As part of our Geography unit of work, the 5/6 classes took a trip up to Birmingham to visit the Cadbury factory. It was a long day but well worth the journey! On arrival we were shown into the chocolate exhibition. Here we learned about the history and origins of chocolate from the time of … Read more
Class 5/6 A performed an assembly on the Gunpowder Plot which you can view here.
The children in the 5/6 classes travelled to Russia, Greece, Denmark, India, Germany, Mexico, Italy and China. We had a try at Greek and Indian dancing, learnt all about Hans Christian Andersen, loved the Russian snacks and fruit tea, joined in singing Schnappi das kleine Krododil and much, much more. All of the children and … Read more
On Thursday 24th September, the two 5/6 classes were whisked back in time to the Second World War. Dressed for the occasion and carrying our authentic provisions we made our way over to IWM Duxford to find out what life was like for local people in WW2. Our day consisted of two parts. Firstly, we … Read more
Class 5/6 A & W set out for their Local History Walk accompanied by Sam Hankin who filmed the whole day on a time lapse camera! This is a unique insight into what the whole day was like and what both classes got up to! The objective of the day was to discover as much … Read more
This week in some of our Maths lessons, the children were exploring using scale to create models. First, we looked at the scale model of Hogwarts castle on the internet. We then discussed the fact that every dimension is 1/24 of what would be real-life size. Then, the children made a scale model working out the … Read more
On the hottest day of the year, some of the children from 5/6A and 5/6W took a stroll through the Nature Area. They were looking closely for signs of summer to inspire them in their poetry. As a group, they chose the title, 'A Wonderful Woodland Walk'. They discussed which poetic devices they would use … Read more
Our week without Year Sixes This blog is about our week without Year Sixes. We have done multiple things this week including; Sports Leaders and a project on ‘les pays francophones’. On Monday and Tuesday we learned about Sports Leaders with Mrs Burr. First of all we talked about what a Sports Leader is and … Read more
In 5/6 W and A, we have been reading some of the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton. The children enjoyed the stories so much that we chose to write some of our own. The children tried to ensure the main characters were the same. They also needed to remember that these stories were written … Read more
In 5/6W and A, we have been reading the Just William stories by Richmal Crompton. The children have written some stories in the same style. Here are just a few from 5/6A.
