We've continued to look at the theme of Space this week. It has been fabulous fun investigating the universe!
We've looked at the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, the rest of our solar system and beyond! In the role play area we have been rocket engineers, busy adapting and fixing our spaceship. We looked at some videos of the International Space Station and discovered how astronauts eat, sleep, brush their teeth and even visit the bathroom! We made books all about space too, it is brilliant to see Explorers class developing their information gathering and writing skills. In English we had power hour and in Maths we looked at the topic of spatial awareness.
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It was round two of the bridge testing today! There was mass excitement as the bridges surpassed expectations and only came clattering down after wooden blocks were piled on top!
Well done everyone for being a fabulous team and enjoying exploring the world around you with such joy! What a busy day!
Today we had the joy of sharing lots of stories about our grandparents and many Grandparents coming to visit the classroom too. Thank you to everyone who was able to come and visit! Today was also our first day to test the strength of our bridges. We took on other teams from our class to see how many blocks our bridge could support! Well done to everyone for being fantastic competitors whether you won or lost. Those whose were successful will be taking on each other tomorrow to find the two strongest bridges from the class! This week we have been looking at the story of 'Fionn and the Dragon'. It has been fabulous to see the enthusiasm with which the children have tried to defend the High King of Tara from the pesky dragon! We've also built crannógs and placed prehistoric monuments on a map of Ireland. Have a look at the photos below! Last week we were set a challenge....could we build a bridge?
Explorers class had to work together to build a lollipop stick bridge across a chasm of 30cm! It was a glorious week of designing, building, testing, fixing, failing, succeeding and investigation. As part of our STEM activities, we will be testing the bridges to see how much they weight they can support and which team designed an built the strongest bridge. Good luck everyone! |
Our ClassHello everyone, we are the Explorers 1st Class at NETNS. Our teacher's name is David. A little note from DavidThis project website is designed so that Rang a hAaon can learn how to build and run their own website! I will be adding articles and resources as I learn how to as well!
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