Stanway Fiveways Primary School

This week we have had lots of fun at Forest School, exploring the exciting areas of the outdoor area. We have also started squash sessions, developing our skills in preparation for a tournament at The Garrison next term. 

The highlight of our week has been our visit to Duxford Imperial War Museum where we enjoyed seeing close up the aircrafts and vehicles used during the war. We had the opportunity to go on board a range of aircrafts and heard stories of war time heroes. It really was a day to remember.

We also finished writing our warning tale in English and continued programming our sprite as part of our computing unit. 

This week has been action packed from beginning to end. In Forest School we made  scones and cinnamon apple slices over a fire, built dens and enjoyed the delights of the open space. In DT we began building our WW1 inspired cams following the plans that we put together last week. We also had a fantastic Tag Rugby session with SCS practising our passing skills.  

This week Oak and Olive class enjoyed their last Forest School of the term. Among the outdoor activities the children made flowers from twigs, leaves and string. 

In English we began to innovate our information text called the Tree Giant and in Maths we worked on multi step problems and BIDMAS. In DT we began to assemble our war scene for our cams. 

It is safe to say that it has been an extremely busy and productive week in Year 6 :) 

We had such a busy end to the term which included finishing our WW2 cams, completing our Independent Information Text and taking part in Scary Hair Day for charity! We also received lots of wonderful projects from our Homework Menu which we displayed at the Open Classroom.

It has been a very eventful and productive term, filled with lots of learning experiences. We are now looking forward to a well earned Half Term break :) 

We have had a fantastic start to the new term, beginning our new Talk for Writing unit ( a Wishing Tale ) and looking at fractions in Maths. For PE we will be engaging in Invasion Games and Hockey with SCS. 

At the end of the week we had lots of fun during our WW2 Day where we had the opportunity to play games which children would have played during the war, such as dominoes and penny against the wall. We also made our own spitfire, learnt how first aid was administered to wounded soldiers, made a poppy for our Year 6 Remembrance wreath, learnt what rationing during the war looked like and practised how to mend and sew. 

It was really action packed! 

This week has seen us begin our Hockey sessions with SCS where we learnt to control and dribble the ball skillfully. We also built and tested circuits in Science and continued our learning of Fractions in Maths where we converted improper fractions to mixed numbers and vice vera. We ended the week taking part in Children in Need, wearing yellow and/or spots to raise money for a good cause. 

This week we handed in our shoeboxes filled with goodies for those less fortunate than us - everyone who handed one in received an Agents of Change stamp (Giving to a good cause) in their passport. We also began innvovating our Wishing Tale and looked at multiplying fractions in Maths. In Art we used charcoal and chalk to draw a pot and a tea cup, paying close attention to using smudge techniques to create dramatic shading. 

Well done to the group of children who attended Round 5 of The Roman Cup - they did extremely well and displayed excellent comraderie and teamwork. 

This week has seen us begin writing our Independent Wishing Tale ensuring that we follow the writing pattern and use our tools. We also carried out a Science experience where we looked at whether the length of the wire in a circuit affected the output of the components.

For us the highlight must be our Positive Noticing Day where we exchanged tags to show our gratitude towards one another. We all went home feeling very positive and appreciated :) 

This week we enjoyed Christmas lunch while wearing our Christimas jumpers. We also made an anonymous card for one of our friends - our attempt to save the environment by not giving all our friends a card. Alongwith with all the festive activities we continued to work hard to complete our Independent wishing tale and used bar models in maths to help us with our fractions work. In Art we enjoyed figure drawing and were delighted with the outcome. 

This week we have enjoyed working on a Dragons Den pitch as part of our persuasive writing unit. The children designed their own christmas toy and pitched their designs to the class. In Maths we looked at units of measurements and had fun measuring a range of objects including ourselves:) In Art we incorporated all the skills we have developed this term to create a World War 2 inspired picture based on Henry Moores work using charcoal and chalk. 

The children who represented us at the Roman Cup were awarded certificates for paritcipating - a huge well done to them all!

We also got into the festive spirit watching the panto at The Mercury Theatre- oh yes we did! Peter Pan and the crew were phenomenal! 

We started the new year with buckets of enthusiasm as we embarked on our new topic 'Brilliant Brazil'. In English we began our new unit of writing where we will be producing a balanced argument. We enjoyed completing our story map and short burst writing focussing on the writing tools. In Maths we have been working on ratio, where we explored the links with fractions and percentages. 

This term in DT we will be creating a Brazilian toy animal; in the first lesson we explored a range of different materials and  uncovered the origin of cotton and denim. 

It's a good thing that we have Yoga this term as part of our PE as the calm and relaxation was very welcome amidst our busy timetable! 

This week we have been busy finishing our Innovate writing before moving onto our Independent Balanced Argument. In Maths we have made fantastic headway with our new unit (Algebra). In Yoga we have continued working on our meditation skills and breathing exercises whilst in Computing we have continued coding. 

After a knowledge based lesson and one where we focussed on skills in DT we moved on to the deign stage for our Brazilian toy animal. Judging by the creative designs they are set to be fantastic!