Crook Primary School
Crook Primary School
Over the past week, Year 6 have been had a blast creating their own raps to explore their identity in Music. They learned about different keyboard instruments and how to make their own electronic drum loop. Finally, they practiced different strategies for learning to rhyme to create catchy and memorable lyrics.
During Careers Day, the children met a variety of fantastic speakers from different industries, such as film & TV, the charity sector, transport and resource management, and sport. The children were inspired to hear the different roles and responsibilities they would have if they were pursue a similar career to these visitors, and were enthusiastic to ask questions about the skills, qualifications, rewards and challenges within each job.
In history this week, the children have been analysing sources, researching significant women, comparing and contrasting lives of people from the past and writing from the perspective of historical figures as they explored the role of women throughout British history.
In English, they have focused on using ambitious vocabulary and a range of punctuation to write a diary entry from the perspective of a character from 'Darwin's Dragons'. We have been so impressed with the children's language choices and creativity.
Watch out Stella McCartney! There are some new bag designers in town! Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating their own bags using various stitching techniques.
The children included a range of features, including straps, handles and appliques. As you can see, the children were very proud of their finished designs, and a big thank you to all of those adults who came in to help.
What is the Marine Aquatic Biome? How are islands formed and which islands can we locate around the world? Why and how might different people use tide timetables?
All of the above are questions that have been explored by Year 6 this week as they got stuck into their Spring Geography topic. The children have developed their understanding and skills by using physical and digital atlases, as well as six-figure grid references.
Happy New Year and welcome back to school Year 6! It has been a fantastic start to the term with children demonstrating excellent behaviour - and what an exciting first week back it has been, with the children becoming game designers in computer programming.
The children were set the challenge of creating a catching game which involved three sprites falling at different speeds, a timer and a score system. We were so impressed with their resilience and problem solving to debug any issues with their algorithms. They also showed great teamwork and communication as they evaluated each other's games.
In Year 6, the children have listened to and appraised a range of musical styles, such as swing, jazz and ballad songs. They have then learned how to compose and improvise using the pentatonic scale on glockenspiels and keyboards.
The nursery children had a lovely surprise when Year 6 came to visit and test the toys they had made in design and technology. It was wonderful to see children of both ages interacting whilst playing with the hand-turned CAM mechanism toys.
Miss Taylor
Miss Oxley
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