Mathlete's 17.11.14

Today, in Mathlete's, we picked a group of 2 or 3, and worked out a very complicated problem. The problem that we had to solve was 'how many squares do you get on a squared sheet of paper'. It turned out that the highest worked out was 1400 squares, found by Leoni, Ellie and Lily. The second highest was found by me (Holly) and Jessica, we worked out 1069 squares.

Here is Morgan and Alex, they are working out how many squares are on one sheet.

Here are Sophie, Callum and Caitlin. They are calculating the amount of squares that they could see. 

On this lovely picture Michael is carefully calculating the squares. Well Done!

On this great picture Gwire, is carefully looking at his squares. How complicated does that look!

Posted by Holly & Emi

Hockey- Our New Skill

Friday 14th November 2014 

This half term for PE we have decided to learn a new game- Hockey. 

We have begun by learning how to hold a stick properly, dribble and show control over the ball. 

Class 9 did a fantastic job for their first lesson this week. Well done! 

Mr Chester Visit- Real Learning

Thursday 13th November 2014 

Today we had a very special visit from Mr Chester. We are very privatised as Mr Chester was in charge of organising the Western Fronts Remembrance day parade. We had a fantastic time listening to his stories. 

First of all we generated lots of questions to ask him. We had many! 

 When he arrived we asked lots of questions and listened to many of his stories and facts. 

He also brought lots of artefacts for us to look at. We found this very interesting and couldn't wait to explore these more. 

Thank you for coming in Mr Chester, we had a fabulous time and learnt so much. 

Posted by Mrs Leigh 

London

Tuesday 11th November 2014

Today was a very special day as we marked Remembrance Day. It was made even more special by it being the 100 year anniversary of the First World War. 

We were honoured to be invited to attend the Cenotaph ceremony in Lobdon. This was a very special moment and we were honoured to be there. We made a wreath and laid this on the Cenotaph during the ceremony. 

 We looked around before the ceremony and saw the wreaths from the memorial service on Remembrance Sunday. 

We then were invited to 10 Downing Street by David Cameron to have our photographs outside. This was such a special moment. 

  Here are some more photographs of our time in London. 

Thank you to the Western Front Association for such a special invitation. 

Posted by Mrs Leigh

Remembrance

Monday 10th November

Today we have been thinking about remembrance. We have been researching why the poppy is used a symbol and why it is important. The children in Class 9 completed this well and decided on how they would display this. There were some beautiful pieces of work Class 9! 

We also dedicated a remembrance cross to someone we knew or all of the fallen soldiers. Here are some examples: 

We then went to lay our crosses outside in the memorial garden. 

 

Here are a few pictures of the memorial garden at the blessing and after all families had laid their wreaths.

Eden Camp

Thursday 6th November 2014 

Today we had the most amazing time on our trip to Eden Camp in Malton. 

We went to learn more about World War Two and embed our learning further. I was so proud of my class for how much information they were taking in and how curious they were. 

Take a look at some of the photos to see what we did. 

Budding photographers...

Friday 24th October 2014 

This week we have been finalising our photography exhibition. The children have thought about camera angles, backgrounds and lighting. 

We also made multiple drafts of our photographs to ensure that they were the best possible. 

Make sure that you check back to see how our photographs turned out...

Posted by Mrs Leigh

Critiquing our poems

Friday 24th October 2014 

This week we have been finalising our WW2 poetry. We created multiple drafts to ensure that they were the best quality possible. 

One thing that really impressed me Class 9 was the way that you critiqued your poems. You were all really specific and your comments were really helpful. Well done! 

Posted by Mrs Leigh 

Volume of Gas Mask Boxes

23.10.14

This week, we have been learning to calculate the volume. We decided to calculate the volume because we are going to make our own gas mask boxes. We worked hard to compare sizes and calculate effectively. 

Well done Kaylee, you calculated well using the method shown. 

WOW Jess- you worked so hard to calculate the volume independently. 

Well done Class9. You have shown many skills. You are amazing mathmaticians! 

Posted by Mrs Leigh