Autumn 1 & 2: Wartime Tales
In Science, we have started to learn about different sources of light and what we think is man-made or natural. In our groups, we did an experiment to prove that light travels in a straight line. The children had 4 pieces of card (two of them with holes in) and a torch. They had to line the cards up to see if it worked correctly and they were really amazed how it worked.
In DT, Sycamore have been looking at the different structures and how they are reinforced. We experimented on our own and learnt how to securely join straws together to make different frames that we will use in our final piece. After the experiment, we tested these frames to find out which ones we thought were stable or unstable.
So far in Writing this half term, Sycamore have written a diary entry about how they felt at home with their family when they heard the announcement from Neville Chamberlain about the start of The World War II. All the children used amazing vocabulary to really catch the reader eyes and make you feel how they would have done in 1939.
In DT this half term Sycamore have been working in groups to make their own Anderson shelter based on our adventure. All the children took part in making the shelters, from helping sawing the wood to make the structure to making painting the Anderson shelters. The children all enjoyed making different parts of the Anderson shelters and they worked really well in there groups. They all look amazing!
