Fossilisation Scratch Animations
As part of our topic work on evolution, we looked at the process of fossilisation and how a fish would turn into a fossil. Pupils used their knowledge to create animations of the process on Scratch. Please click below to watch some videos of these animations which have been narrated by the authors. Reuben and…
Meeting the Animals
Curlews received a visit from Mark and Tom from Mark’s Ark on Thursday afternoon. Along with a bird eating spider, Mark added to our knowledge about evolution, along the way showing us a scorpion: a blue tongue skink: a Burmese python: A turkey vulture (which demonstrated immaculate sense of smell by sniffing out and attacking…
Descriptive Writing
After inventing a character and then being given a picture of a setting into which to put their creation, the pupils of Curlews have been writing descriptive passages. I would like to share these two pieces of work, from Isla W and Heath. They have both used some really creative ideas to describe their settings…
Family Similarities
Have you ever been told that you look like your father or that you are the spitting image of your grandmother? This is not an accident. Curlews have been finding out that the cells within our bodies have carefully constructed bits of code that tell each cell what to do. This code is kept in our…
The Peppered Moth
As part of our topic on evolution, we have been finding out about the story of the peppered moth. Tia listened very carefully and worked well to write this information piece describing the story. Her use of paragraphs and illustrations to support the facts made for an interesting piece of writing. Well done Tia!
Drumming Curlews
This week we enjoyed our second lesson of Taiko drumming. I thought you would like to see a few examples of the rhythms the pupils have been playing. I hope you enjoy the video. Pretty impressive stuff – and good fun too!
Writing an Argument
In order to rehearse writing in paragraphs and use number adverbials (such as firstly, secondly and finally) to add cohesion into our writing, the class had to think of reasons why they deserved extra breaktime. There were certainly many persuasive arguments made, although I wasn’t too sure about the child who wrote: “Secondly, we need…
Sea Kings Final Flypast
Two Sea King military helicopters flew over Cubert School yesterday as one of the final stages of their farewell flypast, after nearly 50 years of service. All the pupils went out onto the field to witness this historic final flight. The Sea Kings – known as “Baggers” in the Royal Navy – acted as “eyes…
Taiko Drumming
Today we started a 10 week block of lessons learning the skills of Taiko drumming. Everyone had a fantastic first session, learning a series of beats and rhythms – it sounded great! We look forward to developing our drumming skills over the coming weeks. I will try and record a video next week to share…
Rounding Numbers
This week we have been learning to round larger numbers. All the class have been very successful with this, adopting a method which has led to accurate rounding. I picked Olly’s work to show as his was especially well set out – such a clear layout makes the work very easy to follow.