We have been working hard in class and lots of learning has taken place In October, we have been: Reading Goodnight Mr Tom and writing diary entries, letters home, newspapers Extending our learning about fractions Making propaganda posters in our WW2 topic Continuing our work with Jo from Watford Trust on having a positive mindset
Year 6 We are enjoying our new classroom and have settled in well. Some things we have done in September are: A class trip to Lincolnsfield where we were evacuees for the day. We learned all about World War 2 and experienced ‘a day in the life’ of a WW2 child (see picture) Write books …
We had fun on World Book Day reading and sharing some of our favourite books. We had a class quiz involving picture rounds and a book-based film soundtrack round! Some of us came back to school in the evening to hear books being shared by teachers across the school.
Now that December was here, the end of term would not be the same without a Christmas Fair, a class Xmas party and of course a good old sing song and a show featuring a medley of classic Christmas hits. And in the words of Slade themselves: ‘Merry Christmas Everybody!’
Year 6 led us in a beautifully moving Remembrance Assembly this morning.
As part of our learning about our locality during World War, we headed just a few miles away to Hillingdon to explore an authentic bunker used in World War 2. After a workshop in the classroom, we headed below to explore before some photos with aircraft outside and a visit to the museum there.
We enjoyed a lovely trip to the Watford Colosseum this afternoon, to hear the Purcell School of Music’s Orchestra play. We particularly enjoyed all the Disney tracks!
What a great start to our unit of work on WW2 visiting the Lincolnsfield Centre today.
As part of our activity days, we spent a day visiting St Helen’s School in Northwood. What a fantastic day they organised for us involving, climbing, badminton (taught by an ex-GB Olympian!), swimming and rounders. Our day ended with toasting (and of course eating) marshmallows on the fire to make ‘smores’ – yum yum! We …
We all headed off to Chessington theme park for one of our activity days. Everyone has a fantastic time, whizzing up, down, round and round whilst facing our fears! The rides were fast and furious and at times they were wet … and most definitely WILD! The whole class represented the school brilliantly, with exemplary …
