Kids with Bricks Lego Club
The theme for this week's Kids with Bricks Lego club was 'Loud or Quiet'. We watched our weekly video, which gave us facts about the loudest and quietest things on earth. We then had to create our own loud or quiet builds. The children had some really amazing ideas, including volcanoes, bombs and silent electric engine cars! A special well done to our Builder of the Week: Rosie!
Mad Science After School Club-Cosmic Bubbles
In the final lesson for the after-school club today, our future scientists explored the final frontier. They looked at planets, stars, and crashing meteorites before the children invented and named their very own galaxies. They then used straws to blow bubbling, frothy cosmic art to represent their creations. It was a wonderfully messy and out-of-this-world way to finish a fantastic term of 'Mad Science Club'.
Kids with Bricks Lego Club
This week's Kids with Bricks Lego Club theme was 'Hot or Cold'. We watched our weekly video, all about the hottest and coldest places around the world. We were tasked with creating a vehicle or creature that is suited to extreme temperatures. A special well done to our Builders of the Week: Elsie and Vienna!
Kids with Bricks Lego Club
Last week's Kids with Bricks Lego Club theme was 'Mega Machines." We watched our weekly video, which gave us facts about some of the biggest and most powerful machines around the world. We were then tasked with building our own, either copying those we learned about in the video, or imagining our own. A special well done to our builder of the week - Frankie! A new Kids with Bricks club for next half term will shortly be going live on the website on Wednesday 13th May: https://www.kidswithbricks.com/
Craft Club
This week at Craft Club, we looked at how different emotions can be expressed in cartoons using the Kawaii drawing style. We drew a page of different shaped bodies, added faces using a prompt sheet for inspiration and painted or coloured them using bright colours. This was the final Craft Club of this block. We have had a great time making and creating!
Craft Club
Today, craft club was all about space! We drew our solar system onto a paper plate, making sure we got the colours and sizes of each planet correct. We also discussed why Pluto is no longer classed as a planet but decided to use it anyway! We then made rockets on sticks which could fly through our solar system pictures. Next week at craft club we will be talking about different emotions and creating cartoon art!
Kids with Bricks Lego Club
This week's 'Kids with Bricks' Lego club theme was super fast animals. We watched our weekly video, which showed us the fastest land, sea and airborne animals. We then set to work creating our own super fast creatures, real or imaginary. The children did a fantastic job! We also spent some time completing some of our skyscrapers from last week, since they were so huge we didn't quite complete them last time. A special well done to our Builder of the Week - Rosie!
Craft Club
This week in craft club our theme was “In the Garden”. We decorated plant pots where we planted some cress. We then decorated pin wheels and used lots of initiative and problem solving to put them together. They’re now ready to pop in our gardens at home and watch the wind turn them! Next week, the theme is Space.
Mad Science Club- The Light Fantastic
Today in the Mad Science after-school club, our junior scientists stepped into the brilliant world of physics for a "Light Fantastic" session! They became masters of the electromagnetic spectrum, starting with the discovery that LASER is actually an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. The children explored the concept of refraction by bending light beams through different materials and went on a hunt for "invisible" energy using UV light to make hidden colors fluoresce.
Kids with Bricks Lego Club
The theme for this week's 'Kids with Bricks' Lego club was skyscrapers. We watched our weekly video, which gave us some fun facts about the largest skyscrapers around the world. We then worked in pairs or independently to create our own skyscrapers. We all had a lot of fun. A special well done to our Builder of the Week - Elsie!
Craft Club
Today at Craft Club we made posters to show our love for our planet! With it being Earth Day week, we each made an “Earth” and made hands and a heart to signify the love that we should show our planet, finished off with a starry sky. Next weeks theme is In the Garden and there are still spaces available if you’d like to book on!
Mad Science After School Club- Exploring the Forces of Motion
In today’s After School Mad Science Club, our scientists explored the fascinating laws of physics through several "Mad Scientist" challenges. The children investigated gravity and inertia by successfully pulling tablecloths from under dishes, proving that objects at rest prefer to stay at rest. We also held exciting woodpecker races, where the students learned how vibration and friction allow a wooden bird to "peck" its way down a wire. Additionally, the children mastered the art of moving coins across fabric without touching them, using clever vibrations to overcome friction. The children had so much fun throughout the afternoon and are already buzzing with excitement for our next session!