A number of children from year 5&6 had the opportunity to compete in the North Norfolk partnership event at the UEA in a number of track and field events. There was great teamwork and a super attitude from all those who went, well done!
This week 6H have been furthering their understanding of division by using concrete materials. The photos below show different examples of how materials have been used to aid learning and understanding. Work on the whiteboards shows the progression to pictorial then abstract representations.
Welcome to our new playground buddies who have been nominated for their super skills. They will be helping out during play times and using the buddy bench when others need it.
6H have been busy creating a Christmas narrative this week in literacy, working hard to achieve their writing target throughout the process. Today they have put together all their ideas and work to create an Imovie animation of their story.
Year 6 have been the educating the rest of the school on World War 2. They have be busy researching different aspects of World War Two: Make do and mend, rationing, the Blitz and Anne Frank for example. The museum … Continue reading
6H have been learning all about the features of smartphones and their capabilities. This has led to them inventing their own problem solving app. The photos below show them presenting their ideas via very professional Google presentations.
We have been busy making a range of goodies to sell to raise money for Children in Need!
We are also busy code breaking. The children are experts at the Caesar Shift Cipher and Pig-Pen Cipher!
As part of Maths week and our code breaking project, 6H had a challenging lesson learning the secret Pigpen cipher. Once the code had been cracked, secret mathematical problems were enciphered in Pigpen code. Can you have a go cracking … Continue reading
The children have had a fantastic day! Dressing up as service men and woman from World War II. We all took part in drills with the Home Guard. We experienced life during the Blitz and all took part in learning … Continue reading
Click link above to see photographs. Our focus for the cafe was to look at the different types of questions to ask your child when reading at home. The children then designed a bookmark with question starters on it.
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