Mr. Lynch- Sixth Class

STEM Challenge Tower Building

The children worked in groups to complete a STEM challenge of building a tower out of just spaghetti and tape that would be capable of supporting a large marshmallow. They thoroughly enjoyed it and worked very well together designing their towers.

Pumpkin Carving

The children worked in groups to gut out and carve pumpkins in groups in the lead up to Halloween. Even though the classroom was left in a mess, lots of fun was had!

Project Work:

Over the course of October, the children created 3D models of real-life buildings or creations from their own imagination as part of a STEM project at home. They completed some fantastic pieces of work which are displayed proudly outside our classroom for all to see.

Science Week:

During science week we completed various experiments such as the floating/sinking of peeled and unpeeled oranges, popping a balloon with an orange peel, inflating a balloon using vinegar and baking soda, how soap makes pepper disperse, osmosis with coloured water transferring from one glass to another, how water makes the colours of skittles spread out and finally making oobleck! It was fair to say it got a bit messy in the classroom but a lot of fun was had!

Science Projects:

To link in with science week, the children completed science projects over the month of November, picking science ideas/experiments to present on. They completed some brilliant pieces of work on a variety of different topics.

Winter Art:

The children have created some lovely pieces of winter art in the lead up to Christmas. We looked at using oil and chalk pastels for some of our art pieces and they turned out really well!