In Rowan we have been learning about water safety in preparation for our swimming lessons next half term.
Today we found out about cold water shock and what to do if we ever fall into cold water.
We know we must float like a starfish.
We had to complete a little experiment.
If we were feeling brave we could put our hand into cold water and count how long it took for us to feel too cold and take our hand out.
Our longest time was 60 seconds which was amazing but very cold!
Rowan went out into the community today to see the wonderful work of the Neuroactive group which is based in Ouston Community Centre.
The centre specialises in the support and rehabilitation of adults with neurological conditions, brain injuries and strokes to build their self confidence and develop their independence skills.
We joined in with some singing, played basketball, made some lovely Easter pictures and we were lucky enough to meet the therapy dogs too!
https://www.neuroactiveuk.org/
In Rowan we have dedicated one lesson a week to make our Maths lessons active!
This is where we learn Maths through exercises and making sure we are not sitting in our chairs.
This week we have been recapping our times table. We practiced these with our cubes and then we got a ball, if we got the answer right the ball got passed to us and then it was our turn to throw it. We have been recapping our 2,3,4,5 and 10 times tables.
We absolutely loved this lesson! It was so much fun!
After we passed the ball, we put some times tables songs on and danced to them while singing the times table. Our dance moves were great!
PE
In PE we have been looking at something new! This term we will be learning how to play tennis. We had been practicing to catch the little tennis balls as well as learning how to balance them on our tennis rackets. This was a little tricky at first but we tried to get the hand of it.
Once we practiced balancing the tennis ball on the racket we had a relay in teams! It was super competitive.
Science
We also had a very interesting Science lesson, in Science we have been learning about different habitats and we have been talking about the different habitats that animals live in. We decided that we were going to go on an adventure around our school premises to see if we could see any animals in their habitats. We had magnifying glass to help us if we saw any little insects.
The children loved looking at things through the magnifying glass.
We decided that it was a little too cold for the animals to come out so we are going to try again at the end of this term to see if we can find anymore however we did find these two. We think they were baby slugs.
Oak class had a lovely time at the gymnastics festival. They got to explore different equipment such as the vault, springboard, bars, balance beam and the air track.
Everyone had a brilliant time.
Well done Oak Class!
We went on a VERY exciting trip here in Rowan Class to Tynemouth Aquarium.
The bus trip was a little long on the way there however Rowan class kept themselves entertained by singing some lovely songs together.
Once we arrived we got checked in and we then started to look around. There were so many different animals and creatures. Some were very bright and some were dark colours. We absolutely loved looking at all the different types of fish and water animals.
At 11 o’clock we were very lucky to be able to have a talk about different animals and fish that live in the sea. We got to have a look at two different star fish. These both were different colours and felt different. We found out that star fish have 5 eyes on each leg and if they loose a leg it can take up to 1 year to grow back. WE WERE AMAZEDDDDD.
Some of our children were brave and had a feel.
We had to be very gentle.
The children done all of the photography on this trip! Didn’t they do amazing.
At the end there was a HUGE tank with loads of fish and even SHARKS!!
We had the best day. We even got a little treat at the shop in the end.
In Oak class our story in English is Dogger.
This week we discovered that Dogger was Dave’s FAVOURITE toy and he got very upset when Dogger got lost in the story.
On Thursday Oak class brought their favourite toys into school to show each other. Something terrible happened but and our toys went missing, just like Dogger.
Oak class created some lost posters and put them up around school. We worked hard using adjectives to describe our favourite toy and made our posters colourful to catch peoples attention.
Everyone was really happy when we found our toys, just like Dave was when he found Dogger.
Well done Oak class. Brilliant work!
“With the winter break fast approaching, at Kooth Digital Health we appreciate there will be some young people who may struggle during the holidays without the access to the daily pastoral support, trusted adults and friends that the school community provides. Equally, seasonal illness and the closure of many services at this time of year can lead to extended wait times across both adult and young people’s NHS and community services.
For this reason I thought it may be worth highlighting to your students that our services remain open for them to access at any time over the winter period.
We’ve put together a short (2:47) ‘we are still here’ Kooth video- it would be fantastic if you could share this with your students during your tutor sessions prior to the end of term.
Please via a link to the video- HERE.”
I have also provided some copy for your school’s social media, below. Again, it would be appreciated if this could be posted intermittently over the coming weeks in effort to signpost anyone who may need wellbeing support over the holidays.
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You’re not alone – Kooth is still available to access during the Winter holiday period.
If you or someone you know needs extra mental wellbeing support during the holiday season, Kooth are here.
Visit www.kooth.com to find out more.
Suggested Image, attached- ‘Kooth chat times’.
Thanks for your consideration,
Rowan class have been creating pictures using a paint app, then recreating the image using real paint and paintbrushes.
Some of us thought that real painting was easier than using technology.
We quickly realised that if we made a mistake with the paint we could not ‘undo’ our mistake easily.
We liked it when we could use tools to change colours and effects easily on the paint programme.
We think that the children have done an amazing job!