Squirrels Heath Junior School

 This week we used our fair testing and pattern seeking skills to explore different food and to see which ones are more fatty. We rubbed the food onto paper and held it to the light! The results were very interesting…

This term we have been investigating the use of colour through watercolours.  We have learnt about the range of colours that can be produced by making slight alterations in colour combinations.  This week our investigation stage has drew to a close when we looked at renowned art works from different emanate artists, and reproduced the range of colours they used. Next week we will produce our own original pieces of art. Take a look at our work and our process below.

  Y5 DT In D.T we d esigned a hinge for a pneumatic talking box, which we will start making next week. In our lessons we focused on our measuring skills and investigated how different hinges work ! How many hinges can you find at home?

  Year 6 so far... We have been having a lot of fun in year 6 over the last few week.   We have been reading a fictional text set in the 1700s about a Jamaican slave securing his freedom which has prompted some fantastic story writing of our own. We are learning about the heart and circulatory system in science, how to create different tones, shades and tints in art and African nations in Topic. 

Y5 History This week in Y5 History we have been learning about Oracle Bones and we made factual posters to explain what they are. So what are they?  The earliest Chinese writing comes from 3,500 years ago, when China was ruled by the Shang dynasty. Archaeologists were very excited when they found thousands of cow bones and turtle shells covered with writing. 'They called them Oracle Bones. The oracle bones were used to ask questions of the gods and ancestors. Priests or the king wrote the questions onto the bone, then made holes on the reverse, which was heated. The priests interpreted the resulting cracks in the bone as answers to their questions.