds to take home and completed our sleep week with some smelling and tasting of herbal teas followed by a pyjama day! ![]() We discussed what choices we are required to make on a daily, weekly and annual basis and how significant these choices are. We then considered who affects the choices and decisions we make. We ranked these people/things based on how much influence they have on us and discussed that as we get older different people and things will start to influence us more. We discussed how it is important to also think for ourselves and not just follow the crowds or allow ourselves to be influenced when we don't wish to be! We researched Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution and natural selection. We found out about Darwin's finches theory. We then carried out a practical investigation into whether the shape and size of a bird's beak effects the amount of food it can collect. We used tweezers, scissors, a spoon and a peg to mimic different shaped and sized bird beaks. We then had a selection of different food types - elastic bands (worms), cocktail sticks (caterpillars) pom-poms (berries) and paper clips (insects) to collect. Each person in the class chose one beak type and collected as many food items as they could in 30 seconds. We then calculated the average amount of each food type collected by each beak and recorded our data as a bar chart. ![]() It was clear that the spoon beak was most effective at collecting paper clips and pom-poms and so, this bird was best suited to living on an island with insects and/or berries available. The tweezer beak collected the most elastic bands, so this bird would be most suited to living on an island with an abundance of worms. The peg and scissors beaks, although not the most effective at collecting one particular food, were able to collect all food types in nearly equal amounts so would be best living on islands with diverse food options available. They would manage to survive by eating a mixed diet. Charles Darwin found similar results: We visited St John's Ambulance and read their advice on treating minor and serious head injuries. We then considered what we would do in the following scenario...
We watched an NSPCC video called 'Lucy & The Boy' in which a young girl shares a photo of herself on social media and starts messaging someone she doesn't know who likes the picture. The 'boy' turns out to be a grown man and tries to meet up with Lucy in person. NSPCC Share Aware Lucy & The Boy... - VideoLink We took notes as we watched the video and discussed stranger danger. We then discussed as a class rules for staying safe online.
After our Mantle of the Expert session, meeting Henry Tudor, we imagined ourselves as Henry the night before the battle of Bosworth. We considered what Henry may have been feeling and thinking and wrote a diary entry as if we were Henry Tudor on the eve of the battle. Ameeka's Diary Entry Jess' Diary Entry
In Spring 1 Shamrocks travelled back in time to the Tudor era, right back to The Battle of Bosworth in 1485. A young Henry Tudor had arrived in Wales from his exile in France and trekked across Wales, into England to challenge Richard of York for the throne of England. On his way to Bosworth battlefield Henry VII passed through Shrewsbury and stayed at The Henry Tudor Inn. In our Mantle of the Expert session we witnessed Henry (Mrs Griffiths as adult in role), approaching a door in Shrewsbury and waiting to be let in. We considered Henry's body language and actions and thought of questions we would like to ask Henry Tudor. Henry then thought out loud so we could hear what was going through his mind at the time. We discussed why he might be feeling nervous and what might happen to him if a loyal supporter of King Richard answered the door to him! Luckily the person who answered the door (Mrs Edwards as adult in role) was a supporter of Henry, a friend not a foe! |
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