To help cement our understanding of formal written methods of multiplication, the children have been engaging in several fun and interactive activities that allow them to share their knowledge and support each other. They really enjoying trying to reach the end of ‘The Gauntlet’ and we saw great improvement in their resilience throughout these tasks.
Author: William Stevens
8 children of our KS1 children were able to take part in an annual science workshop run by the science coordinators from across 4 of our partnership schools. Each school ran a small science workshop to teach children about different areas of science. There were rocket mice, bubble art, thaumatropes and static electricity sessions. The science ambassadors from year 6
We tested how we can create a mechanical advantage to lift heavy objects either using levers or a pulley system. We talked about how important these systems are in places which aren’t able to utilise expensive machinery or live in places where it isn’t possible to get those machines to where they are needed.
10 children from year 5 had the excellent opportunity of attending several workshops with our local PSCO to get a flavour of what it is like working for and with the police force. They investigated crime scenes and even conducted a mock trial!
We have been mixing with white, black and grey to great moody landscape paintings based on a Monet picture. Although we are only using one colour (blue or yellow) we are able to create a full landscape picture with lots of depth.
In geography we have been looking at how we can use 4 and 6-figure grid references to accurately pinpoint locations on a map. We found this quite tricky but worked well in teams to support each other in find different locations.
Year 5 have been testing differently shaped objects to see how quickly they can move through water and discussed how if we increase surface area, we can slow objects down. We then conducted similar experiments with differently sized parachutes to test the effects of air resistance
We have been working on improving our understanding of abstract nouns as well as exploring the different collective and partitive nouns we can use in our writing.
Year 5 were testing how far different toy cars would travel over different surfaces. We learned out how friction can slow objects down and discussed the importance of friction with relation to brakes and when walking.
After moulding clay pots at Compton Verney, the children of year 5 had the tricky task of painting their pots to look like authentic bronze. The showed excellent colour mixing skills to achieve great results.