Super sound

If you had a headache then Formula base was not the place to be on Thursday afternoon!! We were taking part in a circus of sound experiments based on cool vibrations.

We banged drums and saw how air-vibrating particles made the particles beside them (in this case rice) vibrate as well. We dangled forks from our ears, inflated balloons, said 'Ahhhh', made waves with a tuning fork and plucked rulers. Sounds like fun? It was!

Tuning Forks:

Making rice vibrate on a drum

Playing Sound Snap on the interactive whiteboard

Plucking a ruler and feeling the vibrations

Hitting a fork tied with string and feeling the vibrations in our ears Hitting a baking tray REALLY hard to feel the vibrations!

We had to write up our findings using scientific vocabulary and drawing a labelled diagram.

More Riddles!

The children are very keen to share their riddles on the blog, so here are some more!

Flying Machine

I'm a passport to the stars.

I smoke like a train and I roar like a lion.

I'm as loud as lion when I go

But when I'm in the air I'm as small as an ant

I fly like a bird in the sky.

I send messages to your friends.

I'm as strong as gravity when I go.

By Dominic

(Answer: Rocket )

What am I?

I am as round as the sun,
I am playful for all ages.

You can see me on the box,
You can use me for a sport

What am I?
By Jamie Lyth

(answer:football)

What am I?

I'm ready and waiting in the morning.

I'm dairy that makes cheese.

I'm a white mirror that splash, splash, splashes.

I am sometimes cold like a fridge.

I can be white, brown, pink and yellow!

What am I?

By Liam Abbey

(Answer: milk)

Formula Base's Rather Marvellous Riddles!

Here is a sample of the marvellous riddles we have written in Formula Base. We have put together a book of everyone's riddles so please come in and have a look at it - the children and I are extremely proud of the work produced.

Guess It

I help you with balance.
I am very healthy.
I come in all shapes and sizes.
I take you wherever you need to go.
Sit on me and feel the breeze on your face.

By Bree

(Answer: A bike)

Classroom

I can hear a teacher talking.
I am a type of scroll.
I am still as a grave but full of life.
I am a story teller.
I flick, flick, flick.
I can be colourful or plain.
I will help your spellings.
Don't fold me back or you could break my spine.
?What am I?

By Alisha

(Answer: A book)

What am I?

I am often seen in a box.
I am sometimes called a cowboy.
I am a sport.
I can hurt you if you are not careful.
I am merry making.
I go tackle, tackle, tackle.
I am one kick away from glory.

By Callum L

(Answer: American Football)

What am I?

I sit waiting for you to pick me up,
For you could be interested.
Still words sit within me,
But in action I am not alone
Because I can be a passage to freedom.
I am strong with words and sometimes pictures
And at the end of the day when you put me away,
Get me out again!

By Chloe

(Answer: A book)

What am I?

I have silky, velvety fur like a fluffy blanket
I came from a lonely, hot, sandy place.
My tiny feet carry me on loads of adventures
I am amusing and playful
I squeak, squeak, squeak when I am excited.
I see people bouncing around
I smell food in my bowl.
I hear footsteps as people walk by.
I taste a brocolli stalk
My teeth are as sharp as needles.
Sleeping is my hobby as I snuggle down in a bed of tissue
For another sleep till 6pm.

By Alanah

(Answer: Hamster)

Riddles

I am at your beginning and your end.

I dog your footsteps

And cannot be shaken off.

Though I fade from view

You are never alone.
So silent that you often forget me.

I am still there,

Your constant dark spy and companion.

John Cotton

Who were the soldiers

tall and erect

who came to your door

while you still slept?

Who were the soldiers

pale and thin

who never knocked

to be let in

but stood on guard

with hats of tin?

Nick Toczek

In our literacy lessons this week, we have been studying poetry and the last few days we have been looking at riddles.

Can you work out the answers to the riddles above?

After looking at riddles by various poets, we set about writing our own. We talked about what riddles are and the type of language they use. We each chose something to write a riddle about and decided this should be something concrete rather than a feeling or emotion. We then brainstormed our word writing down anything that came to mind to do with that word. We tried to think of all our senses.

Next we choose three of the words we had brainstormed and used a thesaurus to find synonyms for these words.

We then tried to use some figurative language (similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia) to describe our word.

Finally we tried to imagine ourselves as our word and write some sentences describing what we do.

We are just at the point of writing our riddles up after our planning so watch this space...

Peter Pan Day

We had great fun in Formula Base during our Peter Pan Day. We all dressed up as Peter Pan characters - including the adults and we looked FAB!


For our activity we made pirate treasure maps. On Thursday in preparation, we 'aged' our paper to make our maps look old. To do this we carefully tore round the edges of the paper to make them look ragged then we sponged tea and coffee over it to stain it.


On Friday we had a brainstorming session (we like brainstorming in formula base) and decided what features we should have on our map. We then set to work drawing intricate compass roses and remembering that X marks the spot.


Here are some photos of our day in Formula Base: