Today, we became blood cells and journeyed around our circulatory system. During our journey, we entered each of the four chambers of the heart before being pumped to either the body or the lungs to complete the gaseous exchange.
Today, we were joined by Doctor Khanna, who kindly volunteered his expertise and led a dissection. The children learnt about the chambers of the heart and the purpose of: veins, arteries, the trachea, the bronchi, the lungs and the alveoli. Further to this, on two of the samples, we were able to spot the voice …
The children have all settled in brilliantly and already impressed us with their maturity and good behaviour – long may it last😀! We had a lovely time in the sun today trying to find out about the Mayans using paintings as a source of evidence. Great detective skills were in evidence and they made a …
As is now tradition, Year 6 have been applauded around the school by every class and staff member. They have been given garlands, presents, mocktails and ice creams (all funded by our incredibly generous PTA). They are currently signing autograph books and having their shirts signed before enjoying pizza at 1pm. A fantastic send off …
I think I will let the pictures do the talking…
In spite of the rain, Year 6 have had a fantastic session with the coaches from LS-ten. They have learnt about the anatomy of a board, developed their confidence when mounting and dismounting and then got on the move. Some children have even managed to learn a trick or two. It was a truly unique …
This week, we have created Alien Soup (as you do) in order to demonstrate how materials can be separated. We examined what a solution was and discussed irreversible changes learnt in 3/4 (burning, baking, rusting etc). We then began creating our ‘soup’: water, sand, paper clips, salt and rice. The children were challenged with understanding …
On Thursday, the Puffins studied the male and female structures of flowering plants. We dissected a Lily and identified the pistil/carpal (stigma, style and ovary), the stamen (anther and filament), the sepals and the petals. One or two groups also thought that they had identified an egg (ovule) in the ovaries.
On Friday, the Doves studied the male and female structures of flowering plants. We dissected a Lily and identified the pistil (stigma, style and ovary), the stamen (anther and filament), the sepals and the petals. One or two groups also thought that they had identified an egg (ovule) in the ovaries.
We have had an interesting few weeks designing and making our pencil cases and now they are finished! We have experimented with running stitch, back stitch, whip stitch, blanket stitch and sewing on a button, however, threading the needle was probably the most difficult of all! Here are our finished designs, Great British Sewing Bee …