Today we have been on an amazing visit to Magna Science Adventure Centre! We had an amazing time in a Big Circuits workshop, followed by time exploring the exciting exhibits in the Air, Earth, Fire and Water Zones. We all had a great day! 

Today we worked in teams to create our own inventions. We designed the invention, branded it and wrote a pitch. Have a look at some of our invention ideas: 

We have been studying electricity as part of our Science lessons this term. We were wondering how electricity got into our homes. We watched a video and then used this to draw diagrams and label them. Noah and Leila made a video to explain the process. Check it out here: How electricity gets to our homes - YouTube

As part of our lessons on our topic inventors, we are doing a research project to explore the impact the invention of the internet has had on our lives.

Please could you help us with this research by completing the questionnaire below. Just click the link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeIjsaBohF1Iu0dbh7NlSaS9_ZfWhXv3lXm2uBGvIjtNUlzHQ/viewform?usp=sf_link 

Thank you :) 

Today we did a round robin of activities. We explored building circuits, drawing circuit diagrams and what an electrical insulator and conductor were. Have a look at what we have been up to: 

Today we spoke to two experts (Miss Perkins and Miss Kisby) about what life was like before and during the introduction of the internet. We asked them lots of questions about how life was different. We then considered the pros and cons of the different time periods. We created posted to show how the internet has changed our everyday lives. Next, we will be creating questionnaires to send to our parents to find out their experiences and opinions. 

After our work on timelines, we discovered that many inventions happened as a result of the industrial revolution. We did a reading comprehension to find out about what this was. We then explored what were the main drivers that caused and considered how this linked to some of the inventions of that time period. 

Today we used the internet and books to research famous British inventors. We received an envelope and inside was the name of the inventor we had to find out about- it was very exciting. Have a look at some of our work: 

Today we have been looking at some of the most important British inventions in the last 450 years. We created timelines to show when inventions happened. We noticed that many of the inventions happened between 1800-1900 hundred and we wondered why this might be the case. 

Today we had an exciting morning. After working throughout the week to learn all about: what an afternoon tea is; the skills we need; the ingredients we need; some data handling about favorite cakes and sandwich filling and designing our own tiered cake stands, cup and saucers, we went to the Community Academy to use their food tech rooms to make our afternoon tea. Here are some photos of us busy cooking and baking: 

The year 5/6 children were super excited today after we discovered some alien eggs on our playground! 

We will be using this as a starting point for writing our newspaper articles

Today we spoke to an astrophysicist called Momchil from Colorado- who is studying why the sun is so hot. We learnt so much from him about being a scientist and also about the solar system- particularly the sun! 

Today we have been comparing the size, day length, year length and distance of the planets in our solar system. We also undertook research to find out interesting facts about each planet. You can see the photos of some of the posters we produced below. You can also see the toilet roll diagram we created as a class to represent the distance between each planet. 

Today we have been invetsigating how a shadow changes throughout a day. We set up a shadow stick and traced the shadow line each hour. We will then write a conclusion of our findings next lesson. 

Today we had a company called the problem solving company come in. They organised a puzzle workshop and maths escape room for us- which was amazing! In class we also took part in a range of maths problem solving activities. 

Today we have been exploring the history of space exploration. We worked in groups to create rockets for some of the main events in space travel history. We then put them in chronological order to create our rocket timelines. Here are ours! 

Welcome to a new academic year at BJA! This term we will be studying space. We will be looking at the history of space travel, what makes our Earth a wonderful and special planet, we will be learning a lot about our solar system as well as debating whether we think extra terrestrial life exists!