Class Six

Learning with Liverpool Crucial Crew.

On Friday we spent the morning with Liverpool Crucial Crew learning skills and gaining knowledge to help us stay safe as we prepare to migrate to secondary school.
We took part in various workshops including staying safe by rivers and lakes, what good behaviour looks like on public transport and how bad behaviour can impact our lives forever if we get into trouble with the police. We also learnt how our bodies and senses can react when we drink alcohol or take drugs and the dangerous impact smoking and vaping can have on our bodies before finishing the morning writing our own affirmations about how amazing we are.

Class 6 Art

This term we have been researching the artist William Morris and creating artwork inspired by his beautiful prints. We designed various types of art from our own patterns to illuminated letters. For our final piece we created a print design then block printed it using different skills like carving and rolling the paint to build our repeated patterns. We finished by evaluating our work to see what worked well and what we may change next time.

World Book Day

Class 6 looking great in their costumes today. We read a book called Three Little Vikings, a story about 3 brave little vikings who defeated a Monstrous Troll. We then designed a poster with our own Monster and created a plan inspired by a traditional tale before putting our own twist on it. Finishing the day with a fun game of kahoot based on….you guessed it, Fairy tales.

Starstruck

Class 6 were privileged to attend a book signing with the brilliant author Frank Cottrell-Boyce. We were treated to a book reading by Frank and he talked about his childhood and his inspirations before signing copies of his new book for us.

Spanish

We’re recapping verbs today, compiling sentences and questions in groups then sharing them with the class. We then moved on to test our food knowledge with a fun game of noughts and crosses.

Diversity Day

This Diversity Day we discussed a poem called Alone. We explored what we thought it meant and the message it was giving.
“I think it’s telling us we can’t go through life alone.” ”I think it’s saying it doesn’t matter how rich you are you can still feel alone.” These are just some of the thoughts we had in class. We then wrote some poems of our own based around friendship after choosing the question ‘Can friendships always solve every problem?’. We have some fantastic poets in class 6.
Finally we read a book called Be Kind and asked ourselves what kindness looks like and how we show it. Some children said that it doesn’t take big actions or gestures to show kindness, we can show it by saying Thank You or just by giving someone a smile.

English

We have been researching key facts about Wolves this week and debating whether they should be re-introduced into the wild. We discussed many reasons for and against and had great debates.

All That Jazz

In music this week we looked at Jazz facts and learnt about its origins and inspiration. We then built on our syncopation and improvisation skills. Take a look at some of our videos on Seesaw…

POWER

Class 6 have learnt how we react to competitive situations during a game of dodgeball this week. We discussed some negative reactions like blame, criticism and some positive reactions including encouragement and compromise. We then talked about which ones we experienced during the game. We learnt that some of these reactions (whether good or bad) can have an impact on the way we play.

It’s All About Balance

Class 6 have been working in pairs to show how we can use our bodies to support each other. We then made bigger groups and improvised, showing how many balance sequences we could create. We had to have trust in each other, listen to instructions and communicate in order for us to be successful.

Computer Programming

Class 6 are building a programme to create an interactive, playable game using conditionals, variables and operators. We were inspired by the late 1970s game Space Invaders for our design.

English Hook

We’ve been looking at clues and exploring words and phrases to make predictions for our new English story.

POWER Sessions

We started our POWER sessions today where we will learn all about the importance of fitness and how our body reacts to it. Over the weeks we will support and develop our physical, social and emotional well-being.
We completed some activities to show how we were feeling, how our heart rate reacts to exercise and challenged our knowledge on body parts.

Diversity Day

For this Diversity Day we read a book called The Colour Thief. It’s a story about depression, love, family, hope and the impact depression has on a family, told from a child’s perspective. It uses the metaphor ’Colour Thief’ to help us understand how depression can drain the joy and vibrant colour from a persons life, making their world seem grey and hopeless. We reflected on things that may make us feel worried or depressed and talked about how we overcome them. 
We performed a small assembly in class to showcase all we had learnt and shared experiences and tips for helping us when we feel sad or worried. You can watch this on seesaw. 

