Well done to all our Year 6 pupils who took part in the House Captain elections! Each candidate spoke with confidence and enthusiasm, sharing brilliant ideas to inspire their houses. Congratulations to our newly elected House Captains and Vice-Captains — we can’t wait to see your leadership in action!
Year 6 had an amazing week at Into University- packed full of Tudor themed learning and fun! We even visited the site of The Battle of Bosworth and had our own graduation ceremony. We know that lots of our pupils have high aspirations, and a taste of university has further helped this as they explored their options for the future.
Today, Year 6 children have completed the first two sessions of the GREAT Project. This stands for ‘Good Relationships are Equal And Trusting’. Throughout the day, children have discussed the differences of a positive and negative relationship before giving advice to various scenarios. The children showed their growing maturity as they discussed sensitive topics sensibly.
This morning, Key Stage 2 children attended the ‘Going for Gold’ running event at Bluecoat Wollaton. Throughout the session, children had to run or walk as many 1km laps as possible. Showing great determination, respect and teamwork, the children completed nearly 500km – a brilliant achievement. Well done to all children who participated!
A further thanks to the parent volunteers who supported the event.
This morning Year 6 have completed their final Into University session. The session was focussed on transition to secondary school. Throughout the session, children discussed subjects, homework, timetables plus much more. Children completed their transition passports and are now ready for secondary school!
Thank you to the parents who braved the heat to attend our final project exhibition of the year. Children displayed a range of photos from summer term events before sharing their writing linked to The Boy at the Back of the Class. Several other activities were completed that linked to our history, geography & art learning.
This morning, as part of Refugee Week and linked with the National Literacy Trust, Year 5 and 6 children participated in an online workshop with the authors AM Dassu and Linda Fadel. Both authors were hugely inspirational as they discussed this year’s theme of “Community as a Superpower”. Over 10,000 children joined online as AM & Linda shared how they use small bits of inspiration to create poems. Children then created their own poems.
Year 5 and 6 have had a fantastic day out at The National Space Centre, exploring lots of interactive exhibits and watching an amazing planetarium show!
This afternoon, it was our half-termly CrossTeach assembly led by the CrossTeach Explorers. The focus of the assembly was the story of ‘Feeding the Five Thousand’ where children reflected on the importance of sharing and caring for each other.
Year 6 have been busy programming using Crumble kits this afternoon as we started our new Design and Technology project. We managed to power sparkles (lights) and motors with our algorithms (as well as lots of perseverance and resilience)!
This afternoon we have had a visit from MHST our local Mental Health team to talk about SATs stress and how to cope with it. The children were given excellent tips like, getting a good night’s sleep, eating a hearty breakfast, sharing our worries with trusted friends and adults. We discussed our Stress Buckets, what fills them and how we can turn on the taps and empty them. If anyone is experiencing any worries please come and talk to the Year 6 Team.
This morning we launched our summer project – who would you put on a banknote? Children had to consider who they would put on a new banknote, anti-forgery techniques and different denominations. The class also started their summer read – The Boy at the Back of the Class. We read and discussed the first chapter before listing information about the main characters.
A lovely Spring Term Project Exhibition in Year 6 this morning. Children shared their writing from this term. After that, children and adults worked in two teams in a Victorian timeline race. Finally, everyone created their own Victorian cup & ball game.
Year 6 children visited our local area to assess the impact of an increasing population. They made observations and collected vehicle and litter data to using tally charts. After, they worked in groups to analyse their data and produced a report to share their results and conclusions. The children were able to clearly articulate the impact on the environment.
This morning Year 1 and Year 6 shared their library sessions. The younger children loved listening to the older children read them their stories. At the same time, Year 6 children enjoyed listening to the Year 1 children practise their developing reading skills.
This morning, Year 6 completed their geography fieldwork. Children were tasked to see the impact of population increasing in our local area. They did this by completing a vehicle tally chart and a litter tally chart. After this, children produced a report of their results and conclusions.
Year 6 pupils have made a fantastic start to their sculptures: manipulating wire to make a posed figure, creating a clay base and layering mod roc to shape them and increase stability. They will be decorating them to improve their aesthetic appearance. But we’re sure you’ll agree that they look great already!
Year 6 have completed the first stages of their sculptures this week: manipulating wire to make posed figures, building a base and layering with mod roc to shape them and increase stability. We still have the decorating stage to go, but think they are looking fantastic already!
Class 6 have been enjoying the sunshine whilst practising their shooting skills in basketball, and celebrating Iranian New Year by making these lovely flowers with Class 4
Our Year 5 and 6 Scientists, have been learning about photosynthesis. Marvelling at how plants take CO2 and water and turn them into glucose and oxygen using sunlight. They conducted a fascinating experiment with discs of spinach, syringes and a solution of baking soda.
Today Year 6 have had an excellent time at Capital One. The visit included a tour of the bank before focussing on careers. This focussed on hard & soft skills where a combination makes you highly employable. Children had to evaluate themselves with a range of skills. After this, groups had to create a skill robot from recycled waste. Well done to the winning group, who all received an Amazon voucher from Capital One.
This week, Year 6 have been busy learning basketball skills in the sun and decorating jars with the popular Victorian arts and craft technique, ‘decoupage’. A fantastic week of learning; what a great start to the half term!
What a brilliant trip to the National Justice Museum. Throughout the busy day, children learnt about Georgian & Victorian prison life including for female inmates before completing a crime scene investigation but using Victorian methods. The afternoon saw the class complete a cave tour before learning how to be archaeologist.
Class 6 have done some fantastic baking today including a visit to the kitchen and a talk with the school cook. We made Victorian inspired cakes by adapting a basic Victoria sponge recipe: they planned their sponge flavour, filling and decorations. We hope you enjoy tasting them at home!
As part of National Storytelling Week, Year 5 and Year 6 participated in an online workshop with award-winning author Tọlá Okogwu. The theme of the week is ‘Reimagine Your World’ and children worked with Tola to create their own superhero story. Tola discussed her writing process and how she formulates her own ideas into a story. It was amazing to see so many excellent ideas from the children.
Today Year 5 and 6 have been immersed in their new English unit by becoming crime scene investigators! They had to look for clues, take notes and come up with a possible hypothesis using the evidence, before finding out what it represented by reading the poem ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. We will be continuing to look at this from a different aspect next week and are impressed with the children’s enthusiasm so far.
In our history learning this afternoon, Year 6 have been developing their understanding of the journey of how women were finally allowed to vote. Children learnt how women started to spoil the census, among other activities as a method of protest. Finally, children constructed a timeline of the significant events.
This afternoon Year 6 continued their science learning about light. Children created viewfinders to test which materials reflect light the best. Throughout the session, children investigated a range of materials while also recording their observations accurately.
To launch our Victorian history learning, Year 5 and Year 6 children were visited by two time-travellers called Miss Fox and Mr Cook. Children questioned them to understand the similarities and differences between now and then.