English -The Tunnel

In English we have been generating ideas based on images from A. Browne's book The Tunnel. We have used the images to come up with our own ideas  for a story. First we split into groups and wrote a class story,then we wrote our own. We are in the process of typing them up and making a class book of our own short stories.

Our collaborative story on display.

typing up our stories

in the classroom

and in the ICT suite.

More Newton Manor Photos and videos

Our guide told us all about the famous apple tree. What type it was, how old it was and how part of the tree was being held up by support posts.Isaac lived in the house over looking the orchard.

Groups designing their rockets.

cutting out the templates

colouring their designs

more careful cutting-avoiding cutting off the tail fins

Getting ready to launch our rockets.

discussing how to make them fly further

What happens if we change the angle of  the launcher ?

watching them fly

another being launched

waiting in turn

Watch the videos of our rockets being launched.

Our rockets were very successful.We learnt how to improve the designs of some to make them fly

 further e.g. by altering the shape of the nose cone. 

We applied our knowledge of forces throughout the day and enjoyed a good trip to Woolsthorpe Manor..

Parachutes

In science today we made parachutes to test air resistance. How would the shape of the canopy affect the time taken to fall to the ground?

designing 

making

fixing and fastening

folding

almost ready

...testing time!

Woolsthorpe Manor Trip

As part of our topic learning about forces we visited Woolsthorpe Manor-birthplace of Isaac Newton. We had a look at the orchard and the tree that the apple was supposed to have fallen from,watched a film about the early life of Isaac, had a tour of the house and made rockets. We even had a new bus (with tables) for our journey home!

Gravity was discovered from this very tree.

Inside the science room...

testing and trying ...

using prisms to split white light

trying different prisms

a birds eye view of the room

one of the guides explaining how and why

trying for himself

great to be able to test and try the activities.

what if?

lunch in the sunshine

rocket making 

Back to school on a smart new bus.

A good trip.

Watch for more photos from the i pad. Hopefully a video of rockets being launched too!