In expedition, we have been learning about Maya glyphs. The children then made their own glyphs and carved them into clay.
Maya Glyphs
Category : Curriculum
Year 6 Spelling Relays
We got active today in Crew White in order to learn this week’s spellings. Each team had to send one person at a time to write a letter of the word that needed to be spelled. The first team to spell the word correctly, won the point. I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E!
Build a sentence! Grammar practice in Crew White
In Crew White, we have been perfecting our knowledge of word classes by building funny, strange and…interesting sentences. Ever heard a sentence including brainrot before? Apparently, it’s something a lot of Year 6s are very familiar with. At least we now know that it is a noun, can be modified using adjectives and we can give extra detail about it using parenthesis, which can be embedded into a sentence using brackets, dashes or commas. See, grammar can be fun!
Case Study Two!
This week we launched our learning for Case Study 2: Geography. We learned the seven continent names and learned a song to help us retain it! We used atlases and maps to locate the continents and had some fun looking at various styles of maps such as topographical and OS. What a brilliant start to our local Geography unit.
Independent Writing
We have started our independent writing which is a recount inspired by The Day The crayons Quit. Here we are taking great pride in our work and getting smart by being aware of our targets.
Concrete Maths To Launch A New Unit!
We have been busy in our concrete maths session using sticks to build numbers as part of our Multiplication and Division unit. To kickstart this unit, pupils used sticks in bundles of 12 to make equal groups. They drew upon their shape learning to make equal groups too. We then had a gallery walk to see the different representations and orientations before making ‘unequal groups’. What a brilliant day of hands on Maths!
Changing States Experiment
Today we conducted an experiment to see what would happen to chocolate when we applied heat.
We put 3 pieces of chocolate in a metal bowl inside a bowl filled with hot water.
To begin with the chocolate was solid.
We timed in 1 minute intervals and observed and recorded what happened to the chocolate.
After 4 minutes the chocolate was completely melted and was a liquid.
We put the chocolate back in the fridge for half an hour to see if it would change state again.
After 30 minutes it was a solid again!
P.E
Today in P.E the children worked on their balancing skills which is their coordination.
Maths time
The children have being working really hard with their maths this week. Here is what they have being doing.
Solids, Liquids and Gases
Year 3 enjoyed starting case study two with a lesson on states of matter. We investigated what the particles look like in solids, liquids and gases and how changes in temperature affect states of matter.
