Today we had lots of fun on the IPads playing a state naming game....so 6W, here is the link:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/states
My best is 50 states, with 3 minutes and 34 seconds remaining!
How many can you get and if you get all 50 how much time did you have left?!
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Thursday, 19 September 2013
New Beginnings!
Welcome back to a new academic year and a BIG hello to the newest Y6W!
Leave a comment on this message to say hello to our blgging community!
Leave a comment on this message to say hello to our blgging community!
Monday, 19 November 2012
The Sun is a mass of incandescent gas....
...a gigantic Nuclear furnace, where Hydrogen is built into Helium, at a temperature of millions of degrees...
This is just one of the MANY lines from 6W's favourite song about our biggest and most important source of light!
In fact this song is not only a favourite of 6W, I heard 6L singing this song too and it sounded AMAZING!
A year six scientific anthem, you might say!?
Apart from the fabulous scientific singing we've also been looking at reflecting light - take a look at our pictures. We've been bouncing light in all sorts of directions!
Trying to find the correct angles and getting the mirrors in the right places was difficult but we managed some pretty impressive reflections!
This is just one of the MANY lines from 6W's favourite song about our biggest and most important source of light!
In fact this song is not only a favourite of 6W, I heard 6L singing this song too and it sounded AMAZING!
A year six scientific anthem, you might say!?
Apart from the fabulous scientific singing we've also been looking at reflecting light - take a look at our pictures. We've been bouncing light in all sorts of directions!
Inside the mind of 6W
On friday we looked at this poem about the goings on inside a boy's head...
A BOY’S HEAD
In it there is a space-ship
and a project
for doing away with piano lessons.
And there is
Noah’s ark,
which shall be first.
And there is
an entirely new bird,
an entirely new hare,
an entirely new bumble-bee.
There is a river
that flows upwards.
There is a multiplication table.
There is anti-matter.
And it just cannot be trimmed.
I believe
that only what cannot be trimmed
is a head.
There is much promise
in the circumstance
that so many people have heads.
It made us think about our own thoughts; what would it look like inside our heads?
We've been working hard on creating images through our poems and we've written some very descriptive poetry.
Here are some pictures of our thoughts...this is what we think it looks like inside our heads...
A BOY’S HEAD
In it there is a space-ship
and a project
for doing away with piano lessons.
And there is
Noah’s ark,
which shall be first.
And there is
an entirely new bird,
an entirely new hare,
an entirely new bumble-bee.
There is a river
that flows upwards.
There is a multiplication table.
There is anti-matter.
And it just cannot be trimmed.
I believe
that only what cannot be trimmed
is a head.
There is much promise
in the circumstance
that so many people have heads.
It made us think about our own thoughts; what would it look like inside our heads?
We've been working hard on creating images through our poems and we've written some very descriptive poetry.
Here are some pictures of our thoughts...this is what we think it looks like inside our heads...
6W, I'd love to share some of your poetry with our blogging community.
We'll have a class blog meeting ASAP!
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Remembering...
On Monday we began our work towards remembrance day and on Friday we will join our community at Stechford war memorial.
We have begun making our own poppy wreaths, which feature messages of thanksgiving and rememberance, we will be placing them on the memorial during Friday's service.
We remember, we are thankful, we will never forget...
We have begun making our own poppy wreaths, which feature messages of thanksgiving and rememberance, we will be placing them on the memorial during Friday's service.
We remember, we are thankful, we will never forget...
Sunday, 4 November 2012
Half Term Homework
The children in year 6 were given a literacy project to complete over half term.
The children were asked to write a biography about someone famous, who had helped others.
There were some fabulous written projects, some beautifully designed projects completed on the computer and some powerpoint presentations.
Here is one created by Hollie, she wrote up her biography, recorded it and put it with a powerpoint presentation.
A big thanks to Hollie's Dad who spent a long time getting Hollie's powerpoint ready for the blog!
The children were asked to write a biography about someone famous, who had helped others.
There were some fabulous written projects, some beautifully designed projects completed on the computer and some powerpoint presentations.
Here is one created by Hollie, she wrote up her biography, recorded it and put it with a powerpoint presentation.
A big thanks to Hollie's Dad who spent a long time getting Hollie's powerpoint ready for the blog!
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Year of faith
Sorry about the delay...
This question should have been posted right after school...And I did! I posted it, but we all know how our class computer likes to make Miss Willis cross! Grrrrr!
Anyway, your challenge -
In the year of faith, the Archbishop of Birmingham has asked us to celebrate under whose patronage?
What can you tell our blogging community about this person?
This question should have been posted right after school...And I did! I posted it, but we all know how our class computer likes to make Miss Willis cross! Grrrrr!
Anyway, your challenge -
In the year of faith, the Archbishop of Birmingham has asked us to celebrate under whose patronage?
What can you tell our blogging community about this person?
Monday, 29 October 2012
Gas Masks!
This afternoon we used an old blog entry.
In that blog entry there were the instructions on how to make our very own gas masks! We had to pay careful attention to what we'd been asked to do, one wrong move and our gas masks would be useless in an emergency!
Here we are in our finished masks.
In that blog entry there were the instructions on how to make our very own gas masks! We had to pay careful attention to what we'd been asked to do, one wrong move and our gas masks would be useless in an emergency!
Here we are in our finished masks.
I wonder when the next air raid will be?!
This afternoon was fun, we especially enjoyed listening and singing along to war time classics as we worked!
