On Friday we had such a fun PE session! Our PE for this term is athletics so last week we focused on long jump and perfecting our long jump techniques. We also practised starting our run up from different starting positions which built on our learning about sprinting from the week before!
Don’t forget to click on the pictures to see some close up action shots!
Check out some of the amazing photographs taken by our Year 6 children during hook week!
As part of Hook Week, Year 6 because photographers today!
Before taking pictures, we looked at the different camera angles that can be used to create images. These included: low angles, high angles, eye-level angles, bird’s eye view angles and tilted angles!
I have to say that the photos that were taken were brilliant and really blew all of the adults away! Watch out for the upcoming video which will showcase some of the children’s beautiful work!
In Year 6 today, some children were presenting their expeditionary learning to other schools within the trust. Some of the children presented to Plover School whilst some presented to Norton School. Although there were a few nerves, it was fantastic to see the courage on show. It is never easy to present to others but they all did an amazing job of showcasing their learning throughout this expedition. Well done to all involved!
A group of Year 6 girls have been challenging themselves in the kitchen. Every Sunday they join a zoom call, set the challenge and the timer and off they go! Every Monday Mrs Overson, Mr Taylor and Miss Knowles get to try these delicious treats and give them feedback! The teachers are blown away by the quality of their baking and are put to shame as they could never bake to this quality! Check out some of their sweet treats:
Week 1: cake!
Week 2: biscuits!
Week 3: Easter treats!
I’m sure you’ll agree that their creations are amazing and I can definitely tell you that they taste awesome!!!!
As part of our guiding question, today we focused on appreciating Marcus Rashford for his influence and support during the pandemic. We learnt about his fundraising, his free school meal support and the fact that he taught himself sign language so he could participate in judging a competition. He has really been a pillar in all communities so we wanted to celebrate that by writing him thank you letters and poems!
This week in their French lesson, Year 6 made their own cameras and created a set of ‘polaroid’ style snapshots all about themselves.
Here’s just a few from Class 19 📷
Fantastique!!
Join in with our March reading challenge by helping us to earn 250,000 reading minutes!
Log how many minutes you have read this week at home!
Don’t log the minutes you have read in school as your teachers have done this for you!
The link to the Google form is here: https://forms.gle/jj31KPb8wnbdEZLT6
We started today with another one of our crew challenges! Today we were creating structures using only marshmallows and cocktail sticks! Each group had to work as a crew to create the tallest structure that could stand without falling over!
We started with a discussion and planning our ideas:
After 15 minutes, some of us had to rethink our plans and technique:
Even though we weren’t successful, we worked as a crew and developed our team work skills:
Our debrief enabled us to reflect upon the experience and how we could develop our skills during other crew challenges this week!
Well done, I was very proud of your efforts!
I am so proud of Crew Overson’s attitude towards maths! Everyone is working so hard to improve and master the year 6 arithmetic curriculum!
A big shout out to Izzy who worked at the weekend to secure her understanding of long multiplication and eliminate calculation errors!
