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What an exciting lesson for Year 6 this term! They had the chance to dissect hearts to try and locate the different parts that they had learnt about. Most of them were able to identify the four chambers and the septum, as well as a range of vessels. Two groups even managed to find a valve! Isabelle – “I was interested at how thick the fat was on the outside of the heart, and then the thick blood clots on the inside. And we found a valve too! The heart was not as I expected it to be, I thought it would be bigger.” Danielius – “I found the tubes fascinating and looking at where they went to. I really enjoyed examining the heart and seeing things that I hadn’t seen before with my own eyes. I didn’t know that the pig’s hearts or animal hearts would be the same as a human heart, I thought it would be a lot more bloody.”

On Tuesday we welcomed Future Foundry back to White Cliffs to run a parent workshop. Zo, Amelia and Lisa came to the school to show some of our parents what they can create at home with one of their favourite resources - cardboard! After watching a demo, the parents worked with their children to create beautiful crowns (and even some sceptres too!) It was brilliant to see families crafting together, with smiles on their faces. At the end of the session the children showed off their creations in a celebration of everyone's creativity. Lots of fun! For more information on Future Foundry please visit their website: Future Foundry - FUTURE FOUNDRY

Year 5 have been really lucky this week as John has brought in an original newspaper from the day the titanic sunk in 1912. This newspaper is over 100 years old and has been really interesting for us to look through while learning about our Titanic topic!   Kaydie "It was so interesting and I cannot believe it is from the day after it sunk."   Poppy "I can't believe it is older than me and Mr Grylls."   Charlie "It was so cool that you can see the real pictures of those on the titanic."    Bethany "I am so shocked it is still in such good condition."   Z "It told us facts about the titanic that we didn't even know before."