Gymnastics

This term Room 12 have been learning all about gymnastics during our PE lessons. 

We have had lots of fun learning how to balance on the beam, do forward rolls and jump on the trampoline!

Getting ready to start gymnastics...

  

Getting ready to practise our forward rolls...

Balancing on the beam...

 We can walk forwards and backwards on the beam!
   

                                                  

Gymnastics is lots of fun!

Science in a Van

Science in a Van came to visit V.A.S

We got to be scientists and make predictions.

We had to predict if the cups and teapot would stay on the table when the table cloth got pulled out from under them.

Some people predicted the cups and teapot would crash onto the ground and other people predicted they would stay on the table. 

                                                                  

WOW! The cups and teapot stayed on the table.

Then Mrs Marshall got to have a go!

    

The tablecloth is a slippery material so it causes less friction when it is pulled out from under an object.

Mrs Marshall pulled the tablecloth out quickly and straight down toward the ground to make sure everything stayed on the table.

She did a great job!

Then we learnt all about bubbles!

Alan blew some BIG bubbles!

 We helped to blow the bubbles across the hall!

Then we learnt all about mixtures.

 to make a mixture you to add two or more things together and....

Shake! Shake! Shake!

We made predictions about what would happen when we mixed different things:

  

Water and dish washing liquid mix together to make a bubble mixture.

Cooking oil and water do not mix. They separate! 

We had lots of fun today being scientists and making predictions. 

Thank you Emily and Alan!

Room 12 having fun with bubbles!

Fly away with me

As part of our inquiry this term we have been learning about and making different kinds of kites.

We decided to make a kite using rubbish bags as the material. 

We thought they would fly the best because rubbish bags do not rip easily and are very light.

First we had to get a plastic rubbish bag and cut a diamond shape out.

Then we made a 't' shape with our two kebab sticks to create a frame for the kite and secured them with sticky tape.

 

 Next we had to tie a long piece of string in the middle of the kebab sticks, so our kite can fly.

 Finally, we decorated our diamond kites and added a tail.

Our diamond kites look great!

We had lots of fun flying our kites on the field...