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Madeleine wanted me to share her drawing this morning.

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She used coloured paper and black paper strips to make it.

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Madeleine finished adding her organs to her skeleton. She then wrote a little bit about each one.

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After reading her national geographic kids magazine Madeleine decided to draw a baby penguin. She added some shading too.

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Madeleines contractions spellings.

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Madeleines morning maths.

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Madeleine wrote up her coin cleaning experiment in her science book.

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We looked at what made up our blood. We used ping pong balls as the white blood cells, red water beads as the red blood cells,red sponge pieces as the platelets and water as the plasma. We talked about each of their jobs in the body and how white blood cells fight infection, red ones carry oxygen around the body, platelets help to heal wounds by clotting the blood and the plasma helps the blood to move around in our veins and arteries.

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Madeleine helped to make our own set of functioning lungs using some balloons, a straw and a bottle. We watched as we pulled on the balloon at the bottom of the bottle (the diaphragm) how it filled the balloon lungs and then as we released it we heard the air leaving the balloons and going out the straws ( the trachea) .

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Madeleine wrote up her skittles science experiment today in her science book.

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Madeleine looked at some of the foods in our fridge and cupboard and plotted on a world map how far they had travelled. We were very surprised that our spring onions had come from Senegal even though they are easy to grow here. Madeleine decided that we should look more closely when buying food and choose local produce whenever possible.

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Madeleine made a larger scale skeleton and wrote some information she had learnt about how the human heart works. She then added this to the skeleton and put an image of the heart in the right place in the ribcage.

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We had a go at making our own version of a human heart using a balloon, glass jar, straws and some red coloured water. We spoke about how the straws were the arteries and how we closed one off to act as a valve. Madeleine then pressed on the balloon to pump the heart and watched the water get pumped up the artery. Her face says it all really!

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We spoke about what this means and Madeleine came up with some brilliant sentences using alliteration to describe the pictures.

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We looked at how the different bones in the human body fit together by making our own mini skeleton.

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Madeleine completed some time work on the computer.

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Aimee took part in a webinar on Juan Miró. He’s starting to become one of our favourite artists.

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We looked at refraction through a glass of water by putting an image one side to see how it gets flipped into reverse. Madeleine wrote different words to see them backwards and we also drew some eyes looking one way and an arrow pointing one way to see them reversed.

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Madeleine has started making a science book to put all the experiments in that we have done.

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We made a cool little gadget to remind us of the phases of the moon. The black curved bit slides in and out to show each stage.

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Madeleine had some fun with pendulums and paint. The patterns looked like the ones made on a spyrograph set but just giant sized !! Great fun .

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Madeleine made her own working compass by rubbing a needle onto a magnet using a side of the magnet for each end of the needle. She then threaded it through  circle greaseproof paper and placed it on a bowl of water. The needle spun round to point north! We checked it was correct using a real compass.

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Here are the coins we cleaned. The dirtier looking coins were taken out of the vinegar and NOT washed so they have a coating called Verdigris as the vinegar kept working on the coins in the air. It's the same blue green tinge you see on some statues. We then put a screw in the leftover vinegar solution and the copper left from the coins attached to it and changed its colour!

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As part of the materials topic we looked at copper coins. We used vinegar and salt to watch how.it cleans the coins...it was really fast! We then washed half the dipped coins under a tap and just put some straight onto a paper towel to see what difference it would make. It was amazing how the acid in the vinegar cleans off the copper oxide that happens when copper is exposed to air. Madeleine decided to dress appropriately for science monday!

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We used Madeleines colour wheel to add words she typed to describe herself. I was nicely surprised that Madeleine only came up with one slightly negative word and the rest were positive. My favourites were "a good friend" and "soft toy collector and lover ". She thought of some lovely words all by herself.

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Following on from the coffee filters we then made a colour wheel with pastels....we spoke about primary,secondary and even tertiary colours. We also decided which were the cold and hot colours.

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Over the last few art activities we have spoken about which colours mix to make other colours. So we did a fun experiment with felt tip pens and coffee filters. We drew patterns on the filters and then sprayed water on the top to make the colours bleed into each other. It made a lovely rainbow effect.

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As part of the materials project we explored polymers in plastic by doing a science experiment. We filled a bag with water and sealed it and then poked sharp circular pencils through the side and out the other end. We spoke about how the flexible polymers in the plastic mould around the pencils to make it water tight. It was amazing how the bag didnt break.

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Madeleines maths today was tens and units...we also did spelling using rainbow colours and some phonics and grammar work online.

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Madeleine did a little mini project about where we live. The top smallest age starts with our house,then a map of our road, then a map of our town, then of our county in east Anglia.,then a map of our country within the uk, then the continent the uk is on and finally where the earth is in the solar system. Phew....a journey and a half!

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Eli loved looking at transport. He decided to look at all the journeys into space and drew and labelled the rockets and shuttles.

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Eli loved looking at transport. He decided to look at all the journeys into space and drew and labelled the rockets and shuttles.

