Dear Bloggers,

3/2S and 3C designed and made a robotic giant that rose up and roared when he was woken up.  The children wrote a script and acted out small plays telling the story of the giant and how Max and Mia escaped.

Here is a fabulous script by Teisha and Helena from 3/2S

The Great Escape

 

Narrator = The forest had birds flying by, until a big thrashing stomping noise shook the forest floor.

Mia = How fun would it be to make a tent to sleep in for the night Max?

Max = That would be lots of fun. Let’s make it now.

Narrator = So while Mia and Max were making their tent for the night, they heard another rumbling sound that kept shaking the forest floor.

Max = I brought some spare pants, hats and shirts if you need them.

Mia = That is great Max, but if we need to brush our teeth or brush our hair, what are we going to use?

Max = Sorry, I forgot that I actually brought two tooth brushes and two toothpastes, but I forgot the hairbrush, so you will have to keep your hairdo the same.

Mia = Few!

Narrator = Now Mia and Max have unpacked their clothes and toiletries but then again they heard the rumbling noise that keeps shaking the forest floor.

Max = What is that rumbling noise that keeps shaking the forest floor, because it’s not my stomach?!

Mia = Well it’s not my stomach either!

Max = Well then, let’s just keep building the tent.

Narrator = Then a few minutes later Mia decided  to go on a walk to the lake to see the duckling before it was too late, but something terrible  happened.

Mia = Let’s go on a walk to the lake Max!

Max = Yeah but…

Mia = Come on, let’s go now, I’ll meet you there!!

Narrator = Now Mia and Max were racing each other, down the yellow path, Mia tripped over a large red stick.

Mia = OUCH!! That really hurts.

Max = Shall I help you up with that?

Mia = OH, yes please!

Narrator = So while Max was helping Mia to get up, they heard the same rumbling noise that kept shaking the forest floor but even LOUDER!!!

Max + Mia = AH!! WHAT WAS THAT?!!

Narrator = Mia and Max were so scared from the big red stick that rose up and stood up and it turned out to be a big lazy giant.

Giant = WHO SAID THAT?!!

Max = Let’s run back to the tent before it’s too late.

Giant = HA I CAUGHT YOU!!

Max = HELP MIA HE’LL EAT ME SOON!!!

Mia = I’ll save you!!

Narrator = So Mia ran back to the tent and grabbed an empty bucket and rushed to the pond to get some water then Mia started running down the path to the giant.

Mia = Hey you giant do you like water?

Giant = NO I Don’t.

Mia = Well unfortunately I got some here.

SPLASH!!!!

Mia = Max quickly get out of his sweaty hands, otherwise you’ll need a bath.

Max = OK

Narrator = Max got out of the giant’s hand so they both ran back to the tent and never saw the giant again.  Of cause Max jumped into the pond and had a wash!!      

 

Great job girls and thanks Helena for typing this out so we can share it with many others on the blog.

 

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Mrs Garlick

Dear Bloggers,

Alex is an extremely talented lego designer and engineer and below are some of the fantastic projects he has been creating.  Keep up the brilliant work Alex.

 

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Mrs Garlick

Dear Bloggers,

3/2S and 3C built and programmed cheering fans to support Sam and Sara their soccer playing heros.  The children considered how the perfect cheering squad move, sound and look and upgraded their robots.  Each category was ranked out of 5 and the children rated the cheerleaders to find their favourite.

 

 

 

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Mrs Garlick

Dear Bloggers,

Using ‘ WeDo’  the children built and programmed a lion to stand up and roar when the motion sensor detected movement.  Luckily the students put a tilt sensor into a bone so the lion would sit back down and eat his new food (not someone or something else!!!!!).  The following lesson the children applied what they had learnt and designed, made and programmed their own lion. Level 3 (advanced) really created ‘Kings of the Jungle’ with features such as  opening and closing jaws, rotating head, wheels and waving paws.  The picture below shows a very high level model where the large jaws opened and closed to ‘eat’ the prey.  Level 2 used the building instructions to rebuild the functioning part of the lion and students then made their own additions and modifications. Level 1 (basic) rebuilt the lion from the previous week trying to work faster.  Small modifications were made where possible.

 

 

 

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Mrs GArlick

Hello Readers,

Hungry crocodiles swamped the Lego Classroom today and with patient anticipation they rested with their  mouths open.  When the motion sensor at the back of their mouth detected movement their powerful jaws snapped shut and they happily made the ‘munch sound’.  The children researched the diets of these mighty creatures and designed and made appropriate food.

 

 

 

 

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Dear Bloggers,

4/3N and 4L created and programmed ‘Drumming Monkeys’.  The Monkeys were excellent percussionists  tapping out different rhythms on the drums which were designed and made by the students.  The pupils changed the number and orientation of the CAM gears rotating under the monkeys arms to change the speed and the timing of the drumming arms.  Predictions were made and tested about the effect of different combinations of CAM gears.  The smiles tell the rest of the story.

 

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Mrs Garlick