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Stroxworthy mark making
Posted on April 18, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery | Leave a response
Using painting and sewing skills to create a piece of art on fabric, design inspired by Alice Kettle and Hannah Rae.
Stroxworrthy Fossils!
Posted on March 20, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery | Leave a response
On Tuesday we made a dough from flour, salt and coffee grounds, the class smelt interesting! We then used this dough to create some fossils using various items. They are now drying and you can come and see them on our windowsill.
Rocks! Rocks! and more Rocks!
Posted on March 5, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery | Leave a response
This term we are studying rocks and fossils. Here are some highlights of our experiments and explorations. We started the term learning about the different types of rocks, then we became geologists and began to identify the type of different rocks in order the classify them into the different types. We drew the rocks, described […]
Stroxworthy Geography – Landscape
Posted on March 5, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery | Leave a response
In Geography we have been looking at the differences and similarities between The Rocky Mountains and Dartmoor. We then created an example of these landscapes in lego and on paper in beautiful landscape drawings.
Stroxworthy Class Safer Internet Day 6th February 2024
Posted on February 6, 2024 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
This afternoon we followed a BBC Teach Live Lesson all about Safer Internet Day. We became digital detectives, exploring the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence and learning how to stay safe online. IMG_0277
Stroxworthy science
Posted on December 6, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
More solids, liquids and gases! Today we were exploring gas. How heavy is gas? What does it smell like? Can you squash a gas?
Morwellham Quay for Stroxworthy Class
Posted on October 13, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
We had the most amazing trip to Morwellham Quay. We explored the mines on a train, and how people lived during this period by looking and comparing daily living for both the more wealthy and the poor. We also experienced a classroom with a very strict teacher! The children were superbly behaved and a credit […]
Stroxworthy Maths. Rounding numbers.
Posted on September 21, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Today we played a game to round various number to the nearest 10 or 100. . Some of us were challenged further by rounding to the nearest 1000.
Stroxworthy tennis
Posted on September 18, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
This term we are having lessons with ARC tennis. The children are really enjoying themselves.
Stroxworthy Class – Electricity – building simple circuits
Posted on September 17, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
This week in Science we have had fun learning the electrical circuit symbols and understanding how an electrical circuit works. From a diagram we predicted whether a circuit would work. We then built the various circuits to test our theories. The atmosphere was electric!
The Industrial Revolution -What was life like?
Posted on September 17, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
In Stroxworthy Class this week, we nave been exploring what life was like during the Industrial Revolution. We tried out the following; Polish your shoes (shoe polish, brushes, cloths). Work out what some strange Victorian inventions are (pictures of inventions). Make a string telephone and try to communicate with someone (string, plastic cups). Read a […]
Fencing taster session – Stroxworthy Class
Posted on September 6, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Well what a way to finish our Wednesday! We had a superb session where the children experienced all the basic techniques of fencing. They had a wonderful and enjoyable time.
Stroxworthy Visit to the Methodist Chapel, Woolsery
Posted on July 6, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Following on from our visit to All Hallows last week, today we visited The Methodist Chapel to compare similarities and differences in ‘what is sacred’, and how the buildings help Christians to remember the life of Jesus. Rev’d Shirley led us and we discovered many similarities, such as hymn singing (Methodists love hymns and we […]
Stroxworthy Science – Can sound waves travel through solids?
Posted on June 29, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
This week in science we were identifying how sounds are made; associating some of them with something vibrating. We recognised that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear and that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases. We did this by making and testing out string telephones.
Stroxworthy Trip to All Hallows, Woolsery
Posted on June 29, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
This afternoon Stroxworthy class visited All Hallows church with Rev’d Jane to explore what items are ‘sacred’ to Christians and how a church reminds Christians of the life of Jesus. Revd Jane helped us to understand which items in the church are sacred, their meaning to Christians and how they relate to the life of […]
Stroxxworthy Science Week
Posted on May 24, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Stroxworthy class have had a wonderful time during science week, from STEM challenges to various experiments. We have been exploring balloon cars, invisible ink, double bubbles, fizzy lava slime and building towers with spaghetti and marshmellows.
KS2 visit from RNLI – meet the lifeguards
Posted on April 26, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Today we were joined by lifeguards from the RNLI. They helped us to explore and understand water safety. We learned how the lifeguards help those in trouble in the water and what we should do in an emergency.
Rootnotes Folk workshop
Posted on April 20, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Monday afternoon was spent in the company of Becky Driscoll from RootNotes and the year 5 children from throughout the Village Partnership, exploring the wonderful world of folk music. In less than an hour we were all playing a musical instrument and playing a piece together. We also created our own verse for our song […]
Stroxworthy trip to RHS Rosemoor.
Posted on March 16, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
On Tuesday we spent a glorious day at Rosemoor exploring the gardens and partaking in a ‘How do plants grow’ workshop. We learned how plants develop, seed dispersal and what plants need in order to grow big and strong. We also learned how to take care of plants and we all worked together and planted […]
Stroxworthy Class – The Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah
Posted on January 18, 2023 | By hmorrisonwoolsery
Today we learned all about the Jewish festival of Rosh Hashanah which is the Jewish New Year. We explored how Jewish people celebrate this festival which is all about about new beginnings and the year ahead. We found out that on Rosh Hashanah, Jewish people visit the Synagogue, hear special music played on a ram’s […]