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28 September 2012

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 03 October.

I know what makes my brain healthy.

Here are some ideas:

• A poster
• Draw a picture
• A Lego model, box construction etc
• A photograph
• Information from a book, internet
• Write a sentence

I look forward to seeing your creations on Wednesday.

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Learning about the brain

Year One have enjoyed a week of exciting activities. These activities helped them to understand and learn about their amazing brains. This is what they said:

• “Our brains help us think!”
• “My brain needs water.”
• “My brain has 3 parts.”

Class Assembly

It is our class assembly on Thursday 4 October. It will start at 2:40.
See you there!

28 September 2012

This week the children are focussing on spelling words with suffixes ant or ation. Spellings will be tested on Friday 05 October.

28 September 2012

This week we are asking you to think about this statement:

I know what makes a healthy brain.

This is creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.

You could…

• produce some art work,
• or poetry,
• or a poster.
• or a rap,
• or your own even more creative idea!

Have you ever seen a rat’s brain?

Don’t worry! We haven’t dissected any rats but we did see a rat’s brain today! Dr Lewis, from Leeds University, came to talk to us today about the brain.  Our brains are full to bursting with information and the 100,000,000,000 brain cells that we have made a lot of links after listening to Dr Lewis.  He spoke to us about our brain’s activity when we learn something new; it truly is the most amazing organ in our body.

This is a rat’s brain – it’s quite similar to ours in shape but obviously much smaller.  We also saw a snail’s brain but to be honest we thought it was a bit of fluff!  Even though it was so small it did consist of 11,000 brain cells.

As well as looking at brains, we also tested our receptive points in our fingers and hands; we then tested our reflexes.  Mrs Weekes asked the question, “Do our reflexes slow down as we get older?”  The answer was “Yes.  However if you keep your brain active then it will stay alert for longer!”

Finding all possibilities

Year 4 try to find all the ways of making 10. To find them all they need to work systematically.

Learning about brains!

This afternoon we’ve been learning about the brain. Two brain experts from Leeds University have helped us to understand how the brain works. They also showed us some snail and rat brains, tested our reflexes and taught us which parts of our bodies are the best at feeling things.

Brain Week Four

Today we had a visit from brain specialist, Dr Dave Lewis. He talked to us about how we touch and feel. We looked at the brains of animals including small sections of real snail brains and real rats brains. We tested our brain speed and reactions and learnt about how many brain cells animals had.

(We learnt that fresh brains don’t actually smell like cheese, only old preserved ones!)

It was brain-tastic!

Brain Week Three

Year Six wrote poems yesterday about brains. They did this to combine thinking and learning about science (how the brain works) and literacy (the structure of the poem).

This activity allowed them to get all of their brain thinking and working. Here’s an example written by Lili.

• Billions of brain cells.
• Reptilian brain keeps you healthy.
• And alert- don’t let your brain get lazy!
• Intelligent machine.
• Neo-cortex loves a challenge.
• Inside, there are millions of connections being made…ZING!
• A big organ that floats  in shock proof fluid.
• Cleverer than ever…It’s the brain!