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28 June 2017

Messy Maps

Year 6 have started looking at the significance of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer as to where rainforests develop. Pupils worked in groups to study one continent that has a rainforest looking at the physical features and the positioning on Earth.

The maps they…

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16 June 2017

Den Building Day

In order to raise money to help the people of Nepal rebuild their lives and homes after the 2015 earthquake, the children had a go at building their own dens. We imagined what is would be like to have everything around us destroyed and to be forced to live in a makeshift shelter. Plus it was lots…

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Image of Den Building
16 June 2017

Den Building

In order to raise money to help the people of Nepal rebuild their lives and homes after the 2015 earthquake, the children had a go at building their own dens.

We imagined what is would be like to have everything around us destroyed and to be forced to live in a makeshift shelter. Plus it was…

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14 June 2017

Outdoor Art Exhibition

This year we have been promoting outdoor learning across the curriculum. The children have been working hard to create a piece of outdoor art for our exhibition. Thank you to all the parents who popped in! 

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11 June 2017

Bird Nesting Boxes

The bird boxes that the children in KS2 made, are up and about in the school grounds. Keep your eyes open for any comings and goings as bird nesting season is from February until August. I hope the birds like our boxes and have a safe home to lay their eggs.

Let's see what types of birds we can…

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29 May 2017

Woodland Trust Silver Award

Well done to everyone! We have now achieved the Woodland Trust Green Tree School Silver Award! To achieve this we have been taking part in lots of outside learning. We all visited our local woodland area, showed we cared for our environment and the Outdoor Club have been completing lots of outdoor…

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24 May 2017

Pupil Prime Minister

Pupil Prime Minister

As a snap election was called for by Theresa May, we have been learning about the British Parliamentary system.  We all believe that democracy is vital to create a fair society. Although year six pupils are unfortunately too young to vote, we decided to create our own…

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18 May 2017

North V South

This week we started our new topic of 'North V South' where we will be studying the continents of North and South America.

Today we started by learning about the states of North America. We then had a competition as to which group could name and locate the most in only 6 minutes. 

Well done…

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17 May 2017

Outdoor Club Photography

During outdoor club this week, we became photographers. Using the new iPads, we decided to take photos of some of our favourite natural things from different perspectives.

This made for some very interesting pictures. 

Take a look at our work.

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12 May 2017

SATs Party

Well done to all our Year Sixes. You have worked so hard to show what you can do this week. I am very proud of you all.

On Friday afternoon, we celebrated by having a party. Lots of fun was had and not a SATs paper in sight. 

Have a fun weekend! You all deserve it! 

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10 May 2017

Class Novel Gets 5 Star Rating!

After finishing this class novel, we have awarded Holes by Louis Sachar, 5 stars! We all LOVED it!

As a treat for working so hard this week in their SATs, the children will be able to watch Disney's version of Holes to compare the book with the film. 

 

Here are some of the comments…

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3 May 2017

SATs Week

Year 6 Homework

Friday 5th May 

We are now in the last few days before SATs and it is vital that you use your time this weekend wisely. This is your homework for this weekend. Please complete as many of these activities as possible.

  • Ride your bike/scooter
  • Read a book
  • Watch your…
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