Design and technology by Branden

This week we have been decorating and designing our own decorations. We have used lots of different resources including, glue, cello tape, glitter, pipe cleaners, paper, tissue paper and much more. Here are some pictures to show you

20131217-141836.jpg

20131217-141905.jpg

20131217-141919.jpg

20131217-141937.jpg

20131217-141955.jpg

20131217-142010.jpg

Electrical safety.

We have been exploring a range of different information texts, booklets and leaflets this week. We are now making notes to create a leaflet for you about electrical safety at home.

Staying safe around electricity

This afternoon, we were learning how to stay safe around electricity. We had to make notes using only pictures and symbols to help us. It was a challenge but we enjoyed it. We then had to learn from each other.

What did you learn about staying safe around electricity?

20131119-142209.jpg

20131119-142215.jpg

20131119-142222.jpg

What will make a circuit work?

This afternoon, year 4 wanted to investigate how to make a circuit work. We used lots of different components to see if the different circuits would work and we had to work out why it wouldn’t work.

What did we learn in today’s lesson?

20131119-141639.jpg

20131119-141654.jpg

Children in Need

Today we came in spots to raise money for Children in Need. Thank you to everyone who bought in money today. Your money will be appreciated.

20131115-153238.jpg

Art gallery by Faizaan and Gary

20131113-161905.jpg

In our assembly hall we had an art gallery we went around telling people about our art. We showed all the parents  our art and after that y3 and y5 came and we showed them our art work too .We showed them what we wrote in our iPads which were our explanation texts and then we showed the pictures in our art gallery. We showed them our fish,waves and star fish using acrylic, pointillism and collage.

We even showed  them our boxes that we made at home to show our underwater settings.

My half term holiday! By India.

Over the half term, I went to my best friend’s (Mariam’s) birthday party. I had been looking forward to it all week, it was on Sunday 27th October.

I loved it, my other friend (Samantha) came. We played games such as pass the parcel, musical statues and  others.

Mariam blew out her nine candles, cut the cake – which was delicious! Finally she opened her presents, I hoped she liked mine.

We danced to some music, then it was time to pack up. We left at around 9:oo pm. I had a great evening.

My favourite part of the day was when we played the games I didn’t win any prizes but I enjoyed it. I gave Mariam a necklace meaning friends, a diary, a pen that lights up and a friends symbol.

 

 

What I did on my holiday

Saturday

On Saturday I went to Glasgow it was 5 hours on the coach . Yes that is a long time but it was worth it  . The coach dropped us off at  Celtic park ( Celtic  is the football team I support and Celtic park is there football ground ).  We drew 1-1 for Celtic Charlie Mulgreu . When we got back to the hotel at about 9:30 we were pretty tired so we went to bed about 10:30 .

Sunday

on Sunday we were very busy  so we got up at 7:00 so we could have breakfast . We had to go at 9:00 (AM) . We got stuck in lots and I mean lots of traffic so instead of 5 hours it took 7 🙁 !

 

The Most Exciting Trip Ever: THINK TANK

 

On Friday me and my class went to the Think Tank. I was the first one on the coach and I carefully climbed onto the top of the stairs because the stairs were so narrow, I thought I would fall off.

 It was very noisy because everyone was excited about the Think Tank and what cool things their might be in there. I thought there would be some electrical powered robots and when you press the buttons, they would  do lots of different poses.

The best part on the coach was when it went into a tunnel and everyone started screaming! Also when I pressed the light button on the ceiling of the coach, everyone’s light behind me flashed on. Sadly I was only one seat in front of the back !

 Once we got there it was a DREAM. There was a water fountain on both sides left and right! As I walked into my dream I could see lots of electronical gadgets with buttons and levers and all kind’s of lots of odd stuff, you would see in a museum. The instructor told us that we have to put our bags on the right trolley or we would be going home with no bag. (I did not actually listen to that part because I was astonished by the gadgets), but its a good job my friend told me what she said!

 The first part we went to was the top of the museum. It was the most best view from the whole of the museum. Just as I blinked I saw like 200 gallons of water falling from a giant bucket. It was so big that I could not believe my eyes.

 Then I approached another room where you have a little job to do. I had to put a really hard lever around and around onto a gadget. Then my other friends had to make sure the iron temperature was just right, not to cold or too hot. The final job was pushing the button really fast.

Next  it was time for lunch (finally!) I ate some  cheese sandwiches, aero bubbles and a chocolate cake bar. I shared most of my food with my friends but really I had the best part of it.

Before long  it was the end of lunch, I went to wash my hands and just as I put my hand under the tap, I could see that all of the sink was covered in water. I got so shocked that I jumped really high! I quickly put my hand under the dryer, without realising that the dryer was facing my face and that was the end of that!

Soon after we travelled to a wonderful place were there was this digger. You have to control the digger by moving the right levers. If you pick up lots of balls, you are likely to make most of the balls fall out. I got ten balls and nine fell out so I only had one.

Finally it was the part I was waiting for, THE THEATRE. The other instructor Laurence explained to us some very interesting facts:

  • Electricity always travels DOWN
  • Electricity will take the best shortcuts
  • Electricity is dangerous
  • You can very easily get an electrical shock
  • To keep safe around electricity try wearing rubber boots
  • A plasma ball is very dangerous for children

       This was the most fabulous trip ever!

 

 

 

Half term holiday

I had a lot of fun on my holiday because I went to the cinema to watch Turbo. It was about a snail who wanted to be a racer. But then he landed on a race car and he fell inside. The person who was riding inside was losing so he used N2O (Nitro) to go faster. Where the snail was so he got faster. Then I went to a sleepover  and had lots of fun. The last thing I did  was go to an Indian restaurant called purnima. The food was excellent.