Chestnut Class Blog
Stay connected with Chestnut Class during lockdown with this new class blog!
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Chloe's Lockdown Poem
Published 21/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonChloe, we love the way you used your experience of Lockdown to create this poem.

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Adeline's Lockdown Poem
Published 21/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonAdeline, we love the way you used your experience of Lockdown to create this poem.

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Olivia's Lockdown Poem
Published 21/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonOlivia, we love the way that you have used your experiences of Lockdown to create this poem.

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Summer Challenges!
Published 20/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonWe would like to say a massive thank you to all the children who completed and sent in daily challenge work.
To keep you busy and get you ready for Year 5, we have put together some Reading, Maths and Summer Fun challenges.
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Friday Challenge: 17th July
Published 16/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonLook at this diagram. How many different routes can you find from A to B? Calculate the value of each route. For example: 13.4 + 100 + 24 = 137.4 What is the route with the lowest value? What is the route with the highest value - Read More
Olivia's Cat Characters
Published 16/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonOlivia, we love the additional characters that you have created for Varjak Paw.

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Thursday Challenge: 16th July
Published 16/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonConsider and discuss this philosophical question:
Could a robot replace a:
teacher
police officer
fire fighter
parent
brother/sister
farmer
pilot
judge
librarian
factory worker
Why? Why not?
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Adeline's Tuesday Challenge
Published 15/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonThanks for sharing this wonderful writing Adeline.


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Wednesday Challenge: 15th July
Published 14/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonLearn to Tie Knots
1. Square Lashing
This is useful for attaching sticks together to make mobiles, swords, frames, stars and so on.

2. Clove Hitch
Use this knot to attach a rope to a fixed post to make a washing line or similar. Use this knot to start a square lashing or simply to attach some string to a stick for mobiles, story sticks, fishing rods and so on.

3. Reef Knot
This knot is for tying two ends of a line together and it holds tight for example to give you a longer length of rope.

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Holby's Monday Challenge
Published 14/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonWow! Holby, we love the way you have used sticks and modelling clay to create these 3D shapes.

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Adeline's Cube
Published 14/07/20, by Charlie MackinnonWell done Adeline. We love the way you used sticks and modelling clay to create this cube.











