Today (15.3.19), we held our second family breakfast. It was very popular and it was lovely to see so many families enjoying breakfast together.

See below for pictures of both family breakfast sessions.

Whilst learning our model text, ‘Beowulf and Grendel, monster of the night’, we read that outside Heorot (the Great Hall of the Danes) something evil was rising…

We instantly went to uncover some evidence.

We found fur, scratches, a sword, a shield, crooked teeth, an eyeball, scratches and fresh blood.

We are really improving our monster descriptions in our defeat the monster stories.

We have been investigating how we can use a lever to lift a heavy load. We found out that if we move the fulcrum closer to the load it can be lifted with less effort.

To celebrate National Storytelling Week, we invited local storyteller, Taffy Thomas MBE, to school. We also invited parents and carers along and we enjoyed selecting tales from Taffy’s tale coat. We particularly enjoyed solving Taffy’s riddles; he left us with his riddle book which we will share during assembly.

In Science, we investigated whether the size of the parachute affects the speed at which a Lego figure falls to the ground. We discussed how gravity pulls the man to the ground but air resistance acts against gravity. We found out that larger parachutes have greater air resistance, therefore they fall at a slower rate.

We are so proud of the non-chronological reports which we have written following our novel study of ‘When the Mountains Roared’ by Jess Butterworth.

In the book, Ruby discovers and tries to uncover a group of poachers. We have really enjoyed researching the species and we are delighted with our final drafts.