Kerpoof!

This week we're going to start using a brilliant new online art and design site called Kerpoof.

It's completely free - so you can use it anywhere with a connection to the web - and here's a quick summary of what you can do there:

• Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
• Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
• Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
• Tell a story
• Make a drawing
• Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made

Take a look! Next week we'll be launching an online art competition for homework (so get practising!)

Changing Sounds - our next science topic

After the half term break, our new science topic is 'Changing Sounds'. We'll be exploring how sounds are made, how they can be changed and how we hear them. Lots of the topic will be hands-on with musical instruments, and in DT we're going to build our own!

Below are some good websites you might want to have a look at over the holiday, if you're able to. Also, you can start to think about what kind of instrument you might like to design and build - and how!

Virtual Orchestra - Hear all orchestral instruments

BBC Science Clips	Get Physical Ch 4 Science Essentials	Activity and Resources Foss Web

Teacher Resources Engineering Interact	Sound Properties Engineering Interact	All about Ears Kids Health

Interactive sound ruler nidcd.nih.gov	Pitch science.education.nih.gov	Vibrations enter ear science.education.nih.gov

Identify the sounds game scholastic.com	Sound animations ltscotland.org.uk	Sounds Amazing acoustics.salford.ac.uk

from Kent's NGFL site

Earth & Space websites

Check out this list of websites to help you learn more about our current science topic. More will be added as we go on!

Woodlands Junior School - this is an excellent page of links to check out!
BBC Space - masses of info, interactive thingies and games - designed for adults but you're clever - go for it!
Space.com - a great site with loads of info from astronauts, data about planets and facts from NASA - recommended by Sam
Random Space Fact Generator - on GridClub - you need to log in (luzon/taguig)
Solar System Explorer - on GridClub - you need to log in
Nine Planets - recommended by Martine
Nine Planets Kids - also recommended by Martine
Astronomy.com Planets - recommended by Christian
Kidsastronomy.com - Bethany says: "It includes facts that are easy to understand, pictures, songs, videos and games" - sounds great!