Today's science lesson was based around offspring. First we established what was meant by offspring before looking at inherited characteristics as opposed to environmental characteristics. The children then chose a Mr Man and a Little Miss character to create offspring of, explaining what features they had inherited from each parent. Following this, the children were then asked to carry out a quick investigation to find out which inherited features were common in class. They were then asked to present this data in a graph of their choosing - most chose a bar graph for the type of data they had collected but 1 child chose a pie chart!
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Today we started our science lesson with a quiz on Charles Darwin. Over the past few weeks, the children had written questions about Darwin and then found the answers to some of those questions. We then put the questions together in a quiz for everyone to attempt. They showed a good knowledge of Darwin, although they did get a few questions wrong! We then talked about inherited and environmental features - identifying what features we might inherit from our parents and grandparents and what features can be changed (cutting your hair). The children then used Mr Men and Little Miss characters to create offspring for them, using some of the features from the Mr Man and some from the Little Miss character. During this lesson we began to look at how plants have adapted to their environments. To start, we looked at cacti - we watched a clip on cactus adaptations before recording some of the adaptations cacti had made and how it helps the plant.
Good use of the Learning Gems:In Art we have been exploring the work of the famous sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, comparing his unique style with that of Henry Moore (who we looked at earlier on in this unit). We then made our own wire and mod roc sculptures. Our finished Modroc SculpturesGood use of these Learning Gems:
We have completed our topic on Fractions, Decimals and Percentages - here are some examples of the work we have completed.
Good use of these learning gems:We celebrated World Book Day today with a class book swap, where the children brought in books they no longer wanted and swapped them for different books. The children were then given the opportunity to read their new books or their current reading book. We also shared with them the World Book Day audiobook web page so some children used this reading time to listen to a book As part of our 'Engineering Solutions' topic the children looked at the behaviours of a cow that show it is happy and healthy. They then used this information to help them plan a floor plan of a barn in groups. During the next lesson, the children used the planning work from the previous week to individually design a scale drawing of what they imagined a barn would look like that could house 60 cows during the colder months. Great use of these learning gems:Today saw the third poetry recital this school year. In Mandela Class we are lucky enough to have Mr Harvey work with us to help a different group (each half term) to learn a poem off by heart and recite it to the rest of the class. This is a skill, which is not only part of the Year 6 expectations for reading, but is also a life skill which prepares the children for High School and beyond. It always amazes me how all different types of children respond to the task and the change which occurs in their confidence and ability in just 6 weeks. Good use of these learning Gems:
Here are a few examples of the work we have been doing on our latest unit in Maths - Decimals
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