Tigers@taddy

 Today, the Tigers and Bears have had an afternoon of painting. We have experimented with the primary colours, explored painting on different textures such as cardboard and used the dip, dip, dab method of painting. Next we looked at the artist, Piet Mondrian and created our own peice based on his block of primary colours art. 🎨🖌️

 This morning the Bears and Tigers joined together for a morning of RE. We looked again at the story of the first Christmas and used our creative skills to create our own crib scenes ⛪️🌲🐑✨we talked about how the shepherds, wise men and angels might have felt when Jesus was born and why everybody wanted to come and worship him. 

In D&T this half term we have been learning about structures with the question  ‘How can we stop a tower from toppling over?’ Firstly, we experimented by building towers from lots of different types of blocks. We established that for something to be balanced, weight has to be equal on both sides and if the blocks are not placed centrally, then this could affect the balance.  Next, we learnt all about the different joins of cardboard and how we can use these to make a sturdy tower. We used techniques such as wrapping, folding, flange and tab joins, feet and slot joins and L joins.  Next we are going to use all our learning to create our own towers this week! 

 What a wonderful afternoon we have had with ‘The History Van’. We have experienced what life was like before electricity in our homes.  We have had hands-on experience ironing, washing clothes, experiencing with old inventions and cleaning up! We have also wrote a post card using ink with a penny black stamp.