Year 6 explored what the key words “consequences”, “respect” and “boundaries” mean.
We discussed a range of scenarios that made us consider if boundaries had been respected and what the consequences would be of that – positive or negative.
We then wrote our own online respect charters listing how we can show self-respect and protect ourselves online and how we can also respect others.
This term in Year 6, we have been looking at football and orienteering in PE. In orienteering, we have been warm up games such as compass shark attack and doing object coded courses. For example, in the object coded courses, we will get into teams and be given an object to touch each one of. In football, we have been looking at attacking, defending and using our team skills to discuss tactics. For example, one week we will do attacking skills, then we will do defending skills the next week. At the end of the unit, we will be competing in a tournament. Everyone is enjoying this new topic very much. Have an amazing half term.
Sincerely,
DL Team (Digital Leaders Team)
In year 6 we have been looking at online relationships and how to be our best selves online. We discussed how sharing things online can have both positive and negative consequences and that not all consequences are intended. Through learning about respecting others online, we were able to give ways in which we could conduct ourselves to make sure others felt respected. Boundaries were a key message in our discussion and many children were able to remember that you should respect other people’s decisions even if you don’t agree with them (I can’t play as it’s tea time. Response Ok – so don’t keep asking them etc.).
As part of Children’s Mental Health Week, Year 5 have being discussing how they have grown emotionally. We talked about how we have grown in confidence, new things that we have tried recently, fears we used to have but have now overcome and things we have achieved. We then created a growing together wall, where we recorded everything we discussed.
As part of Safer Internet Day, Year 5 have been discussing what they should do when placed in certain situations online. We talked about telling a trusted adult if something online upsets or worries you and not sharing our personal details online.
Year 5 Computing – To use the count tool to answer hypotheses about common letters in use.
In Computing this week, Year 5 investigated how to use spreadsheets for literacy. Prior to the children putting their knowledge into practice, we recapped ‘Advance Mode, ‘How Many?’ Tool and Variables. Using this knowledge, we made a vowel counter spreadsheet that enabled us to test if ‘e’ really is the most popular vowel.
After this, the children improved the spreadsheet with consonants and conjunctions; testing the most popular one and comparing it to some research.
In Maths, Year 5 have been learning how to use common numerators and fraction bars to compare fractions with different denominators.
Following this, Year 5 then compared fractions and mixed numbers, by finding the lowest common denominators.
This week, Year 6 pupils have taken part in bike ability. They have learned the different positions (secondary position and primary position) and understand what the different positions tell other drivers or cyclists on the road. They understand that they are telling other cyclists or drivers on the road to over take them in secondary position and that they are telling other cyclists or drivers to give them at bit of space and wait for them to do whatever they are doing. They have all enjoyed bike ability very much and now know how to be safe when riding a bike on the road. They are grateful to their teachers for bike ability and for teaching them everything they have learned.
Sincerely,
DL Team (Digital Leaders Team
In Science, Year 5 have have been exploring different types of mechanisms including gears.
Gears work when the teeth of one gear mesh with another.
When you mesh, two gears, the driver gear makes the follower gear turn in the opposite direction.
If you use a small gear to drive a large gear, the large one will turn slower.
If you use a large gear to drive a small gear, the small one will turn faster. Less effort is needed to make the wheel turn lots of time.
An idler gear can be placed in between a driver gear and a follower gear to make a driver gear and a follower gear turn in the same direction.
On Wednesday afternoon in Year 6, we played an active and passive voice game. It was a fun way of learning how to change a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice or from the active voice to the passive voice. The game included 1 dice, 13 different coloured paper clips, two sheets of paper stuck back to back and cut into separate sentences and a board to play the game on. The team with the most of the other teams paper clips at the end of the game wins. Everybody enjoyed playing this game very much.
Sincerely,
DL Team (Digital Leaders Team)
