During our photography lesson today, Y6 looked at some of the influential photographs taken during the pandemic. The children tried to recreate these photographs using their environment and they then edited the pictures to try and portray different emotions and moods.
Watch out for the upcoming video of the photographs that the Year 6’s captured using iPads!
Last week, the Year 5 and 6 children took part in a phase-wide debate around whether or not a national lockdown was the right thing to do, with Year 5 students taking one side and the Year 6 students taking the other.
The debate went on for 45 minutes before time unfortunately ran out, with students on both sides still eager to put their point of view across. There were some brilliant points argued on both sides with students showing fantastic confidence to be able to stand up and speak across the hall. All of the staff members who attended the debate were blown away by the quality and thought put into each of the points. Not only that, we were all really impressed by the way in which students sat and listened to all of the arguments without shouting out and interrupting one another. A massive well done to all involved!
These were my two favourite outfits from my class today and both for very different reasons!
First we have Corey! Corey is in his homemade outfit which includes arithmetic questions that he has been focusing on in Magic Maths! I am so impressed that he included Bodmas and algebra questions!
Second we have AJ! I love his ‘I got skills, they’re multiplying’ t-shirt! Who doesn’t love a bit of Grease!
Fantastic effort boys!
A huge shout out to Cohen in Crew Knowles who has been busy completing some of the challenges this week!
Cohen completed Captain Tom’s challenge by walking 100 x 100 steps! Wow!
He has also taken a walk around the local community to see how much ‘maths’ he could find! Look at everything he discovered!
Well done to Corey who fetched in 100g of pasta for today’s maths challenge!
Tomorrow’s maths challenge is to find maths around your home – I am excited to see the things you find!
In expedition this week, the children have been taking part in one of the UK’s largest surveys for children, ‘The Big Ask.’ They were given the opportunity to answer questions about their own lives and think about how it has been impacted as a result of the pandemic. It has been a great opportunity for the children to have their voices heard and express how they have really felt during this period.
A big shoutout to our HoWL point winners this week. It was lovely to see some new faces receiving the certificates.
Well done everyone!! 💫
As part of our expedition, the children have been looking at the impact that Covid-19 has had on the local community. We have discussed ways in which we as a phase could help others in the community who are struggling at this difficult time. Following on from the visit by Susan Durant, we have decided that we would like to make a phase donation to the local food bank.
If anyone has any spare food to donate it would be greatly appreciated. Any donations can be sent into school and delivered to your child’s class teacher. The more donations we receive the better. Thank you!
