Nico’s ‘Book of Life’ story opening

By Miss S STAINTON10th October 2017

Swiftly, the speedy, venomous snake bit Maria. “Help!” she fell on a clear spot with despair and her vision faded out. Where and when will she come back; or… will she?

“Gotcha!” yelled Xibalba. flawlessly celebrating for the forseable future as Manolo will get blamed for it. “What have you done?” blamed the town’s villlagers and soldiers, “I didn’t” paused Manolo, “I swear!” He blew his opportunity to marry Maria, and may never see her again…

As the sky sobbed, Maria was sent away from Manolo, “Why… JUST WHY!” Tears rolled down his cheeks and he kneeled down towards the spot he last saw Maria. Now he started raining with tears as depression started to arrive. “Do you miss Maria…?” questioned an unknown voice… “I do, a lot!” responded Manolo, in a squeaky voice, “But where is she?” Manolo knew in order to see her, he will need to be sacrifised , “Ohohoh…” whispered Xibalba, in alow pitched voice, “Take this!” In an instant, two vipers appeared and bit him! “Uhoh…Maria…” his voice lowered quickly and he fell to the floor, fading away…

As soon as he opened his eyes, he knew he was teleported to a mysterious place he never had been to, he looked around, realising he was a skeleton in the place he got bit, “Welcome!” shouted what looked like a fellow skeleton on a horse, “To the Land of the Remembered! Here there are no rules, just as long as you get remembered by someone! Hop On!” As he jumped on, the man took Manolo down to the jolly, festive place. He soon realised he needed to find Maria, who was apparently here, “One, question,” paused Manolo, “Is Maria Posata here?” he replied “Let’s search!” As the horse galloped around the Land of The Remembered, there was no sign or sight of Maria, “Oh no…” he thought, “She’s not here?!” Manolo felt like dying.

 

Written by Nicolas Atkinson, Miss Stainton Y6.

Year 6’s moment of fame!

By Miss S STAINTON9th October 2017

We were lucky enough to be chosen by ‘Estuary TV’ to appear in a special slot about Hull Fair which will be aired on Wednesday! 8 lucky children were selected to answer questions and chat about what they enjoy about the famous fair which comes to visit each year. It got us even more excited for our trip to the fair which happened later that afternoon!

Tune in – freeview channel 7 at 5:30pm, 7pm and 9pm on Wednesday11th October.

All the fun of the fair!

By Miss S STAINTON9th October 2017

Miss Stainton’s class had a fantastic time visiting Hull Fair this afternoon! We are exploring how different countries around the world celebrate and enjoy carnivals and festivals within our ‘Tell the World’ topic, so what better way for us to experience our very own carnival by visiting Europe’s largest touring fair! We enjoyed spotting Hull Fair traditions such as Bob Carver’s famous pattie and chip stall, brandy snap, candy floss, coconuts, and all of the interactive stalls and attractions.

We had so much fun!

Mexican Folk Art

By Mr S MORGAN5th October 2017

In Topic, children have been looking at traditional Mexican Folk art. This bright, highly decorative type or art is used to decorate houses. Children created their own image based on  a traditional Sun and Moon composition. They also evaluated their work, discussing its links to the afterlife and religion.

Happy Puzzle Company

By Mr S MORGAN5th October 2017

This week Y5 and Y6 have each had a fun-filled afternoon of puzzle solving courtesy of the ‘Happy Puzzle Company’. Their interesting and inventive puzzles were thoroughly enjoyed by all children (and staff!)

Well done Y56.

Following instructions to build a marble run. 

Arranging trapeziums without touching colours.

Reagan solves it!

Using positional language to hook fish (this was VERY tricky)

Exploring emotions through song lyrics

By Miss S STAINTON5th October 2017

Miss Stainton’s class have worked hard analysing lyrics taken from songs included within ‘The Book of Life’ – a film used to inspire our narrative work. We analysed the literal and metaphorical connotations of the lyrics which helped us gain a better understanding of the main character’s emotions. Good work year 6!

Parents come for a visit!

By Miss S STAINTON5th October 2017

Thank you so much to parents and family members who were able to visit year 5/6 this afternoon to spend time reading with their children.

The year 6s enjoyed showing parents ‘Reading Plus’ and year 5s enjoyed some quiet reading time in the pod. Keep up with the excellent reading, years 5 and 6!

 

 

Mexican themed mathematics work!

By Miss S STAINTON26th September 2017

Miss Stainton’s class have been busy using their maths skills in topic lessons so far this week. We have recorded the average temperatures and amount of rainfall from a variety of countries so that we can compare it to the weather in Mexico. The information has helped us to answer a wide range of questions – this is where our maths knowledge came in handy! We will then be using this information to plot line graphs.

 

ABP Container Competition

17th September 2017Mrs D O'LOUGHLIN

Last Friday saw Ellie, Kitana and AJ travel to ABP to see the unveiling of their art work on a brand new shipping container. They won the competition, in association with Hull Children’s University, after attending a Digital Art module at the KCOM learning zone. They took photographs in and around Hull Maritime Museum and learnt how to manipulate and edit their images using a variety of apps.  They were thrilled to see their finished piece represented on a brand new shipping container. The container has been fitted with a tracking device to enable the children to follow its journey around the world for a whole year!