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Activities Gallery - OAK CLASS - class teachers Jackie Pitcher and Nicola Berry

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Oaks Class's Japanese morning

We had a lovely morning with Mrs Kent who used to live in Japan and brought in all her artifacts for us to see.

Oak Class Explore Myths and Legends

We have been looking at Myths and Legends and have written our own. We are in the process of making short animated films of our stories using plasticene monsters and stop frame animation.Click on the scary mythical beast to see all our creatures and how we went about making our films.

Victorian picture frames made by Oak Class

We have been investigating picture frames in design technology. We made our frames in wood first using woodworking tools. We then added all sorts of things to embellish them and these were sprayed gold. We then added photos of ourselves taken on Victorian Day. Click on our display for a closer look.

Oak Class enjoy Victorian Day

We had uch an enjoyable day as if we were in a Victorian School.Mrs Berry was very strict and made sure we were " seen and not heard" and that are hands were clean. We practiced drill and handwriting.

Oak Class present "life in Victorian schools"

We have been learning all about what it was like to be taught in a Victorian School. Click on the video to see more.
 
   

Oak Class play "What am in I?" in science

We have been investigating materials. Play our quiz and see if you can guess the materials
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oak Class have been looking at teeth

We have been looking at teeth and eating in science. We did a project on sharks and their different diets - some sharks eat plankton and have no teeth, some eat crustaceans and others fish and squid. Click on the shark jawa to see our work and some love animals with no teeth and some with baby teeth.

Oak Class - keeping plants helathy

Oak class have been investigating what conditions are neede to keep plants healthy. We have been growing bean plants in different conditions to see if they keep healthy. Click on the cat face to find out more.

Moving Monsters made by Oak Class

We have been investigating, designing and making moving monsters using pnematics - compressed air - to make them move.

VOLCANO DAY

We had the most fantastic day doing Volcano things: making 3D volcanoes, creating stop frame volcano animations, eating volcano cake, writing volcano poems, watching volcanoes erupt and loads of other things. Click on the links below to see our animations, poetry and our erupting volcano.
 
 the-exploding-volcano-of-doom.wmv 
spike-the-volcano.wmv linda-the-volcano.wmv 
a-volcano-called-amy.wmv volcano-day.wmv 
erupting-volcano-and-what-fun-we-had.wmv the-volcano-song.avi 

OUR FINISHED CLAY TUDOR PHOTOFRAMES

After a lot of investigation, designing and making we have finally finished our clay Tudor photoframes of which we are extremely proud.

AUTUMN acrostic poems

In literacy we have been writing acrostic poems using AUTUMN as our inspiration.
Click on the links below to listen to our poems.
Libby
Jess
Jemima
Alexander and Alex
Emily
Ethan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PHOTOFRAMES IN DT

We have been investigating what makes a successful photoframe before designing our own. We are making ours out of clay with a Tudor theme

SHADOW THEATRE

We have been making shadow puppets in science and each group made up a small play. Watch and enjoy.
THE HALLOWE'EN DOG AND TRICK OR TREAT GIRL
SANTA's CHRISTMAS VISIT
THE HALLOWE'EN STORY
WINNIE THE WITCH

TUDOR DAY

We had a wonderful day with King Hal. Click on our picture and see our wonderful portraits.

LIGHT AND SHADOW

We went outside and investigated what things produce light and if the sun's energy can make things work

TEETH AND EATING

WE are learning about teeth and how to look after them properly. A new take on "blue tooth"!

shiny teeth

MOVING MONSTERS INVESTIGATION MORNING

We spent a lovely sunny morning outside investigating monsters 9(ctually minibeasts) and how to make animals using balloons. This is all part of our DT topic Moving monsters which involves the creation of a "moving monster" using pneumatics - or air for those who unsure waht pneumatics mean.

PHOTO FRAMES

We have been investigating, designing and making our own picture frames this term. Instead of photos we decided to study our own faces and then draw using the techniques we learnt. Have a look for yourselves. Click on Charlotte

OUR TRIP TO THE ROMAN BATHS

We had a fascinating day out in the Romam Baths in Bath. We learnt about the baths and how to make mosaics. Click on Flo's photo to look at our photos.

VOLCANO DAY

What fun we had during our VOLCANO DAY. A cross-curricular day mixing literacy (what I know about volcanoes) with ICT (researching on the internet) with science (all about how volcanoes are formed and the different types) and art - which speaks for itself.Watch out for the exploding volcano!

AFRICAN DRUMMERS

We have been learning to play the African drums this term and have performed at our showing assembly and at the Christmas Fair. Click on the links below and click Open to listen to Josie and Thea's special piece
josie and thea

or the whole class
class 3 assembly

SANDWICH MAKING

The great day dawned and it was finally the day we could embark on the snadwich making quest.Click on the Andrew snadwich to see our fabulous healthy and delicious sandwiches.

DIWALI DAY 9th NOVEMBER 2007

We had a fun day tasting Indian food and making rangoli patterns. Click on our picture to find out more!

MAKING NAAN BREAD for our special day

We spent the afternoon learning how to make naan bread. Click on Misha to see what we were up to!

SANDWICH TASTING IN DT

As part of the sandwich making process we have been tasting different sandwiches and bread. Some were yummy and some we just weren't sure about.

Class 3 WELCOME MISS WITCHER

Class 3 give a big St Andrew's welcome to Miss Lucy Witcher, their new class teacher, who started at the beginning of this term. Lucy is a Newly Qualified Teacher who finished her SCCIT training in Poole last July. We know she will be very happy with us.

SCIENCE - Plants

We are looking at what makes plants grow well. We made a fish on the grass with pebbles to see what would happen to the grass underneath. Watch this space!

LIGHT AND SHADOWS

This half term's science topic is Light and Shadows. We have been looking at how shadows are formed. Click on the link below and enjoy shadow puppets at their best and our inspiration.
vwphaetonshadowplays.mpg

ANDY WARHOLesque portraits

What do you think of our funky faces?

Sandwich making

We have been investigating and designing our own sandwiches this half term. We decided to design and make a healthy sandwich suitable for a summer picnic
As part of Health Week Class 3 brought in lots of healthy food. We spent Monday morning preparing a healthy meal and then shared it in the classroom at lunch time.

Police visit

P.C. Day visited Class 3 to talk about the role of the Police in the community. She brought her patrol car and her handcuffs!