It's a long, long way to Tipperary, but my hearts right there!
Friday, 19 October 2012
Ravenclaw are the winners
Table Champions for Autumn 1
Congratualtions!
Who will it be next half term?!
Congratualtions!
Who will it be next half term?!
IT'S TURNING!
Apparently, if you spin a lolly pop it turns....Who'd have thought it!
I think they might be a little tired in year 6. All the hard work has melted their brains!
I think they might be a little tired in year 6. All the hard work has melted their brains!
Have a safe and happy half term!
The first awards ceremony...
Today marks the first Table trophy awards ceremony.
Every week the children in 6W have been working hard as table to win the most gems each week.
Currently our table trophy is covered in ribbons, 1 ribbon for each week that a table has won....
So, at 1:45 (ish) today we will count up our gems for the very last time...and the house with the most ribbons on our trophy will be crowned Table Champions for Autumn 1!
Currently our table trophy is covered in ribbons, 1 ribbon for each week that a table has won....
So, at 1:45 (ish) today we will count up our gems for the very last time...and the house with the most ribbons on our trophy will be crowned Table Champions for Autumn 1!
Table Champions,
Yummmmm!
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Harvest Time
Harvest time, it's harvest time. Summers turning to harvest time.
Harvest time, it's harvest time. The best time of the year!
We've been collecting food for those less fortunate, using our Wednesday word "greatness" we helped gather up food to donate to our community....
And in the words of 6W...It's never too late to help!
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Online biographies.
Today we looked at a variety of online biographies to research different famous people.
Check it out, but don't forget to leave us a comment telling us what you found out about a famous person from history!
We decided the most interesting, and easiest to use was this website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/
It had games, fun facts, links to other sites, videos, sounds, pictures and everything was broken down into smaller chunks.
Check it out, but don't forget to leave us a comment telling us what you found out about a famous person from history!
Monday, 15 October 2012
War time gardeners...
Our Anderson shelters are nearly ready, so we started to think about the gardens.
They aren't quite finished but we think they look pretty good - come back soon to see our shelters in these gardens!
They aren't quite finished but we think they look pretty good - come back soon to see our shelters in these gardens!
Perfectly neat...
We haven't yet decided on names, but our crocodile rulers are having an amazing impact on our work!
Take a look...
Take a look...
We are very proud of the improvements we've been making!
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Working on our presentation....with Crocodiles?!
So in Miss Willis' groups we've decided we want to make our presentation perfect.
With the help of these crocodile rulers we hope to do just that....
So, it's time to name them...
Leave a comment with your name suggestion and we'll vote for the 6 best!
Prizes for the winning names will be given!
With the help of these crocodile rulers we hope to do just that....
Leave a comment with your name suggestion and we'll vote for the 6 best!
Prizes for the winning names will be given!
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Monday, 8 October 2012
A very interesting question....
Right 6W this is your first blogging challenge!
Brendan posed a very interesting question today, he asked:
"During the bombings, did the German people have things like Anderson shelters?"
Your mission should you choose to accept it:
Find out if the people in Germany had anything to protect them during bombings, did they need anything to protect them?
Leave a comment with your answers!
Brendan posed a very interesting question today, he asked:
"During the bombings, did the German people have things like Anderson shelters?"
Your mission should you choose to accept it:
Find out if the people in Germany had anything to protect them during bombings, did they need anything to protect them?
Leave a comment with your answers!
Air Raid!
Today whilst sitting quietly checking out some new spellings an air raid siren suddenly went off!
Our only problem is it's 2012 and we don't have an air raid shelter!
We crawled under our desks and waited for the all clear siren.
We heard bombs, planes and fire. We think we counted 18 bombs being dropped in total. Some were louder than others. It was all pretty scary.
After gathering our thoughts we listened to some stories from people who survived the Blitz. We heard the story of a Lady who was in her house as a bomb landed on the roof, and about a small boy who saw 2 bombs drop near his house.
Take a listen:
Bomb raid montage of sounds:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/sounds/air_raid_montage_audio
The Boys bomb experience:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/children/bombing
And the lady who survived a bomb landing on her house:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/children/bombed_out
We decided it was the time to build our own shelters....even if they are slightly miniature!
Come back soon to see our finished Anderson Shelters hidden in our model gardens!
Our only problem is it's 2012 and we don't have an air raid shelter!
We crawled under our desks and waited for the all clear siren.
We heard bombs, planes and fire. We think we counted 18 bombs being dropped in total. Some were louder than others. It was all pretty scary.
After gathering our thoughts we listened to some stories from people who survived the Blitz. We heard the story of a Lady who was in her house as a bomb landed on the roof, and about a small boy who saw 2 bombs drop near his house.
Take a listen:
Bomb raid montage of sounds:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/sounds/air_raid_montage_audio
The Boys bomb experience:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/children/bombing
And the lady who survived a bomb landing on her house:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/history/ww2clips/children/bombed_out
We decided it was the time to build our own shelters....even if they are slightly miniature!
Come back soon to see our finished Anderson Shelters hidden in our model gardens!
PHHHEEEEW!!!! All Clear....
Thursday, 4 October 2012
Our Trip!
Today year 6 are busy exploring what life was like for children during WWII.
A very jealous Miss Willis, would love to hear all about your trip to Avoncroft Museum!
Use the comments feature to share with our blogging community your stories from the day.
What was your favourite part of the day? What new things did you learn?
Tell us EVERYTHING!
We can't wait to hear your stories!
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