Wall Hangings part 2

Hello Reader,

Here are some more of those fantastic wall hangings we have spent so long designing and creating.

Eruption Spectacular!

Last week Year 6's creative hard work paid off as they erupted their volcanic masterpieces in a spectacular finale.

How to protect yourself in a zombie apocalypse!

Our latest flipped classroom...

Play testing Maths!

Dear Reader,

Today we have been play testing our maths games with some Year 4 students. Check out the results!

Very different Volcanoes...

Dear Reader,


We have created some incredible models of different active volcanoes. Here are the presentations and volcanic masterpieces. Enjoy!

Number One - All the way from Iceland...Hekla

Number Two - All the way from Ecuador...Cotopaxi

Number Three - All the way from Japan...Sakurajima



Number Four - All the way from Alaska...Shishaldin

Number Five - All the way from Indonesia...Gamalama

Number Six - All the way from Guatemala...Acatenango

Volcanic build-up

Dear Reader,

Today we carried on painting and constructing our volcanoes. Please take a look at the time-lapse video of the painting and construction phase.

Grammar Marathon

The Marathon of Passive vs Active Voice.


If you want more information on the passive and active voice for grammar, please check this Powtoon.

Wow! Check out the wall hangings (part 1)

Here is a video with some of incredible wall hangings. Enjoy!

Trip to Takao!

Hello Reader,

On Thursday of last week, Year 6 took a trip to Mount Takao. I think it is fair to say that it was an awesome trip! Team building, resourcefulness, stamina and will power were all demonstrated by the incredible Year 6 children as they made their way to the top of the mountain. Below this Blog Post, I have included a movie of the trip, some student-made movies and an email from a grateful hiker who two of the students helped when she fell while walking.

Dear staff of Y6,

I just received a phone call from a lady named Ms. Ishikawa from Hachioji, expressing heartfelt appreciation to a couple of girls in our Y6 (names unknown) for without hesitation, came running by and lent helping hands when she fell on the ground and slightly hurt herself.

Ms. Ishikawa said she was in a state of shock at the time, and could not say how thankful she was to those students. She was highly impressed by the girls’ generosity and imagined that wherever the school they attend must offer the highest level of education, not only academically but in moral education as well.

Perhaps, you want to share this to all your students and parents, too. J

Thanks,

Fumie 

Building Team Building!

Hello reader,

Today Year 6 spent some time practising our team work skills. Take a look at this video, and judge for yourself just how well we did.

The Grammar Games

are here! Event one was the hurdles.

Mountain Maker!

Here is Josh's fabulous ExplainEverything explanation of how mountains are made!

Recycling - A must watch!

Recycling is a big topic and a vital issue. A and J gave us a flipped classroom which better explained the importance of recycling! We even got to have a go at some drama activities...

Surgery with Dr Y

Yesterday, we had another awesome flipped classroom experience where we learned about and carried out brain surgery...

Divining division!

Last week, we spent some time working in groups to work out the answers to different division problems.

The Peace Child!

What a fantastic performance from Year 6 (and the rest of the school) at our 'end of year' play 'The Peace Child'.

Please Enjoy!

Netball Tournament Action

Hello Reader,

Please take some time to check out our Year 6 Slo-mo netball action!

Circuit Builders!

Have you ever been in need of an emergency Morse Code machine? Well, well we may have the solution. Check out our circuit building skills; and the Morse Code machines we produced!

Poetry Slam!

Check out our own poetry being performed!

Haiku for the Heart

Here are some extra Haiku poems (as well as a few other poems) related to the book a little piece of ground by Elizabeth Laird.

In the deep blue sky,

We are flying free and good,

Then my wings are shot

My hopeless tears drop,

Into the ground of no hope,

Nothing we can do

The time has come back,

A time to fight for freedom

We shall get it back

The darkness has spread,

All over my home country

A permanent one

My hope, my love gone

in the hands of Israelis

When will it come back?

The people think bad

Israelis are a full moon

Too heavy, just fall!

Israeli soldier ’s point of view

Weaklings in danger

shame because of orders

If they could feel it

Leaving their own land,

Their feelings must be heartless

Please, understand us

We have to attack

Leaving mear feelings behind

For our own country

Scared, anxious and sad

Just wish this war would end soon

SMARTY PARTY!

