Blog by Tag: KS2

Year 6 investigated what happens to their pupil when their eye is exposed to light.

Year 6 completed some art using Zentangle patterns to show the complexities within the human mind as we work towards building resilience when moving from our Red to our Blue head during trickier times.

Our Garage Band superstars produced some fantastic music including in a dance style, acoustic and even music from other cultures.

Year 6 have been performing their war poetry to the class, showing the Waterside value of courage when reading aloud.

Year 6 used instructions with directional vocabulary to move their sightless teammates to a chosen location.

In our Science lesson this week, we have been modelling the movement of the Earth, Sun and Moon. We then made a model and wrote a short explanation in our books. 

Today we learned all about how the oceans regulate our climate. The ocean is like a big thermostat! Due to global warming, sea levels rise so we learned the order that this happens:

1. People burn fossil fuels.

2. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises.

3. Average global…

We were so impressed by the children’s independent reading answers this week! They have worked so hard on using their own opinions in their answers but also being able to use the text to support their opinions too. Well done Year 5! 

Year 6 have taken part in a debate to consider whether animals should be used in the war.

Year 6 used music technology to practice composing four bar melodies. We experimented with pitch by using a piano keyboard, seeing how the notes move on the musical stave.

Year 4 had great fun making clay creatures, mud paint and mini habitats for worms!

Year 6 have started a new topic of ‘Outdoor Activities’. We are learning about using keys when orienteering around the school grounds. The class completed a warm up around our new running track before doing an obstacle course, finding symbols and their word counterparts!