Inventions

In 3 groups we decided to  make from K'Nex an item that could be found  in a play park or fun fair. All the items had to look attractive, be strong and be able to move. The 3 videos show the finished objects and the teams.We made a death slide, a ferris wheel and swings.

Model Bridges

As part of our Inventions topic we looked at images of the Forth Road Bridge in Scotland and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Franciso. We observed that rigid structures use triangles in their designs. Using the K'Nex kits we made three bridges in groups. The bridges had to be at least a metre in length and strong enough to support a toy car. Here are our finished products;

Respect and Respected

Parents will have had by now a letter which tells them what is happening in these class sessions. The themes for the Friday afternoon sessions are;

1. Bullying behaviour and friendship qualities
2. Name calling
3. Put downs and put ups
4. Staying safe and strategies to cope
5. No such thing as an innocent bystander

Hopefully we shall all be able to present an assembly to the rest of the school early next term.

Parents are asked to comment in this blog AND/OR in the weekly progress jotter.

The pictures show us at work on the first of these lessons, where we had to create a poster from the School Anti-bullying Policy.