Friday, February 18, 2011

Fund raising afternoon for the RSPCA

Facepainting, nail decoration and hairstyling were some of the ways children raised money for the RSPCA.
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Speed stacking competition.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Blotting ink

Class 2 tried writing with quill pens and ink. They found that it smudged and ran so they experimented with blotting it. A powder called pounce was used in the past to blot ink. They experimented with sand, salt, talc and blotting paper. The finest powder or blotting paper worked best,
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Post office visit

Some children from class 1 visited the post office to find out all about posting letters. Katie was allowed into the postoffice to sell a stamp to her friends.
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Posting riddles to St Tudy.
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Class 1 working with Anna

Class 1 made postcards with Anna Murphy to send to St Tudy.
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Class 3's disaster projects

William's hurricane.
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Lauren's volcano
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Megan's volcano.
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Milly's earthquake.
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Molly's natural disasters project is in the form of a dice, covered in pictures and information.
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Friday, February 04, 2011

printing

Class 2 experimented with polystyrene prints as part of their project to create their own books.
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