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November 9, 2016
November 9, 2016

Homework Project…

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age. You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 9, 2016

Stone Age Timeline

We have started our new topic this term on Ancient Britain by finding out about significant events from the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages. These important facts were represented clearly on accurate timelines by everyone in Class 8!   
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November 9, 2016

Perfect Plotting…

On Wednesday morning in our Science lesson, we plotted a scattergram which compared the mass of a small adult mammal to the lengths of their gestation periods. The children then used the data to explain the main trends/patterns, with most finding that the larger the mass of the smaller mammal, the longest the gestation period, except for one anomaly!   
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November 9, 2016

Amazing Acting…

This week in English, we studied a dramatic story called “The Secret Cave”. The children acted out key scenes as characters in small groups, thinking carefully about the varying feelings and motives of each character during their main adventure.   
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November 9, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on split digraphs i.e. ‘a_e’, ‘e_e’, ‘i_e’, ‘o_e’ and ‘u_e’. 
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November 9, 2016

Bridges

Inspired by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the children have been creating bridges (linking in with the topic of Journeys) out of a range of different materials.
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November 9, 2016

Narnia

For the next two weeks we will be looking at the story of Narnia. We will be exploring the setting, the characters and enjoying the wonderful tale of Aslan’s return to the magical country! 
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November 9, 2016

Journeys

Our topic this half term is all about journeys! We’ve already been thinking about different modes of transport and talking about places that the children have visited. Mr. Stoner has even made us a fantastic train for the classroom.
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November 9, 2016

School Council Minutes 9.11.16

  Agenda ·         Register ·         Discuss ‘Children in Need’ feedback sheets and who will write the letter to parents. ·         Take group photo for the blog and decide who will write an introduction paragraph for the blog. ·         Introduce school rights and responsibilities ·         AOB   Minutes   ·               Children in Need   Every class...
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November 9, 2016

Homework Project

Your next project will have a Stone Age Maths theme! We would like you to write at least three Maths word problems related to the Stone Age.  You can make them as challenging as you wish, however please remember that each question must make sense and be possible to answer by your classmates! In addition,...
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November 9, 2016

Journey artwork 

Today we looked at Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s and drew bridges inspired by his work linked to our topic of ‘Journeys’. We drew on maps and used rulers accurately. Here’s some of our work…      
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November 9, 2016

Google and Google Apps

Well done Class 6 you did a terrific job working on Google this week! You created folders, word documents and some of you sent your first emails! Such a fun lesson ? 
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November 9, 2016

What do animals eat? 

In science this week we researched the diet of different wildlife animals that live in the UK. We then created a pie chart which shows which food each animal eats.
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November 9, 2016

Skara Brae

This week in English we have learnt about Skara Brae, a Stone Age village off the north coast of Scotland. We then planned a non-chronological report about this which we are going to be writing soon! 
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