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Grateley Primary School

Attenborough Class Blog 2018-2019

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  • 13/12/18

    Science Scarecrows

    In Science the children applied their learning on electrical circuits to make scarecrows that really would scare any birds away. When the birds land on the shoulder of the scarecrow it will cause pressure on a switch making the scarecrows eyes light up without any warning. The children had a fant...
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  • 30/11/18

    Pantomine Workshop

    The children had the opportunity to create their own Robin Hood puppets and masks today using a range of media from plastic pots, felt, pom poms and paint, as well as much more. They had great fun and it was a fantastic session. They then enjoyed the Robin Hood performance in the afternoon perf...
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  • 23/11/18

    Little Life Savers

    The children had the opportunity to learn some basic first aid including the recovery position and CPR this afternoon. Initially they started discussing the signs of when someone is choking, then leart about what to do to try and help them. They were all given scenarios and talked through what...
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  • 09/11/18

    Icky Doo Dah Storyboards

    Following the visit from Simon Murray the children have been creating their own version of Icky doo Dah and have written their own storyboards of some of the adventures he has got up to. Please take a look in the gallery on the class page to see some examples of our work. When they are all finish...
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  • 07/11/18

    Icky Doo Dah

    We had Simon Murray join us in school yesterday. He is the author of the book 'Icky Doo Dah'. He began the day explaining to the children how he came up with the idea of his character and then how he goes about illustrating his books with all of the mischievous things the character gets up t...
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  • 10/10/18

    Science: Forces

    In Science this term, Attenborough class have been learning all about Forces. The children began this unit by exploring the effects of air resistance that acts between moving surfaces. We then investigated the effects of friction and water resistance, before finally investigating the effects of...
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  • 19/09/18

    Maths - Bar Model

    The children have been working really hard on place value, addition and subtraction the last few weeks and are learning how to develop their problem solving using the Singapore Bar Model. The homework being sent home uses this method and if any parents would like some support or advice on how to use...
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  • 19/09/18

    Wonder

    The children have been reading the book 'Wonder' by R. J. Palacio in class and are really enjoying it. We have been learning all about fronted prepositional phrases, sentence structures and passive voice and are getting ready to plan our own diary entries which we will draft, improve, re-dra...
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  • 07/09/18

    Fire Service Visit

    Attenborough class have had a Hampshire Fire Service visit in school today. The talk began with a video of how quickly a house fire can spread in one room, from no fire at all to flames billowing out of the windows and doors (less than 3 minutes). We all discussed the importance of smoke alarms and...
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