For our Topic lesson we developed our knowledge of what Fair Trade is. We used wrappers of chocolate, fruit and veg and we had to use atlases to identify the countries that they came from. We were told that produce could be either brought to Great Britain using planes, boats or wagons. We had to…
In English over the last couple of weeks we have been looking at different myths and legends. Today, we conducted some research, using different techniques, about the Loch Ness Monster. We recorded our findings on a poster and shared our facts with each other. Did you know the first story of Nessie dates back to…
On the Friday before we broke up for half term we enjoyed a treasure hunt created by Mrs Devlin. The children really enjoyed themselves and were super excited when they found the treasure that was hiding! Thank you Mrs Devlin, from Birch! We had a brilliant time.
A group of children from Birch worked in the street today as we developed our skills and knowledge with counting to 20! Great work everyone!
Today at Durham Vocal Festival we had so much fun learning to sign songs with different schools from our region. We developed our skills on signing with a song called ‘Don’t get stressed’. We learnt the signing to songs like ‘It’s a wonderful life’ and ‘Love Shine a Light’. There were performances from different schools…
While Birch was waiting for dinner to end, we did a bit of meditation and focussed on our breathing by following different coloured bubbles and then doing a body scan identifying how our bodies feel. It encouraged us to stay focussed in lesson and allowed us to calm down after our play time.
Today in our Science lesson we developed our knowledge on the importance of friction. We found out the difference between air resistance and water resistance. The children had a visual of friction by using Mr Wynn’s son’s hot wheels to see the push force and how the friction can either make it go too fast…
We have been practicing our skills on Microsoft Publisher by creating an invitation that is fun, appealing and catches the eye! We have practiced saving in the correct places and creating something on our own. We ensured we understood why certain information is needed in certain places and in a certain size!
We had a brilliant lesson today identifying the effects of air resistance. We created a parachute to see who could get their egg to the floor safely. The children did amazing identifying materials in which would stop the egg from smashing.
Today we practiced our Music and Singing skills to Adele’s – Make you feel my love. Great work Birch! We had so much fun playing and singing along.