The children in Juniper have been given the opportunity to run a stall at the Christmas Fair this year and to plan, research, source and make the products that we will sell. The whole class has been involved in deciding what sweet products would sell best, researching Christmas themed sweets, costing the items we will need to make them and how much of each product to buy. Their efforts have been amazing. Last week everyone Read more
We have introduced our new story MeerKat Christmas. We have looked at the shapes so we know how to set out a postcard. We looked at the journey of a postcode from being posted in the post box, going through the post office and finally getting to its destination. We then created thought showers about what could make the perfect Christmas.
To end our science topic, Year 6 produced high-quality academic essays to show how much we learnt across our unit. We looked at the key concepts, knowledge and facts that we knew and then planned how to articulate these, using our writing skills and academic vocabulary. We then used a range of layout devices such as high quality diagrams to ensure our essays were attractive and easy to follow.
Today we have been linking our English and our science together to investigate the properties of metal. We will use these findings in our science investigation “why do we use metals?” and also in our big write when we write our own version of the Iron man story. Here are some pictures of our investigation.
Thank you to everyone who came to school dressed for our spotty theme and made a donation to Children in Need. Each class learnt more about the charity, discussed the importance of charities and how we can play our part in helping others, as well as additional activities.
This afternoon, Snowdrops have had such a lovely time working with Year 6 in their classrooms. We shared a story called ‘Come over to my house’ by Dr Seuss. We talked about how all of the houses in the story were very different to each other, just like our own houses, and chose a favourite house from the book. However, we also found that all of the houses were the same as they each housed Read more
Thank you to all of the parents who attended our Phonics workshop and stay and play session. All of the children have really enjoyed sharing their learning with you and showing you around the classroom.
During our D&T lessons this half term we will be making pavilions for endangered animals. Today we looked at building structures to try and get some inspiration for our designs. The children worked in groups and were given time to make basic geometric structures before exploring creating larger structures, considering aesthetics, strength and stability.
As part of our learning, in the lead up to Christmas, we have been discussing angels and whether or not we believe in them. Many religions talk about angels. Christians believe that angels are God’s special messengers and in the Christmas story angels bring special messages to various people. Today we spent time thinking about the role of angels in the Christmas story, with the children working together to order how the angels appeared throughout Read more
In PE, Year 6 have been looking at how they can create their own routines in gymnastics. They have had to think about skills that can flow after each other, how to balance and travel effectively, and complexity of moves. Rowan worked extremely hard and were recognised for their attitude and effort last week.