To support our learning about WW2 in History, we have visited the Eden Camp Museum. We had the best day exploring the different huts and adding to our existing knowledge of what life was like during WW2. We particularly enjoyed Hut 5 - The Blitz - which allowed us to imagine how scary it would have been with all of the sights, sounds and smells. We also enjoyed looking at the vehicles used during this time and we were able to ask a member of staff all of our questions. Today we have taken part in Hello Yellow Day which is to raise awareness and money to support the work that YoungMinds do. YoungMinds work with young people who have mental health problems. Our bright clothes and dazzling smiles definitely made our classroom a happy place to be.
Here comes another Learner of the Week for Class 7 and this young man received his award for trying incredibly hard with his handwriting to make sure his letters are on the line and his work is presented neatly. Keep it going, you will have you pen licence in no time!
This wonderful person collected their Learner of the week award for being incredibly conscientious and being a kind and caring member of the class. Keep it up :)
This week has been really exciting as we have had our first brass lesson with Mr Lennon. All of the children had a go at holding and making a sound with their instruments and have taken them home for more practise! We can't wait to hear how they progress over the year.Our first Learner of the week in class 7 is this young man for offering excellent ideas in a range of lessons. Well done and keep it up :)
This week in science, Mrs Gollick set us a challenge to separate some materials. She gave each group a container filled with a muddy solution containing mud, small sticks and stones and other delights! In our groups, our challenge was to use the equipment given to us to filter the water until it was as clear as we could get it. We talked about how to make this a fair test by making sure each group had the exact same amount of resources - including the amount of the muddy solution. Some of us did incredibly well and managed to get the water almost clear. Take a look at our photos to see how we did. In class 7, we LOVE science - especially when we get to complete science experiments that test our prediction skills. We have been learning about changing materials and in this lesson we were learning about the different effects there can be when joining two materials together. In this experiment, we combined water with these different solids: sugar, salt, sodium bicarbonate, baking powder, sand and gravy granules. We observed that some of these sank, created a solution, floated or reacted. Our favourite was certainly the reaction to the bicarbonate of soda! As a class, we decided to keep: the sand, sugar and salt tubs and put them in our windowsill to observe what happens to them over the next few weeks.
All of the children in class 7 have settled well. In literacy, they have been extending their knowledge about sentences. The children worked together to order a sentence with a subordinating clause and put the punctuation in the correct place. They were then asked if they could put the sentence they had created into a different order by moving the subordinating clause. Some sentences were trickier than others and the children used their resilience to find the solution. Have a look at the pictures to see how well they did.
In years 5 and 6, we were lucky enough to receive a visit from the Mayor of Barnsley (Cllr Caroline Makinson) who visited us to award some of our Year 6 children with certificates for a competition that they entered last year. The competition was for children to draw their Key Worker heroes from the Pandemic. The winning entries were then created into a Bronze Relief which has formed part of the Covid Memorial Sculpture and can be seen in Barnsley Town Centre. The five children who also entered, but didn't win were also awarded a certificate. Well done everyone! Whilst the Mayor was here, we also asked if she could present our Learners of the Week certificates which she was more than happy to do. |
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