Interviews on a Vanishing
Today the children have practised their skills in journalism by conducting interviews with Tam and Holly about the disappearance of Varjak, taking on the role of interviewer and interviewee the children came up with lots of questions they could ask each other and thought carefully about how they…
Buying items for making gingerbread men!
Today the children went to Lidl to buy all the ingredients needed to make Gingerbread men! This afternoon we will be making our gingerbread men ready to decorate tomorrow. The children were so well behaved and loved being in the supermarket and looking at prices and using money to buy their…
Dual bar charts!
In Maths this week, we have learnt about dual bar charts. Y6 responded really well to this lesson and showed a really good understanding of how to interpret dual bar charts. Well done Year 6!
Vocabulary to describe!
In Writing, we have started our new class text entitled ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’. For our first independent write we shall be writing a setting description of pre-war Beirut. In one of our lessons this week, we explored a range of vocabulary we could use to describe Beirut pre civil war and…
Alexander’s Battles!
This week in History we learnt about two of Alexander the Great’s battles. We learnt all about the Battle of Issus and the battle at Gaugamela. Y6 were really engaged in this lesson and are eager to find out what happened next between Alexander the Great and King Darius…
Australian Animals
Today in geography we have been looking at Australian animals and how they have adapted to their climate. Children used their iPads to find out lots fascinating facts.
Patterns!
In maths we are focusing on patterns. The children have previously explored patterns all around us such as colours, animal prints, wallpapers and on our clothes.
This week we have looked at making our own repeating patterns. We began with looking at ABA patterns and describing what we see, we…
On the Farm
What an amazing day we have had in Ducklings class.
Today the mobile farm came to school and we loved looking at the different animals, petting them, feeding them and learning facts about the animals.
The children impressed the farmer with their knowledge of the animals and how to take care…
Using money!
Today the children have been exploring the topic of money. We discussed what money is and why we need money. We then looked at all the different coins and what each number on the coin represents. For their activity the children had some coins and had to go shopping in our school shop! They had to…
Fruit salad
Today in DT we’ve used our chipping skills to create our very own fruit salad. It was delicious!
Parachute Games
In PE this week we have focussed on our listening skills and following instructions of a game. The children have loved using the parachute to take part in lots of different activities. We were able to wait our turn and support our friends when it was their turn with cheering.
We played…
Skara Brae
Continuing our History topic of the Stone Age we looked at the Pre-Historic village of Skara Brae which can be found in the Orkney Isles. Some of our human ancestors stopped being nomadic (moving around) and built homes. These small homes were round in shape and everything was made from…