Christmas in Kenwyn

Over the last week or so, we have enjoyed a fabulous array of festive fun including:

Decorating the classroom and our Christmas tree
Solving the mystery of Who Stole Santa’s Candy Cane
A virtual Christingle assembly followed by making our own in class
Christmas card opening in our classroom with carols
Creating Christmas hats to wear during our festive celebrations
Enjoying Exeter university’s Science of Christmas
Raising money by completing a Santa fun run
Several Christmas jumper days
Watching the Cousin Jack production of The Mousehole Cat via you tube
Enjoying a delicious Christmas lunch in our classroom
Festive film Friday cinema style, complete with popcorn!
Celebrating the end of term with a fabulous class party

Ocean art project

Kenwyn used a mixed media approach to create a fabulous collaborative piece which is now on display in school. They began using collage techniques to create backgrounds, then they explored drawing techniques before using mono printing to create a range of sea creatures. Awesome results Kenwyn!

Compass points

Kenwyn have been exploring how compasses work and using them to navigate around the playground.

Kenwyn research, design and make money holders

This term, the children had a DT brief to design and make a functional money holder. During this process they learned a range of skills including:

▪️how to research safely and effectively online

▪️ how to draw templates and make paper prototypes

▪️ how to select suitable materials and tools

▪️ how to sew using simple stitching techniques

▪️ how to evaluate their work

Kenwyn History Day

On 5^th November 2020 Kenwyn class enjoyed a History theme day, centred around the Gunpowder plot. Children learned to think like an historian and examine sources, drawing their own conclusions. They then did some further reading and research about the plotters and the plot itself. This led to a discussion about bonfire night traditions.

During the course of their investigations, the children used their learning powers of collaboration, perseverance and making links; they used their maths knowledge to work out how long ago the plot took place and their literacy skills to find the meanings of new words in dictionaries. The children also enjoyed learning about fires and how to light one safely.

In the afternoon, the children completed a quiz before heading outside to put their new skills to the test. They recited the traditional rhyme ‘Remember, remember the 5^th of November’ before toasting a marshmallow on the open fire.

Examining sources and conducting research

Delaware camp 2020

Here a couple of pictures from the archery we did during the recent Y3/4 camp. We were so busy we didn’t have time to take many pictures! What a fabulous few days ☺️

Science: The digestive process

This week in science we are learning about the digestive system.

We simulated the digestive process by using a red bowl for the mouth and using a cutlery knife (incisor) and spoon (molar) to ‘chew’ the food.

The food then continued its journey down the oesophagus and into the stomach (sandwich bag) where it mixed with the digestive juices (orange juice) before entering the intestines!
The children were able to see the ‘nutrients’ being absorbed through the intestine wall before the waste was excreted. Children had great fun using their hands to simulate the muscles of the stomach and to move the food along the small and large intestines.

Knitting club

The children are lucky enough to have some experts giving up their time to support knitting club. There are some budding knitters in the group, keep it up!