Fairlop's Fruity Friday...

On Thursday 5th February 2015 a few of the health boosters went to lidl to get some fruit for our Fruity Friday. Our trip to the shops was a very healthy walk and we were happy to get some fresh air. At lidl we did some calculations on what fruit we should get. We had to think about these things:

1. What fruit would go the furthest
2. What fruit could we get for £20 and still have enough for 23 classes

In the end we decided to spend 70p more and get 10 pineapples and 10 Melons. On the trip back it was hard for some people because they were carrying the melons!

Everybody enjoyed the fruit on our 'Fruity Friday'!!

Aaliyah 4DB

Road safety Year 6...

On Monday 2nd February Year 6 were visited by the Road safety Team. They put on a show to help us think about how we need to keep safe and the reasons why.

 We had to investigate a scene where a boy had been killed in a car accident. His friend and the driver spoke to us, giving us clues about how the accident took place. This lead to us working out that the driver had been distracted by Lee and his friend. He also stepped out not looking as he was on his phone and listening to music. It was a great experience and felt very realistic as well as being fun and very informative.

Charlotte 6R

Class 3D Science Week....

As part of Science Week every class in year 3 conducted the same experiment. We had to fill a pot with water then turn it upside down and the water had to stay in!

We had 2 yoghurt pots, 1 small, 1 large. Water was poured into the small pot, then the lid of the big pot was made wet. 

This was then put on the small pot. You wouldn't believe that it stuck and the water stayed in the pot. If we moved it a little the air escaped and splash!! The water exploded everywhere. This happened because of the air pressure all around us.

Science Fair!

On the 23rd January, Fairlop held a science fair which consisted of a multitude of experiments. These included "Bubble Trouble" an experiment to try and make the biggest and smallest bubbles, the largest group of bubbles and the strongest foam to balance a paper clip on!.

  Also another investigation was called "The Cornflour Experiment" - a demonstration to decide whether a mixture of cornflour and water was a solid or liquid. It turns out that it is a special type of solution which is both like ketchup and paint!

The experiments were made by a group of children who tested the experiment and made posters and most of the equipment.
In the future, I really hope we can have another Science Fair, as it was highly informative for everybody and also very messy!!

By Zara  Class 6R

Year 3 Science Day....

On Wednesday 28th January Year 3 had a science day. We got to see and touch different types of  insects such as beetles, stick insects, leaf insects and we also saw and found out that a millipede has 250 legs!

After break we talked about carnivores. We saw a Chilean Tarantula which was the size of our palm!. We also saw amphibians such as a slimy tree frog with really sticky suckers that helps the frog to stick and not fall. Excitedly we waited to see the deadliest frog known to man and you wouldn't believe it was a really tiny frog! It's name was a Golden Red Frog and it was the size of you thumb.

After lunch we looked and learnt about reptiles... we looked at a corn-snake. Do you know why it was called a corn-snake? Because it had a corn-pattern as its scales. We also say a real crocodile and alligator head and they looked like plastic but the were real bone. At the end of the day we saw two different types of Geckos. One lived in the desert and one lived in the rain-forest. We learnt about how they were different and adapted to how they would survive in their habitat.
Finally we watched some videos and a slideshow that was unbelievable!  At the very, very end of the day we sat together and asked questions. We did not want the day to end! We really hope to have another day like this again.

By Pawan, Jiya and Tristan

Year 1 Maths Day...

10 Children from Year 1 were lucky to take part in 'The Magic of Maths Day' at Fairlop Primary School. 

The day used storytelling to pose problems and discover solutions. Through the interactive storytelling session children explored different mathematical problems encountered in the story and had to find ways to solve them.
All the children enjoyed the day and learned about how maths is all around us!

Mr Numbervator's back again!!

Mr Numbervator visited Fairlop Primary School on Friday 9th January 2015 and worked with children in Year 3. 
lots of other schools participated too and it was a great success!

 

Mr Numbervator taught the children lots of number facts and played a new version of Twister using money and with fractions, percentages and decimals. 

Everyone had lots of fun and learnt new things.

London Chess Classic Tournaments 2014

On December 6th 2014, 5 children from our school went to the London Chess Classic 2014 tournament. 






These children were:
Joshua   5LM

Harrish  5M
Tristan   3H
Krish     3H
Anan     3H
When we arrived off the train we had to walk a little way and then we saw the venue. We were all called to the auditorium. We watch a short animation on Chess. They then asked us to pick 2 children, so we chose Joshua and Anan. They had to go onto the stage and play a game which would go on a screen. We then went out of the auditorium to go and have lunch. 
After lunch everyone went to the playing hall. Everyone played very well and we managed to win 2 medals, 1 gold and 1 silver
We were then told the school scores. We came third. Unfortunately there was no prize for 3rd place.
The main thing was that we all played really well and had a fantastic day.

By Joshua 5LM