Light!

In Chestnut Class, we have been investigating and researching light and how the eye works.

With the help of the wonderful Sharmeen, we set up a fair experiment in the sensory room (because this was the only place we could find which did not have other light sources impacting our results!) and we measured the length of shadows when we changed the distance of an object from a light source.

 We discussed the conditions required to make it a fair test. As well as making sure no other light sources interfered with our shadows, we also decided to:

 

¨ keep the distance from the wall the same

¨ Use the same torch

¨ Keep the torch at the same angle

¨ Keep the way we measure the shadow consistent (top to bottom, not side to side!)

 

Autumn 1 - World War Two WOW Day!

We began learning about WW2 today and to kick our topic off to a great start the children in Year 6 packed a suitcase with all their formal documents and some personal items too and were ‘evacuated’ into the countryside. We made the long journey to a safer place and when we arrived some kind adults (and some not-so-kid adults!) arrived to give us new homes. Some of us had a lovely time and safe and cared for - others of us were made to work for our keep. We all wrote postcards home about our time. Sirens went off during our lessons too and we had to climb under our tables to be safe!

Summer 2 - Sports Day at Berger!

It wasn’t quite the Copperbox and we had to contend with some rain but none of this stopped us having a brilliant time at our last Berger sports day! Here are a selection of action shots from the afternoon!

Summer 1 - D.T. Picninc

We planned, cooked, tasted and evaluated the most wonderful picnic and even the rain held off for us to enjoy it!

To start, Year 6 made summer rolls (thank you Rahila!) and melon balls (thank you Katie!). For our main course, we all enjoyed a delicious bulgar wheat salad (thank you Fatima!) and finally, we had a healthier twist on an Eton Mess for dessert (thank you Miss Thomas!). A big thank you also to Sharmeen and her design team for all the lovely decorations they made. What a great day we had!

Summer 1 - Forest School

Spring 2 - Creative Tasks

While we have been working very hard on our SATs revision and core learning, we have also found plenty of time to flex our creative muscles and have produced some amazing pieces of art in Year 6 within our Oceans topic.

We did some lino cutting and printing with inks using Hokusai’s ‘Big Wave’ painting as inspiration.

We also experimented with different media and created a collage of an ocean scene with an orca leaping out of the sea.

Spring 2 - Angles Revision and Fun with Fractions!

Spring 1 - R.E. Presentations

We researched creation stories from around the world in groups and presented them to the rest of the class!

Spring 1 - SAVE OUR OCEANS!

In a shocking turn of events, Year 6 discovered the fish tank in the library full of plastic and suffering sea creatures. We were so outraged that we have decided to go on a protest to raise awareness for plastic pollution in our oceans and to help save the seas!

We protested on Well Street on Friday 14th January and people came out from shops; cars beeped their horns and lots of passers-by got involved! What a success!

Spring 1 - Investigating with circuits!

We are having a sciency return to school and Chestnut Class are having a great time investigating circuits in our electricity lessons. We began by drawing some circuits and have got simple circuits working including: bulbs, fans and buzzers. Some of us even included a switch! Now we are busy investigating the effect adding additional wires has on the brightness of the bulb.

Year 6 Light Experiment (Autumn 2)

Our classrooms are very hard to make dark…so Amrita took us to the sensory room (where it is very dark, as you can see from the photos!) in small groups where we set up an experiment to find out what difference the distance between an object and light source made on the size (we measured the length in cm) of a shadow.

We also enjoyed experimenting with our own shadows and the shapes they make in the playground!

RAF Hendon Trip (Autumn 2)

Chestnut Class were an absolute pleasure to take out on our trip to Hendon to the RAF Museum. We had a brilliant day there and learned a lot! We saw many different planes and other aircraft used by the RAf - both now and then. We also enjoyed the WW2 classroom experience, where we wrote using real ink from ink wells and even had to hide under the tables during an air raid! We also learned some simple conversations of pounds, shillings and pence - and then had some very tricky maths questions to answer. (Even the adults had to think hard!)

Sources in history (Autumn 2)

We were looking at different pictures from the WW2 period and using our history detective skills to identify whether they were primary or secondary sources and explaining how we knew.

Forest School Autumn 1

Chestnut Class visited Forest School twice this half term. During the first session, we made shelters that soldiers could have used during WW2 to take cover in. On our second visit, we explored the site and made free choices as to what we decided to do. Some of us made mobiles using natural resources; some of us made and played on tree swings; some of us climbed tree after tree and some of us made another shelter!

World War Two Evacuation! (Autumn 1)

We began our WW2 learning by having a WOW Day, where we learnt about the evacuation of children and vulnerable people from London (and other big cities) to the countryside, where it was safer. After we had packed our suitcases, we journeyed around the playground and some kind adults came to take us in and gave us tasks to earn our keep!

The Potato Olympics!

We are starting our new topic on Ancient Greece with a bang and are all taking part in the Potato Olympics this week! Meet the athletes below and stay tuned for updates on how we get on with our events this week!

Ancient Greece Activities Carousel

To introduce our new topic, we spent some time today doing a carousel of activities all about Ancient Greece.

STEM Sisters - Mary Anning Workshop

Here is a selection of pictures from our Mary Anning workshop where we learned about her life and the amazing contributions she made to science and palaeontology, for which she was not recognised until much later.

Forest School 2021