Bullying - the Year 6 workshop

What do you think is happening in this freeze frame?

Why do you think the boy is putting his fingers to his lips?

How do you think the boy covering his face feels?

Are there bystanders in this freeze-frame?
What are they doing?
Are they stopping the bullying?

Phrases and clauses

Who can try using this really tricky link to help them understand phrases and clauses? Once you have had a look see if you can come back onto the blog and explain it. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/english/reading/sentences/revision/2/

Help me with my prefixes please.

Can you make each of my words mean the opposite by changing the prefix?

For exaxmple:
forgettable  - unforgettable
regular - irregular

believable -
happy -
forgiving -
mortal -
possible -
accept -
responsible -
accountable -
effected  -
afraid -
affordable -
affectionate -
aggressive -
ambitious -
approve -
rational -
kind -
patient -
correct -
behave -
agree -

Mathszone

How many coaches do we need?

There are 227 pupils at Hill Mead Primary. Mr West decides that all the pupils and the 23 adults who work at the school should go on a trip to the seaside.

1. How many 32-seat coaches does the school need to hire?

2. What will the total cost of the coaches be?

3. How much do you think each pupil should be charged for the trip? Give reasons for your answer.

Multiples of 250

Mr Wright says that because it’s so hot all the children must drink a quarter of a litre of water each, during their PE lesson. There are five children in the football group, six in the tennis group, 12 in the rounders group and 7 in the athletics group. If all the children drink a quarter of a litre of water ...

1. How many millilitres do the football team drink altogether?
2. How many millilitres do the tennis group drink altogether?
3. How many millilitres do the athletics team drink altogether?
4. How many millilitres do the rounders team drink altogether?
5. The teacher also drinks a quarter of a litre of water. How much water do the class and teacher drink altogether?

Into University

Alkaline Alan from the Mad Scientists came to give us a
chilling science lesson on dry ice.

Year Six Red had an amazing week at Into University considering their future. They demonstrated enthusiam throughout the week for every activity they took part in and developed some fantastic team work skills.

We investigated Newton's theory on the three states
 of matter and found that corn flour disporved it.

Could we work as a team to pass the squeeze? Yes we could!

Working together to make the Melting
Teams poster for our graduation.

We went on a visit to Imperial College and made a volcano
as part of our changing states science focus week.

Henry the Fifth the reviews

Jenai's marvellous diary entry as Henry V

Jenai has written a great diary entry in role and has really challenged herself to use a variety of punctuation. Have a look at the punctuation she has used, who can tell me what punctuation she has used and why she has used it?

Diamond's brilliant diary entry

Spend a little bit of time reading through Diamond's diary entry as Henry V on the eve of the battle with France and then tell me all the thigns you love about it with examples as well as different ways for her to improve her writing.

Henry V at the Unicorn Theatre

A very excited year six eagerly waiting to see Henry V after doing lots of fantastic learning to lead up to the play.

Year Six Red at the Science Museum

SPAG

I have made a post on the literacy and SPAG walls, so go and see if you can answer them!

The Maths Zone

Electricity

We have made circuits to test whether materials conduct electricity. 

   

What do we know about the material if your bulb lit up or the buzzer sounded?
Some pupils tried to make switches using their knowledge. How does a switch work?

The Science Museum

These children were dancing to create enough energy through
movement, to increase the amounts being collected and stored.

What are these children trying to work out?

Michael Faraday is called the Father of Electricity. Can you remember why? 

What makes an atom or particle negatively or positively charged?

Is magnetism important when understanding how electricity flows, is created and stored? 

Miss Harris has posted a Spag problem in the literacy section of the blog. Go and see if you can help me.

Background to the battle

Parent workshops

Thank you to all the parents who came to our workshops. Look out for the videos about the calculations we went through. They will be posted on the blog shortly. See you at the next set of workshops next term!

Learning Together

Well done to everyone who attempted Funmi's challenge.

Yipee! We have our second set of questions.

Do visit the Maths Mania and Literacy pages, then you can respond to the fun and challenging questions set by Omotola, Tobi, Zoe and Imani.

Maths Mania

Thanks to Funmi, we have our first Maths question.

Visit the Maths Mania page and GET SOLVING!!!

The warrior king

After today's Whoosh drama activity, tell me five key facts about Henry V?

What made Henry V declare war on France?

Skellig

We are now reading chapter ten of Skellig by David Almond. So far, we have been left with many unanwered questions.

What is your opinion of the book so far?

Who do you think Skellig is and why do you think he is in Michael's garage?