Cheese sniffer challenge!

We have really enjoyed the cheese sniffer challenge today too! Who could get the most cheese?!

Galapagos maths!

Today we have been setting each other Beebot challenges! We have had to write algorithms for the Beebot to visit two places on the mat. We are trying to make them tricky for our partners!

Sam wrote an algorithm to get his Beebot to the butterfly, then the lava lizard! 

Pinch pot turtles

This afternoon we made pinch pot Galapagos turtles! We used lots of skills and had to follow instructions very carefully! 

First we had to make a ball or sausage to cut into two pieces, one for the body and the other for legs, tail and head.

Phoebe made such a good pinch pot that she showed it to others so they could do the same! 

We had to cross hatch the clay carefully and make some slip (clay glue) to make sure the legs, head and tail stuck carefully. 

Next we had to roll two sausages, one for the legs, the other for the tail and head. 

Beebot problems!

Oh dear, we seem to have lost the Beebot maps in school.  We have decided to make some more Darwin -Galapagos maps! How on Earth will we do that? 

After some big thinking, we decided that we needed to find out how far a beebot actually moved.  

We all agreed it was 15cm! This helped us work out how big the squares on our map needed to be. Measuring and marking out took a lot of team work!

Once we had our squares in place, we challenged each other to get the beebots to different squares on the map. 

Now we were ready to draw our islands. We practised on scrap paper first of all, then chose the best parts of each of our islands for our big map.

Then we were ready to paint!

They are starting to look really good aren't they?!

Building up compositions

This afternoon we have been building up our backgrounds ready for our compositions of HMS Beagle. We have thought very carefully about the shape of the boat, the colour of clouds and the different art media we can use. 

We found some great fabric for the sails and the rigging!