This afternoon some of us started our natural disaster collages. We are really trying to make the materials blend in with the photo. We are also going to a tag rugby session in about fifteen minutes time, Mr Bussey is worried that he may pull a muscle!

In topic we have been looking at natural disasters. For our art we are creating collages of our chosen disaster. Using a range of materials we are building up our interpretation of a volcano erupting, looking into the eye of a hurricane, earthquakes, tsunamis, avalanches and rock slides.

Have a look at our work in progress. The children have fabulous ideas and I cannot wait to see the finished pieces.

We are very proud of our year 5/6 hockey team. They competed in the Telford and Wrekin hockey competition. They were only beaten by only one team, and finished second. They will now go through to the world games day final at RAF Shawbury. We will keep you posted!

Our science question, which was asked by Erin, is to investigate which liquid would evaporate quickest over 2 days. The class has split into groups and each investigated 3 liquids. We have one group looking at fizzy drinks in a cold area like the courtyard; one group has fresh orange juice, water and fairy liquid in the staff room; another group is looking at milk, water and apple juice located in our base.

What would your prediction be and why?

In Base 3 today we have been learning about evaporation. We conducted two experiments. I would really like it if you could comment about the different things that we learnt. Bonus housepoints if you can explain why our experiment at the end wasn’t a fair test. Please remember never to conduct your own experiments with a kettle.

Base 2 are making rain gauges as part of their geography topic of Natural disasters. We have collected empty bottles and cut the tops off them. We have measured 50ml lines on the outside and will place them in the school grounds and in surrounding areas of Newport and Muxton.

Every week we will take the measurements of how much rainfall there has been and record in a table.

I wonder how much rain will fall before we break up for half term?

Congratulations to the Gold team.

The awards go to Niamh and Brendan.