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This half term, the children worked on compasses. We started off by thinking about what compasses were and why they were used. We looked at some different compasses and then found out about the history of compasses and how they have developed since they were first invented by the Chinese, a very…

It's been another very busy week for Mrs Hanigan's groups. We made our home-made magnetic compasses this week (and one day, very soon, Mrs Hanigan will get the hang of modern technology and will up load the photos!) We followed our designs carefully and then tested their accuracy against the…

Another busy week! It just so happened that our project fitted in beautifully with the scientific activities going on in Science week in school. The children have been researching the different ways that we could make our own working compasses. We have found lots of different ways and if you take…

Well guys, they say that there is a first time for everything and this is the first time I’ve blogged…ever…so bear with me…

So, what have the children who have been out with me been up to this week? The larger groups have been looking at the history of the compass and how they work. We found…

In March this year, we were joined by our friends from Ingol Community Primary School. We talked about rhymes and what they were and we looked at a rhyming story. 

The children then created a story board for our own story that would include rhymes. They even illustrated the story. As…