Year 6 (Class 17) - English - The Highway Man
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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Year 6 (Class 16) - Science - Water Resistance
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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Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Moving Toys
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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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Cams, Cogs & Levers
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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Year 6 (Class 17) - Science - Tin Foil Boats
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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Year 6 (Class 17) - Geography - The 3 Gorges Dam
Well done class 17 for a lovely debate about the building of the 3 Gorges Dam in China.
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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - The Highway Man
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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Year 6 (Class 15) - Christmas Reading Area
Class 15 enjoying reading in the Christmas reading area.
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Year 6 (Class 15) - P.E - Mountain Biking
Class 15 braved the weather today and were fantastic on the bike trails.
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Year 6 (Class 15) - PSHE - HMP Not for Me
Class 15 really enjoyed taking part in the HMP not for me day.
They learnt a lot about making the right choices and about not being influenced by their peers.
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Year 6 (Class 15) - Science - Mechanisms
Class 15 have been learning how different mechanisms can help with day to day life.
We learnt that lever, pulley system and cog mechanisms can help us to complete day to day tasks much easier than by hand.
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Year 6 (Class 16) - PSHE - Government Survey
Class 16 enjoyed learning about the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza and her role making sure the government listens to children when they make decisions.
Children recapped over the seven main areas of Care, School, Community, Health, Better World, Jobs and Skills,…
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