All Saints' CE Primary School

W/C: 10.02.20

We have had another hectic week and are very grateful for the half-term break.

This week, in Year Six, we have been developing our skills as archaeologists. We have delved deep into the past to uncover many wonderful artefacts, which we then catalogued. It was essential that we worked collaboratively on our 'digs' to find the lost treasures. In the afternoon, we worked with clay to make our very own Greek pottery following authentic Greek patterns and designs. It was a really exciting day that has been the perfect culmination on all our learning about the Ancient Greeks. Thank you, Jeffrey - you were fantastic!

We have also battled with position and direction in mathematics - hopefully, we now remember to go along the corridor before we tackle the stairs(!). 

In English, we have explored Mr C's favourite poem: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. It was very gothic and dark. We broke down what each stanza meant into standard English and really unpicked parts of the poem. It was a great poem. 

We have finished our writing unit too. With us all writing a witness statement in role as Elliot. It was fascinating to hear every take on the role of Elliot and we made it into a WOW! piece at the end of the unit. 

Will

W/C: 03.02.20

We have had another busy week with the half-term nearly over.

As part of our maths learning, we have been investigating area, perimeter and volume. We have undertaken lots of challenging questions and applied our understanding with SATs questions.  

We have begun writing our next unit: an eye witness testimony. This is from the point of view of Elliot - our story's protagonist after he stole the air stone. My favourite part was when we did drama in role as Elliot.

Our Ancient Greek learning this week has seen us re-enacting the Trojan war. We got into role as Greek and Trojan soldiers and then wrote a diary in role as a soldier on one of the sides. I wrote in role as Agamemnon. 

We also finished Simply the Quest and it was simply amazing. I love laughing at all the things happening in the story but found the ending a little bit sad. I can't wait to find out what Horse's-bum does now that she has her money back in the next book: Beyond the Odyssey. 

Finally, as part of our RE learning, we discussed the 10 commandments, considering how they were still relevant and then, we wrote our own. We also compared the 10 commandments to the greatest commandments and thought about their similarities.

Thank you for reading.

Jessica

W/C: 27.01.20

We have had another busy week after the arduous task of SATs practise last week!

As part of our maths learning, we have been converting between different units of measure. This has been really challenging as we applied our understanding of multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000 to real world situations. 

We have finally finished our Herculean Labours - a Herculean feat in itself. We spent the last few days peer reviewing and adding the magic touches to our stories - just like proper authors do. We have spent the last couple of days 'story breathing' with Mr C's favourite picture book: The Arrival by Shaun Tan.

Our Ancient Greek learning this week has seen us making comparisons between the modern Olympic Games and the ancient events that the Ancient Greeks took part in. We used sources in the form of Greek vases to help us better understand the ancient Olympics. 

Having finished Who Let the Gods Out? last week, we were so excited to carry on Elliot's adventures in Simply the Quest. This week, we were thrilled to learn all about Maz's versions of our favourite heroes e.g. Hercules, the events planner and Theseus the Ramsay-esque chef. We ended with predictions about Elliot and his 'dark voice'.

Finally, as part of our art & DT unit, we have started to make labyrinths inspired by Theseus' heroic tale. 

- Jack.

W/C: 13.01.20

We have had a really busy week and really moved forwards with our learning. 

In maths this week, we have continued learning about algebra. We have challenged ourselves with tricky SATs-style questions and unpicked what makes them tricky as well.I really like learning the nth term because I was really confused at first but then could do it easily by the end of the lesson. 

In writing, we have continued to explore Hercules and his twelve labours. As a class, we created 'structure strips' to help when we write our stories next week.

With our Ancient Greeks topic, we have learnt all about the interesting lives of the Greek gods and goddesses. Deepening our understanding by comparing Greek religion to Christianity for example, Christianity is monotheistic (one god) whereas, Greek religion was polytheistic (many gods). This resulted in us making top trumps cards to compare the gods & goddesses, with us also making links to our key question and debate statement.

