Dec 01
This term in design and technology, we have made gingerbread houses. We began the unit by learning about the origin of gingerbread and decorated gingerbread from the Tudors. We researched and created our own designs, before using templates to create a prototype. We then worked collaboratively and safely to follow a recipe, carefully measuring our …
Oct 11
In the Autumn term, Mrs Ramsdale (the chair of governors) came to school over 2 separate weeks and completed our bikeability training with us. The first week was spent on the playground, learning how to check our bikes, use hand signals as well as other skills including changing speed and direction. The second week, she …
Oct 09
As we missed out on our residential trip to York in Year 5 due to Covid-19, we had a camp out on the school field. This was great fun for us as we could spend time with our friends outside of school hours. We played games in the dark, had dinner round the campfire with …
Mar 24
Here at the Ryde School, we celebrated World Book day on the 22nd March with children bringing in potato book characters from their favourite stories. The children created an array of characters from well-known stories, and these were displayed for everyone in school to see. We are constantly encouraging a love of books in school. Did you …
Jan 23
On 23rd January, Class 6 took part in a rocks and fossils workshop with Dr Helen a palaeontologist (a scientist who studies fossils). This is because we are learning about fossils and evolution in our science topic. We started the morning by looking at a variety of fossils from different eras and thinking about which …
Jan 08
On 8th January 2020, Year 6 participated in a Lego Robotics workshop with Setpoint. In this workshop we had to creatively construct and code a robot which could complete a variety of missions and dodge obstacles. For example, push two magnets together; save astronauts; climb over a crater and knock off a dust solar panel. …
Nov 29
Our design and technology project this term was edible houses. We began our topic by finding out about the history of gingerbread and how decorative houses came about. We then thought about our success criteria by researching other edible houses and deciding what we thought ours should include. Next was planning and designing: we sketched …
Nov 11
During bikeability week we learnt how to ride our bikes safely on the road. We started on the school playground and we were taught how to do a bicycle safety check, and we had some time to work through each item on the checklist as a group. Once we had learnt how to check our …
Oct 23
On 23rd October 2019 we went to the University of Hertfordshire, where we met an author called Christopher Edge. He presented to us and lots of other local schools about his books and what inspired him to write. Some of his most famous books include: The Many Worlds of Albie Bright; The Infinite Lives of …
Sep 30
Year 6 visited Bletchley Park as part of our World War Two topic in history. We began the day by visiting their new exhibition Secrecy and Security – Keeping Safe Online. We had a chance to visit the huts where Alan Turin’s office is located, and had a go at the interactive displays. After lunch, …