It has been a very busy week so far in P6B! All the maths groups have now set up their own Google Classroom where Mr Atkinson allocates interactive maths based games to reinforce our learning and understanding. This has been really fun because it is challenging us to apply our learning in a different way. We also use it to communicate with our peers and Mr Atkinson sometimes gives us questions for us to feedback on.

This week we have been writing about fireworks because Bonfire Night was this week! As part of our talk homework we were asked to think about what vocabulary, openers, connectives, punctuation and senses that we could include in our writing. Mr Atkinson also had us compare and create a list of exciting verbs and adjectives to upskill our writing and bring it to life.

Before starting our Natural Disaster topic we had to finish our final two science lessons on forces. One of the experiments involved dropping two balls of different sizes and weights at the same time. Someone else in our group would record the results and another person would tell the group which ball landed first. We all discovered that balls of different weights still hit the floor at the same time due to gravity. In the second experiment we recreated air resistance by using a hairdryer, we then put objects with different surface areas on top of the hairdryer. We learnt that objects with different surface areas land at various times due to air resistance. Our science lesson on Wednesday was all about exploring magnetism. We had to use magnets to identify and record magnetic and non-magnet objects as well as investigate the terms repel and attract.

 

Mr Atkinson comments

P6B have been enjoying using Google Classroom to consolidate their learning in maths. We have also spent some time discussing and reviewing the importance of Getting It Right For Every Child and the SHANARRI indicators. The class have also started to use the ‘Growth Mindset Mountain’ which encourages them to reflect on times when they persevered with a challenging task. I hope everyone enjoyed Halloween and Bonfire night!