This afternoon, as part of our commemoration of 100 years since the end of World War I, Year 6 have been learning all about key figures from the Great War. Using the Chromebooks, they worked in small groups to work on the same document in creating an information page using their research.
This week, year 6 had a special visit from Coventry Magistrates Court. They learnt all about crime and punishment and what happens in the court. The children found it both fun and informative. A particular highlight was the trial re-enactment, in which the students took on roles within the court, including jury members, witnesses and legal advisors. It appears we have several budding actors in our midst!
Year 6 got into the spirit of Outdoor Learning Day by working in teams to create natural pieces of artwork.
We were delighted to welcome the author, Chris Priestley, to work with Years 5 & 6. He talked about his life as an author and illustrator, and showed the children how to ‘characterise’ a drawing. We then had a go at drawing ourselves as pirates. Huge thanks to Kenilworth Books and Bloomsbury Children’s Books for bringing Chris to our school for the afternoon.
Year 6 have been working hard this afternoon to turn simple sentences into complex sentences using relative clauses. They worked in pairs to identify the nouns in each sentence and adding in suitable relative clauses.
To celebrate European Language Day, Year 6 made their very own salsa. The children demonstrated excellent teamwork skills as well as discipline in translating the instructions from Spanish. Aside from a few tears while the onions were being chopped, everyone had a great time!
World Cup fever has spread across the school today as everyone dressed in red and white to support England against Tunisia this evening.
Last week, a group of Year 5/6 children enjoyed taking part in a tennis tournament. Everyone had a great time and represented the school extremely well.
