Making a booklet

In ICT we are making a booklet about Brunel. Some of us are importing pictures and writing sentences. Great stuff!

Making super sentences

During our literacy warm up we made a human sentence saying 'The ship sailed.' The children quickly came up with improvements to the sentence until we had 'Slowly the humongous, angry pirate ship sailed slowly up and down and across the sea because the sea was wavy!'

Evaluating our boats

After building our boats we tested that they could float for over a minute whilst holding a passenger (a plastic dinosaur). Then we thought about what had gone well and what we would like to change if we made it again.

Boat designs

The classroom has been turned into a ship builders yard this afternoon as the children are creating boats using their own designs.
Some designs have needed adjustments because the boats didn't floated first time.

Looking at artefacts

Today we have been looking at victorian artefacts and thinking about what they are and how they could be used. Can you work out what this was used for and who would have used it?

Letter writing

For our Big Write this week we have written a letter asking for more information about Brunel. We had to try and include a question.

Engineering

Using teamwork and communication, we have been following Brunel's footsteps and engineering bridges. Which design do you think is best?