Beechwood Primary School

Prometheus and Pandora…

The second half of this term, and the week that houses Bonfire night, quite literally got off to a bang with some exciting learning going on in Upper Key Stage 2.

The children were introduced to a new literacy and language unit – Prometheus and Pandora. The story is a Greek myth which gives a mythical explanation to the beginning of mankind.

In the story Prometheus, who was a Greek God, accidentally created humans and then breathed life into them. We thought it would be fun for the children to imagine that they were Prometheus and to create their own human figures out of clay. We spent some time doing this, which the children thoroughly enjoyed and I’m sure you’ll agree (see photos below) they did a great job!

In topic, we have continued our topic of ‘Dig for Victory’ which is nearing its end. In the context of growing vegetables, we have been studying plants, plant growth and the life cycle of plants. At the beginning of the week, the children dissected plants and identified the different parts and the functions of the parts of a flower. Later in the week, we carried out an experiment to see how plants absorb water. We experimented by placing celery in food coloured water and observed the changes that took place. We then cut up the celery to see how the water travels up the stems and into the leaves. The children had great fun experimenting and loved the hands on learning.

This week, we have started a new unit in maths which covers different units of measure. Over the next two weeks, we will be looking at measurements of: length, distance, volume, area and time. It would be great if the children could practice measuring things out and telling the time whilst they are at home.

This Friday is the cake sale for class 5/6T and we look forward to buying and selling lots of delicious cakes to raise much needed funds for the school.

We look forward to sharing all the exciting learning and fun opportunities that we embark on in this lead up to Christmas.

Next week: Photos of our VE Day celebration with the Woodley Day Centre and our memorial service at Woodford Park