In PE, Year 6 have been doing orienteering. We began by working together in team challenges to cross the river (the hall), we have had to cooperate to find and assemble puzzle pieces, we have followed directions (North, South, East and West) and completed turns...
Year 5 have been investigating how gears and pulleys work, exploring real-life moving objects such as toys, clocks, bikes and lifts. We have used K'nex to build our own mechanisms to fully understand how they work. [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="15716,15717,15718,15719,15720,15721"]...
In science this week, Year 6 have been learning about electricity. We have looked at a range of components: wires, batteries, bulbs, buzzers, and switches. First, we created a simple circuit, then we drew them in our books, using the correct symbols for each component....
Year 5 got creative with their learning in order to fully grasp a new (and challenging) concept. When learning about angles, turns and degrees, all pupils ventured outside to act out positional changes linked to instructions given. In pairs, they set commands and their partner...
Year 5 started the Summer Term investigating how gravity works. They were challenged to jump up for as long as they can without holding onto anything and time if they could stay up in the air for more than 2 seconds, then 5 seconds, then 10...
Year 6 have enjoyed finding out about the Amazon rainforest this week, in preparation for our new English topic. We are reading The Explorer, a story about children who survive in the jungle after a plane crash. We watched videos about the rainforest and then...
Year 5 have mastered the art of note-reading and can now proudly play along to simple melodies using Glockenspiels. We have been learning how to play Erie Canal by studying the varying duration of different notes (semibreves, minims, crotchets and quavers) and also the impact...
Year 6 have finished writing non-chronological reports based on our own mythical creature. We worked really hard to use the toolkit and formal language in our writing. We created imaginative details about our animal's diet, habitat and appearance. [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="15423,15424"]...
Year six have been developing their understanding of the classification of organisms in Science, through the use of Linnaeus' Kingdom theory. We have been looking through the book 'Tree of Life' to help us with this. [gallery ess_grid_gal="alexandra-sidebar" ids="15310,15311,15312"]...
