Category: Dosbarth Gwennol

As part of our work on Jack and the Beanstalk, we have been learning about plants.  We have investigated the parts of a plant and discussed their functions.

Well done to all children who supported Children in Need.  As a school we raised an amazing £131.65!

Children in the Foundation Phase enjoyed a range of activities linked to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.  Here are some of the measuring activities undertaken.

Measuring and recording footprints using non-standard units.

 Collecting natural materials that are longer and shorter than the giant’s footprint.

 Estimating and measuring the giant’s footprints in centimetres.

Jack (the beanstalk) wanted us to find out about Knighton for him, as he is thinking about moving to Knighton in order to escape the giant.

We enjoyed walking around Knighton and identifying the human and physical features of the town.

Today, we have been inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy.  Andy takes his inspiration from the world around him and uses natural materials for his pieces.

Here are some of our Andy Goldsworthy inspired pieces.

We collected and used natural materials to make a variety of 2D shapes.  

We were challenged to build three houses for the Three Little Pigs using editable building materials.

After discussing the properties of each material, we predicted which house would stay standing if the wolf blew it down.

We discussed things that we would keep the same during our experiment.

We built our houses in small groups and thought about how we were going to construct each house to ensure it stayed standing.

Unfortunately, once we had built the houses the big bad wolf was nowhere to be seen, so we used a hairdryer instead to attempt blow down the houses!