Video blog! Fractions animated by Class 4

This week in Class 4 we have rounded off our Fractions topic in Maths with a series of short animation films, covering key concepts. Creating a film to teach a concept is a great way of making sure you have fully grasped it - some of the pupils made errors or weren't clear or accurate enough in their initial explanation and decided to start their film again, which was all part of a very positive learning process. Some of the films are particularly superb and would be useful for introducing a class to the particular concept - well done Class 4, this is impressive work, particularly as it's the final week of term!

A sample of the finished films are below. The children have done all of the sound and video editing for these films, which shows great ICT skills too!

Finally, here are some photos of how the animations were made....

Well done Class 4 - I am very proud of how you've worked this week! 

'Wind in the Willows' performance at Harrogate Theatre

After 10 weeks of after school drama workshops the children from KS2 put on a wonderful performance at Harrogate Theatre last week. 

They had numerous costume changes, moved their own staging and responded to light and sound cues. After only an afternoon in the theatre space they did an exceptionally professional job. They went from strength to strength and the final performance was wonderful.

Well done everyone, we are really proud of you!

Photography club trip to stockeld Park

We have the cameras! We have the skills.... Let the adventure begin!

  

Chris the photography teacher briefed the children about light sources and leading lines and then we were off into the darkness.

After many, many discussions about light sourcing, the children snapped some really lovely shots

Safra's best image

Henry's best image

Jack's best image

Theo's best image

Will's Best image

Sam's best image

Zoe's best image

Safra's best image

This was a really tricky shoot, even by Chris's professional standards. The children did a fabulous job applying everything they have learnt. Great work folks!

Don't they look like consummate professionals....

Magnetism Masterclass with Mr.Hammond

 Class 3 have had a fabulous afternoon taking part in a 'Magnetism Masterclass' with Mr.Hammond (Eleanor and Charlotte's grandfather). The class wrote to Mr.Hammond, who is a retired lecturer in science, when we first started our topic.  We had lots of tricky questions we wanted answering about the mysterious force of magnetism and its connection with electricity.

 Mr.Hammond read all of our letters and then created six activities to help us investigate the answers to our questions.

We learnt that the reason that not all metals are magnetic is connected to the spinning of electrons. Mr.Hammond had made models of atoms that we were able to spin to show us how the force moved in one direction.

 Using static electricity we were able to explore atoms and their charge. We had great fun making each others hair stand on end!

 Our floating compasses were made using a magnetised needle and a slice of cork. Each time the needles came to a halt they were pointing north!

 The preparation Mr.Hammond had put into the workshop meant that we had a fantastic afternoon learning all about one of our favourite topics.

Using the circuit he had created we were able to explore the link between magnetism and electricity. Mr.Hammond explained that this force was the basis for all electrical motors.

Using iron filings and magnets we were able to create Faraday's lines of magnetic force.

It was a truly hair-raising afternoon! A very big thank-you to the Hammond's for providing such a great end to our topic.