Out of this World

At the beginning of this half term the year 4 and 5′s were told that something strange had occured during the night.  There had been reports of a strange whizzing, whistling and thudding sound coming from the quiet area on the playground. So year 4 and 5 decided to investigate.

 

I wonder what's down there!

All the children enjoyed searching high and low for any strange or weird objects in the garden. They searched in every nook and cranny, under all the bushes and behind all the trees.

What are we searching for?

After a few minutes of furious searching, some odd shaped rocks were found. We discussed what we thought they were and where they had come from. The children came up with some great answers and ideas, such as,

“Did they fall from the sky?”

“Are they from Space?”

“Have they broken away from a meteoroid?”

 

Look at this

 

Digging deep!

We then discussed how our topic was going to be ‘Out of this World’.  The children were then excited and eager to write down all their questions that they wanted answering by the end of the topic.

I wonder what we are going to find out during our topic :)

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A fun filled afternoon

What a busy day! Thank goodness for a rest, cup of warm tea and a chance to blog. After a carb filled lunch  (to recharge our batteries) of wraps, spicy chicken or beef and nachos, we have all taken part in 2 more fantastic activities. Mrs Hudson was particularly excited about the aeroball activity as we had told her all about it this morning and she eagerly listened to the instructions before smashing the ball in the goal.

What good listening skills you have!

Some of us learnt some great survival skills today. How to build a shelter and start a camp fire using flint. It was a tricky and physical task that needed a lot of team work and concentration but we got there in the end. I’m not sure I would want to test the shelters out in the bad weather though!

Smile!

You can do it!

We better go now and catch up with Mrs Hudson and the others at the campfire, singing songs and enjoying toasted marshmallows. (I hope they saved us one) Pictures will follow tomorrow. Fingers crossed for an early night tonight. Miss Surman and Miss Bairstow