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Year 5 spent some time learning about the International Space Station and how astronauts live on the station, such as how they go to the toilet in no gravity. They have spent some time designing new rooms to be added by NASA.

Year 6 have been researching Louis Sachar, the author of our class text ‘Holes’. Later in the week we will be using this research to help us write a biography on the author.

This week Year 6 started their Aztec Art work. The children drew Aztec faces with pencil then went over their pencil lines with PVA glue. Once the glue dried they then painted over their designs with black paint. Next week we will add gold and silver paint to me them look more authentic, creating the … Continue reading →

Year 6 had great fun in their first diamond painting club after school on Thursday.

Year 6 have been working on area & perimeter in maths this week. To support our learning we used cubes to help us understand the difference between area and perimeter. Some of us also carried out an in depth investigation.

The children have been coming up with ideas and inventions that will clean our oceans of plastic and other waste, and keep them clean thereafter.

The children in Sycamore Class have been working really hard on ratio and proportion this week. Some of the children completed investigations and some used cubes to help them understand the concepts.

This week in literacy the children have been working towards writing an independent diary entry. At the beginning of the week they looked at parts of the text ‘Holes’ by Stanley Yelnats again. They retrieved key information and vocabulary to help them write from the point of view of Stanley on the evening after digging … Continue reading →