Year 6CC: Blog items
The Great British Wartime Bake Off!
Date: 6th Dec 2018 @ 11:16pm
Today there was a bustling ration queue as the children of Year 6 attempted to collect their meagre rations to make their wartime shortbread. They have this evening to use the limited amounts of flour, butter and sugar to ollow the wartime recipe they have been given. Good luck Year 6! The Bake off competition winners will be announced tomorrow!
Date: 4th Dec 2018 @ 9:36pm
This week we are practising all aspects of telling and calculating with time.
What is analogue time? What is digital time? How do you read, say and use each type of time?
Use this Maths Frame game to practise all aspects of time. Remember to log in using our school password – check with your teacher if you have forgotten.
Click on the picture below:
Date: 4th Dec 2018 @ 9:08pm
TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are very excited about our upcoming trip to Stockport air raid shelters on Friday 14th December. We have been researching all about the Blitz and how it affected major cities such as London and Manchester. We are looking forward to visiting a real life shelter and imagining what life was really like during the Second World War for the people of Manchester!
Keep checking in for pics of our visit...
Date: 19th Nov 2018 @ 9:56pm
This week we are writing the first draft of an information task on the Second World War. We have been busy finding out how the war began and how Britain was affected during the Blitz. Click here to find out more facts and to click the picture below to hear Neville Chamberlain's speech declaring war.
Don't forget to keep checking back to see some fantastic examples of our writing!
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Britain.html
Date: 12th Nov 2018 @ 9:27pm
This week we are looking at comapring and ordering fractions.
Click here to play the Higher or Lower game to practice comparing fractions- can you make an equivalent fraction to check?
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 2:03pm
As part of science week we investigated circuits as part of our electricity topic. We worked out how the brightness of the bulb changed by increasing the amount of bulbs and batteries in the circuit…
Denico:
“First we made a simple circuit and then we added another bulb and I noticed that bulbs became dimmer. When we added two batteries and one bulb, the light was much brighter. “
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 10:01am
We really enjoyed sorting shapes today into Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams. We used properties of shapes to help us to classify them, including parallelograms and perpendicular lines. Why not practise at home?
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:58am
Following on from today’s lesson, use this game to help you practise recognising prime numbers
Remember to scroll through to find the prime number option.
Plus, bring 3 examples to prove that this trick works. Remember, you can use short division to divide by 12.
The Prime Number Trick
Using prime numbers, you can amaze your friends with a prime prediction…
- Ask your friends to pick any prime number bigger than 5, but they must not tell you what it is.
- Square it. (In other words multiply the prime number by itself.)
- Add 17
- Divide by 12
Without knowing which prime number your friends picked, you can still tell them: There will be a remainder of 6
Practise your missing angles skills…
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:32am
Following on from today’s lesson, use the Maths Frame game that was on the board to practise will more at home.
Remember that you will need to log in with the school username and password and choose ” Angles in a triangle”.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:31am
We have been reading lots of poetry this week and even writing some of our own! We have looked for poetic features such as similes, metaphors, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia! Have a go at the quiz to try and identify some examples of each. Good luck!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:30am
This week we are practising all aspects of telling and calculating with time.
What is analogue time? What is digital time? How do you read, say and use each type of time?
Use this Maths Frame game to practise all aspects of time. Remember to log in using our school password – check with your teacher if you have forgotten.
Click on the picture below:
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:29am
On our visit to the Stockport Air Raid shelter and museum we went back in time…we arrived as confused evacuee children waiting to be billeted and sent to new host families…but the ARP and the Nurse showed us all the ropes and with plenty of singing and asking questions we were ready!
Junior Olympian visits Ravensbury!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:27am
We were delighted to welcome NAOMI OGBETA to our school to teach us how to do triple jump! Thank you so much!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:26am
Thank you so much to all the parents who came to our reading workshop and learnt about the best way to support their child in the essential life skill of reading.
The children showed the adults the sort of genres and books we like reading and how we do “active reading”
…the sorts of books we have in our library….
…the programmes that we use at school and home to support our reading…
…the kinds of questions we need to practice, the kind of resources we use and how to ask those questions, and finally, the children got to choose a book from the book buffet and a goodie bag to take home!
If your grown up was unable to come, don’t worry, there will be another chance later in the year!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:24am
Well done to Year 6 who organised fun games and activities for the rest of the school to have a go on to raise money for Children in Need…the final total is still being counted! Watch this space!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:22am
Today we practised asking and giving opinions on school subjects in Spanish…what brilliant accents and confidence we are developing.
What did you learn at Ghyll Head?
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:20am
Josh: First I t thought all the activities would be scary but once I did one activity I just kept pushing myself to do more. My favourite thing was jumping in the lake because it was something totally different – in fact I have only ever been in water in the bath or at the swimming pool!
Adam: It was definitely worth it because the instructors were really helpful and kind and encouraged us to do all the activities. I felt really proud that I did the zip-wire, I was very nervous before…but it was the best feeling ever when you take a step off the platform and fly through the air!
Olivia: The canoeing was definitely the best because we got to jump in the lake – when Wanessa went in first she screamed her head off! I felt really proud of myself during canoeing because I was very determined and tried my hardest to be a good leader. I think the food was amazing too,especially the desserts!
Taylor-Louise: I thought Ghyll Head was a great experience because there were so many activities to do. if you didn’t want to do one or you were scared, everyone supported you to have a go. I got to know some other children well that I didn’t know before in my group, like Emmanuel.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:19am
Last week Year 6 met two terrifying teachers from the time of WW2: Mrs Gilbertson and Mrs Robertson. First there was a fingernail inspection…
Then the boys were separated from the girls and they had completely different activities….the girls had to do all the task that girls in WW2 would have had to do, like cooking, folding clothes and ironing…
…while the boys got to play with jacks, cars, aeroplanes and toy soldiers…That’s hardly fair!!!
Then it was time to collect names on dance cards for partner at the upcoming WW2 Ravensbury Annual Ball…
What will you wear for the dance?
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:15am
We have been enjoying reading the novel “Holes” by Louis Sachar this term as part of our Survival topic. Click the picture below to complete a reading quiz after you have finished reading chapter 7. GOOD LUCK!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:14am
Wow! What an experience for everyone! So many people impressed their friends, teachers and instructors by overcoming challenges, being brave and believing in themselves… Well done everyone!
Andy Goldsworthy-inspired art part 2…
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:12am
Using the natural resources that we collected last time, we explored some of the key elements of art to create our own work. This session we sketched the leaves paying attention to FORM….
…made a foam template and used them for some two-tone lino printing, paying attention to COLOUR…
…and finally made some natural sculptures using the laminator, paying attention to PATTERN.
Making Andy Goldsworthy-inspired natural sculptures
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:08am
Autumn is the perfect time of year for some art, and Andy Goldsworthy is the perfect source of inspiration…. first we explored his natural, temporary sculptures and then went outside to find materials for our own. More to follow!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:07am
Working hard to practise our performance… keep counting and smiling!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:04am
This week we have been reading and acting out scenes from spooky HAUNTED HOUSE stories to collect ideas for writing! Check back soon for some of our ideas!
