Today was Enterprise Day! We had to use our imaginations to design a safe space for all children aged 2 and above. In our teams, we had to choose items from a sensory shack using 100 care coins then create a poster and a mascot to show off our design. No idea was too crazy or adventurous! We all worked so well together across Year 5 and Year 6 and came up with some amazing ideas. Each team then presented their ideas to our 3 judges, Mrs Richardson, Mrs Kane and Mr Rudkin. We couldn’t only pick two (because they were all so amazing) but chose three winners to take through to the final event in June at the Metrodome. We can’t wait for June for the 3 winning team to present their ideas to the judges!
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As I'm sure most of you aware, at the beginning of November, Year 6 decided they would like to raise money in order to fund their own theatre trip to see the production of 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' - one of the novels we study in Year 6. The trip was to cost around £700 which included the tickets and the coach ride. This started a whole new mission and the Year 6 children became entrepreneurs for months on end to fulfill their wish of raising enough money to visit the theatre. Of course, like anything they put their minds to, the children smashed their £700 target through the production of Christmas gonks, weekly tuck shops and bake sales. Today, their hard work paid off as it was finally the day they could visit the theatre. The show was absolutely amazing and well worth all of the hard work it took to get us there. BUT.. these money hungry children are not stopping here! They want to continue to raise money in order to buy themselves chips and ice-cream when they visit Ambleside on their residential in June! Watch out Lord Sugar, Year 6 are heading for the business world!
Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Year 6 have been designing and creating their own 3d models of the Anderson Shelters used for protection during the war. They started by researching the different types of Anderson shelters and how they were made, before planning what materials and resources they would need. They then worked in pairs or small groups to create their shelters, paying particular attention to detail. Take a look at some of the completed shelters below - we think they look amazing! The children in Year 6 had a visit to Crucial Crew last week where they were able to take part in various scenarios throughout the day. At Crucial Crew, children learn of the dangers of drugs, internet abuse and bullying, stranger danger, knife crime, fire and rescue and the effects of hoax calls. Year 4, 5 and 6 had a fantastic time last night at our Halloween fun night. We played games, had 'dress the best mummy' competition, skeleton picture contests, lots of snacks, music and much more! It was fantastic seeing all the children in their best Halloween outfits - even the really scary ones!
A wet and windy day at Eden Camp! The storm was not going to ruin our fun today as we visited Eden Camp as part of our World War 2 topic. The children absolutely loved getting a first hand experience of what life was like during the war. Despite the wet, we had a fantastic day learning more about the war and exploring the many exhibitions of Eden Camp!
As part of our history work, we have been learning about World War 2 and this week the focus was on rationing and how this was used throughout the war times. We discussed the types of food which were rationed during this period which included many items we would consider as essential such as milk, butter and eggs. To give the children a first hand experience of how rationing was during the war, we made a war time chocolate cake which resembled how they would have to make them during this time. We had no access to butter, milk or eggs therefore the cake was a very different taste to what we are used to! Of course, we had to have a proper chocolate cake in order to compare to. It will come as no surprise to learn that the majority of our class preferred Charles the Caterpillar cake from Co-op as opposed to our war time cake! Have a look at the pictures below to see us baking and tasting!
Welcome back! We have officially been back at school 4 weeks now and Year 6 have been busy working hard and have already produced some incredible work! In English, we have produced our own short story based on an animation Chaperon Rouge (you can spot some of us writing it up below) as well as a background piece of descriptive writing based on 'The Piano'. The children certainly haven't lost their creative streak over the summer and have produced some amazing writing so far! In Maths, we have been focusing on place value and working with numbers up to 10 million. We have learnt to read, write, order and compare, round and problem solve in relation to the value of these numbers. We have just finished our first class novel 'Goodnight Mr Tom' which was a fantastic book about a boy called Willie Beech (an evacuee in the war). This book linked closely to our topic of WW2 which the children are really engaged with. We are all excited to continue learning about this over the next couple of weeks. In Art, our focus this half term is sketching. We have been practicing techniques such as cross hatching and using different types of sketching pencils to create tone and shadows. If you look closely at the pictures below, you can see us practicing our techniques by sketching animals! I cannot wait to share the final masterpieces with you in a couple of weeks as they link closely with our topic of WW2 and I just know they are going to be AMAZING!
Today, the children have worked incredibly hard to complete their mechanimal 3D pictures. They look AMAZING!!! We have clockwork foxes, hares and crows - the detail on them is phenomenal! What do you think?
Year 6 are reading a novel called Cogheart. In this story, there are mechanical characters - some of which are animals. The children have been tasked with making a 3D mechanimal painting that features cogs and mechanisms made from cardboard, buttons, string and wooden sticks. Here the children are, painting their background board on which they will mount their completed mechanimal. More photos to follow.
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