All the groups travelled down to Portland to take part in raft building. A change from the scheduled activity due to the high winds. With all the groups managing to build a raft that would float, they then played a variety of games in the water. With survivor, Giant swing and zip wire in the afternoon, there is lots to look forward to.
After a hearty cooked breakfast, the children threw themselves into their morning activities. Fencing and abseiling were completed by all the groups with great enthusiasm. Some wonderful personal achievements, especially on the abseiling wall. We have been so impressed by the extremely supportive nature of lots of the children when faced by challenge's . Lunch was devoured and weather permitting, the groups have headed out for problem-solving and Jacobs ladder.
The children enjoyed a trip to Portland sailing centre after lunch. Whilst there, two groups enjoyed Keel boating. Having not experienced this before, the teachers were amazed to see the children get into the Keel boats and disappear into the distance. While they enjoyed roaming the waves, the other two Roebuck groups got wet whilst enjoying an energetic kayak session in the harbour.
After a hearty breakfast of cereals or bacon , hash browns, beans and toast groups enjoyed climbing and Aeroball this morning in improving weather. The children will be down in Portland this afternoon for kayaking or keel boating.
Year 6 arrived safely at PGL in Osmington Bay after a good coach journey. The children settled into their rooms and then went on a site tour before eating an evening meal of either fish fingers, meatballs or vegetarian chow mien. They were then entertained by the evening tournament before going to bed.
What a fantastic start to the school year we’ve had in Year 6! It’s great to see so many students settling in brilliantly, embracing their new roles as the eldest children in the school with such respect and enthusiasm. A remarkable number of children have thrown their hats in the ring for Head Boy/Girl and to be part of the DREAM Team, demonstrating not only ambition but also courage to step into leadership positions.
This week, we’ve also enriched our learning through extensive collaborative activities. Whether working in pairs or larger groups, the children have exhibited exceptional teamwork. Mr Alden and Mrs Longhurst couldn’t be more pleased with their effort and the high expectations they’ve already set for themselves – it’s truly commendable! Keep up the fantastic work, Year 6!
Over the past few weeks, we have learnt the ‘All Star’ dance for our ‘Shrek’ production, furthermore, Mr Alden and Miss Williams have provided us with a Costume List for the Year 6 students. In English, we are completing our independent writing, which is ‘Alma’ (a horror story about a girl who turns into a doll). The Junior Librarians have been restocking the Book Corners with new books in many genres. On Monday, we have Graduation Photos and on Friday we have Class Photos. For Sports Week, we're going to be practising many different sports: Boxing (as you may be relieved to know we shall not be fighting each other), football, relay race, running and netball. For Enterprise (which has involved us coming up with our own business ideas) we are trying to make a profit on £5 and the money we make will go towards an end of-year cinema trip.
SATs are finished! To celebrate, we had a pizza party and watched a film on Friday. We also went out onto the field to play Rounders as a whole year group. Our production, ‘SHREK’, was revealed to us on the final day of the week too. Auditions were held in Ash Class after lunch and our parts were announced before we broke up for the half-term holiday. We have begun our enterprise unit in maths this week - looking at profit, loss and budgeting. We were arranged into groups and had to consider our group name, logo and what products we would sell. Some of us have met with our new secondary schools to help us discuss our worries and concerns about moving up.
In computing, we have been planning and composing blogs about topics of our choice. We planned using '2connect' in Purple Mash which helps us to plan a mind map. In the upcoming week, we shall be doing our exams commonly referred to as SAT’s. To do revision, we split the classes into groups, so we could focus on specific areas. In art, we compared Van Gogh to Adam Lister using Lister's pixelated art. During SPaG, we played a quiz in teams to answer grammar questions. In Science, we looked at reflection and refraction and used water and a glass to see how the glass and water can alter an image.
For one of our topic lessons, we sacrificed a member of the class to recreate a Maya ceremony. First we paid for our victim with red beans. Then, we held their arms and painted their face blue before pinning them down on the alter to perform the ritual. Once the sacrifice had been completed we had a go at writing up this process in a first person recount.
This week, we have been learning about the Ancient Maya civilisation. We focused on using artefacts to inform us of how they lived and what they believed in. We studied King Pakal's death mask and asked questions. In addition, we also studied how the Maya communicated. We found out that they wrote using their own hieroglyphs and created their own books called codices. We crated our own using well-known Maya symbols. After this, we then looked in-depth at their hierarchy system. We discussed what life was like for rich or poor members of Maya society. Next week, watch out- a member of Year 6 will be sacrificed! Who will it be? Only the high priest will decide!
At Roebuck, we are historians!
In Year 6 we have been working so hard. This week we completed our DT projects by making an animal enclosure. We had access to lots of different materials: cardboard tubes, dowelling, wood, lolly sticks and more. We used PVA and glue guns to secure our designs to the base.
Also, to end this term, we started learning about algebra. We looked at what an expression was and how to work out the rules of sequences. During our English unit we learnt about a poem used for the Winter Olympics called The Dreadful Menace. We looked at the poetic devices used and the powerful vocabulary that the author chose. We then generated our own words and phrases before creating our own poem based on the one we studied. We are looking forward to a well-earned break.
This week we have been occupied with our Mock SATs. Some of us sat in the hall and in other rooms so we could experience what the real thing would be like.
In science, we cut open a lamb heart to study its chambers and veins. We then studied the blood by making a blood soup: adding Plasma (orange juice), Red blood cells(food dyed cheerios),White blood cells(white chocolate chips) and platelets (rice) into a jug. In DT, we have been studying different animal enclosures and what features are needed before we make our own.
During PE, we played rapid fire cricket, which is like cricket, but you hit 3 balls between the two players in the same team, and they run until the fielders have put the equipment back to normal. Lastly, in computing, we have started a new topic about text adventure where we make a storyline to make a game.
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