In English, we have started writing our biographies about famous people who were imprisoned during their life. Having done our research last week, we studied biographies again and were able to summarise the purpose of each paragraph. Having done this, we were then able to start writing our own biographies about famous people such as Anne Frank, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. Look out next week to see us finishing it!
Here's a few photos of us practising our fine-motor skills in handwriting practice by cutting out the longest, most accurate loop that we could.
In maths we have completed our unit on mental and written methods, and have just started on BODMAS! We are trying some tricky problems involving the order of operations, remembering to use the rule of Brackets, Order, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction.
In science, Year 6 were discovering how refraction of 'white' light actually shows that light is made out of all the colours! We had a go at making rainbows using prisms, CDs, a glass of water, as well as water in a bowl with mirrors. We then proved that white light was made out of all the colours by creating our own fast colour spinners. When we spun them around what colour did they blur into? Well - white of course!
In theme we concluded our study of graffiti artwork by creating our own stencils and stippling paint onto our own paper walls - the same way that Banksy creates his artwork.
Maths homework this week is based on roman numerals for year 5, and BODMAS for year 6.
Spelling homework is to learn all 50! End of half-term mini-tests begin next week!
Finally, don't forget to bring in a cereal box by Tuesday the latest so you can make your marvellous Viking Boats that you have been planning!
Mrs Crawley
I really enjoyed the graffiti art lesson and can't wait to make our viking ships.
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