Year 6 (Class 16) - Science - Properties of Materials

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Today in science we have been looking at different materials and their properties.

We had a mystery bag and through touch only, we had to describe the texture and properties of each material. 

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Science

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Year 6 - Christmas Party

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Years 5 and 6 had a great party day, which involved a disco too in the hall.

All children had a great time! 

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Making Christmas Cards

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Class 17 enjoying making Christmas cards and singing along to some Christmas tunes!

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Year 6 (Class 17) - English - The Highway Man

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Well done to class 17 for writing exceptional poems about The Highwayman. We redrafted some of our rhyming couplets before performing them for a class poetry slam! 

Congratulations to our winners:

  • 1st place- Nina
  • 2nd place- Bryan
  • 3rd…

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English

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Science - Water Resistance

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This week, class 16 tested water resistance, they made boats out of tin foil and raced against each other to test how streamlined and water resistant they were. 

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Science

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Moving Toys

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Class 17 have worked really hard on their moving toys this half term.

They have learnt how different shaped cams can change the movement of their toy.

They planned and made their toys independently and showed great resilience and problem solving skills to iron out any small problems they…

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Cams, Cogs & Levers

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Class 16 have been looking at cams, cogs and levers.

With this knowledge, we built small rotating toys that showed the principles of them.

When they were finished, year 2, class 5, came to play with them give a review.

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Science - Tin Foil Boats

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Well done to class 17 who made tin foil boats, designed to be streamlined, so we could investigate the effects of water resistance.

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Science

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Geography - The 3 Gorges Dam

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Well done class 17 for a lovely debate about the building of the 3 Gorges Dam in China.

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Geography

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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - The Highway Man

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Class 16 have been reading the poem ‘the highwayman’.

Today we sounded out the syllables and then put them to a beat by either clapping or tapping the table.

There were lots of sore hands by the end of the lesson!

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English

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Year 6 (Class 15) - Christmas Reading Area

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Class 15 enjoying reading in the Christmas reading area.

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English Phonics and Reading

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Year 6 (Class 15) - P.E - Mountain Biking

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Class 15 braved the weather today and were fantastic on the bike trails. 

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Physical Education

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