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Learning Links
Feb 032023
Reading to their reading buddies
Class 6 had a lovely end to the week reading to their buddies. They enjoyed reading the books with lots of expression and trying to keep the receptions engaged in the story.
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Jan 232023
Components of the blood activity
Year 6 have been learning about the human circulatory system. Today, they used plasticine to create a model of blood sample in a petri dish. They used white plasticine to create the two different types of white blood cells, red plasticine for the erythrocytes (red blood cells), coloured water for the blood plasma and small dots for the platelets. The children researched each cell and what they did as they made their sample.
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Dec 082022
Gingerbread House – Parent Activity
The task was to create a standing gingerbread house. Year 6 had previously planned, designed and created their prototypes in cardboard, checking their measurements carefully. The next step was to make and cut the gingerbread to the correct size and bake.
Together with their parents, who came armed with sugary weapons, they set about creating their final structures, which they were very proud of.
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Oct 072022
Camp Out
Class 6 really enjoyed the camp out at the weekend. They enjoyed lots of different activities and were able to spend some time with their class mates outside of a usual school day.
Firstly, we set up our camp, put up our tents and sorted out a cosy place to sleep. Later, Ms Burns lit the camp fire and we listened to stories around the fire. After a few stories we had a hot dinner of pizza, chips and veggies around the campfire.
After our dinner, it was time to play games in the dark. To start with, the children were put into four teams and then using their torches had to find 5 pieces of coloured equipment that had been hidden all around the grounds. Some teams were better at finding things than others, red team won in the end. Well done red team!
Lots of Class 6 had asked to play hide and seek in the dark next, so that is what we did! Quietly, Mrs Thompson had hidden first and so the class had to find her before they could hide and be found by the teachers. Some of the class were very good at staying quiet and finding dark places to hide and made it very hard for the teachers to find them.
When it started getting late, we had smores around the campfire and some people started to get a bit tired and were wanting to go to bed. Some of the class got ready in their PJ’s and cleaned their teeth while others had one last go at hide and seek in the dark.
We then had time in the tents to chat and chill before bed. Some fell asleep more quickly and there were definitely a few snores heard from different tents!
Lots of the class woke up early, between 5:30am and 7am. At 8am the class sat down to a breakfast they chose and enjoyed a range of tasty things like mango, strawberries, different juices, a range of cereals, toast and a selection of pancakes and pastries. Tasty!
We designed flags for a few games of capture the flag, they stayed in their colours groups from the previous evening and were given a base which they had to keep and protect their flag from the other groups. In the end four groups merged into 2 and yellow and red won the game.
Then it was snack time, followed by a carousel of activities including craft activities, den building, clay, and using the hammock and some people chilled in their tents with friends and played games.
Saturday was Aayush’s birthday so before it was time to pack away the children got to have cake and sing happy birthday to him too.
It was a lovely experience for Class 6 to spend time with friends and stay away from home. They all did really well.
Jul 222022
Science at The Ryde School 2021 – 2022
For Science day, Class 6 investigated which biscuit was the best for dunking. They created their own investigation and recorded their experiment in groups. They the created clear scatter graphs to record their results and feedback what they had found out
How fast is your resting heart rate? How does this compare to your heart rate when you are active? Class 6, along with their parents, investigated these questions. Timing their heart rate and recording their findings accurately.
Class 6 have been learning about evolution and inheritance. They did an excellent outdoor investigation which helped pupils understand why inheritance is so important for survival.
Jul 052022
Heart Rate parent activity
We invited our parents into school to complete a science activity with us. We were investigating how exercise affects our bodies, specifically our heart rate. To make it a fair test, we could choose one variable to change, either the type of exercise completed or how long the exercise is completed for. Once the exercise was completed we measured our heart rate in 15 seconds, then multiplied it by 4 to calculate our heart rate per minute. After our data was collected, we presented our results in either a line or bar graph, depending on the variable we chose to change.
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Jun 272022
OAA Week
During Outdoor and Adventurous week (OAA week) 2022, we enjoyed taking part in many different activities which challenged our problem solving, creative thinking, fine and gross motor and teamwork skills.
Some of our favourite activities from the week included:
- perspective photography
- den building
- campfire cooking
- nature sculptures
- fire lighting
- making our own Tudor potpourri bags
- measuring the heights of trees using clinometers
- calculating the number of blades of grass on the school field
- creating leaf classification key
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Jun 152022
Animation Nation
One of our favourite workshops this year was the opportunity to create stop motion animations. This process took a number of different steps to complete.
Stage 1) Planning our animation on a storyboard template. In our groups, we thought carefully about the short animation story we wanted to create. We then planned it in our groups onto a story board to help keep us focused throughout the creation process.
Stage 2) Create our plasticine models. These included characters, props or objects needed for the animation.
Stage 3) Create the animation! This involved us taking multiple pictures of our models in very slightly different positions to create the impression of movement. We could choose from a range of different backgrounds, floors, sound effects and music.
Dec 012021
Design and Technology – Gingerbread Houses
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 ingredients. Once baked, we invited our parents into school to construct and beautifully decorate our gingerbread houses. Later, we evaluated our final product against our design criteria.
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Oct 112021
Bikeability
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 took us onto the roads to put our learning into practise with the help from some of our parents.
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