Confident win against Francis Askew

By Mr S MORGAN4th October 2021

Tonight was our first competitive football game in 580 days! After a long long wait the boys finally got to play for their school and what a fantastic job they did too!

Each player was making his debut in the first away fixture of the 7-aside league to Francis Askew Primary. The boys got off to a flying start with and early goal from Tinashe and a few minutes later he bagged his second. Some strong possession in midfield saw goals follow from Lucas, Jack and finally Kacper. An all round strong performance and great was to kick start the year. Well done boys.

(L/R): Harrie, Freddie, Kasper, Ewan, Tinashe, Jack, Lucas and Harley

Y6 Pig heart dissection

By Miss S STAINTON1st October 2021

For our science experiment this term, year 6 were extremely excited to take part in a pig heart dissection!

We have been working hard learning about the circulatory system and the importance of the heart. This was a great opportunity to explore the 4 different chambers and arteries as we carefully examined the inside of the heart.

Also, within our guided reading lessons, we have been studying the book ‘Pig Heart Boy’ by Malorie Blackman and the main character, Cameron, is due to receive a pig heart transplant.

We could even gently insert our fingers into the vena cava and the pulmonary veins to see which chambers the blood would flow into!

Y6 visit to Sirius!

By Miss S STAINTON28th September 2021

Y6 students had a fantastic day of learning at Sirius Academy West today. We took part in a carousel of olympic themed activities and demonstrated fantastic team work to win as many point as possible for the countries we were representing!

 

In the maths session, we playing ‘archery maths’ and studied sprint times from the 100m races. This tested our mental maths skills and ability to order numbers up to 2 decimal places. We also enjoyed spotting lines of symmetry on the countries’ fags!

We worked really hard in art to develop our light sketching skills and design and draw our own olympic mascots.

In computing, we programmed an electronic game of squash and loved spending time in the designated computer suites!

We had so much fun playing competitive geography games which tested our knowledge on the countries involved in hosting the olympics and also the continents in which they were held!

Y6 Maya Wow Day!

By Miss S STAINTON21st September 2021

We loved learning about all things ‘Maya’ during our themed day. It was a great opportunity to delve into researching and understanding this fascinating civilisation. The day started through carefully examining Maya artefacts and hypothesising about their uses and how they would have been made.

   

We then took part in a Maya themed QR code hunt on a mission to gather and research as many facts as possible – great team work was demonstrated!

We were fascinated when learning about the religious and cultural significance of masks, especially ‘death masks’ which were placed on their dead bodies to guard them on their journey to the afterlife! The ones we designed and made look great on display in our pod area.

Finally, we spent the afternoon observing and studying intricate Maya hieroglyphs and drawing these in our sketch books.

 

Year 6 Maya Tiles

By Sophie Porteous21st September 2021

In Year 6, we have been learning about how the Maya would have used natural resources to create their artwork. We have been working with clay to create Maya relief tiles featuring hieroglyphic designs.

Year 5 Geography

By Miss J STAINES20th September 2021

This afternoon, Year 5 began studying the Ancient Greeks. To start the topic, we looked at the geographical location of Greece. We started by recapping the names of the oceans and continents, labelling these on a world map and discussing countries that are in each continent. We then zoomed in on Europe, looking at the location of Italy (which we studied in Year 4 when learning about the Romans) and Iceland (which we studied when looking at WWII in Year 4). Next, we located Greece on the map, looking at the countries and seas that border Greece. To finish our lesson, we did some research, looking at the physical features of Greece. We learned that Greece has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and is composed of the mainland and around 6,000 islands!

Free Verse Poetry in Year 6

By Miss S STAINTON24th May 2021

Over the past week, year 6 have taken inspiration from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech and have created their own free verse poems entitled ‘I have a dream’.

We explored lots of current topics relating to global warming, pollution and excessive waste. Our final poems were written to spread the message about the damage that is being done to our oceans and children shared their dreams for a brighter future within their poems.

We had some excellent imagery and figurative language being used to portray the children’s passionate messages and warnings to their audience. Lots of inclusive pronouns were also used to include their audience, similar to those used in Martin Luther King’s speech.

Here are just a few examples of their amazing work:

Year 5 Sport Afternoon With Sirius Academy

By Miss J STAINES21st May 2021

This afternoon, Year 10 students from Sirius Academy came to run a sporting event with our Year 5 pupils. The children were spilt into eight teams who competed against each other in rounders, tag rugby, dodgeball and football. Well done to Alishia, Alfie, Lucas, Ella, Grace and Ryan who were on the winning team. Prizes were given out and the children enjoyed a refreshing drink and snack after their active afternoon. The children had so much fun and even asked if they could do it again next week! A huge thank you to Scarlet, Amber and Yandeh who organised the event – it was fantastic!