Wow what a busy week we have had in Year 1!
Science
This week in science our focus was on birds. First we discussed what makes a bird a bird! One of the msot important parts of a bird are their feathers. We looked at 4 different types of feathers: body feathers, wing feathers, tail feathers and beautiful peacock feathers! We drew two feathers, compared them and even measured them. We were impressed to find out that the body feather, wing feather and tail feather were all from the same bird, a wood pigeon.
Design and Technology
We had a really fun afternoon on Wednesday working on creating joint's to attach straws together. This is in preparation for our project on making a model of a playground for an African school. We experimented with three different types of joints; triangle joints, pipe cleaner joints and pinch joints. We had a lot of fun creating our own version of the strongest shape- a triangle! As an extra challenge we practised using these joints to make a strong 3D shape.
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