Following on from our novel study 'Cogheart' we have been working hard to design and create our own amazing 'mechanimals'. A mechanimal is a sophisticated robotic animal designed to mimic the behavior, appearance, and companionship of living pets. The pupils in Year 6 worked in groups to create their own art projects, as well as incorporating the crumble software we have been studying in computing in order to make the cogs physically move. The pupils had to work together to create these masterpieces, drawing upon each others strengths and overcoming some really tricky challenges both in the design the computing process. Well done to all of Year 6 - your final projects are amazing and I know you worked so hard on them.
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Following on from our enterprise day back in Spring, 12 children were chosen to attend finals day and pitch their product in front of a panel of judges. It was a fantastic day which all children thoroughly enjoyed. As well as showcasing their presentations, the pupils were able to engage in a variety of teambuilding activities such as archery, axe throwing, competitions, nerf gun shooting, penalty shoot outs and more! Even though we didn't win, the children all showed great enthusiasm and determination throughout the day and we are extremely proud of all involved. Last week, our Year 6 children went on their end of year residential to the beautiful Ambleside- Lake District! We had a fun-filled 4 days and the children represented the school perfectly with their excellent conduct, politeness and overall behaviour during the week. Here are some of our favourite photos from the trip. Have a look at our school Facebook page to see more! This week, Year 6 pupils have been engaging in programming activities using Crumble software, where they have developed their skills in creating programs and loops. During this, they have been introduced to the Crumble microcontroller, which allows them to connect and program various components, including LEDs and motors, by applying their existing programming knowledge. As they delve deeper, the learners will explore conditions to control the flow of actions within their programs, enhancing their understanding of repetition and conditions. They will then be working in small groups to create their own, unique project using the selection skills they have learnt. This week in PSHE, we continued our work in budgeting and financing. Over the last few weeks, we have engaged in some excellent discussions about money, mortgages and essential and non essential bills. This week, the children got to put their skills to use and plan a budget based around our fictional character, Billy. Billy was moving to a new area and needed a new job, house and budget planner in order to plan out his finances. The pupils had to work in pairs in order to find the best situation to suit Billy. They were given a choice of careers and salaries to choose from, having to work out the monthly take home after tax and pension contributions. They then had a selection of properties available from Rightmove to choose the best and most affordable property for Billy and his family. The children had a list of essential bills such as water, gas/electric and council tax which they had to deduct from their pay as well as savings for emergencies and paying for food and toiletries for the household. Anything they had left over at the end of the month, they could use to budget for non essential activities and leisure activities such as cinema trips, takeaways and pets. We had some excellent discussions about money and finances and I think it really opened up the children's eyes to the fact money really doesn't grow on trees! I think my favourite quote of the day was "Oh I'm not paying for a car that's too expensive. He will have to get the bus!" Over the next few weeks we will be continuing this work around budgeting in order to give children an insight in to how to manage finance and prepare them for life beyond primary school.
This week, we have been developing our skills further in converting, comparing and ordering fractions, decimals and percentages. During this activity, the pupils had to work in pairs to play a game of dominos where they had to challenge one another to convert between FDP in order to make the game join up. They also had to create their own challenge cards in parts of the game in order for the broken pathway to link. The pupils worked extremely well together and had some excellent discussions about conversions and overcame some really tricky mathematical concepts!
Year 6 are outstanding writers. This year, they have constantly blown me away with writing which is both creative and interesting to read. We have had a huge focus on making purpose and audience our priority and have adapted our vocabulary, formality and tone to suit our chosen audience. We have explored a wide range of genres such as: non-chronological reports on our own mythical creatures, creative, thrilling narratives written from the depths of the ocean to haunted funfairs, letters to the ministry of magic written from different character perspectives and interesting balanced arguments fuelled by our own interests and research (just to name a few!). In writing, we always publish our work to give pride to the creators seeing the finished piece but also to reinforce that all writing should be written for a purpose. Here are some of our favourite pieces below!
And here they are! These are the finished clay tiles the children have been working on during our art lessons. They have worked really hard to bring their ideas to life, choosing specific colours and painting techniques in order to create their desired effect. I think they have all thoroughly enjoyed making them too!
In Dance, we have been working in small groups to create a dance based around our favourite topic of the year - World War Two. We worked on exploring lightning shapes (from 'Blitzkrieg' or 'Lightning war') and the effect of falling bombs on nearby buildings. We used our bodies to morph in to various shapes and used the effect of music in order to create various effects. In DT, we have been working on designing clay tiles which link to our topic 'Blue Planet, Green Planet' with a theme which includes the different layers of the ocean. The pupils have worked hard to gather resources and ideas to design their own 'under the sea' themed clay tile, carefully selecting the materials they needed for their designs. Here are some photos from our first practical lesson. The clay was messy (as we soon discovered!) but just look at some of the detail the children were able to manipulate using various tools!
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