Aspirations Week - Hairdressers!

On Wednesday, Year 1 was transformed into a hairdressing salon as part of Aspirations Week. We watched videos to help us learn how to style hair in different ways and then partnered up! We took it in turns to style each others' hair using clips, bands and hair gel. It was so much fun!

Igniting Aspirations: Artist!

Reception have been so lucky to have lots of visitors this week for Aspirations week! This afternoon, we heard all about being an Artist from Logan's mummy, Emma.

  Emma spoke a little bit about her favourite kind of art, which was painting with oils. We had a look at some of her completed pictures, some of which took her 40 hours or more to finish! 

The pieces of art were so realistic that they looked like they were photographs!

The children couldn't wait to practise their artistic skills during choosing time.

We had to remember that it was okay to make mistakes because they help our brains to grow!

Igniting Aspirations: Butcher!

Today, Reception had a visit from Ethan's dad, who works as a butcher!

Mr Hornsby spoke a little bit about why we have butchers and how we end up with food in our shops.

We learnt all about the role, including the uniform that needs to be worn, 

the tools that are needed and even how burgers and sausages are made! 

Later, the children set up a food shop using playdough produce and tools, charging customers for their tea time sausages, burgers and meatballs!

Igniting Aspirations: Crop Scientist!

Today in Reception, we learnt about being a crop scientist! Mary's mum came in to talk to us about her job as a crop scientist and what it involves.

The children learnt all about what plants need to grow, and what might stop a crop like wheat from growing well. Sometimes plants don't grow very well and it's up to people like Mary's mum to act as problem solvers and experiment with different ways to grow crops.

Did you know, in a wheat field the size of our classroom, there would be enough wheat to make flour for 103 loaves of bread? That's why it is so important for crop scientists to find out what makes crops healthy... so farmers can produce more food!

The children listened very carefully and demonstrated some excellent estimation skills!

Inspiring Aspirations: Video Game Artist!

Today Reception was really lucky to have a special visitor!

Mr Neal visited us to talk to us about his job:

Video Game Artist!

Mr Neal told us about the different jobs that go into making a video game:

Director
Artist
Producer
Tester

He showed us a video of the game he helped to make:

The children asked some brilliant questions like:

"How many games have you made?"

"What sort of games do you make?"

"Do you play the racing games against the computer or against other people?"