Who doesn't love ratio, proportion, percentages, fractions, decimals and...smarties?

Dictating a formal letter!

Oh secretary...could you please note down this letter please! Ah...no secretary! Well in that case I will have a go at planning, dictating then drafting the letter myself!

Can you beat the circuit challenge?

Well reader, if you think you can beat the circuit challenge like this enterprising Year 6 student...Then grab yourself a copy of circuit builder on the iPad and make a copy of the Google presentation below and see how well you do.

Coding up a cracking quiz!

Today, Mr Pritchard helped us to become even better programmers; as we continued to create maths quiz games using Scratch.

Letters from children in peril!

Dear reader,

Here are some heart-rending letters from children in peril explaining the dire circumstances they find themselves in.

Magical Maths Workshop

Here is another fantastic deppilf classroom with Josh.

Parvana's Maths Market

Hello Reader,

The other day, we brought Parvana's market to life when we went shopping for different items. We used our knowledge of percentages to help us work out the tax and discounts on each item.

Performing Poetry!

Hello readers,




Here is a short video from last week's 'Children in Peril' unit where we really tried to read our poems with more impact and power!


 

Designing wall hangings!

Dear reader,


Yesterday we spent some time designing sketches for our wall hangings.

Sewing up a storm!

Hi reader,


Today we spent some time learning and reviewing some sewing techniques! Check out some of the new stitches we learnt.




If you are interested in learning some new sewing styles then look no further than these links at this site: tiny.cc/year6stitches.

Our Special Places!

Here are some poems about our special places.

Flip it!!

Our first flipped classroom. Students as teachers and teachers as students!

Star Errors - A new play by 6R!

A breath-taking play written, created and performed by 6R!

A Special Place!

Hello Reader,

Today, we created some poems about Rashid's (the main character from Lost Riders) special place(s); although we aren't sure if he actually has a special place!

Rashid's safe place!

Please take some time to check out these tag clouds containing our thoughts and ideas about Rashid, the main character from Lost Riders, safe place(s).

Mr Kinney talks about wimpy kids!

Today JeffKinney , author of the Wimpy Kid series, arrived to talk about his life, books and characters. Thank you Mr Crummie and Kaori Kitaura for arranging such a great event!

Thoughts and Feelings!

Hello reader,


We have just completed the book Lost Riders. Whilst we were reading the book, we kept a learning log, recording our thoughts and feelings about the characters and story. Here is a Google presentation with some of our Popplet thoughts and ideas.

Video message!

Can you spot the message Julianne is trying to convey in her video?

A cloud of ideas!

Here is some of the vocabulary we came up with for these photographs! Can you think of any more?

Here are the pictures!

Children in Peril!

How lucky we are! After starting our new English topic on the book 'Lost Riders' by Elizabeth Laird we are starting to understand the difficulties which children in other countries and locations have.

The final shoot!

As promised, here are our final photographs. Can you guess what our personal characteristics are from our final selfie images?

The art of the selfie

Today, we took some time to think about our own characteristics and how we could capture them through photography. The final edited photographs will be available on a Google Slide over the next few days. In the meantime here is a small glimpse of some of the locations and backdrops we used to help us create our selfies.

A possible autobiography...

Could these be some of our future autobiographies?

I was born in Seoul, at September 20th 2:09. A funny thing about my birth was-September=9

20th=20 Time in digits=209. Also, as soon as I was born, I peed on my dad’s face. When I was born, my mom thought I looked like an alien, but later, when she compared it to the other babies, she found that I was actually very good looking. I even went on a advert for a family insurance. When I grew up, I became a fast speaker. When I was four, I could speak Korean fluently. Although I was good at speaking, I HATED being active. I was too lazy to even crawl. Apparently, I pushed with my legs, flat on my stomach. And soon, I became tired of that, and I lay backwards (which was easier to do)!

When I went into nursery, I got lots of friends. I absolutely LOVED nursery.(though, I am definite that I was not the favorite of the teachers…)I used to be a troublemaker(some say I still am), and every day, I hid my shoe inside the teacher’s room. Though I don’t have many memories about this stage, I remember the shoes.

