Year 6 w.b: 11.11.24
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 6:09pm
This week began with a very sombre service at St. Oswald's Church to remember soldiers from past and present. We were incredibly proud of the children as they read their prayer beside the cenotaph. Remembrance Day marks the actual day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. Up to 13 million people died in that conflict, which became known as the "war to end all wars". We laid a wreath and said a prayer to honour the memory of the fallen and pledge to care for the living. We will remember them.
In PE, we focused on some key aspects of football: attacking skills, defensive skills, footwork and ball skills. We then enjoyed a quick match, showing great sportsmanship and skill. ⚽️
In Maths, we began our fractions unit. Fractions have a numerator and a denominator. In the fraction ½ the denominator tells us that the whole is split into 2 equal parts. When we looked on a fraction wall, we saw that 1/2 is the same as 2/4 and the same as 3/6 etc. Fractions are equivalent if they are of equal value. Equivalent fractions can have different numerators and denominators.
In English, we continued to focus on our model text ‘Story like the wind’. We explored the writer’s choices and how she builds the atmosphere through the weather and creates flashbacks through memories of sounds, sights and smells. We also practised writing transitional sentences, where we used a trigger from the text and then explained the meaning.
In Art, we used watercolour to create ‘Positive Affirmation’ zig zags. We swirled our brush in clean water and mixed it on our paint palette to wet the paint. We then spread the paint mixture on our watercolour paper and added more paint as needed. Once they were dry, we wrote our messages of hope in different fonts. They are amazing…even if we do say so ourselves!
In Geography, we learnt about human and physical features in different cities and states in Australia. Did you know that the population in Perth is 2.3 million and Brisbane is the third largest city?
In Computing, we learnt how to programme games by writing codes. Coding is essentially the process of giving computers instructions in a language that they understand. Unlike humans, computers are not naturally smart. They need to be given very specific instructions in a language designed for them to understand. The most important part of a computer game is the computer program that sets the rules and controls the way the game is played. We had great fun
Finally, have you ever seen mould growing on food that is old and stale? Have you ever wondered how the mould got there? The mould comes from the air. Mould is a type of fungus. The tiny cells of mould are called spores. Mould spores live in the air all the time—there are millions of them practically everywhere. Then the mould spores land on a host, they grow and thrive by feeding off the food they land on. Mould spores feed themselves by producing chemicals that break the composition of the food down so the spores can grow while the food rots away. We were pretty grossed out but really enjoyed the mould experiment...we will post the results later 🙂
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend.
Mrs Pirie and Mrs Taylor
