Our first half term is complete

World War II

On our first week back at school we went to Beamish. We had a lot of fun while there and did a lot of activities. First we met Ian and Dan, who gave us a lot of information about the life of an evacuee. We then got split into our groups (I was in Dan's group) and then walked up a very steep hill. We stop at a house at the top of the hill and went into the back garden. There, we went into an Anderson Shelter. This is where people would go if there was an aid raid treat. After lunch, we went  back into our groups and my group did some baking; we made carrot cookies with rationed food. Lastly, we got trained to be soldiers. Maybe we could of fought for our country. We also learnt about the dig for victory campaign. We leant about why it started in the first place and who did it. We found out that almost everybody did it: Children, adults and elderly. We learned about rationing,  and found out more than just food was rationed. It was clothes, food, even petrol.

Science

In science, we have been looking at the human body. First we looked at the stages of life. There is: infant, childhood, adolescent, early adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood. Then we looked at how to keep your body healthy. Ways you can keep healthy are: drinking lots of water, eating fruits and vegetables and exercising a lot. Lastly, we did an experiment with an egg and vinegar. We left it in vinegar for a few days and when we got the egg out of the vinegar, you could rub the shell of and it just left the membrane.

Food bank

For Harvest, we collected food for the Bethany City Church food bank. We managed to collect lots of food and it filled the entire bin. We then got to see what would food parcels that got sent of to family's who can't afford food; it lasts them for three days. The food bank is open almost all day five days a week. It is the busiest food bank in Sunderland as it is open the longest out of all the food banks.