Y6 enjoyed taking their learning further by challenging one another to some tricky conversions – fractions to decimals to percentages. Miss Appleton was very impressed!
Author: Carly Appleton
We made the most of a dry afternoon and took our spelling lesson outside. There are many ways to learn new spellings and spelling patterns but we enjoyed a skill and drill session.
On a very cold Saturday morning, the Girls’ football team and Mr Hancock made their way to Allesley Primary School for a cup tournament. They played 3 games: Game 1 they won against Allesley 1-0, Game 2 they drew 0-0 to Christ the King and Game 3 they won against Willenhall 1-0 to make it through to the final which
Children from Year 5 went to the Alan Higgs centre to take part in a Dodgeball competition. Their honesty, which is one of the main values that runs through the Sainsburys Games competitions, was paramount as referees were not allowed. The children played really well and we were impressed with how they behaved throughout the tournament.
The children visited the Richo Arena for the Wasps Netball Community Day. They were lucky enough to get to meet Jade Clarke who plays for England Netball team and helped the Roses win the Gold Medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was a great morning and the children thoroughly enjoyed the various activities on offer.
This week we have had many discussions about the North and South Pole. To ensure everyone had their chance to speak, we used the ball of string to pass around; only the person with the string could talk so we had to listen to each other carefully. As well as improving our communication skills we created some interesting string webs.
Year 6 have been investigating factors, multiples and prime numbers and applying their knowledge of fractions during a treasure hunt.
To launch our new topic, Frozen Kingdom, Year 6 had a visit from Simon Ward. He has been to the Arctic four times and Antarctica twice. The children had a brilliant day learning information about the poles, watching video clips from real life expeditions and working on their team building skills.
After learning about the different chambers of the heart and its functions, we dissected some pigs’ hearts and then looked at how the heart, lungs and oesophagus are joined together.
We carried out an experiment to see if our resting heart rates had an impact on how fast we could run and measured the increase in our beats per minute after strenuous exercise. We discovered a general trend that if you have a lower resting heart rate, you can run faster and your heart rate does not increase as much