Living and learning – self care techniques
Today, we had a great class discussion about how to look after and be kind to yourself. Take a look…
Marvellous Music
Check out our interactive celebration of our music lessons!
Jess said, “We’re learning about how to play different chords and we’re starting to write our own songs!”
Rayn smiled, “I like how we’ve already learnt a few songs. I’ve been really enjoying music and it’s been a real challenge.”
“We’ve been learning about majors and minors. Majors are happy notes and minors are sort of sad notes,” explained Musa.
“We’ve also learnt about sharps and flats. Sharps are black keys and flats are white keys,” stated Priya.
Emma said, “The notes on a treble clef are A to G.”
Book Club – Oracy Book Wars
In today’s Book Club, we had a debate to find out who truly has the best book in the class.
Moh said, “Some R2s for debating are to use powerful, persuasive vocabulary, to speak loudly and clearly and to keep calm!”
We used sentence stems to make sure we were responding to others’ arguments such as “I hear what you’re saying but I disagree…” and “While you make a good point, I firmly believe…”
To develop our oracy skills, we made sure we were speaking fluently, at a good pace, projecting our voices and giving reasons for our choices.
Miss Wilson set the challenge and stated why her book was the best.
Next, we made notes to prepare for the debate.
Finally, we used our oracy skills to complete the Book War!
Special mention goes to Albie, Sami, Harris and Will who all debated excellently, as voted by the class!
Design and technology: bridges
In order to get the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse (from our class novel) across the river, we’ve made bridges!
We had to work in pairs to make our sturdy structures!
We had to make sure we were reflecting on the design criteria and testing it every so often.
Stay tuned for the finished articles!
Living and Learning – mental health
What might affect our mental health?
Anything! It could be a friendship issue, not taking care of yourself or even a life event such as moving house or school (like us next year!).
What might the person be feeling?
“They might feel anxious,” said Safiya-Mishal.
Isabella said they might look happy on the outside but be really sad inside.
“They might be paranoid about little things,” said Noah.
How can that person help themselves?
- go for a walk – Priya
- talk to someone – Ethan L
- avoid what’s making you sad for a bit – Phoebe
- make sure you’re sleeping and eating enough – Talha
- write your feelings down – Miss Wilson
- do some mindfulness – Albie
How can others help the person?
Leo said, “They could ask them if they want to talk but they might not.”
Sami advised, “You could remind them that everything will be ok.”
“They could comfort them or just be with them,” suggested Jasraj.
Homework Heroes
We thoroughly enjoyed our homework review session on Friday. The quality and variety of submissions was excellent.
Take a look at some of the – many – highlights.
Harris, Musa and Kashif combined forces to create this truly impressive retelling of the story. The level of detail and sheer creativity shown here is brilliant.
Emma’s origami from memory (Wow!) …
Albie’s Axolotl – inspired by his writing…
Testing homemade paper aeroplanes must have taken resilience and concrentration just like Humpty.
This superb creation of what might have been on the top shelf of the cereal aisle…
Check out Daisy’s recreation using some fantastic haikus…
Well done, Y6.
Our perfect performances
Today, we’ve been performing poetry about animals!
We needed to have voices that were expressive and fluent when performing the poem that we had memorised off by heart.
It was also important to project our voices and make sure we were facing the audience.
Our new class novel…
“I predict it will take place on a farm because all those animals could be found there,” said Moh.
Sami predicted that the boy would go on an adventure and meet the animals along the way.
Sometimes it’s nice to read the reviews of a book but it’s also important to come to your own conclusion. The last review is quite poignant, though!
“The artwork is confusing but I like it,” said Tasha.
Felix mused, “I wonder why the Fox seems to be the only one coloured in?”
Watch this space!
Planning an experiment
After the Fall inspired us to make paper aeroplanes and find out which is the best.
In groups, we planned a science experiment with a different variable – challenge your child to define this!
Today, we made and tested our aeroplanes!
Ask your child to explain how we ensured it was a fair test!
Our Brilliant Maths
This week, we’ve continued our place value learning with rounding.
Just look how neat we are to show off our fantastic understanding.
Challenge your child at home to explain how they would round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000. They might use a number line or the look next door method!