The next big thing was kindergarten.The teachers there were nice, but I could not understand why there wasn’t a nap time. And the worst memories are there. The food was my worst memory. It tasted like something I would never EVER eat again.

When I joined BST in 2012, I was quite nervous, but also quite happy that I could make new friends and mostly didn’t worry because I could speak and communicate, and it was more comfortable than the city because I couldn’t communicate in japanese. And more happiness struck me at that first year. I loved making new friends, and I loved playing with them. I worked quiter hard, and that may have been a lot of help to my billionaire life.I was actually quite popular, and I had great friendships.

When I finished BST, I was so sad. I loved this school, and wanted to stay more. But..life was tough. I had to go to Korea, and I had to say goodbye to all my friends. I had to go to Korea, and it felt really…..weird. Korean students get more homework than BST(every day) and since I was in middle school, I had a lot…..no tremendous homework every day. I had a hard life until university.

As soon as I joined University, I realised my hard times were over. I made a lot of new friends, and they cared about me a lot.I was recruited to a company called Willis.co, which was a book company.I  wrote a lot of books, and I could enjoy my passion of writing. When I turned 25, I really got into superheroes. I loved it so much, that one day, I decided to make my own superhero company. I felt a tingle of excitement when I opened the doors of the small company I created. I could see the superheroes I would make in my head.

When I created my first superhero, called Captain Evan tm, business was going terribly.I had lost almost all my money, and all the rest was debts from the bank.I wasn’t sure if I should launch captain Evan and Splash tm(Cap.Evan’s rival.).If it failed, I would have been bankrupt. But he didn’t. It became the most popular superhero, and soon there were toys and food with Captain Evan all over it.That was also when I met my wife.That year, was the happiest year of my life.

The second superhero, the Amazing WP'tm, was not so popular. It was about a class which could turn into superheroes. This was rejected by parents, who thought it would make the children study less. After that, a million superheroes were made. And at the age of 28, I was the richest person in the world. I helped a lot of people in Africa, and I gave a lot of money to my parents. I was happy, and I bought a lot of companies(such as disney and universal) and had a great life. Especially because I had my first son!

When I turned to my 40s and 50s, I had one of the saddest things in my life. My grandma had died. She was the one who cared about me and helped me a lot in my life. I felt as a part of my life had disappeared.

As I still live on at the age of 60, I still make comics and superheroes. My dream is to make everybody in the world happy, and I will do as much as I can to help.

I was born in central London in a busy area. When I was born my brother was 3 and always took great care of me, so I was an amazing present for my parents. At the age of 4 unexpectedly my sister was born. I wasn’t happy. When I was 4 I went to a dull school and stayed there for 4 years. At the age of 8 I moved to an awesome country which was Japan and met some friends but not many. When I was 12 I moved to a waay better place in Norway and became a criminal. I also went to an amazing talent school and bragged all the time about my amazing talent which was dancing. 3 years later I was even better at acting then became an actor for Sofia the first. I was always an amazingly talented girl so I got married at the age of 16 and got a single child. To be honest I didn’t like them, they were so mean to me.

When I was 20 I earned lots of money for being an awesome actor. I was so good at dancing that I was able to join the dance group ‘The Next Step.’ 7 years later I went to nationals and won it like it was so easy! A few months later I dumped my husband and daughter and married a movie director and got 8 kids, I mean that is not many at all! When I was 33 I owned a restaurant and became a waiter there. The prices were so cheap it was only 8000 yen and there was so many adults there. For some reason they were complaining about the price and said it was too expensive but it wasn’t.

My children was so naughty that I even had to give them the odd smack! oops forget what I just said okay?

I didn’t want to do this but I had to, It was . . . Go back to Japan!!! NOOO I refused to go but still I did. I met my mum and dad there and gave them all the things I stole off other people! I do have to admit but stealing is so nice! I am just too tempted to steal! When I was 50 I was the first old lady to be on mars (on the dark side); and even better when I was 55 was to be the first old flight attendant! I was also a football player when I was 57!

I got so bored of the world so I decided to as I say ‘take over the world!!!’ It was easy and even it only took me a year to kill everything, so now it is only me, I wonder what to do next...

