Years 5 & 6 20.05.22
Halim from the Toucans has produced a flashback, based on the short movie 'The Piano' by Aiden Gibbons. This movie has no narrative at all, just music, so Halim has created the narrative to accompany it.
Halim from the Toucans has produced a flashback, based on the short movie 'The Piano' by Aiden Gibbons. This movie has no narrative at all, just music, so Halim has created the narrative to accompany it.
In English, the Flamingoes have been planning a leaflet to advertise their theme parks. Maisie wrote some fantastic Alan Peat sentences to describe 'Gobi World' which included rhetorical questions and similies.
This term in Science, Year 5 are learning all about Earth and Space. Jake from the Pandas has produced a lovely double-page spread presenting his research about our Solar System.
Isabel in the Flamingoes wrote an excellent analysis of the theories around the shape of the Earth as part of our learning in Science about space.
Courtney from the Toucans has designed her own French menu as part of our unit titled 'Monter un Cafe'. As a class we looked at how to carry out a conversation in a restaurant and role-played taking it in turns to be the waiter or waitress and customer. We set the scene with some French music too!
The work is by Eilidh Homewood and she has written a poem, inspired by our POR text 'Rose Blanche', about hope springing at the end of WW2.
This week, Year 5 started reading Shackleton's Journey by William Grill, a non-fiction text depicting Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica in 1914. In role as Shackleton, Avie from the Pandas has written a brilliant Go Fund Me style appeal for sponsors, explaining the benefits of funding the project.
As part of our work in English on Odysseus and the Cyclops, Lexi wrote a newspaper report detailing the dramatic events.
Josh from the Toucans has created a wonderful moderated piece of writing, all about The Circulatory System. This piece has been influenced by a science experiment that Year 6 have carried out and encompasses a range of language features.
In RE, Isaac created this spread on Anne Frank as part of our work on inspirational Jewish people, whilst learning about Judaism.
This week, Year 5 have been writing sensory poems based on 'The Magic of the Brain' by Jenny Joseph. Here is a lovely example by Bianca from the Pandas.
The Flamingoes have been reading the story of Odysseus and have written newspaper reports about his battle with the Cyclops. Layla from the Flamingoes wrote this newspaper report.