Computing – Spreadsheets

We have worked very hard this half term to think about how information can be organised into a spreadsheet. We thought about the formatting and how formula can be used to calculate totals and averages.

Panto Fun

We were treated to a pantomime at The Unity Theatre this week and what fun we had!

The celebration of Los Reyes

We have a previous class 6 student here today teaching us about the celebration of Los Reyes (of the kings) and showing us some Spanish Christmas traditions. We looked at some traditions foods and discussed any similarities between Christmas here and Spain.

Chester

We visited Chester to see why it’s a tourist destination and to assess the human and physical features of the area.

Pixel Art

Today in computing, we have created pixel art by formatting instructions. First we set rules to send colour to the cells in our spreadsheet and assign each colour to a different number. Then we created our pixel art using this chart. Working as a team we have produced some brilliant art.

Whole School Choir

The Pleasant Street Primary School choir lit up the Liverpool Royal Hospital with their amazing energy and cheerful voices, turning the hospital into a mini concert and spreading smiles everywhere!

Cooking with Food For Thought

Class 6 enjoyed a cookery class with Food For Thought. We got the chance to show off our cutting skills we’d previously learnt in our D.T topic and also learnt some new skills. We explored some new foods and once we’d chopped, grated and squeezed all our ingredients we got to taste our delicious chicken curry.

Human Electrons

In Class 6 we are using our bodies to show how electricity is made from moving particles called electrons. We created a domino effect to show how the electrons move back and forth.

Cross Country – Cross Challenge Event

Well done to four of our pupils from Y5 and Y6 who represented Liverpool in the Cross Challenge Event at Sefton Park on Saturday 22nd November. We are very proud of your achievements!

LFC Foundation

Class 6 had a great morning doing activities with Sam from the LFC Foundation. We started by painting the things that make us happy then created a collage of letters to be displayed at LFC along with other children’s work from schools around Liverpool.

Electrical Components

Today we worked in groups to match descriptions and symbols of electrical al components before making our own fact files.

What time is it?

In Spanish this morning we’re testing our knowledge of time. Working in pairs and challenging each other. We’ve also enjoyed some friendly competitions.

Predictions

In class 6 today we are looking at items from our new English book and making predictions. We have had some fantastic discussions and ideas about the items we’ve seen and now we’re writing our thoughts down. Will our predictions be correct?

Diversity Day Assembly

This afternoon we enjoyed an assembly that celebrated some of the work classes completed on Diversity Day. Class Five explained the Windrush Generation after reading ‘Coming to England’ by Floella Benjamin. They considered the range of emotions that may have been felt on the journey to England and how the new arrivals to the country settled. Their performance and discussions were excellent and they made links to some of our school values; resilience, respect and resourcefulness.

Reception then performed a verse from the poem ‘I Rise’. We were very proud of how confident the children were reciting the poem with actions in front of the whole school.

Our assembly was completed by a pupil in Y6, who performed her own original poem, based on ‘I Rise’. Her thought-provoking words reminded people that they can achieve anything if they put their mind to it.

Diversity Day

Today Class 6 read a poem called ‘I Will Rise’ about beating difficult challenges and struggles that may happen in our lives. We discussed what we thought the poem meant and the message it was giving us. After formulating our question for further discussions we wrote our own poems.

WW11 Propaganda

Class 6 are talking about propaganda today. We’re looking at various posters that were used by the government during the war to persuade people into thinking or acting a certain way to help with the war effort. We compare the two pictures below and talk about which one sends out the most positive message in order to encourage people.

Class 6 Python Coding with Edublocks.

Over the past few lessons Class 6 have been investigating how to use Python coding, children have started off using Block based coding before moving on creating code using text. Children explored how to create different coloured backgrounds, use repeat loops to create shapes and use variables and lists to ask and answer questions.   

Poetry in Motion

We were treated to a master class in poetry by the Liverpool born poet Levi Tafari. He shared some of his poetry and inspired us to write our own poems about DIVERSITY, something which we’re very proud of here at Pleasant Street.

Levi Tafari

We were very lucky to be visited by Levi Tafari and Jenny from LLP today. Our KS2 children enjoyed a fantastic assembly listening to a live poetry performance by Levi and discussions about diversity, inclusion and equality. Y6 then enjoyed a poetry workshop.

Blood and its components

Class 6 are replicating blood in science to show all the components blood is made up of. We are discussing the function of the red and white blood cells, plasma and the platelets.

Rainy Days

Rainy days can only mean one thing! Let the games begin…

Netball Skills

Class 6 demonstrating their amazing netball skills today with some friendly competition. Learning valuable skills in teamwork and team building.

Musical Texture

We looked at how musicians add texture to their songs and the equipment used in order to do this. We then used the famous Cup song to show how we can add our own music to it using drumsticks. We made our own beat using semi quavers for the first time.

Heart Exploration

We used lamb’s hearts in this week’s in our science lesson to take a closer look at the workings of it and to explore the similarities to a human heart. We identified the valves, atriums, arteries, ventricles and the aorta. Some of us were a little squeamish but most of us found it fascinating.

The Heart

In today’s lesson we had the chance to observe a lambs heart. We looked at the heart to compare how it is similarities to the human heart. We noticed the 4 chambers and the aorta and then we had the opportunity to hold the heart to take a closer look. Some of us used the opportunity to feel inside the heart, observing valves, chambers and veins. Well done Year Six!

I want to be…

In Spanish today we’re talking about what we want to be in the future. We played a game where we had to translate and match the English words to the Spanish ones. We ended our lesson learning about some commands and the actions that are associated with them.

Scientific Demonstrations

Class 6 are demonstrating how the heart sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs where they oxygenate it then send it back to the heart through the left atrium before moving to the left ventricle and pumping it around the body through the aorta. We’re learning how hard our heart is working without us even noticing.

Relaxation

Class 6 are finishing the day with some relaxation in yoga. We used our root chakra bear Mula to introduce ourselves and shared the things that make us happy.

Spanish

In our first Spanish lesson of class 6 today we recapped on our vocabulary skills showing how good our retention skills are.

English Hook

Class 6 today looked at some items in our English lesson today. We had some great class discussions about what we thought the items were and who they may belong to. We’re excited to find out what our story will be…

Diversity Day

Today year 6 have read a book called What do you do with a problem? We talked about different problems we may face and how they can affect us. We then had a discussion about the different ways we can deal with our problems and shared this with the school in our afternoon assembly.

Evening Mindfulness Activities

To finish off our day, we took a walk around the grounds taking in the beautiful views, listening to stories and finishing up with some pupils leading yoga.

Low Ropes and Zip Line

A great time was had by all on the low ropes and on the zip line this afternoon after a delicious lunch.

Via Ferrata

Another group took to the ropes today, taking on both routes on the Via Ferrata, a real test of skill and bravery. Well done everyone!

Paddle boarding

All three groups took to the Menai Strait today to take part in some paddle boarding. Some great team work and communication on display as they navigated the water, encountering some jellyfish and lots of seaweed!

Y6 Residential – Day One

The children have arrived safely at the residential and got stuck straight into their activities. Two groups enjoyed the challenge of Via Ferrata which involved navigating across an iron path. Group three demonstrated excellent team work, on the low ropes and zip wire. Before they go to bed the children are enjoying one final activity as a whole class, completing the night line walk.

Family BBQ

A big thank you to everyone who attended our family BBQ last week. A great time was had by all and we managed to raise over £1000 which will help school funds. We were also able to make a donation to Shy Lowen Sanctuary, where lots of our children have attended over the years. We cannot wait until our next event.

LFC Foundation

Today we were celebrating what we have learnt over the past few weeks. The children all received certificates and were happy to share their experiences on what they learnt. They have high hopes to begin to use these skills in their every day life and especially when they go to high school.

Happy Minds

Class 6 have been taking part in a well-being programme at LJMU for the past 4 weeks. We have been exploring our past selves, present selves and future selves and even left some wise words for our schools future class 6’s.
From arts, crafts to grounding and meditation we have delved deep into ourselves to find out what really makes us tick and how we can regulate our feelings through sight and touch.

Street Art

Class 6 have been learning all about graffiti art and this morning we took a tour to look at some local artwork. We talked about the artwork, the artists and the messages we thought the artwork was giving us. We then created some work in pairs to show which pieces we liked and write our own opinions of why we liked them.

Spanish Cuisine

Today Class 6 are setting out the recipe for Gazpacho in steps. In preparation for when we make it in our future lessons. We talked about the best ingredients to use and watched how a professional makes it for some tips.

Kin-Ball Fun

Class 6 have been enjoying a morning of Kin-Ball at John Moores University. While having great fun, they’ve showed their competitiveness and teamwork skills. 

Diversity Day

For this term’s Diversity Day we read a book called ‘The Little Refugee’ about a boy who showed courage and resilience to help him survive. His hope, positivity and hard work helped him build a happy future for himself and his family. Class 6 talked about their thoughts on the book and we compiled a question ‘Do you need resilience to be patient?’ Where we put our thoughts to paper. We finished the day by celebrating our school and showing why we’re a school of sanctuary.

We can see a rainbow!

Today in class 6 we have been experimenting with prisms and a light source. We observed how the beam from our light source refracted off each face of the prism as it passed through, dispersing into its component colours.

Yoga Time

Class 6 enjoyed some yoga time today after working hard on their SATS.

Diversity Day

This diversity day Class 6 read the book ‘My Princess Boy.’ A story about acceptance and support. This real life story shows us that by talking about our fears of being different, we can set things in motion where we can show (and help others to show) understanding and support.

Compassion takes effort, focus and commitment and the more time we take to understand peoples differences, the better we can support them and help others to accept their differences. We talked about what diversity means to us and discussed our question, ‘do you need to be different to be loved?’

YOGA

Class 6 are enjoying another term of yoga and today we are talking about what made us happy during the term break with the help of Mula the Root Chakra bear.

Computing- Digital Art

Year 6 have been looking using Pro create and apple pencils to make a digital piece of art work. Children spent some time getting used to the application and how the apple pencil worked, selecting different brushes and exploring other additional features. Children then moved onto creating their digital piece of artwork by using an example drawing from their Sketch books.  

We adapted a piece of writing, ready for our recording of our podcasts.

Today in Class 6 we were choosing from our books what topic we would like to talk about in our podcasts. We focused on practicing our speaking against the success criteria and adapting the writing for recording.

Exploring examples of religious art in the Christian faith.

Today in Class 6 we worked in pairs to explore examples of religious art in the Christian faith. We then worked in small groups to learn about how the paintings are inspired by stories from the Bible and Jesus.

Spanish Numbers

Today class 6 are recognising and writing numbers up to 1 million. We worked in groups to talk about our selected number and combined our Spanish skills to write it down before presenting it to the class.

Diversity Day

This diversity day class 6 read a book called ‘The Proudest Blue.’ About a girl who overcome negativity with the support of her family, friends and most of all, pride in herself. She went on to become an Olympic medalist showing us how we can overcome sadness and fear by celebrating who we are.

Predictions in our English lesson

Today in Class 6 we were using the Hook to make our predictions on a variety of pictures from a story. They were asked to work as a class making predictions together and then make their own predictions in their books.

Computing

In computing today, class 6 have used a sequence of codes to show the iteration of their shapes. They also used RGB value to present their shapes in an array of colours.

Classification Keys

After finding out about the work of Carl Linnaeus, we worked together to produce some classification keys to help people identify the liquorice allsorts.

Classification

It’s all about classification in Science this term! Class 6 were using dolly mixtures to demonstrate how we classify things in life. We came up with some good questions to help us understand classifications!

Can we express Religion in Arts, Architecture, Charity and Generosity?

Today Class 6 were learning to understand if it’s better to express Religions through Arts and Architecture or Charity and Generosity.

Self-Assessment on British Values

Today in Class 6 we were talking about “A world without judgement” and how our British Values help us to live out our everyday lives and how we can all live together in cohesion.

Class 6 Music

Class 6 were composing Jazz melodies on their Glockenspiels today! Some of us combined a variety or rhythms together which is called Syncopation! We heard some fantastic new ways of learning and Syncopation today in class!

Gymnastics

Class 6 are learning gymnastic skills today and one of the children is showing us how it’s done.

Art

We have loved our William Morris topic and were very impressed with our finished prints. We evaluated our own work and the work of ours, commenting on the designs, print quality and colour choice.

Kin-Ball Class Trip

Class 6 went to the University today to play a game of Kin-Ball with a few other schools. They all had a lot of fun and loved their time at the University.

Ratios with a difference

This week in maths we’ve been working on ratio. To show its diversity we used chocolates as an example. We were able to show the ratio relationship between the different types of chocolates in that box. After lots of hard work creating our ratio tables we got to some chocolate as a treat. Great result.

Living Things and their Habitats

We started a new Science topic this week. We discussed our prior knowledge of Living Things and their Habitats before working together to decide on ways to sort animal cards.

Drawing and Printing

As our Art topic has progressed some of us have spent time before school drawing natural objects and experimenting with different media. In our art lesson, we experimented with pens and pencils to make marks in polystyrene before completing a test print. We can’t wait to finish our final pieces!

Young Artists

Class 6 are using various ways to draw on inspiration for our William Morris led designs. We are using real plants, artificial plants, online ideas and our own imagination to build our design. We are bringing them to life using different mediums and techniques.

The One and Only Elvis

Class 6 enjoying the Rock n Roll sounds of Elvis Presley today in Listen and Appraise. We listened to Suspicious Minds and showed off some interesting moves in the process.

Yoga Time

This afternoon in Yoga, class 6 are sharing what makes them happy with the help of Mula, our happiness bear.

English Hook

Today Class 6 examined various objects during our English lesson and made predictions on what the objects where, who used them, why they used them and where.

Ratio Language

Class 6 looked at ratios in maths today, learning new vocabulary and using ratios in fractions. We are excited to learn more on ratios so watch this space.

Diversity Day

In Diversity Day yesterday class 6 looked at a story called ‘What do you do with a problem?’ We talked about how our problems are not as bad as we think and if we confront them (usually by talking to someone about them) we can overcome them. We explored different problems we might come across and helped each other find ways to solve them.
We reflected privately on the story then shared our reflections before choosing our question of the day… ‘Do you always need to overcome your fears?’

All that Jazz!

Class 6 are discussing all things Jazz in music today. We revisited where Jazz originated and its influence on music as a whole. We explored the different notes used in Jazz.

All Things Space

Class 6 visited The Schools Observatory Team at John Moores University yesterday and we talked about all things Space. We learnt about nebulas, black holes, asteroids, galaxies and much more. We done activities to show the distance between earth, the moon, the sun and Jupiter. One of our children correctly identified an asteroid in a sea of stars and gave his reasons. Then we finished off with some question and answers. We had a fantastic morning and got to bring some exciting books back for our school library.

Components and Circuits

Today in science we constructed a circuit on our iPads using a list of components. Some of the components we used included battery, wire, switch and bulb. We constructed multiple circuits using different components each time.

Nighlights

Class 6 have been using crumbles to create night lights. We looked at how we can program a crumble to display different coloured lights, children then researched different styles of night lights and create their own design on the net of a 3D shape . Using a crumble kit, children were able to code the crumble to use different coloured lights to get their nightlight to light up!  

Multi Sports Programme

Class 6 took part in the Multi Sports Programme at John Moore’s University yesterday. We learnt new skills in football and netball, playing alongside students at the university.

Spanish Time

In class 6 this morning we are learning the time in Spanish. We are working in groups and displaying excellent teamwork to organise different times of the day.

Electrical Components

Today we worked together to match the descriptions, symbols and images to recap our understanding of electrical components.

Spooky Science

Y6 enjoyed some spooky science lessons at Liverpool University this week, making potions, finding out about anti-bodies, observing bugs under microscopes and finding out about proteins. We loved the hands-on sessions with the experts!

Class 6 Computing

Class 6 have been finishing off their space invaders games. Today we recapped if statements, variables and loops and focused on consolidating our knowledge from the last 2 lessons to add in ‘power ups’ for children to gain bonus lives and time. Children then had time to test out their code and debug any problems that they might have found.

Year 6 Science

Today, class 6 had a great discussion about white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and plasma and the roles they play in our body.

Planning Our Diary

This morning in English we are planning Rose Blanche’s diary in our own words. We have studied the story and now we’re using our comprehension skills to create our plan, using keywords and illustrations from various events.

SPAG-Parenthesis

We worked on parenthesis in English today and had some great discussions, giving examples. We then extended our comprehension skills by retrieving information from a written text.

Circulatory System

We’re all heart in science this week. We can demonstrate how the heart and lungs carry oxygenated and deoxygenated blood back and forth around the body. We also had a closer look at the heart using lambs hearts and successfully identified the veins and arteries. We also carried out experiments to show how the blood coagulates to help our cuts heal.

Composing

In class 6 Music today, we are composing rhythms and getting musically creative.

Class 6 Coding

This morning class 6 started a new unit of work, Today we focused on laying the ‘foundations’ ready to start develop our game during the next lesson, children designed a series of backgrounds in to show at the beginning of the program and designed and coded a character to move left and right on the screen.

Jolly Hockey sticks

Wow! Class 6 have been showing off with their fabulous hockey skills this afternoon. Working in teams and in pairs learning control.

Yoga

First yoga class of the new year for class 6. We talked about our favourite things we done in the summer and revisited some poses to relax us.

The Circulatory System

This afternoon in Science class 6 looked at how our circulatory system works. We used ourselves as the heart, blood, oxygen and other organs to show the journey they take around our body and how they work.

Making Predictions

In class 6 this morning we are looking at the hook items from our English story and making predictions on who the girl may be in the picture and where she may be going…

Place Values

Today in class 6 we are looking at numbers up to 1,000,000. We are sorting the place values and retrieving previous skills for this task.

Spanish Recall

Today we are re-capping on our Spanish knowledge and vocabulary. We worked in teams to talk about things we like to do, our birthdays and our family.

Diversity Day

In Diversity Day yesterday class 6 read the book ‘Can I Build Another Me?’ It’s a story about a boy who builds a robot version of himself. We discussed whether we should all be the same and why it’s important that we have differences so we can learn from each other. We then created pieces of work to show how we’re all different and how we like (and dislike) different things.

Thank you!

We were so grateful to one of our Y6 pupils who decided to choose a selection of books for the school library to help other love reading as much as her. Thank you to you and your family for such a generous gift, we wish you every success for the future!

Spanish Cooking

In Class 6 Spanish we are comparing our school days to those in Spain. We looked at the different dishes they eat and how they use familiar ingredients in different ways. We are learning how to make Gazpacho-a spicy soup made of vegetables, eaten cold. We are writing out the recipe in English and translating it to Spanish.

Water Safety

Thank you to our visitors teaching us the importance of staying safe in and around water. We learnt techniques how to keep ourselves safe and what to do if we see anyone in need of help.

Graph Work

We used the data we collected in our experiment last lesson to produce a graph today. We were able to scientifically show that the closer our object moved towards the light source, the bigger the shadow became.

Going Shopping in Spanish

Today in Spanish we are working in groups to buy items. We are asking a series of questions and using the euros to pay. We have enjoyed playing shop and learnt new vocabulary along the way.

Understanding and Explaining Shadows

Today in class 6 we have been explaining our understanding of shadows. We have seen how shadows change as the earth moves around the sun and conducted our own experiments to show how the shadow of an object gets bigger the closer it gets to the light source.

Shadows

This week we spoke about shadows and how they are formed. We then worked in small groups to see how changing the distance between the light source and object changes the size of a shadow.

Y6 Celebration

To celebrate the hard work and effort the children have put into preparing for SATS exams was rewarded with an ice-cream in the sunshine. Well done Year 6, we are very proud of your hard work and positive attitude!

Badminton Skills

Class 6 are showing off new skills in P.E today. Learning all about badminton and working in teams for some friendly competition.

Maths Revision

This week we became the SATs markers for the day and worked in pairs to mark some papers. We offered some friendly advice when we noticed that some questions had been answered incorrectly.

Y6 SATS

Y6 Pupils will be taking part in SATS exams this week, please remember that all pupils can attend Breakfast Club for free all week and we ask that all pupils are in school by 8:30am at the latest so that they can relax with friends before the start of the test.

Monday – Spelling Punctuation and Grammar

Tuesday – Reading

Wednesday – Maths Papers 1 and 2

Thursday – Maths Paper 3

Dining out in Spain

Today in Class 6 we are ordering meals at a restaurant in Spanish. We are learning that different cultures ask for things in different ways and that body language and the tone of our voice is just as important.

Measuring Shadows in Science

In Class 6 Science this afternoon we took the opportunity to go outside in the beautiful sunshine to measure our shadows. We chalked a starting point then worked in pairs to draw our outline. We went outside a while later to compare them as the sun (our light source) moved around.

Beaumaris Gaol

During our visit to Anglesey, we went to Beaumaris and took the opportunity to experience what a Victorian Jail was like for the inmates. We were shocked to see some of the punishments given to inmates, discovered interesting facts about how water was filtered in the jail grounds and were a little spooked by some of the ghostly tales!

Singing around the Camp Fire

Tonight we finished off our day with a camp fire. Mr Curry played some songs on the guitar and we sang some of our favourites from music lessons and choir club. Before we went back to the accommodation, we talked about things that we are grateful for, shared our favourite part of the trip and discussed what we are most proud of whilst we have been here.

Paddle Boarding

Group 3 tried some paddle boarding this afternoon. The weather conditions meant that some children managed to stand up on their boards!

Low Ropes and Zip Wire

Group 2 enjoyed the low ropes and the zip wire this afternoon, some of them facing their fears to climb obstacles that were pretty high up!

Gorge Scrambling

Group 1 enjoyed a full day activity today, Gorge Scrambling. They explored rugged rocky ravines and their flowing streams and icy pools. They worked brilliantly together to get through the challenges, encouraging each other every step of the way!

Via Feratta

Group 3 enjoyed a morning climbing a Via Feratta (Iron Path). They showed bravery and resilience as they faced their fears and they worked brilliantly together as a team.

Paddleboarding

Group Two enjoyed a morning on the water, paddle boarding. The headed down to the Menai Strait in their wet suits and jumped into the very chilly water. After getting to grips with the basics of turning, spinning and trying to travel in a straight line, they walked up the shore and travelled back to the beach. It was great to see some brilliant teamwork on display, helping each other to get into the safety equipment and encouraging each other on the boards.

Anglesey Update

This morning, some of us enjoyed a brisk walk around the beautiful grounds of the National Trust property next to our adventure centre. We enjoyed taking in our surroundings as we walked along the Menai Strait. We then all enjoyed a delicious breakfast. Today groups are enjoying gorge scrambling, paddle boarding, via ferreta, low ropes and the zip wire. We will post some more updates this evening.

Day One – Anglesey Residential

Class 6 are having a brilliant time on their residential. Today the groups have enjoyed time on the zip wire, low ropes, paddle boarding and completing Via Ferrata. We then headed out for our last activity of the day – The Night Line which was a real test of teamwork skills! Our wifi signal isn’t great so we will update as and when we can. The children are having a great time, even in the wind and the rain!

Stretching and Balancing

In Yoga this afternoon we stretched our bodies, practised balancing and finished off with some relaxation.

Algebra

Class 6 are impressing us today with their Algebra work. They are challenging themselves and learning new vocabulary along the way.

All About Eyes

Today Class 6 have been discussing all things eyes. We have learnt how our eyes work and how to label the different parts. ?

Dual Narrative

Building our dual narrative for The Witch and Hansel or Gretal in our English book based on the fairytale of Hansel and Gretal. Using new vocabulary and extended noun phrases to bring our writing to life.

Bar Models and Pie Charts

Class 6 are impressing us with their newfound skills in pulling data from a bar model or pie chart to help categorise the information.

Rhythm and Blues

Class 6 are composing their own blues songs relating to events in their own lives. Great teamwork and some budding songwriters.

Finding Features of the Text

We used the story of Hansel and Gretal to help find examples of expanded noun phrases, verbs and adverbs to enhance meaning and profiles of each character.

Science Week

In celebration of Science week we seen how experiments are conducted and had a brilliant lesson exploring time and its significance in history. We performed a task to show how living things can become extinct through evolution.

Science Day!???‍??

