Year 6
This week, in our History immersion lesson, we learnt about Kristallnackt, which translates in English to 'night of the broken glass'. In 1938, a German Nazi politician, Paul Joseph Goebbels, secretly organised for there to be a 'spontaneous' set of uprisings across the country led by Nazis (known as the brown shirts) against Jewish people. We discussed the impact this would have had on Jewish people at the time as they would not be able to follow their religion without facing any risks or danger (UNCRC Article 14 - Freedom of thought and religion). We will be using this lesson as a starting point for our writing this week.
What properties do certain materials have?
In Science last Friday, year 6 thought about the different properties objects may have and how these objects might be used.
In groups of 4, we tested a range of objects and considered the properties they had. This included such properties as their magnetism and their electrical conductivity.
After we had tested the range of objects, we then had to explain to Miss McNamara why she should not use cling film for windows.
“Although it is a transparent material, a strong wind could break the windows, so Miss McNamara should stick to using glass” - Elena
In RE this week, Year 6 started their new topic of Christianity, focusing on Pentecost to Holy Week (UNCRC article 14:Freedom of thought and religion). Today, we looked at passages from The Bible, telling the story of Jesus rising from the dead. The children worked in groups, focusing on one extract each (UNCRC article 13: Sharing thoughts freely). They annotated their extract and summarised the main parts, explaining what the passage teaches us about Jesus. Each group then presented their findings to the rest of the class. We then looked at what order these passages may have been written in and sorted them into chronological order. We made connections between what we had learnt today and previous religions we have studied.
"I can see similarities between Jesus and Vishnu, the Hindu God. Vishnu's job was to look after Earth and make it a better place. This is very similar to Jesus, as he was sent to Earth by God to make the world a better place." Sihaam, Lancasters.
For PSHE this week, we looked at ways in which we can be responsible for our own health and wellbeing (GG 3: Good health and wellbeing). After completing a mindfulness activity, which calmed us and left us open to learn, we discussed the term 'responsibility' and what it meant to us, explaining ways that we are responsible and things that we are responsible for. In groups, we took it in turns to read a 'problem scenario', which involved a familiar problem that a child our age may face. We discussed each problem and took it in turns to give advice, demonstrating a responsible way to overcome each problem (UNCRC article 13: Sharing thoughts freely). Not only did we develop our team working skills, we also reflected on how we can tackle problems in the most responsible way.
Year 6 have started learning about World War 2. To enrich our learning, we went to the Royal Airforce Museum in Hendon. We had a workshop where we learnt how the planes were used and we even got a chance to look at some of the apparel worn by the pilots.
Milan from Defiants Class said, “We loved the fact that we got to explore primary resources.”
We got to see the different hangars and were amazed by the number of planes used in the war. Spitfires Class even got a chance to see their namesake plane (Spitfires).
We had a fantastic time!
Ela from Spitfires Class said, “ I was curious about how fast the planes could go and they were triple the size I thought they would be.”
Ambra from Spitfires Class said, “I was shocked when I saw the plane that was like a boat because it started on the water.”
Overall it was brilliant!
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