Well done to Maddie who received a prize for her stocking design.
We had a great time during our Christmas meal and festivities.
We made Christmas hats and decorations with a WW2 twist in the last week of term.
We've been using Learning by Questions to extend and fill gaps in our learning.
Following on from WW1, we learnt about the Treaty of Versailles and how WW2 started.
We looked at a range of WW2 artefacts and learnt about how the course of the war changed from 1939-1945.
We've been using our DT skills to design and make wooden angel decorations for Christmas trees. We had to select the best tool for the job.
We often use technology to find out the etymology of words but we also like to use old-school methods as well.
We've been learning how to use spreadsheets to work out multiple calculations with the help of formulae.
We set up the classroom to look like ww1 trenches with No Man's Land in between.
We had to keep our heads down and try and rest in our dugouts under the tables and tarpaulins.
No Man's Land was filled with debris and wire. We could barely see the other trench through our periscopes.
We made gas masks and found that, when the 'Gas' call came, the panic made them hard to get on.
Year 6 took part in a classroom-based trench experience to appreciate how hard life was on the western front in WW1. We'd made authentic periscopes and gasmasks so we could peer over the top and protect us from gas. We've been reading Private Peaceful and now have first-hand points of view to use in our writing - along with a lot of respect for those soldiers.
Year 6 had the chance to work with the Cornish Pirates rugby team to improve their skills.
Year 6 had the chance to work with the Cornish Pirates rugby team to improve their skills.
Year 6 had the chance to work with the Cornish Pirates rugby team to improve their skills.
Year 6 had the chance to work with the Cornish Pirates rugby team to improve their skills.
Year 6 had the chance to work with the Cornish Pirates rugby team to improve their skills.
Learning to run with the ball.
Handling games to build confidence and dexterity.
Passing the ball under our legs as we moved.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Year 6 visited Pendennis Castle to learn more about the experiences of soldiers through time.
Mrs Roberts helped us find the names of the local soldiers we've been researching on the 'Roll of Honour' as part of our Remembrance Day support
We've been using our accurate measuring skills to produce periscopes for our trench experience.
We had to select the most appropriate saw for the job of cutting plastic mirrors for our periscopes.
In maths. we've been learning about equivalent, improper and mixed number fractions.
Looking across from Pendennis Castle to St Mawes Castle.
From the top of the battlements we could look out across the Fal estuary.
We looked at how technology had changed warfare over the centuries.
The WW2 long-range naval guns in the Half Moon Battery.
We looked at maps in the observation posts which controlled where the guns fired.
We re-enacted how crews would work together to reload the guns.
