Welcome to Year 6
Being in Year 6 at Abbey Gates is a special and memorable time. Mrs Jordan, Mrs Miles and the children endeavour to work hard whilst having lots of fun along the way!
In the Autumn term our topic is 'Storms and Shipwrecks' and we hope the subject will inspire our future writers, mathematicians, ship builders, designers and meteorologists. As well as our work in topic we will be visiting Joseph Whitaker for sports on Wednesday afternoons. In October we will be attending a residential visit to Kingswood. It will be an action-packed three days where children will take part in a variety of activities such as: abseiling, climbing, fencing and the high ropes of course!
We will also be busy during the Spring Term with SATs revision and the tests in May. We are also looking forward to lots of exciting events in the Summer Term including Sports Day, the Summer Fayre, - so lots more fun on the horizon!!
Class Updates
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Designing Musical Instruments!
As part of our Design and Technology topic and our Music topic of Samba, we planned, made and evaluated our very own musical instruments. Take a look at us in action and our final products.
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Brazilian Carnival Masks
Year 4 had great fun this afternoon designing their own Brazilian style Carnival masks.
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Maths/Sport Week
Year 4 enjoyed their Maths/Sport week. Completing various activities such as:- ‘How can balls be order to create the shortest line?’ ‘How much does it cost to print footballers names?’ ‘How far can you run in Usain Bolts World Record time of 9.59 seconds?’ ...
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String Telephones
To demonstrate that sounds are made by vibrations and can travel through a medium, the children made string telephones. They then had great fun testing them out by asking each other questions.
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A City of Feelings
As a class we looked at photos of the Favelas in Brazil. Then we made two lists, one with the negative emotions of living in the Favelas and another with the positive emotions. The children then created cuboid and cubes with a mixture of these emotions written on the sides...
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Printing to create Olympic Pictograms
Year 4 created amazing Olympic Pictgrams via the art method of printing. Olympic Pictigrams are bold and dynamic images which capture the energy and colour of the Games. They are a vital way-finder for spectators at the Games. Recognisable to everyone. Olympic Pictograms are the language of images. ...
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My Country and Brazil
http://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/ http://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/united_kingdom.php http://www.ducksters.com/geography/country/brazil.php http://www.ngkids.co.uk/places/country-fact-file-brazil
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Designing the Olympic Park in Rio.
Year 4 had to use their problem solving skills to design the Olympic Park in Rio today. They worked brilliantly in pairs using their addition, area and measuring skills.
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Money Wise Worksop
Thank you to Paul (Alex’s Dad) and Jayne, from the Santander bank, for delivering a fantastic Money Wise workshop. Lots of useful tips for the children for how and why to manage their money.
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Top 10 sights in Brazil
http://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/brazil
Notice Board
Most recent Class Pages
- ‘Wonka Machines’ - Explanation texts (Year 5)
- Greeks (Year 3)
- Anti Bullying Survey (Year 3)
- Carbon Monoxide - Regional Winner (Year 3)
- Historical Herbal Potions (Year 4)
- World Cup Research (Year 5)
- All Around the World Week - WC host city research (Year 5)
- A card for a SPECIAL MAN (Year 5)
- MEXICAN Food tasting experience (Year 5)
- What did the Maya eat? (Year 5)