Hexapod non-chronological reports

By Miss S STAINTON18th November 2020

Year 6 have been working extremely hard over the past 2 weeks studying hexapods (creatures who inhabit the planet Pandora). They have become experts within this sci-fi genre and have really developed their technical vocabulary and terminology. As their final pieces, each child chose a hexapod to focus on and wrote up a detailed non-chronological reports about them.

We are very proud of the work they have produced and are now eager to get started on writing our fictional stories which are also going to be set on Pandora!

Year 6 coding

By Mr J SUTTON13th November 2020

Year 6 have had a super time enhancing their coding through adding variables and functions to make their characters interact with each other. By using the repeat code they have been able to have repeated lines of code which can reset their characters.

Y6 Pandorian creatures

By Mr J SUTTON11th November 2020

Year 6 have been busy this week planning their non chronological reports on a ‘Pandorian’ creature that they have created. They have been inspired through a short sci-fi video showing the alien planet Pandora. From this they’ve created their own beast that would reside there. There has been a lot of intriguing imagination poured into these beasts and we can’t wait to see the final outcomes!

Year 6 Trading Post

By Mr J SUTTON9th November 2020

Year 6 had a super time this afternoon during their Mayan trading post. The children were able to trade like Mayans using beans instead of money. They explored the Mayan number system and found information on the temple Chechen Itza. Some children were able to plot the cities and their locations on a coordinates sheet whilst others were able to find out about the Mayan Gods. Lots of children enjoyed earning their ‘money’ through the amazing designs of ceramics which were filled with Mayan glyphs.

Year 6 Artwork

By Mr J SUTTON6th November 2020

Year 6 had so much fun exploring and expanding their knowledge using print work today. They created etchings of Mayan glyphs and were able to transfer the prints into their sketch books. They examined a range of glyphs carefully and then replicated these with great detail. Excellent work year 6!

Amazing art work!

By Miss S STAINTON2nd November 2020

Year 6 really enjoyed creating line drawings of Mayan glyphs in their sketch books. They examined a range of glyphs carefully and then replicated these with great detail. I was particularly impressed at how confident the children were in putting pen to paper without sketching them in pencil first! Excellent work year 6!

 

Star Writers!

By Mrs D WILKINSON2nd November 2020

A huge well done to our first ever ‘writers of the week’ in year 6! 3 children were chosen for producing fantastic fictional Mayan explorer stories. They were very pleased with their certificates, stickers and special pencils!

We can’t wait to see who is chosen this week to receive their award in Friday’s assembly!

 

 

Year 5 Greek Pottery Art Work

By Miss J STAINES16th October 2020

Year 5 have been looking at Greek pottery and the patterns and scenes that were painted on them. Using sketch pencils, they then created their own Greek pottery designs.

 

Some of our amazing artwork was even displayed in the pod!

 

House Captains!

By Miss S STAINTON14th October 2020

A huge well done to our new Year 6 house captains for this academic year!

Due to restrictions, the children were unable to complete their paper ballot paper votes however we decided to conduct a virtual voting session instead!

All of the candidates delivered excellent speeches and some of the voting was extremely close.

Year 5/6 Poetry Slam

By Miss S STAINTON16th September 2020

The children in year 5/6 have really enjoyed the chance to warm up their writing skills and channel their creativity through writing a range of poems for our poetry slam!

They were then faced with the tricky task of memorising and reciting their poem from memory as they performed it to their classmates.

We were extremely proud of how many children overcame their nerves and performed for their peers, well done year 5/6!

Here’s Enes with his winning performance as voted for by his classmates…

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