Blog by Stuart Clegg

Train Information Text

Mr Clegg's English group are looking at information text and will be writing their own information text all about trains.  This topic currently fits in with the book we are reading in English, which is The Railway Children.

Can you find out any interesting facts about trains?

Rocket Science

We're very excited here in Unit 3 to be taking part in the Rocket Science project.  The project is in conjunction with ESA, RHS and UK Space Agency.

Two kilograms of rocket (Eruca sativa) seeds were launched on Soyuz 44S on 2nd September 2015 with European Space Agency astronaut Andreas…

The Romans

Unit 3's topic this term is The Rotten Romans.  Here are some useful web links to help your child find out more at home.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zwmpfg8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html

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One Friday Art Exhibition

On Thursday 24th March, Mrs Mitchell took some pupils from Unit 3 to visit Thrum Hall Church.  The children had a great time looking their Easter Art exhibition entitled One Friday. Our current year 6 even contributed to the exhibition creating an incredibly creative "Last Supper", with Miss…

SPAG

The English language is notoriously difficult. Make sure you brush up on your SPAG skills on the links below:

• http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
• http://www.grammarbank.com/grammar-revision.html

Do you know what all the words mean at the top of…

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

FDP is an essential part of year 6 maths.

Below you will find plenty of revision to help keep you busy at home:

• http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.php?code=19
• https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6/convert-between-percents-fractions-and-decimals
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Sport Relief Result

The results are in!!! Unfortunately our combined effort of 764260m was some way short of Eddie Izzard's      1173204m. #proud

Well done to everyone who took part especially Mrs Yeomans who organised the event.   

Unit 3 Easter Bonnet Parade

Unit 3's Easter Bonnet Parade was a huge success!!! A massive thank you to everyone who took part.  Here are some photos from our parade.

Sport Relief 2016

Will we beat Eddie Izzard's total distance collectively as a school?

For Sport Relief 2016 we are currently trying to collectively beat Eddie Izzard's total distance of 27 marathons.  Each child is running around a set course of our playground.  We will be adding everyone's total distances…

Ratio Questions

Try these Ratio questions at home.

 T2-M-466-Ratio-and-Proportion-Maths-Challenge-Cards.pdf

T2-M-523-Recipe-Ratio-and-Proportion-Challenge-Cards.pdf

Preparing For SATS

Getting started on your revision isn't easy, here's some helpful ways to keep you focused...

• Create a revision timetable and allocate time each day to revise subjects
• Practice mental arithmetic often and in small chunks, timing yourself between questions
• Pick a focus for your revision…

Learning Log - Easter Bonnet

This week's learning log task is to create an Easter Bonnet.  In Unit 3, this Tuesday, we will be having an Easter Bonnet parade. There will be lots of eggciting prizes on offer. Let's get creative!!!  If you have any tips or links to suitable web sites please reply below but, remember our…