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Eli made this rainbow using a paper towel. We looked at how paper towel was absorbent 

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Eli made this rainbow using a paper towel. We looked at how paper towel was absorbent 

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We looked at this american sculptor today and saw how she used found objects to make her sculptures. Madeleine then found her own objects from around the house to stick on to a frame. She then chose 3 different colours and spray painted it. I think it looks awesome.

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Madeleine had a look at the temperature work online today. She read it through and answered all the questions correctly. We then looked at our outdoors thermometer and noticed it said 24° c.

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Madeleine used a fidget spinner with an arrow on to decide which spellings to write out carefully.

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Madeleine chose this spot for her morning read. She likes to read books about animals and learnt that a bear can grow up to 3m tall.

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Following on from our planting we decided to look at how rain comes down to help our plants to grow. Madeleine squirted some shaving foam to be our cloud onto a jug of water and then used medicine syringes to add various food dye coloured water as our rain.. She noticed the rain seemed to fall more quickly at the edge of the cloud but that it took quite alot of rain before it was heavy enough to push through the cloud. We spoke about evaporation, condensation and precipitation and what they mean. We also ended up as a little bonus talking about displacement as she insisted on sticking her hand into it up to the elbow at the end!! Messy fun.

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Madeleine used an egg box to fill with compost and added some vegetable seeds. She chose spinach and rocket and sprinkled them carefully before watering. She then made markers with lolly sticks and decorated the box. Fingers crossed something with grow!!

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well who knows what went into this one - we started off measuring but it soon turned into a fantastic game of grab everything that is nearly empty from the cupboard mix it together - then squeeze an entire bottle of vinegar in and add bicarb! bubbly, stinky, icky mess! ( I did say no when he asked to boil it up like George does in the book!)

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We used the scrabble letters so Madeleine could spell out some of her common exception words.

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Madeleine made a stick frame and wove around it with wool. We then went on a walk in the woods and she threaded her favourite leaves and bark and flowers into the frame as we walked.

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Madeleine finished decorating her medicine bottle today and we attached her ingredients label to it.

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Made with love. Weighed and measured carefully too.

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So this is what toothpaste, cream, tuna, cocoa powder and chocolate chips look like mixed together into Madeleines medicine. Not sure I would like to try it because I know what is in it but it actually looks quite nice and chocolatey.

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Madeleine decided her medicine would be able to make her run fast. She thought carefully about the ingredients and how they would help with this. She decided that tuna would make her as fast as a shark and that squirt cream would help her to slip through the air among other things. We are planning to use this writing as a label for her medicine bottle.once it has been made.

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In our house we (I) find it easier to only work on persons set work so we chose Hetty’s World ocean day project. First we watched a short film on YouTube about plastics in our seas and then we got to work researching some facts about marine wildlife. This is how we decided to display it. The facts are small but they are written on each picture

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Madeleine read her book about the ocean and decided that she liked the sound of the southern ocean because of the penguins and the Atlantic for the whales.

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Because our printer ink has run out we couldn't print off the colouring page but Madeleine helped me to draw some marine animals and then she has carefully started to colour them in.

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Maxwell had lots of fun drawing this map of "his" local area including his home!

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This week I would like you to work on your kicking...

Your challenge is to find a bottle (plastic bottle and with supervision) and similarly to last week see how many times you can knock it over. Every time you knock it over take a step back.

As always make sure you send all photos and videos to my padlet, good luck!

Thank you ⚽️🏅

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Aimee really enjoys learning about different artists and their styles. She has found Juan Miro quite tricky to imitate. This is a take of Miro's farm painting at night.

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Both of my children seem very tired today so I decided to set them an escape room challenge. They had to solve puzzles to unlock the door and receive their prize. They had to solve maths puzzles to get lock codes....piece together puzzles to read messages....fix together a torch to light up a riddle ....use magnets to fish for keys and even use a mirror to read a backwards message. Lots of learning but also relaxing fun. The prize was some popcorn and a film to have a rest. Very much needed rest.

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Madeleine wanted to have a go at Mrs Morenas art challenge this morning. We first looked at some of the works done by Andy Goldsworthy for ideas. She then used the materials we had collected on our walk last night to make her pattern.

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Here is Madeleine's map of great maplestead. She tried really hard to think of her own symbols for the key.

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Madeleine and I found a peaceful part of the garden to enjoy reading some of the book.we took it in turns to read a page and have finished the first chapter. Madeleine is convinced that his grandma is a witch !!

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Madeleine had a search around the house and garden to find different materials and what they were used for. She also had a go at her maths, counting in 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s to answer the questions.

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Madeleine had a go at making a coin spinner. She loved the way the colours mixed and blurred when it span really fast.

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Madeleine decided to make and decorate her own clock. We then used it to test Madeleine with telling the time.

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Madeleines brother broke one of my garden pots with his bike so Madeleine helped me to repurpose it into a fairy garden. I placed the sharp broken pieces to the right spot and then Madeleine did the rest. I think the fairies will be very happy in their new home !

