What a busy week we have had in P6a, our fantastic Showcase on Wednesday was the highlight of the week.  Great singing, clear speaking of our parts, representing our own languages and confident showing of our talents, our hobbies and national clothing.  We hope our families enjoyed it too!

We have looked at the seashells we placed in lemon juice a few weeks ago and were amazed by the changes.  The lemon juice acidity made the shells soft, chalky and very fragile.  It demonstrated to us how the oceans and wildlife are affected by the pollution that is in the worlds oceans.

This week P6a have been busy learning about Area.  We have measured, calculated and drawn area shapes.  One of the most enjoyable activities were our self portraits done in a Minecraft style.  Not only did we use Area we also had a little symmetry involved.  The final pictures allowed us to calculate the area of each part.  They look amazing!🤩👏🏻

We have also explored the issue of pollution and climate change on our Oceans.  First we watched an animated film by Aardman Films called  ‘Turtle Journey’, which, although incredibly sad also made us realise the problems creatures face. The pupils retold the story through a comic.   We then created an experiment using shells and lemon juice, to show the erosion of coral and shells due to the polluted waters and the increase in acid.  This is called acidification.  Next week we will see what has happened.

P6a have demonstrated brilliant coding skills this week.  We used the app Scratch to help us create coding animations.  If we were new to coding our friends helped us by giving little tips and showing us how to solve any problems.  Superb cooperation, creativity and coding.

🔤Literacy – we continue to work hard on our reading. We have developed our skills in reciprocal reading and paired reading. We are becoming more confident when reading aloud. This week we have worked on our skimming and scanning skills as well as ensuring we answer questions in full sentences.

🔢Maths – this week we took our learning outdoors for some orienteering fun! We answered place value questions that were hidden around the playground. This was a lot of fun and everyone worked well!

🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️PE – this week we took advantage of the nice weather and went to the pitch for our PE lessons. Continuing with our team work, we played games of rounders. What great sportsmanship we have in p6a.