We are proud to announce that we have gained our first section ‘Skilled Teacher’ towards achieving the Rainbow
Congratulations to all of our end of year achievement winners!
As part of our final year 6 science unit, we have been studying light. We finished off our project with a visit to the Centre of Life where we took part in a ‘Light Fantastic Workshop’ which was excellent and then rounded up many other science topics previously taught during our time at the junior school. We watched a science theatre show and visited zones such as: Hello World, Space Zone, Brain Zone and Creativity Zone. We also visited The Planetarium and watched a ‘We are aliens’ show which was fascinating. We had a brilliant day out on our final primary school trip.
Year 3 had a visit from That History Bloke.
We had lots of fun finding out about Roman life and handling Roman artefacts.
We enjoyed a day in school where we were allowed to come dressed in what made us feel comfortable. We discussed why we were proud to be who we are.
Year 5 enjoyed a visit from the Mayan Warrior, Big Nose, on Friday. We took part in lots of different tasks including: Learning to count to 10 in the Mayan Language, Drama based storytelling, Mayan Artefacts handling and sketching, Mayan Maths, and a Mayan Gameshow where we were tested on our knowledge of this Ancient Civilisation. All of the children impressed their teachers with their speaking and listening skills, especially with how much they had learned during our topic.
In DT in Year 5, we have been designing a recipe for a healthy Bolognese sauce. We tasted different sauces and evaluated them, deciding which we liked best and why. We then analysed the sauces ingredients and nutritional information and we discussed which we thought was healthiest and why. After that, we researched different recipes and came up with our own, making sure it was as healthy as it could be by adding extra vegetables such as carrots and peppers and reducing unhealthy ingredients such as fats, salt and sugar. Together, we created a recipe deciding on how finely things needed to be chopped, how we wanted them cooked and for how long. We prepared and chopped the vegetables carefully using knives and other equipment such as an onion holder and a peeler. We decided we wanted a smooth sauce, so it was blended once it was cooked. We decided that the best way to taste our sauce would be to have it with some pasta with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese on the top. Most of use absolutely loved the sauce. Ryan said, “It’s more delicious than delicious!”
As Year 6 move on to their Secondary Schools, we’d like to wish them all good luck for the future. The have had an amazing year, loads of trips, activities and worked so hard. We’re proud of all of them and would like to share their successful SATs results with you.
Reading 95% of students gained the expected standard, with 93% in writing. In maths the figure was 97%, so overall 90% of our children have reached the standard expected at the end of Primary School. This is in contrast to the national standard of 59%
