Year 6 have worked hard to prepare for the KS2 SATs that they sat last week. However they have also been busy developing drawing skills. In keeping with the connector this half term they have been learning how to show perspective in their art, making objects and scenes appear 3D even though they are represented in 2D.

Not a very popular blog, I know, but a bit of practise towards the SATs would be useful.

Have a go at these papers.

You will need to open the PDF files to read the questions. However please don't print them off unless your parent gives you permission, as it takes a lot of paper and ink. It is possible to do most of the questions on a piece of paper; you can write down the question number and answer. We will mark them in class on the first day back.

Don't forget Manga High - there are lots of challenges available for you there too!

Let me know that you are having a go by posting a comment.

You could also have a look at this website to help with aspects of English

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/

Happy Easter

 

Our DT challenge this term was to design a really tasty roll that could be part of a delicious lunch.

On Friday our classroom was buzzing with bakers trying out their ideas and the smell was irresistable as garlic fused with parsley, mingled with olives, cheese, herbs de Provence and bacon!

Our knowledge of yeast helped us provide exactly the right climate for the dough to rise, we were too hot but the rolls rose beautifully. Along the way we also discovered that too much salt can ruin bread!

Here's a list of the year 6 favourite books. Do any of these take your fancy?

Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Chosen by Natasha.

I like this book because the plot is exciting and the characters’
feelings are explained well.

War Horse by Michal Morpurgo
Chosen by Noah.

I like this book because the author was creative by writing it as an horse not a human, I also enjoyed it because it had excellent description which made me
feel like I was there

Slawter by Darren Shan
Chosen by John

I like it because it was my type of book and it felt realistic and
like it was a true story. Slawter was the name of a monster that was
in a story and that was my favourite character.

Oranges in No Man’s Land by Elizabeth Laird
Chosen by Helena

I like this book because it is very interesting and different compared
to other books, it is very exciting, since I ended up sitting on the
end of my chair reading it. This book is sad at times but exiting at others.

The Diamond Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
Chosen by Rachel

I think this book is amazing because it really makes you feel like you
are in the story and you know what it’s like to be the main character.
Also when you think the story is over there’s even more exiting bits
to come! 

Keeper’s Ball by Rob Childs
Chosen by Samarah

I this book is awesome because it makes you want to play
football. It tells you about what you need to do to play foot ball
Properly and nicely

Pretty Bad Things by C.J Skuse
Chosen by Mia Clarke

This book is about twins who are trying to find their dad in L.A.
because they burnt down there grandmothers house and their dad went to
jail when they were 6 and their mum died. To find their dad they rob
candy stores together with a gun because there dad lives on the street
and they’re trying to get on the big news hoards. They find their dad
but he gets shot by his mum and the story ends on a cliff hanger.

Mermaid Magic by Gwyneth Rees
Chosen by Jakaya Jenkins

I chose this book because it has three stories in one. This book is
about mermaids and how they overcome some tricky situations! One of
the mermaids goes beyond where she is supposed to go and finds someone
special and teaches her magic! This book is in our school library.

Girl Missing by Sophie McKenzie
Chosen by Diana Balaban

I chose this book because it tells me about how a girl feels after she
finds that she was adopted and her parents did not want her when she
was a baby she runs away from home and she gets kidnapped! ;)

Finder’s keepers by Ann Halam
Chosen by Alex Ingleby

I like this book because Val’s dad is a treasure hunter. Val’s best friend carries a knife with her in her boot.

Born to Run by Michel Morpurgo
Chosen by Elsa Proudlove

I like this book because the dog gets stolen and is forced to race.

This half term we are taking a 'close up' look at a variety of things. Watch this space for some pretty gruesome pictures. While those are being prepared lets see what people have been doing in maths.

Some of us were busy 'finding the difference', a really strange phrase that is used in mathematics. To make it real we took a bag of potting compost, weighed it, converted the kilograms into grams and then filled some pots ready to plant seeds. We weighed each pot, then, by subtracting the amount we took out, we knew how much was left in the bag.

So we 'found the difference' in the weight of the bag before and after filling the pot!

Here's how we recorded the work.

This is book week so some of us were looking at a maths problem based on a fable by Aesop, the Hare and the Tortoise.

Given a few facts about the race you had to work out how long the hare slept for. It turned out that he had quite a long nap so it served him right that he didn't win!

 

For homework we were given a bottle of disgusting water which we had to filter to create drinking water. First we poured the yucky watery stuff  through the sieve to get all the lumps out  and we were left with this.

We used a first aid bandage to filter the dirty water.Also we had to use a rubber band to attatch the bandage to the cup. Finally we poured the water back into a bottle and put a label on it.

Last week we were keeping a close eye on the world population using a population clock. You can have a look too by clicking here http://galen.metapath.org/popclk.html.

Our interest was stimulted by reading the book, If the World Were a Village. We used the information in the book to generate graphs about a variety of aspects of the world's population including religions, nationalities, languages spoken and ages.

This half term our connector is 'Detectives'.

One of our first tasks was to try to identify a number of white powdery substances.

We looked at them through a magnifying glass, smelled them and then added water to see what happened. 

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BONJOUR!

Here are our Christmas messages for our new penpals in Paris.

Joyeux Noel et bonne annee!