Today we have been learning more about circles and the parts of a circle. We have been using pi to help us work out the circumference of circles and we have been enlarging our circles by different scales, drawing them on the playground!!
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In Art we have been learning about the work of the architect Norman Foster. He designed some famous structures including: the Gherkin and the Millennium Bridge in London; the Willis Faber building in Ipswich Stansted Airport and the Sainsbury Centre.
We have also been learning about and experimenting with perspective drawing - we used this skill to design a press print and used it to create a repeated pattern, with some brilliant results: Today the next group performed their poems to the rest of the class, sadly Freddy was absent, but he can have his turn (and collect his chocolate bar) next week!
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. What a treat! Another great performance. Well done everyone! We are trying to learn 'The Grammar Song' to help us revise for our SPAG SAT in May. Have a listen: The Maths SongIf you like that, here is 'The Maths Song' to help us revise for our Maths SATs in May. Have a listen: We have been studying Evolution. Today in Science we were learning about Mary Anning, a palaeontologist who was born in the late 1700s and was a fossil hunter. She discovered many different fossils, including dinosaur bones.
Our task was to excavate fossils (choc chips) from the ground (cookie) without damaging it. We had a competition to see who was the best cookie palaeontologist. Profit - £10 per fossil (chic chip) Losses - £3 per tool (toothpick) £8 per broken fossil (broken choc chip) £6 per piece of damaged ground (broken pieces of cookie) The person who made the most money was the winner! Charlie won - making £401! We have been learning about Evolution and Earth's Timeline, it is fascinating!
Did you know? Humans have been on the Earth for a very short amount of time. •Hold your arm out straight. •The length of your arm is the total age of the Earth •The sliver of fingernail at the end of your middle finger is the amount of time that humans have existed! If we squash the Earth’s 3.7 billion years existence into a single 24-hour day: •The first human species appeared about 50 seconds before midnight. •Modern humans (Homo sapiens) appeared roughly 2 seconds before midnight! Here are our timelines! We tested and evaluated our finished Longships: The WinnersMrs Matthews and Mrs Lawrence considered how each group worked as a team and if they fulfilled the brief: To make a viking longship which is historically accurate. It needed to be: watertight able to float balance hold 10 playmobil men attractive to look at with a sail, oars and shields. Then they allocated 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place. 1st Place2nd Place3rd Place![]() Operation Apostrophe Today we looked at contractions. We scrubbed up, put on masks and did some surgery on words, changing them to contractions. We applied a plaster apostrophe where we removed letters. A contraction is a shortened word, where one or more letters have been removed (omitted) and replaced by an apostrophe. This technique is called 'omission' - one of the powers that an apostrophe possesses. It is very a handy thing to know and do, as it makes writing less repetitive, shortens text and also helps your writing to flow. do not = don't In Literacy we have been improving our story writing techniques. One way to improve the imagery in a story is to show the reader what is happening rather than telling them. For example rather than telling the reader: The moon is shining. You could show the reader: The glinting moonlight bounced off the broken shard of glass, illuminating the room.
Today we used drama to perfect our skills. This was our task: In groups of 3: •Take turns to pick a card from the pile. •Perform how you are feeling. Think about what you say and do. •See if the others can guess the feeling (write on a whiteboard). •Who was right? Make sure everyone has at least 2 turns. Then: •As a group of 3, select a card together and plan a short sketch to show not tell the feeling you have selected. •Perform to the rest of the class. Tomorrow we will be trying to show not tell in our writing. |
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