We were so excited this afternoon to try out some of the traditional Aztec foods which we have been learning about in our topic lessons! We had already researched what food the Aztecs used to eat and worked hard to design a delicious Aztec inspired menu. Today we got to try these foods and for most of us, it was the first time we had ever tasted them!
This is what we tried:
90% cocoa chocolate
Papaya
Pomegranate
Mango
Avocado
Peppers
We are very excited to announce that Minecraft Education has started at Christopher Pickering!
Year 5/6 children will have the opportunity to develop their STEM skills through and educational version of the popular game.
Here is a sneak peak of our first project: building the school!
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Today we loved studying primary and secondary sources of evidence to draw conclusions and inferences about Aztec life. We thought really carefully about what the images could teach us and learnt so much without Miss Stainton having to give us any clues or tell us any information! Brilliant independent learning Year 6.
We have been working really hard exploring the narrative poem ‘The Highway Man’ over the past week.
Today, we worked in groups using dictionaries and iPads to clarify any advanced vocabulary we were unsure of in the stanzas allocated to our groups. We then moved round in a carousel so that each group leader could feedback to us.
We now have an excellent understanding of the language used in this dramatic and detailed poem! Excellent work Miss Stainton’s class!
We have had lots of fun in Y5/6 learning to sing the Mexican song, ‘La Bamba’. It was very tricky as it is sung in Spanish, but we tried hard and soon picked up the words!
Once we had become confident singing the song, we then looked at the notes and learnt to play it on the glock. We have some brilliant musicians!
Y56 have been getting very excited about the Rugby World Cup, so much so that we had a go at creating our own ‘Haka’ at after school rugby club!
These girls have been working very hard after school at sewing club and have some fantastic pieces. Well done girls!
Year 56 have had a wonderful time today celebrating The Day of Dead as part of their ‘Who Like To Party?’ topic. Each child undertook four fantastic activities: a D&T activity making wearable skull heads, learning ‘La Bamba’ on the glochs, using paper to craft headdresses and making tributes and memorials out of clay.
The children had an excellent time and produced some fantastic work. Well done!
Y5 Boys making their ‘Skull Head’
Miss Jeffrey was making colourful headdresses out of paper.
Mrs Whitton has created a fantastic display of the children’s clay memorials.
The year 6 children were given another scientific task yesterday – to launch rockets for Miss Stainton’s Mexican party!
We used what we already knew about chemical reactions and mixed an acid and a base to create carbon dioxide. Using a cork, this built up pressure inside our rockets and the results were amazing! Some of our rockets went as high as the school building!
Fantastic work.
Miss Stainton’s class were given a tricky question today – How could they inflate balloons using only vinegar, baking soda and a water bottle?
They worked within groups to create their own plans and hypothesis. They then put these to the test to see if they worked. The groups were very successful and used their knowledge to create a chemical reaction which produced a gas to inflate the balloons! Well done!
