Today in assembly I shared an image with the children.
What do you think?
What is the difference?
Why is there a difference?
How would you explain the difference?
Do you agree with the difference?
Year 6
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wishing all our families, and those in our community, a truly Merry Christmas. See you in 2019 ready for more learning.
Term starts at 8.50am on Tuesday 8th January. See you then.
Year 6 – WW2 leaders research
After our discussion in the morning about who the various nations leaders were during World War 2, there are some links below which you may want to use to:
1. Look at the websites below and decide which leader you would like to make a factfile about.
2. Using the sheet provided, create factfile. Remember we are not copying! Write the information down in your own words. We are particularly interested in what they did, and what impact they had on the course of the war.
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-leaders
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/war/leaders.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/mussolini_benito.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/people/adolf_hitler
http://primaryfacts.com/685/neville-chamberlain-facts-and-information/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/winston_churchill/
Number Crunch
Tonight, every class shared details of what multiplication looks like in their year group. Teachers, support staff and parents mingled as they shared strategies and tips.
Remember we all need to know our multiplication facts by heart and recall tables at speed and out of sequence.
Year 2 – 2, 5 and 10 tables
Year 3 – 3, 4, 9 and 11 tables
Year 4 – 6, 7, 8 and 12 tables
Year 6 – STEM afternoon
Year 6 spent the afternoon at St Clement Danes School where they took part in a STEM challenge and had the opportunity to go inside a planetarium. The children used a range of skills to support them during their STEM challenge and asked a range of high quality questions during the planetarium visit. Thank you to St. Clement Danes school for hosting and STEM ambassadors for organising.
STEM Week – health bodies, healthy minds
This week started with a bang (literally, with an exploding balloon) and finished in style! Everyone in school has been learning how to keep their bodies and minds healthy. Over this week there has been lots going on including . . . . .
- creating safeguarding posters
- teaching others about the NSPCC and what to do with a worry
- trying yoga
- mediating
- creating healthy snacks
- investigating the human digestive system
- learning how to keep safe online and how our words can hurt others
- bulb planting
- fruit tasting
- creating smoothies using bike powered smoothie makers
- reducing down drinks to discover amounts of sugar hidden inside
Remember to always talk about how you feel and share your worries. If you need any support please head to the NSPCC website or give them a call on 0800 1111.
Tea with Mrs T
This Friday’s ‘Tea with Mrs T’ was incredible. Learners from across school blew me away with the articulation of their learning. We had a modelled demonstration of maths using a hundred square, parts of stories read aloud, maths strategies explained and a collaborative learning story talked through.
The children listened to each others learning with genuine interest while enjoying a cup of hot chocolate. Congratulations to Robbie, Kieran, Lewis, Nathan, Gracie, Ella, Rowan, Jonathan, Klara and Aleksander.
Tea with Mrs T
It’s that time again . . . . the highlight of my week . . . tea with Mrs T. This week another eight learners came to share their learning and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate. We had a great time sharing learning and recognising that much of what makes learning successful is the same whichever class you are in.
Congratulations to Kieran, Evie, Flo, Aditi, Toby, Finn, Jayan and Harley.
Maple Cross School Parliament
This morning, members of school parliament and their teams went into classes to introduce themselves and share the Maple Cross goal – To improve our school and local environment. This is an extremely big challenge, so school parliament have decided to carry out set projects in classes and this morning they began listening to ideas of classes, as well as sharing some ideas they had thought about.
We are looking forward to hearing about the class projects in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you have any more ideas let your MP know or make a comment on the blog!
