Instruction manuals.

Do you know how to make a model lighthouse? Then look no further.

Follow these instructions for success.

Winch builders to the rescue.

Have a look at this letter we received from Mrs Grinling.

We investigated the parts on a well just as Mrs Grinling had suggested.

We identified an axle, a handle, supports, rope and an object to lift. 

Then we had a go at trying to build a winch ourselves.

After we had practised constructing these winches we then tried to include them into our lighthouses.

Here are our finished models.

We made sure our lighthouses were brightly coloured so they can stand out in the landscape.

Our lighthouses have a lantern room with a bright bulb and lens and they had to have a balcony so the keeper can walk around the outside and clean the windows. 

Small windows so the weather doesn't come in and a unique pattern so sailors can tell which lighthouse is which.

 Some of us included a helipad on the roof so keepers and visitors can easily reach the lighthouse. 

We are very proud of our lighthouses and were thrilled when we made our winches go up and down.

Instructions

We have been learning about instructions.

An instruction needs to have a time word, a bossy verb and be in the right order.

We wrote instructions for making a jam sandwich and for washing our hair. 

We followed a set of instructions.

The final instruction said to make the snake come alive!

We had fun making up a play with our snakes.

Master measurers

We had to solve a problem. Do the largest feet always jump the furthest?

So we set about finding a way to find an answer.

"We need to measure our feet first."

"Then we need to measure how far we jump."

"We can put tape down so we jump from the same place."

"Put tape down to mark how far we jumped."

"Now measure the gap between the bits of tape."

"Make sure we always start the tape measure from zero."

It is not always the case that the largest feet make the longest jump, but sometimes they do.

"The tape measures aren't long enough!"

"We have to use rulers as well."

"If someone has big feet that will make the distance we measure longer"

"We should have measured to their heel not their toes"

Poems.

We made lists of adjectives in red, adverbs in blue and verbs in green all about a beach.

We then used these to create a poem. We had to use 2 adjectives, 3 adverbs and 4 verbs.

This is the poem we created together 

BEACH

Golden and gritty.

Eagerly, excitedly and carefully.

Searching, hunting, collecting. Building.

We then had a go at writing our own.

Helping the tourist centre.

We got a letter through the post from the Tourist Information Centre of Struay. 

Luckily we had been on a virtual visit to Struay only last week so we were able to jot down all the things we did into a list.

Then we set to work making our leaflets for Mr McDougal. We had to make sure the leaflet had a big, bold, bright front cover and included information on things to do and things to see.

We hope Mr McDougal will like them because we do.