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Good morning,

I hope you all had a lovely half term and enjoyed the weather 🌞

Your challenge this week is to see how far away you can throw a ball into a container. Start right next to the container, every time you get it in take a step back. See how far you can get before you miss.

I look forward to seeing your brilliant efforts on my padlet,

Thank you as always 🏅

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Good afternoon all,

I hope you all have a lovely restful half term. There are no challenges to complete but  please at least try once a day to do some form of exercise, whether this is a walk, run, football or even one of my past challenges.

Have a safe, relaxing half term and looking forward to setting more challenges after half term. Please keep me updated on my padlet with any exercise you do over half term. After half term we will be back to 3 challenges a week!!

Thank you as always

Mr Riccio 🏅

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So it would seem fin may have put been a bit heavy handed with the amount of seeds he planted lol but they are growing nicely x

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We decided to have a closer look at the famous artist paul klee. We then had a go at copying one of his famous works using shapes to print with.

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Flapjacks didn’t last long!

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Sidney doing the maths challenge while eating flapjacks that we made 😋

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Finley’s idea is a Teleporter that can take you anywhere you want to go.

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A list of good manners and what rats eat in the wild

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Finley’s highway rat wanted poster

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Madeleine enjoyed following the recipe to make these but she enjoyed the eating part more !!! They were delicious.

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Its nearly my birthday so Madeleine kindly made me a lavender bag  and decorated it to look like face. It smells divine.

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Madeleine wrote a short description about each storey of her treehouse that she invented. She used some good adjectives and described the crocodile river as terrifying and frightening and the terror tunnel as creepy. Madeleine wasnt really in the mood for writing much today so it's a little more untidy than normal !!!

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Madeleine designed another 5 storeys to the famous books. It included a vine swing level....a cake world.....a terror tunnel with dangerous animals in.....the biggest swimming pool in the world with a whirl pool slide and a crocodile infested swamp level.

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This is our second attempt. That’s why our bee flowers are still tiny.

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Maxwell was taking an order for a takeaway then working out how much it would cost the customer upon collection.....

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making his cornflake cakes - Yum

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Maxwells Sunflower... he loves drawing! 

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Maxwells Sunflower... he loves drawing! 

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Hi Badgers, here is a little movie I took to show you the classroom and how you will be coming into school.

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Good morning Badgers! Here is our classroom ready for when you come back. The desks are spaced further apart and you will all have your own pot for stationery and a tray for your belongings. Apart from that it is still very similiar to before we left :)

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Wanted poster 🐀

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Sidney enjoyed the story of the highway Rat and really took his time drawing the picture which he loves doing 🐀

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Madeleine and her brother joined me to look at the british red cross website to find out a bit more about how to help someone if they are injured or unwell. Madeleine had a go at putting an arm sling on me and she even put me into the recovery position. She now knows how to help someone with a broken bone/is unconscious/has burnt themselves or is choking. She also answered the quiz questions and made a poster about keeping safe to remind us all what to do in an emergency. Great job Madeleine.

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Madeleine wanted to do some of her brothers work on Scotland. She joined him in drawing a picture of the loch ness monster.

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Madeleine explored 3d shapes by making them out of play dough and counting the number of faces and vertices on each.

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Neive wanted to research famous highwayman, we found that Dick Turpin was very notorious throughout Essex and he had a horse call black bess and we have now found a less stressful way of doing Maths for both of us via The Maths Factor online, its a big winner

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Joshua has completed his wanted poster!

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Heres Madeleine's wanted poster she made after reading The Highway Rat book. She decided that the reward should be food to replace the food the highway rat stole from all the animals. She also came up with some great adectives In her description of the thief.

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It’s strange but Art is one subject nobody minds doing 🤔 here is a very proud Hetty with her Highway Rat painting.

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Fin loves these so was very happy to make them!

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Good Morning!

NEW CHALLENGE ALERT 🚨

Fantastic effort from all of you who have been doing the workout I planned. Apologies for the delay I have been having problems with padlet.

Your challenge this week is to...

Using your creative thoughts to create your own challenge! Using only 3 pieces of equipment of your choice, what skills can you test?

Make sure you post lots of photos on my padlet! Thank you 🏅

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Elliott and Aston made the Halstead Gazette! 

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Elliott and Aston made the Halstead Gazette! 

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our neighbour just brought round the local paper and showed us this :)

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Diggers and machinery, Lily found a good book on the history of CAT machinery, so she decided to do a timeline on diggers.

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Lily loves cars so learning about the history was fun.  She particularly liked the hats and scarfs the ladies used to wear in the open top cars.

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Here is Lily’s history work on Longboats.  She got some interesting facts from her Norwegian auntie and photos from her cousin taken inside the Oslo museum.  Lily wanted to sew the sail and the only fabric we had was lilac and purple. Lily enjoyed learning about the boats.

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Madleleine has made a holiday resort out of lego....including an airport, zoo, ice cream parlour and a hotel. I think she may be missing going on holiday !!

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Madeleine decided she wanted to do some of her brothers work and labelled the countries in the United kingdom. I then helped her to find where we live in England and mark that on the map too.