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!