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Weekly Update-28/6/24
Posted: Jun 28, 2024 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in our writing, the children published their fantastic diary entries and they were able to do this outside on the field, which they really enjoyed. We have then moved onto out new unit of work, which revolves around Kenning poems.
In science, our unit of work has revolved around forces, and this week the children planned, made predictions and then conducted an experiment, which was all about friction and which materials create higher or lower friction when another surface rubs against them. The investigation involved the children using a wooden car, a ramp, different materials to allow the car to roll on and rulers for measuring the distance that the car travelled when rolled over a particular surface. The children worked well together in their groups and it was great to see that the results of each group were very similar and highlighted which material caused the most friction and which caused the least as the car rolled over them.
In computing, we are focusing on animation. The children have been learning all about what animation is, how it is created and the different styles of animation. This week, we focused specifically on stop motion animation, and the children were tasked with creating a four frame animation, with the stick man drawing in each frame photographed and then adjusted for the next frame. They then played all their images back together, which created their stop motion animation. We also looked at onion skinning, which is a feature that allows a ghostly image of your previous frame to remain on screen, which can then help you to know where and what to draw for your next frame to allow all the frames to flow smoothly when you play them back at the end. Below are some lovely examples of simple stop motion animations.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)