Year 6 - ICT Club - Lego Mindstorms - Steering / Stopping

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We have been developing the programs that we download to our robots.

Some children have worked out how to make the robot steer and stop when it heads towards a static object.

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Computing

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Bridges

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Class 16 have been working on bridges this half term. In our final week the children have worked in groups to build the longest strongest bridge they could, that the fire truck could drive over and the pirate ship could go under. 

Well done class 16.

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Oracy / RE - Forgiveness

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Class 17 looked at forgiveness and completed an Oracy lesson on whether Michael Watson should forgive Chris Eubank.  

Children used talk tokens to discuss the aftermath of the fight and how good things came from the fight, such as Watson and Eubank becoming friends and how safety improved for…

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Religious Education Oracy

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Oracy / RE - Forgiveness

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Class 16 looked at forgiveness and completed an oracy lesson on whether Michael Watson should forgive Chris Eubank.  

Children used talk tokens to discuss the aftermath of the fight and how good things came from the fight, such as Watson and Eubank becoming friends and how safety improved for…

Category: Year 6

Religious Education Oracy

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Year 6 - Music - Rocksteady Performances

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It was great to see the Rocksteady bands perform what they have learned this very short term. 

After only 10 weeks practice, all 4 bands were brilliant, with the guitars playing power chords, the drummers rocking out some great fills, the keys putting backing tracks down with great skill and…

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Music

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Year 6 (Class 15) - Red Nose Day

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Class 15 showed their support for Red Nose Day today by wearing red.

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Year 6 (Class 15) - Design Technology - Truss Bridges

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Class 15 have built truss bridges today. 

They worked really well as table groups to build their bridges which we then tested for weight along with road worthiness. 

Well done class 15.

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Straws & Structure

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This week in DT class 17 learnt how to join art straws together to make a strong structure.

We also made a truss bridge in table teams.

The results were excellent the children worked well as team and produced some wonderful bridges that took at least 500g of weight.

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Science - Mixed Materials

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Class 17 have studied mixed materials and how to separate them using a range of equipment.

They had great fun trying to separate out the different materials they'd been given.

The only rule we had was they couldn't use their hands.

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Science

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Year 6 - P.E - Dodgeball Competition Winners

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Congratulations to the year 5 and 6 dodgeball team who won a competition against the local schools this week.

There were some fantastic individual performances as well as working together as a team. 

Well done!

Category: Year 6

Physical Education

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Year 6 - ICT Club - Lego Mindstorms

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Everyone in ICT club is enjoying building and programming the Lego Mindstorms Robots.

Oliver and Olumide programmed their robot to stop when they clapped their hands! They then modified their instructions and programmed it to stop when it got to within 10 centimetres of the wall!

Well done…

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Computing

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Year 6 - Girls Football Club

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The girls who attend football club after school on a Wednesday with Mr Needham have been working hard developing their football skills.  

Football sessions work on developing pass and move (even playing handball) and developing an awareness of space.  

The girls are also working hard on…

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Physical Education

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