W/B 30/01/23
We have practised a number of skills, including expanded noun phrases, to add further detail to our internal monologues. This is inspired by our class text, ‘Wonder’.
We showed our understanding of the four quadrants through a carousel of activities.
In Maths, we have consolidated our…
W/B 23/01/23
In our Maths lessons, we have worked practically to show our understanding of scale factors and enlarging shapes.
In English, we have read more of our class text ‘Wonder’ and discussed how Auggie felt before and after the events of Halloween, where his best friend betrays him. This is in…
W/B 16/01/23
We are writing a first person narrative as a character from Wonder, describing when they met Auggie for the first time.
In Maths, we have learnt about percentage of amounts and finding missing numbers,
In Science, we investigated refraction by making drawings face opposite directions and…
WB 09/01/23
In our Writing lessons, we have been practicing writing a first person retell as Auggie, using key skills such as adverbs and prepositions to add detail and meaning.
In Maths, we are moving into learning about percentages and their relationship with fractions and decimals.
In History, we…
W/B 02/01/23
We started to read our new class text, Wonder. We learnt about the protagonist and researched the condition which led to him being ‘born differently’.
In Maths, we have consolidated our knowledge of working with decimals in preparation for linking this with fractions and percentages. Anjy…
WB 12/12/22
We wrote a narrative re-tell of the Christmas Truce. Melody particularly impressed us with her work, including her editing and uplevelling.
In Maths this week, we multiplied and divided decimal numbers using written method.
We produced some seasonal art to take home to our families. We hope…
WB 05/12/22
In Science, we learnt about GM crops and discussed the controversial topic of genetic modification.
As part of our History topic, we took part in a class discussion of who played a part in the growth of Islamic Civilisation across the world.
WB 28/11/22
Year 6 made salsa as part of our Global Foods topic in DT - lots of fun was had as you can see!
In our History topic (Islamic Civilisation) we learnt about Abd-al-Rahman and his mosque in Cordoba. We put him in our hot seat and asked him about his journey over!
Today, we analyzed Wilfred…
WB 21/11/22
We had a visit from Zoo Lab, who showed us their animals and discussed how they evolved and adapted over time in order to survive.
This week, we were news reporters. We told how the Arabs had entered different countries spreading the religion of Islam throughout the world.
We have written a…
WB 14/11/22
We took part in a class debate relating to our class text, War Horse.
In Maths, we have been adding and subtracting fractions, Sharks class require further practice in converting fractions into having the same denominator in order to then add or subtract them.
We celebrated Odd Sock Day to…
WB 07/11/22
Our incredible narrative retells of War horse have wowed our teachers this week!
We have began the topic of fractions, learning about equivalents before comparing and ordering.
We wrote diary entries about travelling to Arabia and what we would find there.
We learnt about the biome and…
WB 31/10/22
In Maths, the experts became the teachers of their table when addressing misconceptions around angles in a triangle!
We have seen some outstanding examples of using high level adjectives and powerful verbs to describe Joeys journey through the trenches in ‘War Horse’.
We began our new topic…