We had lots of fun during our shared learning and lunch. We got a bit messy making papier-mâché Greek vases. When they have dried and hardened we will then paint them and decorate them just like the Ancient Greeks did. After getting creative, we enjoyed our lunch with our parents Read more…
This week we have started our new topic ‘Gods and Mortals’. In our lessons over this half term we will be learning lots about Ancient Greece. In our first lesson we learnt about Ancient Greek vases and how to paint them and sunset backgrounds using watercolours.
In Maths, we looked at how to create a formula to help us to calculate the area of a triangle. We investigated a variety of shapes and then focused on rectangles. We looked at cutting a triangle out of rectangles and noted what we noticed about the area Read more…
In maths this half term we are learning to multiply a two digit by a one digit numbers using the grid method. We used place value counters to help us understand the method before we calculate the answers in our books. We worked really hard and now we feel Read more…
This term our new topic is Scrumdiddlyumptious! We will be learning lots of new things about food and how the right amount of food from each food group can help us stay healthy! We tasted lots of different foods including cucumber, lychees, radish, pineapple, mushroom, plum, grapefruit and sugar snap Read more…
As part of our Frozen Kingdom topic, Year 6 had to try and construct food webs to show predators and prey in the Arctic. We studied many of the animals, where they live, the conditions they need, where they would likely hunt, and investigated further into the animals’ eating habits. Read more…
In science we have been investigating soil permeability using 3 different types of soil. We used a funnel, filter paper and measuring cylinders to carry out our investigation. First we planned our investigation in groups and made a prediction, then we carried out our investigation and made a conclusion about Read more…
This week we have been learning about what is under our feet. We found lots of facts about Inge Lehmann and what she discovered about the Earth’s core. We also made a model of the Earth using plasticine. Each colour representated a different layer on the Earth – the crust, Read more…
We learnt more about the Bronze Age today. We looked at how bronze was made and what it was used for, and learnt how bronze age homes differed from the stone age. We then discussed how we could find out more about the diets of the Bronze Age people. We Read more…
We have been learning lots about prehistoric times in Year Three in our topic for this term – Tribal Tales. We conducted an archaeological dig to find artefacts about the past. We had to guess what they were and say whether we think they came from the Stone Age, Bronze Read more…