Class 6 are have been thinking about working cooperatively. After thinking carefully about what cooperative learning looks like, they had to work cooperatively with their partner to make the tallest tower they could with marshmallows and sticks of dried spaghetti. It wasn’t as easy as you might think!
This morning Class 13 transformed into a newsroom. The Year 6 children worked in pairs to produce the final draft of their news reports about Sandra Trickett and the Friends of Hopwood Park. Copies of their work will be available to read by the end of the week.
In Class 8 this week we completed an investigation to find out which magnet was the strongest. We made our predictions and worked in a team to test each magnet. We then recorded our results and wrote what we had learnt. Can you remember which magnet was the strongest for Read more…
Today, the children in Class 4 have been working in pairs/small groups to solve a problem. They used the strategy of simplifying a promblem to sort out the information and used one clue at a time to work out what order the singers in the X Factor queue should be in. Read more…
Class 9 have become fantastic dodgeball players this term. They have shown great competitive spirit as well as showing a real improvement in teamwork and resilience. Well done Class 9!
Class 6 received a letter from CBBC this afternoon asking for our help with a new documentary about nocturnal animals. We decided that we needed to research first before we write our script. We looked at other animal documentaries too and realised that, to present one, you have to become Read more…
With our Romans topic well underway, we kicked off this weeks lesson with a quick mind map overview of what we know so far. Our massive sheets started off bare but when the timer was up they were overflowing with newly learnt information. Have a look for yourself!
On Thursday, the school choir took part in the Young Voices concert at Manchester Arena. We joined together with other schools to form a mass choir of 5470 children. After an afternoon rehearsal (and a quick tea break) they performed to a packed arena audience of parents, carers, family and Read more…
Today Class 8 took part in some role-play. We imagined that we were Gladius from our class book Gladiator Boy. We thought about questions that we would like to ask Gladius at different points of the story and how he would answer those questions. Some of the results were worthy Read more…
