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!

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!

PHHHEEEEW!!!! All Clear....

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!

Working with others in 6W

Today in Literacy we shared our stories with other people in our class!

Take a look at us working hard (some of these stories were very funny)

Comedy hour with 6W

So, we're a funny bunch (funny looking) but we've also got a few funny jokes to share with you!

From Ellie
What's a pirates favourite shop?

Arrrr-gos!


Katie says,
Why do people eat fish on friday?

Because it's Fry-day!

A funny one from Ola,
Why did the mushroom go to a party?

Because he was a fungi

Aaron,
Why did the duck cross the road?

because he was glued to the chicken.

From Hollie,
Why is 6 scared of 7?
Because seven eight nine!

Ishmam
Knock knock!
Who's there?
Hatch
Hatch  who?
Bless you

From Ugne
Why did the cow cross the road?
Because he needed to MOOOOO-ve!

Savannah shares,
Why did the skeleton go to the BBQ?

To get some spare ribs!

And a final one from Kiera....

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Gladys
Gladys who?
aren't you Gladys my last joke!?

A war time Sing-Along

Over the past couple of weeks we've been enjoying our topic and learning a lot of new songs. We've been experimenting with singing in round, singing different rhythms and melodies over one another. And if I do say so myself, 6W are getting quite good.

Here is one of our favourites...

It's nearly here...

The weather is being very 'British', the Olympics are over and the shops seem to be preparing for Halloween....so that must mean only one thing, BACK TO SCHOOL!

Not long left to go before we welcome our new year 6s!
We've got a year of exciting topics, SATs, new responsibilities, interesting trips and HIGH expectations!

Remember to keep an eye on our blog this year, it'll be crammed full of our work, our thoughts and the fun and learning that takes place in Y6!

Let the fun begin!