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Friday 11th November 2022
Posted: Nov 11, 2022 by: Megan Eastwood (MEastwood) on: Class 5
This week's blog has been written by our very own Samuel and Jackson. We hope you have as much fun reading it as they did writing it!
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MUSIC
Music has been very exciting this week as we have all been learning different notes (E). Some people even did solos which included the new notes being played in their performances, it was very impressive. Samuel even played we will rock you with his baritone. We also spent some time playing pop songs. Sometimes our music teacher (Mr Whiteman) even lets us play a name game which is linked to our music lesson. We got to play it this week which was really fun! The name game is where someone says another person for example, Daniel, then Daniel will say another name then they say another and so-one.
ENGLISH
In English we have been continuing reading our class book (Odysseus) and we have been writing about the cyclops (Polyphemus) from chapter 2 of the book. Because we have all been so inspired by ancient Greek myths in our new topic, Miss Eastwood has also shared different Greek myth stories with us throughout the week. We have learned all about Medusa and her head of snakes and her look that turns people to stone. Kind Maidus who was granted a special power to turn anything he touches into gold and even Pandora and her box that she opened. We are all really enjoying them!
SCIENCE
In science we made parachutes and learnt about air resistance. We learned that the larger the parachute you use, the slower you will fall to the ground because the larger parachute causes more air resistance. Also, we learnt that if you drop a tennis ball and a football at the same time and they will hit the ground at the same time. Why? Because gravity is a force that is acting on them and it affects all objects the same.
REMEBERANCE DAY
Finally, and most importantly, today makes Remembrance Day which is a special day that we use to remember the soldiers that have fought in all wars all over the world, past and present. We began the day by each writing our own acrostic poems to remember fallen soldiers, then we watched some videos and had a discussion about Remembrance Day. Some children even shared their stories of family members that they know who have served in different wars. Finally, at 11am the entire school came outside, faced the field and completed two minutes of silence, during which time we all thought about soldiers who have served or are serving in wars past and present. It was an emotional tribute to a very special cause.
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