In today’s lesson, year 6 have been looking at balanced healthy diets and that for this we need to have a mixed diet. They have been creating a diet plan for Mrs Sutton.
Category : Year 5/6
In today’s lesson the children looked at creating flags to celebrate the Day of the Dead festival. They were able to create silhouetted skull designs and are aiming to create a bunting for the classroom.
Yesterday, our House Captains made a visit to London for a tour of the Houses of Parliament. They had a fantastic trip and were great school ambassadors. The trip the Parliament was a great chance to see democracy in action and how the country was ran. Well done children!
We visited Trafalgar Square and saw Nelson’s column
Buckingham Palace – the King was home but sadly we didn’t see him!
Travelling on the underground was busy but fun.
Westminster Hall, mid-way through our fantastic tour.
A trip to McDonalds for tea was popular!
Back home at 10pm! A long day but very enjoyable.
There was excitement on the playground this week when we launched our new play equipment for KS2. Children got to grips with their new materials aimed to encourage open-ended and imaginative play, while encouraging children to be physically active. Initially feedback is very positive and we hope to add more soon!
These Y3 boys make a car in our crate building area
Theo and Rocco made a Minecraft style person with the blocks
These children set themselves the challenge of making a shelter big enough for them to fit under – great work boys!
Our new steppers have been a hit !
Today we’ve celebrated Flexdance Inc’s birthday with a day of dance workshops! Years 1-6 all took part in a fabulous session where they learned a dance to some current hits! Well done everyone, it was great to see so many children (and staff!) have a great time.
In year 6 we have been looking at the Mayan calendar. Using their calendar round system the children successfully calculated specific dates. The children loved learning about the Maya numbers and worked really well!
In Year 5 this term, we are learning how people of faith express their religious beliefs through the festivals they celebrate, the ways in which they practice their faith within their communities and through the clothing that they wear.
Today we compared 3 Autumnal festivals in the way that they are celebrated and the messages that they each convey to their faith followers:
The Christian celebration of Harvest is a festival that teaches that we should help and share those who are vulnerable and less fortunate within our community and be thankful to God.
The Hindu celebration of Diwali is a time for faith followers to reflect and and of uniting with others in their community to celebrate light overcoming darkness.
The Jewish celebration of Rosh Hashana is time for Jewish faith followers to reflect on the year that has passed and to seek forgiveness.
Our comparisons found that each of theses magnificent festivals occur in the Autumn; that each faith believes in a God or Gods (Hindus worship many Gods) and that sharing food either within or outside of their faith community is important.
We then enjoyed trying and eating ‘Apples and Honey’ which is a dish shared and eaten during the Jewish festival of ‘Rosh Hashana’ that symbolises the hope for a sweet new year ahead.
For this year’s ‘European Day of Languages’, Y6F learned and practiced a few German words, questions and phrases with Miss Stewart. Here are the children putting some of their new language skills into practice to a familiar tune. Wunderbar kinder…Wunderbar!
In Mr Sutton’s class we looked at a variety of different ways for greetings and the children had to guess where the languages came from when given specific words. The children then worked together to create a class poster displaying the world flags and languages used.
Mrs Porteous’ class welcomed their parents and carers into school to take part in some STEM challenges. We looked at teamwork, communication, logical thinking and reasoning and scientific and mathematical knowledge. We also had lots of fun!
The children in Year 6 have been delving and looking into the festival Dia de Los Meurtos (The Day of the Dead). They have been watching the animation linked to the festival and have been researching this vibrant colourful celebration with their aim to write a persuasive letter to Mrs Marson to enable them to dress up and join in the festivities!
The children are really looking forward to be able to dress up, get their faces painted and learn more about this amazing topic!