Meet the Royals...

In our topic we have been looking at Britain since the 1930's.


Today we have been learning about the royal family tree, During the war this Man was the King...

King George VI

The lady next to him is Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later on she was also known as the Queen Mother.

Their eldest daughter is Queen Elizabeth II.

During the war the King and Queen stayed in Britain, they were not evacuated to safety. They stayed in London, and when the Palace was bombed by the Germans, the king was inside. Fortunately he did not get hurt.

"We think the King was a good man, he stayed here instead of being evacuated out of the city. He was brave and loyal to the people of the UK" Joe, Aleilah and McLean

Our Queen Elizabeth worked for the Army during the war, doing her part for our country.

"During the 1st world war the Royal family name was changed to Windsor,  as their name 'Saxe-Coburg-Gotha' held too many German connections. And as we were at war with the Germans, the King at the time decided it was best to change their name."Dan E, Dan H and Cara

We're really enjoying our topic work, some of us even have a few items to share from the war.

Medals from a Grandad who served in the Army during the War . . .

A kind neighbour shared her ration books with us . . .

And Remember . . .

"Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile!"

Jenga according to 6W

Well...we have achieved the impossible!
A Jenga game so difficult you can't even build the tower to start the game!

ICE - NOT the best material to build a jenga tower out of!

The girls of 6W struggling with the ice.

"The ice was difficult to use because the ice creates little friction and it was also on a slippery surface, Jenga needs a rougher surface than ice if you want it to work!"

Zainub and Vim

Here are some of our initial observations:

"The easiest had to be card, the hardest was cotton wool. It was quite hard with the wool because it kept getting stuck whereas then card came out very easily." Cara

"Today we tested friction by creating our own Jenga game.
The most difficult was the game made of ice. This was the hardest because of the low levels of friction. Normally that would make the game easier but in this case there wasn’t enough friction and it was almost impossible to make." Dan E

We're still looking over our results, so will be back soon with more of our discoveries.

Happy Thursdays!

6W

Edited by: Emily, Zainub, Vim and Luke

Ssshhhh! Year 6 at work!

It's Thursday and all week we've been busy doing practice SATs! 

Concentration is key!

This afternoon we'll be reinventing the game Jenga, using our knowledge of friction to make it easier and a lot more difficult!

Come back later to see pictures of our experiment and a few scientific messages from the children in 6W.

Welcome to 6W!

A quick message from the children in 6W...

We're just having a break from our practice SATs and thought we'd drop by to say Hi!

We want to use our blog to share with everyone how much fun it is in year 6, how hard we work and how reliable and responsible we can be!

We've just picked House Point Captains and a new School Council Representative! Look out for us around school! :)

Keep following us to find out what we get up to this year!

See you soon.

6W

September 2011

Looking forward to posting in September...