Mrs Davies Year 5/6 2020-2021

This week, the children have been finishing their current topic 'Alchemy Island' with their Innovate Projects. They were set this task:

The UK’s largest video game company is making a new game based on your adventure on Alchemy Island.
The game needs a soundtrack that will wow gamers as they…

This week, the children have been working extremely hard. At the beginning of the week, the children learnt about musical notation and they then worked in groups, using a range of tuned and untuned instruments, to create their own short piece of music to reflect the discovery of gold. Back inside…

What a start back to the TTRS league after the long break following school closures! I'm sure where were a few frustrated children our there tying to regain the speeds they were achieving in December! We had some close matches though and we even saw Mr Bourne's class defeated for the first time…

This week, the children have been creating leaflets to advertise their own ghostly theme parks. They worked really hard on presentation and applying their steps to success to their work. They look fantastic and I'm really impressed with the effort they have all put into their writing - keep up the…

In our topic this week, the children visited the next place on our journey through Alchemy Island: Copper Nook. Here, we investigated whether materials are insulators or conductors. The children successfully made their own circuits to enable them to test their chosen materials. 

In English,…

Here is a copy of our wonderful graphic organiser for our new topic 'Alchemy Island'. 

To engage the children, the lights were dimmed and eerie music was played to create a magical atmosphere as they welcomed the Chief Alchemist’s apprentice into their classroom. Under his arm, he carried a golden box containing a map, a key for the map, a riddle and a range of scientific samples…

To bring an end to our topic 'Allotment', the children worked in teams to produce crafts fit for a farmer's market. We had posters, seed packets, plant labels and markers, and even wind chimes - well done everyone!

We have been so busy during our Allotment topic. We dissected a daffodil and talked about the function of each part. We learned about the life cycle of a plant and how new ones are created and we set up our very own investigation to find out what conditions are best for germination. We also found…

This week, we used recycled materials to make planters for our gardens. They look fantastic! We can't wait to see what grows! We also researched what gardeners can do each month of the year to make the most of their allotment - we made our own graphic organisers to show the annual timeline of…

Our topic this half term is 'Allotment'. We used maps to locate our local allotment and some children were lucky enough to visit their own family allotments and take photos. In school, we visited our vegetable garden and discussed what we can do to bring it back to life!  

We then thought about…

This week we found out all about Hinduism. We read the creation story and made cartoon strips to tell it in our own way. We found out about how Hindus worship and made our own personal shrines too - explaining why we chose each item. We drew Lotus flowers which represent spiritual enlightenment,…