Y5 Geographers
After exploring a range of photographs and aerial photographs in today’s lesson, we deduced that not all mountain ranges look the same or have the same features. We took part in a fun and interactive game that helped us to learn the features of a mountain before we recorded them in our books.
Cooking
Making delicious pitta pizzas!
We even made a box take them home in!
Today, in Jigsaw, Year 5 were looking at online safety and the age limits that some apps and online games have.
We started our lesson by completing a quiz about the age limits that different activities (such as driving a car, buying alcohol, getting married, being criminally responsible for your actions and owning a phone) have.
Next, we discussed the potential risks that we could face when going online.
Finally, we discussed the age limits that different apps have. We talked about the pros and cons for apps having age limits and why we think age limits are been put in place.
Y5 Geographers
Whilst we were exploring the world’s mountain ranges, we were able to find their heights at their summit. We noticed other lines on the maps and today we learned that these are called contour lines which indicate the steepness of which a hill or mountain rises.
We had great fun trying to record contour lines of our mini potato mountains! By carefully cutting layers off the potato mountain we could record the shape and the gradient and create a representation of the mountains slope.
Construction challenge
Which group can make the tallest free-standing structure using only spaghetti and marshmallows?
Today we put out mapping skills to use, using topography maps to locate Europe’s mountain ranges. We looked at the height above sea level and were surprised by some of our findings.
We then used data sources to identify the largest mountains in the world and compared their heights at their summits.
Continuing with our Crime and Punishment topic, Year 6 have been exploring what life would have been like in a Victorian reformatory school. Young criminals were sent here to be taught a lesson and some of the tasks and chores really shocked our pupils!
Ruby Prior has written a fantastic recount for her home learning task today:
My name is Jane Angus and I am currently in reformatory school for stealing, I will tell you what happened today….as if it will be any different from my last entry. As always, I woke up at 6am sharp and headed downstairs for my breakfast. Like yesterday, I had bread and butter and a large cup of tea which was cold. Then we headed to our lessons, the mistress was extremely strict today and got angry at me for my spelling mistakes. I had never learned to write before, what did she expect? After that torture, I mean my lessons I ate lunch; it was my favourite, fish and potatoes! I don’t like fish but the smell of it makes me think of home as my dad works down by the coast. It was then time for my least favourite part of the day, girls are supposed to work as servants when they are older so every afternoon I would have to take lessons on how to sew, cook and clean. I never pay attention, heehee! I’m sure I can find work at the shipyard when I am older anyways. And finally, after another cold meal I am sent to bed. Note : I have been coughing a lot more then usual but its probably just a common cold, right?
Excellent work Ruby! We are also very impressed with how confident and quick our children are becoming with their word processing skills!
Year 6 have continued to demonstrate a motivated and dedicated attitude to their learning whilst studying from home this week.
For our Crime and Punishment topic, we have started to explore the Victorian prisons and how Elizabeth Fry had a huge impact on prison living conditions.
Year 6 have watched videos and carried out research to discover more about this significant woman and were fascinated by her kind nature and determination!
A huge well done to Reuben who is our Year 6 writer of the week!
We have been working exceptionally hard for the past 2 weeks writing formal letters of complaint; we were super impressed with the progress that Reuben has demonstrated within his writing since the start of the year.
Keep up the good work, Reuben!
We learned so much in Year 6 after our online workshop which was delivered by the Houses of Parliament education team!
It was fascinating to find out more about how the Houses of Parliament work and also some of the history behind the establishment.
We were amazed to learn about how laws are made and that it can sometimes take up to a year of ‘ping pong’ before a bill is passed!
What a great session to support us with our Crime and Punishment topic.
