Production!

Around the World in 80 Days 

We only have one more week until production week is upon us! We have been so busy as a key stage learning all the songs and spending some time practising! They are all working so hard! We have already spent some time designing tickets and also back drops.

Next week we are going to continue this hard work and also start making the props! We are also going to look in some detail at our first song ' The Year is 1872'  and use it find out information from that time period.

Queen Victoria

The Telephone

The Light Bulb

Yellowstone Park

Where in the World?

We have already found out a lot about the history of chocolate! We are now going to use our geography skills to find out where in the world it is grown and consumed! Look at this map to see if you can spot the countries that it is mostly grown and consumed? Are you surprised by any?

The darker the green colour the more chocolate is produced and the darker the orange colour is the more chocolate that is consumed!

Multiplication!

Next week we are going to look at using the grid method for multiplication! This is a method you have already used before and is a very organised and clear way to work out large sums!

Have a look at these images to remind yourself how to do it...

This image shows you how to multiply larger numbers! We will also be including decimals in our sums!

Autumn 2

Maths:

We are going to start looking at measures in maths when we return. We will begin measuring accurately to the nearest mm. We will then convert measures (which we have already touched on slightly this year). We will also convert imperial back to metric measures e.g. converting inches to cm!

English:

In English we are going to look at biographies. We will begin spotting the success criteria in biographies that have already been written. This will help us to improve and incorporate these techniques into our own writing. Throughout the first week we are going to read the story of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', we will then use this story to write up a biography of Wonka's life!

PE:

As I have already mentioned, our PE slot has changed from Friday afternoon to Thursday mornings. We have a specialised football coach coming in every Thursday morning!

Our New Topic!

Our new topic when we return from half term is 'Chocolate', which unfortunately does not mean we will be eating chocolate all afternoon! This topic will link in with history, geography, art, DT and ICT. We are going to begin looking into the history of chocolate - where it came from and how it has progressed over time! We will make timelines and use maps to present the information we collect.

We are then going to begin creating our own chocolate bars! We will use chocolate bars from the past to spark our ideas. We will collect evidence and data to help us move forward in our plans and designs. It promises to be a very busy half term... so make sure you get plenty of rest!

Our Fairy Tales

In year 6 we have just finished writing up our Fairy Tales about the Elves and the Shoemaker. The children came up with some fantastic ideas about where the elves came from and why they were sent to help! They thought very carefully about the language they used and the flow of their writing. Have a read of just a few of the brilliant stories they wrote!

By Jaekob

 By Tom 

 By Codie 

By Maisy 

Angles!

In maths, we are going to look at angles! Have a look at the image below to remind yourself of the different types of angles!