In our classes, we aim to be the best we can. To help us do this, we collaborate and investigate with each other to maximise our learning time. We love to explore and share our experiences!
We are resilient!
Hello and welcome. Below is some key information for the spring term.
All usernames and passwords will be stuck in the front of their reading journals and home learning books.
Staying safe week saw the children learn first aid. This included: How to respond in an emergency situation, CPR and how to use a defibrillator.
They also learnt how to be 'Sugar Smart' in Design Technology by looking at sugar content in food and how people could reduce their intake. In computing, they learnt about cyber security and created an algorithm to stay safe on the web. A great week was had by all!
Spring term will see the children learn about the Environment, which is mainly a geography based topic. Here are the challenge questions from geography they will face:
In science, they will learn about adaptation and evolution. As part of this the children visited the Yorkshire Wildlife Park to learn about the animals there. They also took part a classroom session with the staff from the park to learn about adaptation and evolution.
In maths, they became architects and studied the original designs by William Paine. We then used our knowledge of measures to convert imperial measures to metric ones (feet to metres) and produced new scaled drawings of the ground floor.
In writing, we researched the Mansion House and then produced a non-chronological leaflet about it. We used a range of report writing techniques to inform people about the historic building.
In geography, we studied maps of Doncaster from different periods over the last one hundred and eighty years. We then investigated the similarities and differences over this period and looked at how the human geography had changed.
In art, the children learnt how the design of Doncaster Mansion House was strongly based on Palladianism, which is an approach to architecture strongly influenced by the sixteenth century architect Andrea Palladio. It is characterised by classical forms, symmetry, and strict proportion
Autumn's Topic World War 2 A siren sounds, a building crumbles, a spitfire zooms overhead. Take cover! It's 1939 and Britain is at war. The children will learn about why the nations are at war and why child evacuees had to go on long journeys to be safe. They will read Anne Franks diaries and learn about rationing, the blackout and why people had to 'Make to and mend'. They will delve into a bygone era where loose lips sank ships. Here is some of the fantastic work produced by the children: