Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items
Snow White production, by Mr Pearson
Date: 2nd Nov 2021 @ 2:23pm
A special treat for all the children today, Mrs Brown organised for a pantomime to come into school based on Snow White. All the children had a fantastic time.
Autumn 2nd half term, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 30th Oct 2021 @ 7:37pm
I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Monday with stories about your holidays.
We have an exciting event planned, in the afternoon we will get to experience all about 'The Americas' using the latest Virtual reality headsets. Permission forms and payment information is available on Scopay.
I have added this half terms subject organiser to the main part of our class page so you can see in more detail the topics we will be covering.
I will add this to the google classroom information as well.
Please keep checking back on the blog for information and pictures of our lessons, we love sharing them with you.
REMEMBER - Reading books to change on Monday please and PE kits. Swimming will continue to be on a Tuesday morning.
Mrs Catterall
Trafalgar Square sculpture, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 28th Oct 2021 @ 4:44pm
I thought I'd share this photo. It is of a sculpture I saw in Trafalgar Square
Does it remind you of an artist we looked at in Year 3? We made our own 3D sculptures using Modroc.
The artist we looked at was called Claes Oldenburg. This sculpture was created by Britush artist Heather Phillipson.
The Tower of London, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 28th Oct 2021 @ 4:36pm
I've had a busy few days in London. Unfortunately there wasn't many photos to be taken relating to our topic. I did get a good photo of a replica of 'The Rack' though.
I also found out some facts about the bridges near the Houses of Parliament. I'll tell you all about it next week as part of Parliament Week.
Hope you are having a great half term. See you Monday.
Happy half term holidays, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:04pm
Thank you to all the elephants and your families. We have had a fantastic first half term in school. Your enthusiasm has been infectious and you have all shone with your learning, aiming to be your best self. I wish you all a lovely half term. I'm off to London for a few days and will visit the Tower of London. I'll see what photos I can take related to our learning on Crime and Punishment. I have uploaded an assignment in google classroom for your Holiday Passports in case you haven't got your book.
Music - Ukelele, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm
The children have made great progress in their ukulele playing. They have been playing chords, reading musical notes and playing and singing. Today’s performances were just ‘WOW’
Crime and punishment, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:00pm
We have loved our topic on crime and punishment.
Edward and Olive have written us a review.
Halloween Party Fun, by Mr Pearson
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 10:20am
Lots of fun was had at the school's first disco for 18 months.
D.T. Our Diwali designs., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:35pm
We have been busy creating diagrams of our designs for our light up Diwali signs. Once drawn out and labelled we uploaded them to our google slide show for this project.
We cant wait to start the making process on Tuesday next week.
Clay dragon eyes, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:32pm
Google Classroom, by Mr Pearson
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:31am
A guide has been added to the class page to give you directions how to access Google Classroom and Google Meet for parents evening.
Please check you have your child's username and login.
Lion's your is coming home today 12th October
Please have a look at how to do before Monday so we can answer any questions.
Kind regards
Mr Pearson
Maths Venn diagrams, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 1:22pm
Tudor punishments, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:29pm
Today we started our lesson by talking about why we learn about history. I was very impressed with the children’s ideas. “To uncover mysteries from the past”. “To see how the world has changed over time” “ To find out how life has improved” “So we can learn how to make things better”.
Our focus was on the Tudor times, we were hoping the punishments wouldn’t be as bad, but they got worse,
Can you work out what the punishments were?
Dragons eyes Clay group 1, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm
Anglo Saxon Wergild, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 8:45pm
We have had an exciting history lesson today. Did you know in the Anglo-Saxon times the criminal would have to pay wergild (compensation to the victim), the amount paid would depend on the injuries the victim had. We had 6 teams who had to work out how much they were owed based on the injuries they received.
We then took on roles of a jury, Anglo Saxon or a modern Britain and had to argue the punishment for different crimes from that period of History’s point of view.
D.T. Making a switch, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Sep 2021 @ 10:00pm
To finish off an amazing day we completed a focused task of making switches. There was a collection of resources available for the children to select from and they got to work having a go. The tin foil was shiny and taught their attention - is it a conductor? Can we cover everything in tin foil to make it look shiny and pretty? What did you discover?
Swimming, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Sep 2021 @ 9:48pm
The day has finally come, we got to go swimming. We were very excited this morning, we planned ahead and got our hats on ready. All the children were longton superstars. ?
There behaviour was outstanding, their listening was excellent, they showed support for their friends who were nervous and gave it a fantastic effort. I am very proud of them all. I’m looking forward to next week already.
Keep shining brightly Elephants ??
Cricket - bowling today, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 21st Sep 2021 @ 9:39pm
This week we learnt about bowling in cricket. It’s a bit different throwing a cricket ball compared to when we have learnt about throwing before. You have to keep your arm straight. It was a bit tricky but we will keep practising. Chris gave us a few techniques to help us - a seesaw or a number 6.
Buddhism visitor, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 18th Sep 2021 @ 12:24pm
This week we enjoyed a special visitor to school, a lady who follows the religion of Buddhism. She told us about what she believes and how she lives her life.
Back in class the children reflected on what they had learnt and thought about the behaviours they should show to be a good friend.
Wow sweetcorn, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 8:51pm
Today we got to see an amazing corn on the cob grown by one of our Elephants. We have been looking forward to this when we saw pictures of it growing last year as part of an LPS+ badge. Congratulations on growing this to perfection.
Tortoise visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 8:47pm
Today Mrs Gaskell brought in her tortoise to show the children. It reminded us of a story some of us read in guided reading last year. Esio Trot by Roald Dahl. Mrs Gaskell was interested to find out about the story, thank you Theo for giving her a clear summary, she is looking forward to reading it.
Roman crime and punishment, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 8:43pm
We explored the consequences for some of the crimes in a Roman times. The elephants are glad they didn’t live then. We extended our knowledge of key vocabulary. Judge, jury, lawyer, court, victim, witness.
Science - Is it a circuit?, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Sep 2021 @ 4:49pm
Today we made predictions about whether different drawings of circuits would actually work or not. We not only had to predict if they would or would not but also try to explain why we thought that using our previous knowledge.
We then made and tested each of them out.
Cricket session 1, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Sep 2021 @ 4:45pm
Chris our cricket coach came today we had great fun practising our catching and then finished off with a game of 7 bats. Well done Elephants you showed great focus and fantastic teamwork.
Art-Dragon eyes, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 10th Sep 2021 @ 9:03pm
This week we used pencil crayons to create a range of shades of colour. We explored colour combinations and techniques, pressing hard/light, building up with 1 colour over another. I was blown away by their focus and concentration. I’m sure you’ll agree they look amazing. I can’t wait to see their own dragon eye drawings and designs next week.