One ordinary 8th of November 2004 in Malon, Kilingistan I ,Yash Wistol, was born. Most of my childhood is still a blur but secondary school is something I could never forget. I got 98% of my SATs correct. My first detention was because of something super silly. I was in the art classroom listening to the instructions given and while the teacher turned her back, My enemy, Brad, painted his arm red. Next he blamed me for punching him, got to go to the nurse (probably ended up goofing in the corridor) and got me into trouble. My GCSE score ended up not so great (86% correct) but I passed onto sixth form where I got 100% correct on my A-levels.

I created a revolutionary food printing device that got me my scholarship to M.I.T

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Over the November holiday in MIT I turned 21 and to celebrate me and my other 21 year old friends went to a club where I fell in love with my wife, Miranda Sea.

At the age of 23 I got my degrees and I started moving through multiple jobs. Many I disliked as they included things I didn’t like doing for example, I was once a debugger, someone who fixes problems in software, and somewhere in the path I managed to find myself slicing heads off poor pigs! At 25 during one job which included coding for the next biggest software I saw Miranda again and we started dating. We moved in and then finally at the age of 27 we got married and we lived very happily.

One magical day my daughter Ashley was born. I remember walking into the operation room and seeing the breathtaking smile on my wife’s face and I swear I saw a tiny smile from my daughter too. It was such a great day that my whole company threw me a celebration party! That was the job I stayed in until 30 years old.

At the age of 30 I started the most popular technology company of our generation, Yandi. In the beginning when people had to make appointments we had so many that people were disappointed that they didn’t get their computer on time! We had enough money to start our headquarters and our company went higher than all of Apple’s history in just ten years!

At the age of 31 it was time for another kid, this was a boy and named Yash Jr. To celebrate all the Yandi devices got notifications and their auto changing back colour turned to blue! The employees had to come to work with their wives and kids just to party!

At the age of 45 I reached a milestone. My net worth reached 1 billion dollars. We celebrated in a small party with some expensive champagne and luxurious decorations. It was the best day.

The company kept getting better and the company was worth quadrillions so we bought Apple and combined our advanced technologies to make something truly brilliant, the iYanPhone which changed the smartphone, forever. The day we made the iYan range (iYanPhone, iYanPad, iYanComp, iYanTV etc.) we had the biggest celebration in all of America’s history with the doors open for anyone who wanted to come. It was a truly brilliant day

At the age of 60 was probably the glummest most unfair day in the world, my wife died of a sudden heart attack. The entire world had memorials and mourning get togethers and the whole world was upset. Nothing could be done and at 4 o’clock in the afternoon in your local time a tribute played for her, something that the team did for me and they let me cry on their shoulder and I gave them all a free day.

Now there isn’t much to say, I write this waiting for the fatal day of my death. I just lay on my bed remembering my children, grandchildren, Miranda, Felix my dog. All the memories with my friends Kyle, Dimitri, Filip, Ben, Joey, Ken, Tommy and lots more. I hope you all have had great lives guys, I know I have.

I was born in Tokyo in Aoyama. Reiko, my sister, was born 2 years before me and we were always having fights with each other. I think we had a fight every 3 or 4 minutes and most of the time I won! I first went to a kindergarten called EWA. My Mother said I was crying a lot of the time and the teachers didn’t know why. Then I went to BST. I stayed at BST for a long time. I stayed at BST for about 12 years and then went to another school. I forgot the name of the other school because It was very boring.

After that I went to a university called Waseda when I was 18 . I was very good at Art , Music and Maths. While I was at University, I made a very nice friend called Yuki. I played with her every time and after I finished University I often spent time going to restaurants and shopping with Yuki.

I did some jobs for a couple of years and then I went to Karuizawa on a memorable ski trip with Yuki. In Karuizawa I met John. After that I went back to Tokyo and I made a new company called Mijuya when I was 25. Mijuya was a music company and it went really well. In fact it went so well I was a millionaire overnight!

I got married to John at the age of 26. We went to Hawaii after that and a new baby was born there. We stayed there for about 1 month and went back to Japan.

