Measuring our bones.

On Thursday we were set a challenge by our class skeleton, Dr Travis Skelly. He claimed that ALL the bones of the skeleton are bigger in taller people. We were not so sure so we set out to investigate. We measured the height of all the people in our group and then measured their arm, skull, leg and hand bones.

We made sure our test was fair and reliable and our conclusion was… Dr. Travis Skelly is wrong!

Rice bucket challenge

Dear Parents, 

The Student Council has asked Primary children to graciously donate some rice to charity. If you wish your child to participate then please bring some rice to school before Friday.

Many thanks

KS2

Mystery Skype

On Friday we took part in our first 'Mystery Skype'. This is a game played by two classrooms on Skype. The aim of the game is to guess the location of the other class by asking each other questions. First, we got out our world map, clipboards, paper, pens and cameras. Next, we discussed how we were going to collect information. Each child was given a sheet with the questions we were planning to ask. We waited excitedly for the Skype call to come through...

Our first 'Mystery Skype' came through at 9.15am from Ms MacLean's class. We introduced ourselves and we discussed how the call would be conducted – we were very impressed by their professionalism and organisation of questions.

Here we are engrossed in our Skype conversation.

Native American Headdress

This week we learnt that all Native Americans wore a feathered headdress they were 

mainly worn by Native Americans from the Plains region. They were only awarded for 

brave acts and even then they only earned one feather! Each time the chief, warrior, or 

other important tribe member committed a brave act, a feather was added.  Therefore, 

the more feathers in the headdress, the braver he was.

The most prized of all feathers to receive for an Indian headdress was the Golden Eagle 

feather. Because the Indians saw the eagle as a messenger of God, this feather could only

 be earned through hardship, loyalty, and strength.

What do you think of our headdresses?