STEM Week - Friday
The children have had a busy day to end our STEM week activities.
The children have completed a collaborative art activity in their houses. Cleveland house focused on 'Diverse People', Woodside focused on 'Places and Environments' and Victoria focused on 'Plants and Animals'. All of these themes linked with the overall theme of the week.
This afternoon, the children have reflected on a very busy week. There has been a super atmosphere around the school as the children have enjoyed the variety of activities that have been on offer.
Here are some of the children's reflections of our week:
To be honest, I enjoyed everything about STEM week. The Easter egg hunt, escape room, meeting all the visitors (virtually), bee day, basically EVERYTHING. If I had to choose a favourite (which I’m not looking forward to) I would say bee day. I learnt information about bees that I have never heard. For instance, that the female bees kick out the male bees (to be fair, that is my favourite thing about bees) and that they have this pollen sack to keep all their pollen. Isn’t that cool? My favourite virtual visitor was probably John, the beekeeper from Tees Bees. I would love to do everything again if I could.
Bethea
I loved everything we did in STEM week but my favourite things were the escape room because I loved all of the activities and little challenges that we had to do along the way ,the Easter egg hunt that Miss Fenny arranged and the virtual talk with John from Tees Bees followed by the honey tasting and the teachers costumes . I think the teachers did such a great job arranging everything.
Eshel
I enjoyed the woodland session on Tuesday, because we had to find clues around the forest with our friends.
William
My favourite part of STEM Week was when we did the bee scavenger hunt because I love scavenger hunts. I also enjoyed the honey tasting because it was really good, asking the virtual visitors questions and when Ms. Fenny made a scavenger hunt for us which led us to a bag of Easter sweets!
Rebeca
I enjoyed all of the activities that we did at stem week. The activity that I liked the most was the Bee Bombs and the virtual visitor John from Tees Bees, he was really interesting. I really liked STEM week this year.
Martha
Although I hate messy things I enjoyed making the bee bomb. I liked moulding the mud into shapes and mixing it all together.
I also really enjoyed tasting the honey. My favourite honey I tried was the set one. It was really smooth and tasted very sweet. The next time I go to Tesco I will definitely ask mum to buy some.
Lexie
I have enjoyed seeing visitors on Google Meets because I got to meet interesting people. They were interesting because of their hobbies, their jobs, their personalities and businesses. I have also enjoyed seeing the teachers in bee costumes!
Pierre
I enjoyed everything but the thing I enjoyed the most was the man John from Tees Bees . John explained what bees do in their life and how they work. I also enjoyed when the teachers dressed up as bees.
Ellie
I enjoyed bee day because all the teachers were wearing funny bee costumes, we got to make bee bombs, we also got to see John from Tees Bees and got to go in the woods, go for a bee hunt and make a bee hotel.
Ryan
I have mostly enjoyed the egg hunt, it was really fun to work as a team and the surprise at the end. I have also enjoyed the honey tasting! I also liked meeting the visitors because it was interesting listening to their jobs.
Maisie
It is lovely to hear how much the children have enjoyed our STEM week.
STEM Week - Thursday
Today has proved to be another successful day for our STEM week activities.
This afternoon, we have been working on a debate. The children were posed with the following statement:
During the morning session, all of the children from Year 3 to 6 took part in an escape room activity. They were faced with 8 challenges to solve in their teams. These challenges included a wide variety of topics from science, to maths and the environment. In each of the activities, the children had to solve the problem to reveal a 3 digit code. This code then unlocked the padlock to reveal a letter hidden inside the envelope. Having completed all 8 activities, the children had to unscramble their letters to reveal the answer. This answer allowed them to complete their escape room challenges.
This afternoon, we have been working on a debate. The children were posed with the following statement:
'Not all animals are worthy of conservation'.
The children were split into two teams and prepared their debate argument based on opposing views. They used the internet to research some of the points that they raised and formulated some compelling arguments. When it came to the actual debate, Lower Prep came to be a lovely audience. The children in both Lower Prep and on the opposing team were able to counter argue any points raised by the teams.
We had a great debate and all of the children spoke confidently and clearly. Well done to you all!
STEM Week - Wednesday
Today the children have been considering the world around us.
Having taken inspiration from the book, 'Dear Greenpeace', the children have worked exceptionally well together to write their own class book. They considered environmental issues including littering, polar ice caps melting, flooding, deforestation, plastic waste, global warming etc and then wrote to the world in the style of a letter. The world then wrote back to the people of the earth to explain the impact of these issues and how they could help. As soon as this is finished, we will share some photos of our completed work.
We also welcomed Paula McMahon from Sir Robert McAlpine. She explained her role as a civil engineer and all of the opportunities that were available in this line of work. We were fascinated to hear about her A19 project and all of the other areas of her role.
STEM Week - Tuesday
The children in Upper Prep 1 have continued to enjoy their STEM week activities today.
The children were greeted this morning by their teachers and as you can see, there was no doubt in their minds what the theme of the day was!
The children spent some time this morning outside in our school grounds making 'bee bombs'. These contain a mixture of wild flower seeds which will attract bees once they start to bloom. The children know that this is important and an essential way to aid pollination.
The children were then lucky to have another virtual visitor. This time John from Tees Bees told us more about his hobby as a bee keeper. He gave us lots of information and also showed us the inside of his bee hive. There was lots of new facts to learn and it was great to see the protective clothing that John has to wear to keep himself safe. The children asked lots of super questions and thoroughly enjoyed this speaker.
The children didn't stop there and this afternoon have had a great time at a special bee themed woodland session with Miss Hopkins. They have all made a bee house which they can take home to put up in their gardens. They also completed a bee adventure trail.
In between our visitors and outdoor activities, the children have spent their time making some mobiles. They have created their own bees and flowers and have included interesting bee facts on the back of their pictures. We even found a few spare minutes to complete some honey tasting!
As you can see, we have had an action packed day!
STEM Week - Monday
Today the children in Upper Prep 1 have had a great start to our STEM week.
The children started the day by listening to the following song, to introduce the many differences of people in the world.
The children thought about how people could be different, including religion, skin colour, language, abilities and disabilities. We then identified 6 different conditions which may effect people - autism, ADHD, Downs Syndrome, blindness, wheel chair use and Asperger syndrome. The children worked in pairs to research their chosen difference and then to create a presentation All of the children spoke with confidence and clarity and presented clear, informative presentations. By the end of the presentations, we decided that most of these should be called differences rather than disabilities as all of the children found a huge host of success stories and famous people with these conditions.
The children were also treated to two virtual visitors. Bev Goodall from Abacus Bean Accountancy and Lyndsay Hogg from Hogg Global Logistics. Both of these visitors have award winning local businesses and we were lucky to get some insight into their line of work. We also found out about the diversity of both the work force and the clients of these companies.
The children are excited to see what is in store for their STEM week learning on Tuesday!
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