16 January 2023

16.01.2023

Art

This week in Art Year 6 had fun creating symbols which represented important aspects of themselves, such as an object which is important to them, their funniest memories,  what they enjoy doing after school and an amazing person they would take on their favourite holiday.

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9 January 2023

09.01.2023

English

This week in English, Year 6 Whales have been practicing writing a first person retell as Auggie from our text, Wonder. The children have used key Year 6 skills such as show not tell, a wide range of clause structures including adverbials in varied positions and prepositional phrases to…

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12 December 2022

12.12.22

We have enjoyed many Winter and Christmas activities this week alongside our learning. 

On Monday, we were lucky enough to watch the rehearsal of KS1’s nativity performance. It made us feel immense pride for our fellow school mates (and it was lovely for some of us to see our younger siblings…

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5 December 2022

05.12.22

This week, in Maths, we have been learning about converting fractions into decimals. We have also been using our knowledge of decimals to solve reasoning and problem solving questions. 

Umar says ‘we have also learnt how to round decimals this week. When you round decimals, you use the place…

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28 November 2022

28.11.22

In English, we’ve been working on war poetry. Specifically, we have been studying Dulce et decorum est. First, we had to understand the events and conditions of WW1 so we gathered information about the war. We created mini factfiles about the war and Wilfred Owen (our poet). 

We were all…

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21 November 2022

21.11.22

This week, we have had a number of visitors into our class. 

In Science, we welcomed Zoolab into school to link to our Evolution and Inheritance topic. Dominique, our wonderful host, showed us a number of different animals and explained how they have adapted to their environment. She even…

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14 November 2022

14.11.22

What another fabulous week in Whales class!

In Maths, we have been exploring fractions. We've learnt how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. 

Adding Fractions - different denominators

Adding fractions with different denominators, step by step, examples. For more free math…

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7 November 2022

07.11.22

In Maths this week, we have been exploring fractions. At first, we found the concept of equivalent fractions with different denominators a little tricky but we soon showed our school value of determination and wowed our teachers! 

In English, we have completed our writing about War Horse and…

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31 October 2022

31.10.22

This week, we have been exploring angles in Maths, War Horse in English and tasting different foods and condiments in Design and technology. 

In English this week, we started our brand new book-War Horse by Michael Morpurgo! It is a gritty tale of Albert and Joey (two best friends of different…

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17 October 2022

17.10.22

We started the week with a Science investigation. We sought to classify organisms in our local area. To do so, we went on a nature hunt! We found a range of organisms, took pictures of them and then returned to class t9 classify them using our knowledge of classification trees. 

We loved…

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10 October 2022

10.10.22

This week, in English, we have been working on challenge words as part of our spelling lessons. We have been learning how to train our brains to remember tricky spellings using pneumonic and rhymes. This has really helped us to understand the Psychology behind learning. 

To show off our…

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3 October 2022

03.10.22

In reading skills this week, we have been exploring the VIPER of Vocabulary. On Tuesday, we wrote our own vocabulary questions and challenged our friends. This gave us an insight into the various question types that ask us to use vocabulary skills. 

In Maths, we have been studying factors and…

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