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Today we started our new science unit - Material World. We began by discussing that a material is more than just fabric that our clothes are made of. The children learnt that the materials can be plastic, wood, paper, card and many other things and that we are surrounded by materials in our everyday lives. The children carried out some investigations today by looking at the materials that things are made of and how this affects the material and makes it good at what it does. They investigated the bounciest ball, the best flooring, the best mopper-upper. Then, as a whole class, we looked at how packaging works to protect meringue nests. We discovered that our packaging materials were particularly good, as not one nest broke -either that, or they were reinforced nests! We eventually got one to break, when we gave it no packaging! We used the adventurous gem today.
In RE, the children have been learning about Buddhism. The children have learnt about the Buddha, the Sangha and the Dharma, the Triple Gems, the Monastics and Laity, the Five Moral Precepts and about the path of enlightenment. Whilst doing this they have also learnt how the Buddhist ideals are useful to us all in our everyday life, for example being happy with what we have, considering how we live and of course how this relates to friendships. The children have used the reflective gem across this unit of work.
In science, the children have been learning about gestation periods (the length of time it takes for a baby to grow in its mother's womb). They learnt that small animals, such as mice, have just a 20 day gestation period, compared to that of an elephant, nearly a whopping two years. The children created some stunning bar charts showing the gestation periods of different animals. Then, we looked at pregnancy in people. Following a lengthy discussion about pregnancy and watching a video about how the baby develops over the 40 weeks, the children produced timelines of the baby's growth. The children has used the concentration gem today.  
 The children have been working on imagery in class this week. We have looked at expanded noun phrases, personification, similes and metaphors. Then, today the children wrote a piece of imaginative writing showing off their imagery skills, with some stunning results. The children then critiqued each others work. Today, we used the creative gem.
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