Data Handling

Today was our last day of learning about graphs, we were all a little sad that this unit had come to an end.
To finish the week, we decided to put all that we had learnt to the test and spend the final lesson gathering data about different flavours of sweets.

Each table was given a packet of sweets to analyse and the children worked together to present their findings in the form of a tally chart, a bar graph, and a line chart. Some children even managed an extension and created a pie chart too!

At the end of the lesson Miss Campbell quizzed the children on what they had learnt about data handling. Correct answers won a sweet for break-time. Luckily, all of the children were able to win one! 

Just for Fun!

After all of the fun we had making our Rangoli patterns, it was time to pack away the resources. As we sorted the equipment and returned it to where it belonged, Miss Campbell had an idea. 

She sat with the class to think of about how they could make the best use of what was left. We decided to give the coloured rice to Reception and use the left over dye for a science experiment. 

The next day Miss Campbell came to school with a bunch of flowers to make her desk look pretty. The children all agreed that her flowers were very boring and not at all vibrant. Miss Campbell wondered what she could do to make them look a little prettier. Just then, she remembered the food colouring. Perhaps, she could add it to the water in her vase. 

The children thought that this was a super idea as 'it will make the water look pretty'. Suddenly, Logan's hand shot up in the air. 'Miss Campbell, do you think that the dye might run all the way up to the flower petals and change their colour?'. This wasn't the only prediction. Other children thought it would only dye the water and some believed it would dye the actual vase. It was time to find out...

First we got out our flower vases ready with water. Then we poured in about 10 or so drops of food colouring. We chose to put red in one vase and green in another. 

It was fascinating to watch the food colouring drift towards the bottom of the vase. It swirled and glided into all sorts of interesting shapes.

We began a countdown from the second it hit the surface of water to when it hit the bottom of the vase, this took 99 seconds!

Have a look at what happened...

Why don't you watch this video to see the experiment in full!
Keep posted for our results...

Homework Week Beginning 23.09.13

Literacy Miss C - Can you think of another word?
Literacy Mr D - Sequencing an explanation text.

Maths Miss C - Pages 25-28.
Maths Mr D - Pages 19+20.

Science Miss C - Listing absorbent and non-absorbent materials.

Homework will be given out and explained to the children each Monday. This due in on Friday, however, if it is completed earlier, it may be handed in.

If any of the children have any queries about their homework, please let me know, thank you.

House Colours Day

Dear Parents,

Friday 27th September will be House Colours Day! This will be a fun and exciting day with the children working in teams to find out more about their house.

Children should come to school in their house colours shirt and their PE shorts and shoes.

Thanks,

Ascot Primary

More Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday Tang Tang and Merryl!

Today, Tang Tang brought in the most delicious cake for us all to share. We were very impressed by how beautiful it was and luckily for us, it tasted just as good as it looked. We hope that both children had a wonderful day. I wonder who's birthday it will be next?

Happy Birthday James!

3C would like to wish James a very Happy Birthday! 

James brought in some delicious cake for us to enjoy and we even watched 10 minutes of 'Matilda' for an extra special treat. We hope that James had a lovely day and got all of the wonderful presents that he deserved to. It won't be long before Merryl and Tang Tang's birthday which are on the same day next week.

Beautiful Rangoli

For those of you who don't know, our art topic for this term is focused on patterns. In our humanities we are studying India so we decided to combine these two ideas to create some beautiful Rangolis.

A Rangoli is a colorful design drawn on the floor near the entrance of a house to welcome guests. During Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns on the floor by their front door to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes.

We began by using coloured pencils and sequins but the following week we took the next step and used dyed rice which although VERY messy was also lots of fun.

Take a look to see how we began by with design templates...

Then, came the real thing...WOW!

After lots of hard work and concentration, everybody was very pleased with the results. 

Keep posted for what's to come next...