Snapshot of P6B’s learning!

This week in science we planned our rusting lesson. This will involve testing if non-galvanised nails would rust in different types of liquids. We decided to do this as some of the pupils in the class wanted to learn more about the rusting process and how it has affected the Titanic shipwreck. Over the next few weeks will record the changes of the nails and report back our findings.

In technology we created our initial plans by recording the challenges of making a boat float and hold the weigh of different objects. Afterwards we chose some recyclable resources and used them to draw a boat design. This involved us measuring some of the equipment, drawing them to scale and labeling the diagram.

We have continued to hone our passing, dribbling and shooting skills by competing in mini house challenges. This required us to aim and shoot at a different coloured cones, each representing different points. Afterwards we were given thirty seconds to dribble through gates and at the end total how many times we went through them. Going forward all of us will get a chance to lead our warm-ups. With Mr Brown we have started to develop skills related to hockey.

This week we finished reading our class novel Harry Potter. We have loved listening to the audiobook and reading along with Mr Atkinson. It has encouraged us to closely analyse characterisation, plot and setting. The activities also challenged us to to identify relevant information to support our inferences and evaluations. Some of the class have already borrowed and bought the rest of the Harry Potter series to read at home.

In maths Isaac Newton are continuing with their work on symmetry. Emmy Noether have been developing their understanding of place value by rounding numbers to 10,1000,100000,1000000. The rest of the groups have begun to convert grams into kilograms and vice versa.

Mr Atkinson’s Comment

Well done to everyone for reading the Harry Potter chapters as part of your homework! I have been very impressed with the varied and interesting ship designs, will they all float? Thank you to all the pupils who have assisted me with collecting the paper recycling bins and the Walker Crips packets around the school. Every week members of P6B will be involved with Eco activities to help reduce waste and encourage recycling at Crookfur Primary School.