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 …
Our first Doves Assembly since Covid and the children pulled it out of the bag. We were so proud of their attitude during our rehearsals and how involved they got at adding extra bits into the script. A great performance and your teachers are very proud of you. Well done,,
As a part of Leeds United’s Primary Choices initiative, we were lucky enough to be visited by two colleagues who discussed important issues around the law and anti-social behaviour. This was for children moving from Primary to Secondary. Our children were a credit to Tranmere and joined in with all the activities maturely, whilst asking …
The children from both classes have had a lovely time playing together as part of Mental Health Week. The Year 6s were supposed to be the leaders but we are not sure who was leading who!
This afternoon, we have created a scale model of the solar system. Mercury was a peppercorn, Jupiter was a watermelon and we learnt that Neptune (lime) was a long LONG way from our sun.
The children have outdone themselves this Tranmere Christmas; the table decorations, the dancing and the festive spirit on show were so great that we wanted to share. (Don’t panic 5/6; we’ve kept the dancing between us!)
To discover more about The Anglo Saxons we put on our archaeology hats and went searching for artefacts. Not quite Sutton Hoo, but we did manage to unearth a few in the school grounds! Once back in the classroom we discussed the pros and cons of using artefacts as a historical source. Doves had some …
After a whole school assembly where we discussed the value and importance of learning another language, we decided to develop our skills in a new language – British Sign Language. Definitely more difficult than it looks! We started with the basics of Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight and have set ourselves the …
Not much sleep to be had on the coach but we made it to the ferry. Just waiting for the ferry to set sail – all still smiling!