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Mission Muddisdale continued...
At Muddisdale MMM’s
group were at the campfire making dough twists. It was fun but I think
Daisy’s was the best. Tyler’s didn’t go that well because his was covered in
smoke. Nature agents made clay and stick woodland creatures, web game, bark
rubbing and map of Muddisdale. Muddisdale All Stars did bark rubbing, kims
game, clay and stick woodland creature and campfire song. It was a perfect day. by Aiden from MMM’s and Scott from Muddisdale All Stars.
Muddisdale Part 3
Nature Agents
Yesterday we
went to Muddisdale and the nature agents did dough twist but we had to set up a
shelter first. We dug a hole out of the ground for the fire and then we put
some stones in the hole. Then we put the pot in then we put small peace’s of wood in. Then we grabbed a
long stick’s then we put some hand gel
on then we got the dough and we made the
dough it in to a sausage shape. Then we put it around our long stick’s then we
started the fire with the fire steel once we got the fire going we started to
roast our dough. We had to make then look brown but some went black then we
took turns to roast our dough. Once we finished we all twisted the dough of the
stick then we ate the dough tasted like
toast. by Ryan and Cameron
When we
arrived at Muddisdale we set up the base around about the middle. Then we set
off to do our first activities. Ours was build a bridge for a mini beast. We
split into 2 groups and started to build the bridge one group used just yarn
and the other used sticks and yarn. Our second activity was Nature Park in a
tray which is basically just like a mini Muddisdale and in a tray at the same
time. Our third activity was draw a map of Muddisdale and it was quite tricky
because there was a lot of turns and twists and because Muddisdale is so big.
Finally we did a scavenger hunt and we took turns to tell everyone what to get
then everyone had to go and get it. Then we had to pack up and go back to
school. The Muddisdale All Stars
By Brogan and Paige
Mission Marvellous
Muddisdale
On Monday the 16th of May
2016 we went to muddisdale for are third trip. First we made nature park in a
tray, we split are group into groups of 3. Then we made a perfume in pairs, we
put flowers, water, mud in are perfume. Cierra had to go in a ditch to get
water and got pocked by a pointy bush it was funny. Next we made homes for mini
beasts in trees and on the grass / mud and we worked in pairs and 3s. After
that we got lost in the trees and had to use a compass to find are way out. But
Tyler and Kayden got lost in a thorny bush so Ingrid had to get them out of the
bush and fix them up. Then we walked back to school. We had a great time at
Muddisdale.
By the M MM’S
Mission Muddisdale Award Part 2
At
Muddisdale we started by trying to start a fire to make dough twists but it
didn’t get hot enough to cook the dough. Then we started collecting flowers and
leaves to press them. After that we did the web game, we splitted our group
into boys and girls and made two different webs. The webs were like giant
spider webs made out of wool. The aim of the game was to get through the web
without touching it but you needed your team to help you through the web. After
we split into pairs or some people worked by their self we made rafts for Mini
beasts. After we made them we got to sail them in the river, they all floated.
After that we looked at our pitfall trap but unfortunately our one had been turned upside-down so we had no bugs in it. By MMM
Muddisdale!
On the 9th
of May 2016 our class went up to Muddisdale. We had our own peedie groups there
was mission marvellous Muddisdale, Muddisdale all stars and us the Nature
Agents. Our first activity was making a perfume we were split up into three
groups. The perfumes were named messy mud (very muddy), wild watermelon 0%
watermelon and Fresh (no mud or watermelon). After we did our perfume we had
snack and put hand gel on our hands (and a little bit in our perfume). Then we
made a den for minibeasts we made it out of sticks and leaves. Jennifer Sofia
and Morwena found a tree with a face on it. Then we made a nature park in a
tray we got a tray and a few sticks, leaves and mud we laid it out like a
little garden. Finally we made a sundial and compass we knew our north south
east and west so we knew what we were doing. Then when we were finished we had
to leave no trace so we all tidied up but then Angus forgot his hat way up at
the top of Muddisdale so he ran up to get it and ran back down. Then we all
walked back to school. By the nature agents. Ryan Angus Declan Cameron Bruce
Finlay Sofia and Jennifer.
As soon as we got to Muddisdale we set our base up. The first activity was the web game. We got the wool from our helper and found two trees to tie the web on to. We climbed through the web a few times. Then we did the pressing flowers activity we found some plants and we put them in the folder.We made dough twists and cooked them on the fire and eat them. We made dens for mini beasts and we did this in partners they were mostly made of sticks and grass. We checked the pit fall traps. There were lots of insects in them! By the Muddisdale all stars!
Mission Muddisdale - our first trip.
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| buildning bridges and rafts for minibeasts... click on the picture to make it bigger, there are loads of great photos here! |
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| restoring the structures |
Today we went to Muddisdale
and we were in groups and came up with group names. There was Tealkdace,
Muddisdale All Stars and Nature Agents. Once we came up with our names we
picked some activities such as make a perfume, start a fire and build a bridge
between two trees for mini beasts. When we got to Muddisdale we got with our
groups and with our teachers and went to start our activities. Some of us
started with the pit fall traps to make a pit fall trap we had to get a jar and
put some jam or apple in it then find a good spot to put the jar this could be
somewhere sheltered. by Kaylen and Lauren
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| bare feet and pitfall traps |
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| firestarting |
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| creating scents of woodland and springtime |
5 minute talks
Our 5 minute talks got off to a great start today with 3 well organised and thoughtfully planned talks.
