Today we reflected on the expeditions we had covered in year 6 so we could start the beautiful work section of our final word presentations. We thought about the guiding questions, the case studies we had covered and all the learning we had produced in each case study. We then thought about the final product for each expedition. It was lovely reflecting on all the amazing things children had produced throughout the year. We then continued with our final word presentations 🙂
Today we consolidated our arithmetic skills, working together in mini crews to support each other. Some great work MI 🙂
Lots of lovely smiling faces this morning whilst practising the songs for the Y6 performance 🙂
Today we explored what it means to ’keep clean’. We had some fantastic discussions around how often our crew brush their teeth and have a bath or take a shower. We discovered some interesting facts 🦠 and finished off our crew discussion with a good old game of bingo!
A discussion in Crew Godley led to a revelation that some of the children had never sewn before 🧵🪡 We decided that this important life skill would be something really exciting to add to our labs this week. The crew have had great fun practicing how to thread and hold a needle. Jax has also found a new talent, not only is he a super artist but also a great sewer too!
Today we went on the London Underground to find the king’s crown.. we still couldn’t find it but we loved trying to get on the train as quick as possible.
Sorry about the technical difficulties with the google form, all should be ok now!
Today, we looked at what fossils are and the process of fossil formation. First, we made our own fossils in modelling clay. We found this really interesting and loved seeing the patterns appear in the clay. We then worked in mini crews to order the process of fossil formation.
This morning as part of our Expedition/The Write Stuff learning in Crew FE, we looked at the features of scripts. These included, a title, setting the scene, a list of people, a list of props, stage directions, a new line for a new speaker and the names written on the left, as well as a range of punctuation including brackets, colons and bullet points. We also discussed the audience and purpose of scripts. Next week, we are going to be writing our own broadcasting script informing others of the catastrophic earthquakes that occurred in Syria and Turkey earlier this year as part of our Expeditionary learning, ‘Earth Shattering Events’, ‘What happens when nature strikes?’. We will also hopefully be performing and recording these using a green screen at the end of the week, and hope to share these as part of our COL event later in the term! 📽
We have had the best day as we explored the coal mining museum. Children had the opportunity to go on and underground tour of a working mine and hear stories from the miners giving the tours. Some of us were a little worried about going in the elevator and going underground but we faced our fears and went anyway. It was so lovely seeing the others encouraging them and trying to reassure them.
We also went to see the out ponies and the blacksmith workshop. Luckily, they were waiting in another school arriving so they took the time to chat with the children.
Well done to the children who asked lots of questions as this showed your eagerness to learn.
This fieldwork has worked out well for timing as it also acted as an experience day for writing. Our next plot point is about going into the mine and we’ve all now had experience of doing that. Lots of tired children and adults on the way home.
