E-Safety
This term, Kenwyn have learned all about how to keep their online relationships positive and safe. They also explored how their online activities contribute to their digital footprints.
This term, Kenwyn have learned all about how to keep their online relationships positive and safe. They also explored how their online activities contribute to their digital footprints.
What a blast we’ve been having in Kenwyn since the 8th of March!
In science week, we explored ways to send our space tourists to the moon, made moon buggies to ferry them around during their stay and designed space hotels for them to stay in. We also created our own investigation to determine the best fabric to make parachutes from (in case they needed to make an emergency landing on the way home!) and recorded our results. The children employed a range of scientific skills throughout the week and thoroughly enjoyed learning through hands-on activities and discussions.
So far this week, children have taken part in virtual Songfest, begun to explore suspense stories in literacy and created their own story maps. In maths, children have been adding and subtracting fractions, in PE they have been working on ball skills and in science they discovered that food travels approximately 9m through an adult human body! Children have also engaged in lively debates during our E-Safety lessons about what contributes to our digital footprints and how to maintain positive online relationships. SO great to have the whole class together again!
Over the last week or so, we have enjoyed a fabulous array of festive fun including:
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!
Kenwyn have been exploring how compasses work and using them to navigate around the playground.
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
On 5th 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 5th of November’ before toasting a marshmallow on the open fire.
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 ☺️
This week in science we are learning about the digestive system.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!
This afternoon, Kenwyn enjoyed sharing their favourite stories with their cuddly friends, and each other!
Kenwyn 2019
