Summer 1 - Circle of Life
'Circle of Life' topic web and homework for Summer 1
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Computing - Scratch quizzes 💻 - Rudhall class have taken inspiration from their topic ‘Circle of life’ and created their own quizzes using Scratch. The children developed their coding skills, writing programs using selection to control outcomes after learning the if, then, else structure.
A bird’s life cycle quiz 🐦
Life cycle of a chicken quiz 🐔
Life cycle of a panther quiz 🐆
A dog’s life cycle quiz 🐶
Life cycle of a mammal quiz 🐻
Life cycle of a bird quiz 🐦
A frog’s life cycle quiz 🐸
Life cycle of a dog quiz 🐶
Life cycle of a cat quiz 🐱
Life cycle of a bear quiz 🐻
Life cycle of a fox quiz 🦊
Life cycle of a butterfly quiz 🦋
Fox quiz 🦊
Life cycle of a frog quiz 🐸
Walks with Hawks 🦉 - Rudhall had the most fantastic afternoon thanks to the very generous Mr Davy who kindly organised for the whole of Gorsley Goffs to experience some fascinating birds of prey up close. The children were enthralled listening to the two experts talk about the birds, their natural habitats, diet and flying techniques.
English - Mythical Creatures 🦄 - After reading the story, The Tin Forest, Rudhall decided to create their own creature to venture in the forest. We combined 2 or 3 animals to create a new hybrid. We had to work hard to write character descriptions that described not only our creatures appearance but also, it’s personality too. To aid our editing we read our drafts to a partner who had to draw our hybrid, we used this to help us make our description more specific and precise. Our finished pieces are proudly on display for all to see in the hall.
Rudhall visit to John Kyrle High School 👩🏼🏫 - Rudhall spent the morning at JKHS to experience life as a secondary school student. We got to experience a history and maths lesson as well as having a tour of the grounds and buildings. In the words of one of the class, “It is very big but very cool!”. We got the opportunity to speak to some Gorsley Goff alumni and asked lots of important questions such as “What’s the food like?” and “Who’s the best teacher?”. Thank you to JKHS for being so accommodating and welcoming us.
Very special visitors 🐥 - Rudhall were very lucky to have some VIPs visit class! The chicks were very kindly brought in by Mr Taylor for a flying visit. Tying in with our ‘Circle of Life’ topic.
Hate crime and online safety workshops 💻 - Rudhall had two workshops this week with PC Ali. The children thoroughly enjoyed their sessions with Ali’s humour and passion for her work creating a safe space where the children were able to ask questions and understand the topics in more detail.
Science 🌼 - Continuing with our ‘Circle of Life’ topic, today we learnt about the life cycle of plants. We learnt about plant reproduction; germination, pollination, fertilisation and dispersal. Dissecting flowers to see the individual parts was definitely a highlight!
Science 🐸 - Whilst half of Rudhall enjoyed their first Forest School session of Year 5, the remaining half kicked off our new science unit by looking at the life cycles of amphibians, birds, mammals and insects. We were able to get up close and personal to some very active froglets, tadpoles with hind legs and tadpoles too! The children thoroughly enjoyed bringing the learning to life.
