Squirrels Heath Junior School

 Today was a special day in Year 4...we spent the day as either Saxons or Vikings! We had lots of fun activities such as designing and minting coins, being Viking and Saxon scribes,  making twist braids, making oat cakes, fletching an arrow and creating our own draughts board! We played  hnefatafl!  We even interviewed a Saxon lady to find out more about Saxon life! It was such a wonderful day, have a look at some of our activities below...

   I n Science this  week a s part of our Year Six Topic - Darwin's Delight - we have been extracting the DNA from strawberries. 😃Kaycee:  I enjoyed science this week especially when the teacher added the surgical spirit and the D.N.A. appeared for the first time, it looked like slime. 😃Holly: I really liked it when we extracted the D.N.A. from the strawberry mixture, out teacher Mrs. Marshall explained how forensic scientists and doctors can do the same with human D.N.A.   😃Oliver M : I was surprised with how quickly the surgical spirit reacted with the strawberry mixture, it took immediate effect and I could see the D.N.A. as I mixed it with the lollipop stick. 😃 Alfie : I found out that humans have some of the same D.N.A. as strawberries. 😄Lyla: Seeing D.N.A. was such a surprise, I never knew that it is sometimes called the 'Code for Life'. 😄Elliot: I loved the science enquiry this week as I never knew that strawberries had D.N.A.WOW!

 Did you know that the Romans used sponges on sticks to clean after using the toilet? Did you know the Americans used corn cobs long ago for this? This week we explored the best material to use as toilet paper in the old days and compared it to modern paper...we got a bit messy!