As part of our topic ‘Incredible Inventions’, we have been investigating what makes an inventor great. We found out about the work of Louis Pasteur and used this to inspire our artwork and sewing. We researched incredible inventors and the members of the suffragettes and created our own book biography pages. Take a look at some of our incredible work!
Our topic “Land Ahoy” is well underway. The children’s imaginations and ideas are inspiring. We are going to have a lot of fun this term!
After reading the story Clockwork by Philip Pullman, 6J designed their own clockwork figures and used printing rollers to create blueprint designs for Karl to follow to create a clockwork figure.
What a busy half term we are having! We are enjoying our ‘Water, Water, Everywhere’ topic. We really enjoyed printing pictures of different sea creatures and creating these fantastic 3D models.
To launch our new topics ‘I like to move it!’ and ‘Incredible Inventions’, KS2 held a super STEM day. We used our knowledge of science, technology, engineering and maths to solve a series of problems upsetting Mr Faulkner! He was really pleased with our creative solutions. Da iawn pawb!
Work and effort
Behaviour
100% attendance this term
Derek Morris Memorial Award (highest number of Dojo/house points)
KS2 Winning House – Warden (Red)
This term, we have been reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. The story has inspired lots of our work, including diary entries, maps and artwork (inspired by Hokusai). We have also been learning about orangutans and the threat posed to them by palm oil plantations.
Children in KS2 have been thinking about ‘connections’. After learning about and creating the sounds of the London Underground, we created poems using metaphor and presented them in the style of a tube map. Inspired by Banksy, we created artwork with a message; encouraging people to connect in person and with the outdoors, instead of through screens!
Inspired by the work of Joseph Cornell, 6J have been busy designing their own ‘Space Object Boxes’. We thought carefully about themes and used a range of images and text to create layers in our origami boxes.
