Year 3 went outside and discovered how the school grounds have changed now that it is autumn. We looked at the different kinds of leaves and how they have changed colour, from green to orange, red, pink and brown. We examined the leaves and saw that the leaves have veins.
Rio Spencer explained that water moves up the veins to help the leaves grow.
Around the grounds different fruit and berries were found. Apples have fallen on the ground – we discussed how this is ‘windfall’ which we spoke about at the farm trip. Animals and birds have started eating the fallen fruit which will help them when they either hibernate or migrate to warmer climates.
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Today we looked at gravity and how it is measured. We chose a selection of objects and found their mass and weight using a Newton Metre. We also learned about Newton himself and his ground-breaking theories!
Some of us in year 5 wrote autumn haikus after looking at autumnal objects and using our senses to describe them. Some of us did maths and made natural equations using autumnal objects to represent numbers in our number sentences. Our imagination went wild and we had a great time!
Today we looked at how different cams worked and experimented using different ones-it was a bit tricky but we were very resilient!
In art we looked at how to mix colours effectively. We then used the primary colours to create darker tones and shades. We then used water colour and colour mixed and painted our Lowry sketches-they turned out amazingly detailed!
Here at Southwick, we believe all children should learn life skills such as how to handle money. Today we looked at budgeting and had certain budgets for different holidays. We had to include food, accommodation and activities when planning our holidays. Some of us spent the minimum we could and others maxed out their budgets but we all had a great time and are
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We had great fun, there were great costumes and some wonderful dancing too!
Year 5 finished their unit of Local History by completing and displaying some amazing posters about what life was like for the people of Sunderland after World War 2. All of the children in year 5 were invited to visit ‘Our Museum’ to learn about what life was like for those who lived in Sunderland at the time. We learned lots about our local
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This week, each class has taken part in a Financial Literacy lesson where they have focused on a different aspect of money and finance. Take a look at what each year group have been up to.
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Year 1 and 2 had a fantastic time at the Halloween Disco tonight! There was some amazing dance moves and costumes! Take a look…
