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Class 1 Census Day

16 Mar 2021

e’re taking part in Let’s Count!
We’re delighted to be taking part in Let’s Count!, the exciting schools programme which helps children learn about the census and why it matters to everyone.
What is Let’s Count!?
The ONS and resources centre, iChild, developed Let’s Count! to teach children about the census and make learning fun. The lesson plans are designed to teach children both in the classroom or at home.
Let’s Count! Day
Today is our Let’s Count! Day. We started by watching a Power Point explaining what the census is about asking and answering questions.
Mrs Glover said she had a question: How many books do we have in Class 1?
So, we collected all the books from our classroom and took them into the school hall. We knew we would need a big space to count them in. Firstly, we sorted them into 2 groups: story books and information books. We were amazed how many story books we have.
Next, we sorted these 2 groups into sub groups of hardbacks and paperbacks. The children were amazing at sorting and did super teamwork. Finally, we counted each group into piles of 10 and Mrs Glover added all the groups of 10 together. In total, we have 304 books in Class 1. Aren’t we lucky!
The information gathered will be used to make a display, which we will use to enter the Let’s Count! competition. Prizes will be awarded to the best entries, with £1,000 worth of equipment going to the winning school.

Hope

15 Mar 2021

Class 3 have been thinking about HOPE and choose whether they wrote a poem, letter or paragraph on Hope in no more than 221 words. Some of these have been entered into the World Book Day PurpleMash competition.

Roman Emperor Sketches

15 Mar 2021

Today Class 3 drew Roman Emperors to practise their sketching techniques.

Thank You Flowers

12 Mar 2021

All the children at school today, took home a posy of daffodils to their mum as a thank you from the staff for being so amazing over the past year. Each posy contained a gift card that read:
‘Thank you for being so amazing and supportive of your child during this past year.
We know that at times it has not been easy, but we want you to know how much we appreciate all you have done. You are a star!
From all the staff at Dudley House’
Thank you to ‘Country Blooms’, based in Londonthorpe near Grantham, for making them for us.

Wiggling Caterpillars

12 Mar 2021

One week on and the caterpillars are growing well. The children in Class 1 are excitedly checking on them every morning and have used the magnifying glasses to look closely. They have noticed that we can now see some “spiky hairs” on the caterpillar bodies and that they have got “a bit bigger”. The children are remembering not to knock the pot and enjoy watching the caterpillars wriggle.

Kenya Topic Bought to Life

11 Mar 2021

What a fantastic day! Even though we aren’t allowed to have visitors in school, we were luckily enough to have a visitor who lived in Kenya come in to talk to us all about growing up in Nairobi. Mrs Cummins who is our school administrator also showed us her amazing photo album of her trip on Safari in Kenya which has really brought this topic to life for the class.

Rumble in the Jungle

10 Mar 2021

The focus of Science Day this time was on the word: innovate and the work took on a mix of science and STEM tasks.
After reading the book: Rumble in the Jungle, we started by looking at some clips of different jungle animals and talked about the differences and adaptations made within family groups. Lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards are all cats but differ slightly. We looked at lots of different family groups.
Next, we moved on to look at camouflage and the role this has. J told us that:” it helps the animals to blend in to keep safe and to creep up on their food”.
We matched some pictures of animal skin/coat patterns to the actual animals and talked about what they might feel like to touch. The children were able to talk about why different creatures have different textures and require different colours or patterns.
After that, the children were asked to imagine that we had discovered some new animals in the jungle. They each had to design a ‘new’ animal. The children had some super ideas and were able to be very creative. They went on to make models of their animals using coloured modelling clay and described the appearance and habits of these new creatures.
The children worked hard and showed some great innovative ideas. Well done Class 1.

Animals Invented

9 Mar 2021

Class 2 had a brilliant day all about science. We researched animals that live in the Savannah, looking closely at their features and how they had adapted to live in their habitat before we became innovators and created our own. We thought carefully about the features we wanted our new animal to have before designing it. We produced a fact file about our animal and then we made our animal from recycled materials. Aren’t they AMAZING! Well done Class 2.

Spinning Bows and Glowing Noses

9 Mar 2021

Science day was all about electricity and famous scientists in Class 3 today. They used their circuit building skills to create clowns with spinning bow ties and glowing noses. Later on, they built and drew both parallel and series circuits noting the differences in bulb brightness. They learnt about Edward Jenner, Joseph Priestly, Caroline and William Herschel and Alexander Fleming.

Exciting Delivery

8 Mar 2021

The children in Class One have had an exciting delivery in the post. We have received a pot containing 5 caterpillars and some food. We will look after them for the next 7-10 days and watch as they eat the food and grow. We are being careful to look at them through magnifying glasses rather than touching the pot – we don’t want to scare them.
We will let you know if we notice any changes!