The subjects were: Violin, How to make corner bookmarks, and baking ( by a Great Orcadian Bake Off winner!). Also we got to participate in a making activity, listen to a tune on the violin and try out some delicious brownies!
We are looking forward to the next ones!
Our Open Afternoon and Class Cafe
On
the 22nd of March we had our Open Afternoon it was all about Space.
We took lots of time and effort to prepare for it. There were lots of little
stations, like the Baking, Research and Development group, the coding game and
the space race and you can also leave a comment on the blog. Then there was
wild reading group and reading aloud and last but not least the space buggy
making challenge. There was also a Host in every group there was 10 in total
the 2 important Hosts were Tyler and Caitlin they made amazing little cards
(maps) and so the grown-ups knew where to go.
by Jennifer and Tyler
Does it dissolve?
On Thursday and Friday we did another experiment to do with
our materials topic. We where doing a fair test. We where in groups of four.
The way it was a fair test was we all got the same glasses amount of materials
(flour , sugar , salt and sand.) the same amount of water and mixed it for the
same amount of time then let it rest for three minutes. It was really fun and
interesting and we hope to do something like this soon again.
by Erlend B and Daisy
Cookery group, persuasive letters and book boxes for 'Wild Readers'
What is a Wild Reader
by Aneisha and Erin K.
A wild
reader is someone who takes their reading to the next level. Like reading
outdoors at places like the play park, Muddisdale and Wideford Hill.
A wild
reader is also someone who reads different types of books like fiction, picture books
and information books, and people who want to try reading books by different authors like Jacqueline Wilson ,Roald Dahl and David
Walliams. A wild reader is someone who takes there book out whenever they have
time to read without being asked. So that is what a wild reader is. Are you a wild reader?
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| Preparing our book boxes. |
We continued today with preparing our presentations on multiplication. This can be tricky because its not just doing a sum but explaining how and why we use a strategy or a method, all the steps, useful advice, helpful hints - AND you need to confidently know your tables.
The most recent 10 point group chose to do a cookery activity. they made peppermint creams and drizzled them with chocolate. Mmmmm.
Today we also wrote a letter using persuasive language to Tesco, Lidl and the Co-op.
We hope we will get a positive reply.
Designing and making our own spacecraft
Today our own P5 space engineers modelled their own designs for spacecraft and space equipment. Last time we worked in groups and had a strict deadline. This time we had a much looser deadline (some models are still to be completed) and everyone worked individually.
To start with everyone drew a plan of their ideas. There were many very detailed and careful plans, Diagrams were thoughtful and well considered. Everyone showed clearly what a lot they had learned about what humans in space need to survive and how many different jobs a space craft has to fulfil.
Concentration and focus was obvious as everyone took the task very seriously.
Future space travel of the human race is assured.
The earth from space
As part of our Space topic we have been looking at how scientists use satellites and the ISS to observe the earth. These two videos have been really useful to understand the landscape and weather that can be seen from above the earth.
You can see the ISS - go to http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ the nearest location to choose is Thurso.
...and here is a fun one to finish with. This is filmed in a plane which flies extremely high and then falls to create zero gravity. This is how Tim would have first experienced zero gravity in his training.
You can see the ISS - go to http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ the nearest location to choose is Thurso.
...and here is a fun one to finish with. This is filmed in a plane which flies extremely high and then falls to create zero gravity. This is how Tim would have first experienced zero gravity in his training.
Flubber
To make flubber we started by putting on a glove then we took 1 cup of PVA glue and 1 1/2 cups of water and mixed it together. Then we took a teaspoon of borax and another 1 1/2 cups of water and mixed it together. Once both the mixtures the PVA glue and water and the borax and water where all mixed we putt them in a tray and combined them.then we wated until it was all mixed then we played about with it. Flubber is a weird material I think it is a liquid because it takes shape of whatever tub it's in but that's my opinion what do you think it is?
Daisy
Spacesuit Challenge
This week our challenge was to plan, design, organise and build a spacesuit.
Here are the teams with their finished astrosuit.
The suit had to have all the life support systems in place and also some extra functions for a spacewalk.
Have a look at our comments below to see what we thought about the task.
The International Space Station
Last week we found out some of the things you need to be able to do to be an astronaut and some information about what it takes to survive in space. The human body adapts to lack of gravity by bones losing strength and astronauts get taller! They need to keep exercising 2 hours each day to stay healthy.
This week we have started on our models of the Soyuz rocket, the crew module and the International Space Station. We planned the layout and split up tasks within the group then organised the junk we needed. We have begun joining and finishing the models. They will be painted white first then finally we will put detail on.
Later in the term we will design and make our own space station models from junk in a similar way. We will need to present our designs and models and explain the layout and what each part is for - it needs to be able to sustain life! Start collecting your own personal junk!
In the comments below you can read what we think are the most interesting facts we have learned so far.
Astronauts in training.
Measurement is really important in space.
This week we have started on our models of the Soyuz rocket, the crew module and the International Space Station. We planned the layout and split up tasks within the group then organised the junk we needed. We have begun joining and finishing the models. They will be painted white first then finally we will put detail on.
Planning the models.
Deciding on the realtive sizes of each part of the rocket.
Later in the term we will design and make our own space station models from junk in a similar way. We will need to present our designs and models and explain the layout and what each part is for - it needs to be able to sustain life! Start collecting your own personal junk!
In the comments below you can read what we think are the most interesting facts we have learned so far.
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