Fellside Community Primary School

Year One have been beavering away writing and drawing new versions of one of our favourite stories- 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.' These storyboards make up our latest display in our corridor. Max, Charlotte, Ben and Sophie had such good fun stuffing odd socks and painting cardboard wings to make the 'pesky seagulls' which were added as final touches to the display. The story of Mr. Grinling, the lighthouse keeper was also the basis for some scientific investigation. The class were asked to test fabrics to discover which would be best to make him a jacket to wear when he was working. We all agreed the jacket ought to be waterproof and tested four different fabrics to discover which fitted the bill. (Nylon was selected!) Mr. Grinling (the lighthouse keeper) reappeared in our Technology lessons. The children made a rocking model of him being tossed about on the salty sea in his old sailing boat. Then they were given the task of writing instructions for making these moving models. Here are the photographs of our efforts:

Pictured above are our rocking Mr. Grinling models made in our technology lessons.

The 'sea' is made from a paper plate which is covered in stripes of coloured tissue paper. The layers of PVA glue make it strong so that when the plate is dried and folded it is strong enough to rock. The boat with the sail is made by folding a single cardboard square and carefully coloured. We know that boats are female so we have given them our own Mums' names. Mr. Grinling is seen fishing with a cocktail stick 'fishing rod' and he has caught a rainbow fish.

We have been reading the whole series of Lighthouse Keeper stories. After reading, 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Cat', we wrote missing pet posters. After reading, 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Rescue', we wrote recounts about the rescue of the beached whale and after reading 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch', we had such fun designing and writing a recipe for the most disgusting sandwiches we could possibly imagine!