As part of our reading this week, we have continued to read Who Let the Gods Out? by May Evans. Everyone is enjoying this book so much - especially when we found out that the queen is a secret ninja! We can't wait to read on.

Finally, in RE, we have been learning all about Moses and the key events in his life. During our session this week, we hot-seated in role as Moses and then recounted one of the key events in his life. We made links to our half-termly value of faith and considered how Moses had faith in God and we also considered our key question of how Moses following God brought freedom. 

Thank you for reading this week.

Mahira.

W/C: 25.11.19

In maths, we have started to find percentages of amounts and have been trialling a range of strategies to find this. This link may prove a helpful reminder for some children. 

In writing, we have continued to write in role as Stanley Yelnats, our class novel's protagonist. We have written a diary account of his first few days in Camp Green Lake. Keep your eyes peeled on Seesaw for some wonderful examples. 

In RE, we have continued to explore Psalm 8 and created a visual representation to convey its meaning, which we shall be sharing with Year Two pupils next week.

Our science learning this week has seen us create and classify 'newly-discovered' creatures. We considered how they would be best suited to their habitats. Then, using the Linnaean classification system were able to classify our animals. 

In topic, we have explored different biomes and the vast array that can be found across the Americas.

In art, we have continued to select appropriate mediums to recreate our iconic South American landscapes - we chose from a range of materials including chalks and water colour paints. 

Finally, through our reading this week, we have continued to explore 'Holes' by Louis Sachar and have now nearly finished the text. We have made predictions about the final few chapters - I wonder if any of us were correct?

W/C: 06.01.20

Welcome back and a very happy new year - Mr C.

It has been a really busy first week back in Year Six this week, with us learning lots of new things. 

Our latest maths unit is algebra, which was really confusing at first. However, now we are getting much better because we are practising more and more. I really liked when we solved the picture puzzle. 

With writing, we are starting to learn about Hercules and his labours. He is actually Heracles to the Ancient Greeks; Hercules is his Roman name. This will all lead to us creating our own Herculean labour with him fighting our own made-up beast. 

We have also started a new class novel and I am really enjoying it so far. It is called Who Let the Gods Out? by Maz Evans. Everyone in class is really enjoying it as it has so many funny parts but also lots of action and some  mysteries for us to discover. I have already put some of my theories on our class display. 

We have now started our new topic as well: Ancient Greece. We looked at chronology in the first week and reminded ourselves about A.D. (Anno Domini) and B.C. (Before Christ). We also discussed that many periods of history overlapped, which was really important for our understanding. 

In science, we have carried on our classification topic and looked at microorganisms. We have considered the positive uses and also the negatives. We are looking forward to our experiment, where we will be cultivating mould and looking at optimum conditions to grow it. 

We have now started a new RE topic as well, looking at the people of God and thinking about how following God can bring freedom and justice. 

- Lauren. 

W/C: 02.12.19

This week in Year Six, we have absolutely loved taking part in the 'Big Cook' DT week. With all our learning themed around our products: Mini Mexican Frittatas. 

On Tuesday, we revelled in the chance to create and sample our products and the outcomes were very tasty indeed. I was thrilled to hear that some children had even gone home to try making the recipe again!

Following this, we considered how we could sell our products and came up with some persuasive writing leaflets. Many of which were shared on Seesaw. 

We even had the opportunity to design and make our packaging, integrating our net skills from mathematics into our learning. We considered the nutritional value of our food and thought about how this would be demarcated on products. We also considered how  best to make our packaging eco-friendly.

Next week, to round of the unit we will be creating and starring in persuasive adverts - so watch this space!

This week also saw us 'filling in the holes' of our class novel as we finished it. We had a debate and summarised who the main character was and why (arguing against my posit that it was onions!). I think it is fair to say the children have loved following Stanley and Zero's adventure at Camp Green Lake.