Weekly Update Friday 14th May 2021 (1)
Healthy Choices on the Menu at Penol
Class 2 Visit the Yurt
On Wednesday, Class 2 enjoyed their first visit inside the new yurt on the school field. The children enjoyed sharing stories with each other as well as listening to a story altogether and even found time for some cloud gazing!
Inside I liked it because it was big and I liked seeing the shapes on the wall. I liked seeing the clouds – they looked like a bunny, a unicorn and a heart! – Aggie
I liked lying and looking up and seeing the clouds. I read Hickory Dickory Dock – Elowen
We’re looking forward to our next visit to the yurt again next week!
Brilliant Balance Ability
Reception have been enjoying some great Balance Ability sessions since coming back after Easter.
I like letting go when we’ve held the bikes and then we go very fast down the hill – Jude
The children have enjoyed the challenges set for them to ride the bikes around the cones, practise gliding and have learnt about how to keep safe when on the bikes.
When you glide you have a big push off and then your bike moves – Niyah
I like gliding because the bike moves by itself – Suki
Reception have also enjoyed using the bikes in the afternoon and have been showing off what they have learnt.
I like the balance bikes because you can ride them in the afternoon. I like pedalling my bike at home – Seth
Well done Reception, we’re looking forward to seeing your bike skills grow over the next few weeks!
Year 2 Explore North Quay
As part of this terms Geography topic, ‘Coasts and Oceans’, year 2 spent a lovely day at North Quay beach.
After walking to the beach, in the lovely sunshine, the children spent the day sketching the beautiful scenery, recording physical and human features and also creating a selection of sand sculptures.
Take a look at the scenery photographs, can you name any physical or human features?
Designing Mars Rovers in Year 5
Last term, as part of our Space topic, the children were inspired by the landing of Perseverance on Mars and so created their own versions of a Mars rover, complete with a motor so that it could move forward and, most impressively a lever system to enable it to pick up ‘space rock’ to study. The children had a great time making and designing their own rover and, who knows, maybe this activity will have inspired our next rover designers of the future.
After they’d made their rovers, the children used the iPads and iMovie to virtually transport their creations to the surface of Mars with some Green Screen magic.
You can enjoy some of these videos below:
"I enjoyed making the Mars Rover. My favourite part was designing and decorating the rover, but we did have some trouble with our electrics"
Emily
Class 11