For science day we had a special visit from Mr Stanley. We enjoyed watching Mr Stanley perform lots of different exciting experiments. We learned lots of new things about solids, liquids and gasses and much more!

World Book Day

We have had great discussions in class today on some interesting books and watched a live stream where the author John Patrick Green told us all about his ideas for his books and his inspiration for becoming an author.

Improvising

Class 6 made some impressive music from the glockenspiels this week. We improvised using C D E F G A B C and our musical skills shone through.

Light Sources

In science this week, Class 6 are looking at different sources of light and how it travels. We demonstrated how light travels in straight lines and used symbols to create scientific sentences to show the links between the light sources and objects.

First Impressions

Today in English we are looking at the hook items for our next English story and making predictions. We also discussed our first impressions as a class and heard lots of great thoughts.

Internet Safety Day

Some of class 6 took part in an assembly at Anfield Stadium yesterday, all about staying safe online. We learnt new tips on how to make good choices when using online sites. We were also treated to tour of the stadium! What a great surprise!

Building a Biography

Today class 6 are researching information to build their biography of Earnest Henry Shackleton.

Earnest Henry Shackleton

In English today we are converting sentences to passive voice and using new vocabulary we have learnt, thesaurus’s and dictionary’s to find synonyms from a modelled text.

Multiplying and Dividing

Class 6 have been looking at how we multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000 over the last two days. Using skills learnt to find the answer step by step.

Atmospheric Poems

This week in English, class 6 showed off their skills in figurative language to build an atmospheric poem. We have also showed how we can use semi-colons to extend our sentences.

Ratio and Fractions

We have extended our Ratio work this week by looking at Ratios and Fractions. We explored the differences and similarities between the two.

Classification Keys

In Science, we discussed classification keys and how they are used. We worked in groups to create classification keys using liquorice allsorts sweets. We used their features and characteristics to create our keys and then put them to the test. We discussed how questions needed to be clear and specific so that the key was clear and useful.

Maths

Today in maths, we compared Ratio to Fractions using ourselves and explored the language we can use to explain similarities and differences between the two.

Yoga

Great yoga class yesterday. We revisited some past poses and done some stretching.

Ratios

Class 6 are studying all things Ratios this morning. We are understanding ratio language.

Living things and their habitats

We started a new topic this week, living things and their habitats. We thought about our prior learning before thinking about how we could sort and classify animals.

First Impressions

Today in English we used AI as part of our hook to create the right atmosphere. We explored different items and had a class discussion on what we thought the items were used for. We then wrote our first impressions down.

Balancing Skills

In P.E this morning, Class 6 were using their teamwork skills to support each other.

Diversity Day

Class 6 explored emotions in diversity day. We looked at what depression is and ways of making ourselves and others feel better.

A Special Visitor

We had a very special visitor in school on party day, every class had the opportunity to visit the grotto and they left with some gifts.

Chester Trip

We enjoyed a trip to Chester as part of our Geography topic comparing the North West and the Mediterranean. Whilst there we looked at the features of the area and completed surveys and studies on land use and the reasons why people were visiting the area on the day.

Schools Observatory

A big thank you to Schools Observatory for inviting us to their Christmas Space Lecture. We had lots of fun and found out lots of new facts and information.

Electricity

This term the children have worked on an electricity topic. In lessons we have constructed circuits, found out about symbols and monitored the effect of adding components. A big thank you to Liverpool College who loaned us some voltmeters and to Mr Johnston who took the time to come in to explain PAT testing and showed us how he regularly tests equipment in school to keep us safe.

Telling the time in Spanish

We enjoyed using our prior knowledge to tell the time in Spanish lessons.

Art Work

In art class 6 have been researching different artists from Claire Caulfield to Lowry and their interpretations of urban areas. We took some pictures of local areas and today we are using skills we have learnt to draw them from our own perspectives.

Diversity Day – Moses

For Diversity Day we read the book Moses, a moving story of Harriet Tubman who bravely and selflessly led her people from slavery to freedom. We reflected (privately) on the story, formulated some questions and built on our ideas.

The Nowhere Emporium

The burning question today is who will get the copies of the sequel to Class 6’s whole class read book. We have never seen children so enthused about a series before.