Silver Birch

English - Holiday Brochure

In English, we have been looking at holiday brochures. We tied together out Geography work with this, exploring a European country of out choice and then writing a persuasive brochure all about this place. It was fun and a great read after.

Outdoor Learning - Spider Webs

We created spider webs around the school outdoor environemt using string.

Zoom with Hannah Gold

We had a zoom with Hannah Gold where she was talking about her new book Turtle Moon, which we are reading as a class. Hannah was very inspiring and we spent some time making posters and letters for Mr Fiddy to send to her.

Strangers Hall

We had a fantastic trip to Stranger's Hall, getting a task of life in Tudor Norwich.

American Football Experience

Mr. Setters took us for a PE lesson focusing on American Football to link with our North American theme. He taught us some key vocabulary for different 'lines' - making us run them while catching a ball. It was lots of fun and a challenge to remember all of the names!

Get Medieval Day

We were taught how to fight using foam swords. There were two types of shield: heat and round. In the afternoon, we played a game called 'Anarchy'. Two of us were invited to be the king or queen and led teams. Over the course of the game, we had to collect coins to form castles and gain points. This reenacted a real life battle from the medieval times.

No Electric Day

The eco-council organised a day where the school wasn't allowed to use any electricity. We dressed up as Anglo-Saxons and completed lots of activities throughout the day based on this period of time. It was really fun! One of the activities was to write a diary as an Anglo-Saxon and then we rubbed it in mud to give it an old look.

An Eggciting Investigation

We wanted to find out which drink had the greatest impact on the enamel of our teeth. We used egg because the shell has enamel. We used five different liquids: water, apple juice, orange juice, cola and milk. We also kept one in a cup with no liquid, this was our control. We found out that apple juice and orange juice both cause the enamel to come away from the egg and had the greatest impact. This wasn't what we expected as the majority of the class thought the cola would have the largest impact.

'Publishing' a Story

In English, we wrote emotion stories based on the short film 'Feast' by Disney. We were given two lessons to write our own narrative. We then had time to type it into word. Mr Fiddy is then going to put them together into a book for us to share.

Zoom with Hannah Gold

We were really excited to have the oppotunity to join the author Hannah Gold on zoom as she spoke about her new book Finding Bear, which is the sequal to The Last Bear. We are very excited to read Finding Bear when we finish Charlotte's Web and discover what happens to April and Bear. Hannah was very interesting and gave us some advice on how to become famous authors.

Art - Soft Pastels

In our Art, we have been looking at the work of Tony Hudson. He has created some pieces of art which include warm colours and silhouettes of people. We used soft pastels to create these warm colours and had a go at blending them together. We then used charcoal to create dark silhouettes of people, trees and distant mountains. It was a lot of fun and a little messy!

Science Experiment - Weighing Gas

We wanted to investigate if gasses weighed anything. We were given  a cup or coke and lemonade. Mr Fiddy helped us to weigh them to see how much the liquid weighed with the Carbon Dioxide. We stirred it for three minutes each, totaling 18 minutes. After that, we weighed it again to see the new weight. We could then work out the weight of Carbon Dioxide. We discovered that gasses do have a weight and that coke contained more Carbon Dioxide than lemonade. 

Victorian Day at Gressenhall

We had a great day at Gressenhall. We had to untangle oakum, which was picking rope apart into a fiber. We were also given a tour of the workhouse and got to see the dungeon. We were taught in a Victorian classroom, where the teacher was strict. In the afternoon, we visited a house where a lady cooked drop scones and we helped washing clothes. There was a farm too, where we helped pick stones out of the field.

Wonderdome Planetarium

We were visited by a Planetarium. After a brief safety talk, we entered the dome which was very dark! The lady put on some videos and pictures about space. We learnt a lot! It was very immersive and, at times, felt like we were on a roller-coaster. It was amazing. 

Canopic Jars

First, we molded out canopic jar out of buff clay. We made the base and the lid to look like an animal's head. Once they had dried out, Mr Fiddy put them into the kiln. The next day, he took them out and discovered that some of them had exploded! The ones that survived their time in the kiln were then painted.