On Friday, Year 6 took part in a 'Love your Heart' Workshop.

Year 6 took part in a first aid session this week where they learnt what to do in a range of scenarios. They then took turns to get their partners into the recovery position, use an inflatable dummy to practise chest compressions and finally had a discussion about a defibrillator and how to use one. The Year 6s were very attentive and asked lots of useful questions. Many thanks to the company who came in to run the session.

On Tuesday Year 6 started the day with an E-safety assembly and task, followed by a road safety awareness workshop and finally finished the day off with our Fantastic Finish to parents.

Road Safety

We were joined by Barbara and Chris who work with the council to keep the roads safe. First we listened to a scenario about a road hazards and we discussed where should put different crossings. The council only gets a certain amount of money a year for different crossings so in the scenario we had a budget of £200,000. We had to think about how much money we were using and where to put the different road safety features. For example puffin crossing was £54,000 and we had to think about how many we used and their location.

E-Safety

For e-safety day we were read a story titled #Goldilocks. We then had a go at making our own #fairy tale story. We were given the story of Jack and the Beanstalk to make up a funny piece of writing to go along with two designed pictures. In our story, the main character, Jack, posted things they weren’t supposed to and got into trouble for his actions with the giant.

Fantastic Finish

This doesn’t mean that we have finished our topic. In this period of time we read out a poem written by Wilfred Owen titled Dulce et Decorum est. this poem was accompanied by an emotive drama performed by 10 members of the class. Afterwards we sang a wartime song called “Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag”. We sounded pretty amazing if you ask me. Next we did a bit of cooking with our parents and made carrot buns using only the food that was available in war time as a result of rationing. We used a small amount of each item: sugar self-rising flour; sultanas, grated carrots, milk and eggs. We were given a wooden mixing spoon and a plastic bowl. The results wee delicious!

On Wednesday 29^th of January the whole of KS2 took part in a virtual reality experience. Year 6’s topic was World War 1&2.

In this experience we witnessed the horror that heroic worriers had gone through in the time period of 1914-1918 & 1939-1945 altogether 10 years of horrifying sights and deaths were seen. Our first virtual picture was about one of the more higher standard trenches made from wood we found out they do not last long because wood lice ate their way through using the opening of bullet holes.

Our second virtual image was all to do with a how hard medics had to work and how busy their job would be in the World Wars.

The third image was all about the weapons that they used to attack and defend: snipers; grenades and machine guns.

Our fourth and final image wasn’t about world wars but it was about a topic that we will cover next term. We learnt a bit about the Mayan temples and how they are now a sight-seeing tourist attraction.     

This week was a Geography themed week.

For the first three days of the week all of Key Stage 2 swapped rooms to learn about different countries .Yr. 6 was Germany; Yr. 5 was Peru; Yr. 4 Cedar was Kennya; Yr. 4 Rowan was the U.K; Yr. 3 Pear was Italy and Yr. 3 cherry was U.S.A. We went to each class on a different day and we learnt a lot about each country. In Year 6 Mr Alden taught us about Germany. We learnt some German vocabulary and designed paper plates to act as a fact file. Mrs Jarman (Year 5) had us make a comparison sheet of Peru’s and UK’s mountain ranges. Miss Smith (Year 4 Cedar) had us look at fact files of animals in Kenya and we made mind maps on what animals are becoming extinct, how they are becoming extinct and how we can stop it. Miss O’Reilly (Year 4 Rowan) told us to pin point certain places in the UK and landmarks on a plain map of the UK. In Miss Whitfield’s class (Year 3 Pear) we made a fact file on a certain place in Italy- the boot as people call it. In Miss William’s class (Year 3 Cherry) we learnt about the United States of America. Miss Williams had us colour certain states on a map then she had us pin point the top 10 cities in America by population.

Rain hasn't dampened our spirits. We have just been to the coast and discussed erosion and sea defences that can been seen along the West Runton coast. Someone was also lucky enough to find a crab shell!

23.9.2019

This week we have designed Christmas cards for our families, completed multiple science experiments and learnt about Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the finches of the Galapagos.

To design our Christmas cards we had to stick tissue paper to a picture of a dove and cut it out to make an abstract design for a unique touch. We have also completed some really fun science experiments were we had to test different objects: spoons, tweezers, pegs and scissors (we pretended these were the finches beaks) and picked up different objects: marbles, rice, macaroni and lentils with them. To see which beak type works better for the food that is in their area.

We also planned a ‘show not tell’ based on our literacy book, Floodland, to show the living conditions of a dwindling island.

30.9.19

This week we have finished our pictures of fish in art, typed up our finished product about characters feelings, created a game on a programing website and focused on angles in math.

For our fish we created the outline of a fish and then did the design in biro. We looked at intricate pictures of already drawn fish and then mimicked them in our own unique way.

In the computer room, on Purple Mash, we created a program so that when we clicked a turtle or pressed the space button, our game started to unfold. After playing a game that someone in our class had created, we looked at his coding and tried to make our own.

Our character descriptions in literacy this week have involved colons, semi-colons, alliteration and metaphors. In math, we have been learning how to solve angle problems and puzzles.