Building a House in the Antarctic

We have been busy building houses in the Antarctic. It was important we built a house that would keep us warm. Did you know that an igloo can reach temperatures of up to 16 degrees Celsius?
We have been making prototype models using sugar cubes and icing sugar. Here are some of our magnificent designs.

Mountain Rescue

Disaster! There is a missing person in the Antarctic.
An abandoned tent has been discovered deep in the Antarctic and a mountain rescue operation has begun.




Mountain Rescue came to assist and assess the area.

The crew collected the evidence and found a range of items from a tins of food to a diary belonging to someone called Captain Scott.



We found a very old looking map of Antarctica too.
Mountain rescue are now dealing with the evidence and hope to find out more about Captain Scott, who he was and what he was doing there soon.

Goodbye!

We are off to the Antarctic. We have packed our bags and are off!

We hae decided that we will all take something that reminds us of home as well as all of the importnat things for survival such as;

a tent

a sleeping bag

extra warm clothes

a navigation bell and compass

sunglasses

earmuffs

a teddy bear

Ellie has modelled all of these things to give us an idea of what we will look like when we are there.

We will report our findings back to you soon.

Special Delivery

A suspicious package was found on the runway at Roydon Wright Airport this week.

Chief baggage handler, Luke, together with his colleagues, had to decide whether we should open it or follow protocol and blow it up for safety reasons!

The employees took the brave decision to open up the package...

A Penguin!

The clues on the package indicated a connection to Antarctica. We have since found out that Waddle (as he has been named) was on his way to be rehomed in Antarctica from Colchester Zoo. The package had lost it's way though and it looks like it will be our job to make sure he gets there soon.

In the meantime we feel it's important to find more out about Waddle. We know he is an Emperor penguin and have contacted Colchester Zoo via an email to find out more;

Roydon Primary School

Manor Road

Roydon

Diss

IP22 5QU

Wednesday 2nd November 2011

Colchester Zoo

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have a penguin because it was posted and sent to Antarctica but it came here instead. We plan to take him back to the Antarctic, but before we can we want to know a few things about Emperor Penguins. Please could you answer some of our questions?

How long do they live for?

Why are penguins not camoflaged?

How heavy are they at the end of the year?

How much do they eat a day?

Do they have teeth?

What they do each year?

Thank you very much,

Yours sincerely,

4/3B

We hope to hear back soon, because we're off on a flight to Antarctica tomorrow evening to gather more information and find a suitable release spot for Waddle.

In the meantime, he's being well looked after in his enclosure, complete with food bowl and swimming pool to help him keep cool.

We have celebrated Waddle's arrival with a Lowry inspired masterpiece of the Antarctic. Penguins, penguins everywhere!

School Council

Meet our School Council Representatives;

Ellie

Charlotte

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

Inspired by 'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines', we decided to create our own.











Check back soon to see how our test flights went!

Customer Feedback

Congratulation on a successful first flight yesterday at 'Roydon Wright Airport.'

Looks like Roger isn't happy though - he's emailed Miss Bailey.

Oh dear, customer feedback is poor this month and we need to get this airport up to scratch!

Feedback to be targeted this month:

Prof. Windsock;

Try these useful websites:

Red and Blue group:

http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season9/flight/facts.cfm

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/historyofflight.html

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/

Green group:

http://idahoptv.org/dialogue4kids/season9/flight/facts.cfm

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/historyofflight.html

http://pbskids.org/wayback/flight/feature_wright.html

http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/

http://42explore.com/flight.htm

Message from Roger

Roger Sierra Over has left us a message. We've been working hard to open our airport as soon as possible. Training has been underway and 'Roydon Wright Airport' is set to open on Monday!

We've still got lots to do though...