Banksy

Our science topic this term is living things and their habitats. To begin the science topic, the children were given three different kind of spiders and the children had to observe and discuss the similarities and differences. One spider moved, one spider doesn't move and one spider used to move.  We then created a poster on 'Is it living?'.

Sir David Attenborough

Year 6 have had a busy start back to Module 3!  We have jumped straight into our new central idea and lines of inquiry and are beginning to look at inventions that have been made, particulary as part of the Industrial Revolution.  We used our historica inquiry skills to analyse paintings from the Victorian era which gave us clues about what life may have been like.

In Science, we are looking at electricity and started our learning with making circuits and then drawing them out with the accompanying symbols for the relevant components. We've also been learning about floods in Geography and will be furthering our learning into plastic waste and the impact this has on the Earth.

Theatre Workshop

Year 5 and 6 had a very exciting visitor last Thursday!

David, Director of Creative Arts, from Mid Kent College came to give a taster session workshop of different elements of the creative arts. He bought lots of instruments with him and taught the children about African Drumming and chanting. They then had the chance to play their own African drums with accompanying chants. It was really good fun and the children all loved it. David provided this opportunity as a taster session for a Y5 & 6 Creative Theatre design after school club that he is going to be running this term. 

If you are in Year 5 or 6 and are interested in attending this club then please speak to the office as there are still a few spaces available.

Imperial War Museum

The Year 6 pupils had a fantastic trip on Friday 5th January to the Imperial War Museum in London! When we arrived we spent time exploring the WWI exhibit and walked through realistic style trenches, looked at uniform from that time and different vehicles and weapons that were used too.

After, we visited the WWII exhibit and took part in a fun documentary challenge where we were given video recorders and asked to go and find historical evidence that we thought people would want to learn about. In this exhibit, we were able to go into air raid shelters, look at enigma codes and identify how different countries dealt with the war and the resources they had to help support their armies.

We really enjoyed this and it was fun to work in groups and make our own videos! We also visited the medals on the top floor of the museum and spent time looking at different war heroes achievements. It was a great day and all of Year 6 were fantastically behaved. It was quite a long coach journey home due to London traffic but all in all, a brilliant day enjoyed by everyone!