Snapshot of P6B’s learning!

We have been very busy with our IDL topic, Titanic, this week! First we compared and contrasted the difference between first, second and third class passengers. We then debated what class of travel we would prefer to be in and used our knowledge to justify our answers. Following this we applied our research skills taught by Miss Bishop to create fact files on famous Titanic passengers. Abi brought into class and shared with us replicas of the the Titanic passenger tickets, music sheets that the band on board the Titanic would have used and advertisement posters. We then finished off our ship designs by painting them and giving them appropriate names. Finally, we were able to test whether our ships were buoyant or not by placing them into a container with water in it.  All of them floated, however, some were more successful that others. We decided to evaluate different designs by discussing the different material used and the importance of counterbalancing weight . We discovered that some ships are designed for different purposes!

In our writing this week we wrote a newspaper article based on either an event that happened in the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone or we could create our very own incident that could have happened within the novel’s timeline. We also discussed the key features of newspaper writing such as the importance of layout and how to grab a readers attention through a short eye-catching Heading/Byline. We all used the laptops and Google Classroom to help write and submit our final copies.

This week we started DYW! All the pupils in the class went to different classrooms to learn about Digital Technologies, Learning for Sustainability, Life Skills and Design and Manufacturing. Mr Atkinson showed us the micro:bit devices which we will be programming and turning into Stepometers.

 

Mr Atkinson’s Comment

Congratulations to everyone for designing and testing their ships. We had a wide range of vessels including; battleships, yachts, cruise liners and oil tankers. It was great to see pupils applying their prior understanding of buoyancy that we learnt in our science lessons and incorporating them into their planning to ensure their boats float. P.E. will return to its normal scheduled periods (Monday and Friday) next week. For the start of this term the homework texts will be non-fiction based. Have a fantastic weekend everyone!