Y3 ‘Comic Life’ launch
Y3 had a great morning at Bill Quay Primary, joining with them in launching our ‘Comic Life’ topic for after Easter. This theme will be running through our LITERACY and TOPIC – comics will help the children improve their writing, as well as inspire topic opportunities. Alongside an extended piece of writing, they will produce a comic strip, the best of which will be published!...
Read MoreStep inside a Hindu Temple with Year 5!
Today Y5 went on their annual visit to a Hindu Temple to develop their awareness of other people’s beliefs. The children discovered that there were several places of worship serving different religions close by to the Temple and therefore people from different communities live side by side. We finished our visit with a delicious Indian meal which one...
Read MoreYear 6 Electronics with Emmanuel
Year 6 have begun our participation in a programme of Electronics lessons with Mr Peterson, a teacher from Emmanuel College. He and a technician from the college led a fabulous first session for us on Tuesday. We are told that we will eventually be making moving, controllable robots! Very exciting stuff, we can’t wait for the next session.
Read MoreShakespeare in Year 6
Year 6 have been working on our project “Shakespeare’s World”. We have completed some brilliant work in our brainbuilder books, some of which is on display in our classroom. We have focused on the play Romeo and Juliet and in December we will be performing it for our parents (dates to follow). We have made swords and learned how...
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… at the models Y5 made at the Baltic. Can you identify which items of 1980s technology they have...
Read MoreModelling at the Mill!
Today Y5 spent the morning at the Baltic Arts Centre. Did you know that the building was built in 1950 as a flour mill? It employed hundreds of people until it closed in November 1982. Now it is an international centre for contemporary art!The purpose of the visit was to take part in a model making workshop linked to our topic Modern Britain. Natalie, an artist at the Baltic, led the session....
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