In year 6, we have been looking at writing formal letters of complaint. The children have been complaining (like normal but more formally) about missing parcels, dodgy cinema experiences and even finding a cricket in their McDonalds meal! working together they have really worked hard on improving their peer editing skills.
This half term year 6 have been looking at Bansky the elusive street artist. We have been recreating some of his work and looked at creating some Banksy style stencils.
In the computing lesson today the children were able to show off their knowledge in coding. Their objective was to try and code an air hockey style game. They really impressed me with their knowledge.
For our year 6 end of English unit, the children dressed up (after writing a letter of persuasion to Mrs Marson) and took part in some fun activities relating to the Day of the Dead. They especially enjoyed making Pan de Meurtos, I hope they taste as good as the look! Everyone looked great!
In science we have been looking at the question: Which exercise will increase our heart rates the most. The children were able to choose three different exercises to compare. To keep it a fair test they decided that they should do each activity for 2 minutes before finding and recording their heat beat. In between each activity they let their heart beat get back to a resting beat before starting the next exercise to ensure fairness. We will be comparing our data next lesson and drawing a graph to show and evaluate our results.
This week the year 6’s were thrilled to be combining their work in art to create their very own Day of the Dead tattoos. They looked amazing. Sorry parents for the scrubbing required to take them off!
In today’s lesson, year 6 have been looking at balanced healthy diets and that for this we need to have a mixed diet. They have been creating a diet plan for Mrs Sutton.
In today’s lesson the children looked at creating flags to celebrate the Day of the Dead festival. They were able to create silhouetted skull designs and are aiming to create a bunting for the classroom.
In year 6 we have been looking at the Mayan calendar. Using their calendar round system the children successfully calculated specific dates. The children loved learning about the Maya numbers and worked really well!
The children in Year 6 have been delving and looking into the festival Dia de Los Meurtos (The Day of the Dead). They have been watching the animation linked to the festival and have been researching this vibrant colourful celebration with their aim to write a persuasive letter to Mrs Marson to enable them to dress up and join in the festivities!
The children are really looking forward to be able to dress up, get their faces painted and learn more about this amazing topic!