Learning to relief print (and writing backwards!)
As the next stage of our collaborative art project, we began to think about the imagery we wanted to include on our piece.ย We began by mind-mapping words and images that could be used to respond to the theme of…
DT – refugee shelter prototypes – freestanding structures
After exploring how to join paper to create freestanding structures, Year 6 set about realising their prototype shelters. They used flaps, folds and joins to create stable structures. ย As they were just exploring prototype designs, they used masking tape…
Ramadan Begins!
Monday 11th March (the date can vary) marks the beginning of Ramadan a time of fasting, prayer and charity. We would like to wish all of our Muslim families peace and harmony during this important time. Find out more about…
Stan’s Cafe Project – Saving the Butterfly
This term, Year 6 have been lucky to have worked with Jack from Stan's Cafe.ย They are exploring the themes in the book, Saving the Butterfly: A story about refugees by Helen Cooper. They explored the story, the themes of…
๐๐๐๐World Book Day 2024 ๐๐๐๐
This year, Year 6 had a busy world book day. ย They had the important job of inspiring the younger children to love reading. Year 6 role models visited Reception and Year 1 to join in their reading parties. ย Both sets…
Birmingham Royal Ballet Workshop Fun
Today, Year 6 had a fantastic opportunity to explore โStill Life at the Penguin Cafeโ when a dance artist and pianist from Birmingham Royal Ballet came to lead a workshop. After a fascinating look at the endangered or extinct animals…
The Baha’i Faith
The Baha'i faith is possibly the world's newest faith. For people who follow this faith, a special time starts on 26th February, it is called Intercalary or Ayyam-i-Ha. It is interesting that people of many faiths begin fasting around…
DT – focused practical tasks and design ideas – refugee shelters
Last term, Year 6 started to explore existing shelters.ย They used the Kagan structure, Round Table,ย to discuss the different features of shelters such as bus stops, phone boxes ("What are they?"), bird houses, tents and umbrellas. Next, they sketched…
Y6 Art – revealing our transfer prints
Today, Year 6 got to see if the transfer medium prints that they produced last week had been successful.ย Had they put enough medium on?ย Had they pressed down hard enough? To reveal the results, they had to apply water…