I used a lot of money going to hawaii and buying souvenirs so when I went back to Japan, I decided to write a book called “ I went to mars.” The book became very popular and I became rich again.

After another 2 years had past after the baby was born in Hawaii, a new baby was born! I was so happy but also I was also unhappy that there was more work to do.

When I was 30 years old I made a new company called Mijumaru limited (However I still continued the Mijuya) I did the company for about 3 years but I got so bored I decided to do a job at pokemon center. I made the pokemon company and game freak company so popular that I was able to do anything I wanted at the pokemon center (and the game freak company)!

I sold the company that I made because I was too busy everyday at the pokemon company.

At the company I made a new game called Mijumaru virtual pet game! My drawing was so cute it was sooooo popular. Working at those two company was so fun I worked there until I was about 40. I made more games , pictures and toys and I got lots of money. After that I relaxed all my Life except for picking up my children.

I was born in Manila, Phillippines, June 12th 2005. When I was born I had one older brother, Luke who is 2 years older than me. At the age of 1, I moved to Tokyo as my father found a new job. At first I went to a preschool called Kacepace. Then I went to my nightmare school…..Yochien!!! Once I peed on the floor inside and I was forced to be given a shower by the principle  and miss swimming!  n 2007 my younger brother was born. As the responsible child I had to watch Matt, my youngest brother, everywhere! When I was 4 I moved to Bst term 3 in reception.  I still remember the time when one of my friends came over and Matt was chasing us around in his underpants!! Then in 2009 my sister was born, Samantha. I was so happy until I found out that she was just as bossy as my other siblings.

Primary school was okay. But secondary school was the worst. First detention 2017; broke a glass stain window in another japanese school in a field trip, also ditching school everyday for a week in the mall. When I was 12, my amazing dad got a job in america, and I applied for a talent school my mother wanted me to go to. Unfortunately, I kicked a  window and broke my two legs. a year later, 2 popular girls came up to me and I started hanging out with them. Therefore all the boys loved me. We were pretty nice to, I mean we let people not sign our yearbooks. That all people want!!.....right? My BFF’s were, Sophia and Amber the school popular girls aka; the boss. I mean hellooo, we were the bosses no one could get in our way.

At the age of 13 I went to nationals as I, Araminta Alexia Smythe, was the best of the best. Obviously I won nationals, not just because I went into a coma and had a small accident on stage, in the middle of my routine. It was because they saw I had talent, and also felt sorry for me. But none of that matters, I still won right? In 2020 I visited Tokyo and was in the olympics as a gymnast, and again I took home the gold. When I was 19 I auditioned for frozen 6, and with no surprise, got the role as elsa. I wrote my first song called, I’m sitting on the toilet, and got 10000,000 hits on youtube. When I was 20 my agent, who was apparently my arch enemy in disguise, told everyone a lie! He told everyone that I was a fake and I got fired from my job without any education, job or even home. As a fact I married the famous Peter Pitt and had 2 twin girls, Key and Car. It was hatred at first sight! One year later my twins were taken away to live with my husband's parents!

Yay, because I was extremely happy I built a time machine to the future with no tiredness. I got inside the time machine and 30 years later I found myself in heaven!! Apparently WW3 has just happened against India and China and here I am in heaven. So right now I am sitting on a cloud sofa typing this on my Ibot, looking back at my life and all that I have been through, besides the time machine part, I have learnt so many things and I am happy to be here.

Can you beat the quiz master?

Today, we played this absolute cracker of a maths game! You may recognise the 'Blockbuster's' theme tune!







If you would like to have a go at the game then please feel free to work your way through the slides.

Write it!

Please take some time to check out our time-lapsed writing. Concentration has never looked so good!

Pinhole cameras and Periscopes

What a fabulous set of pin hole cameras and periscopes. If you need to take up spying then look no further...

Inventing a new future!

Yesterday we spent some time creating a new timeline for one of the children in our class as we began to think about planning our factional autobiographies.

Teacher's biographies

A short selection of biographies on 6R's two class teachers.

Shedding some light on reading

Please take some time to check out some of these Google Slide science investigations we put together.

Grammar Slam 2

Again, we used grammar slam to improve our understanding of grammar. Today we looked at different types of nouns.






If you would like to have a go, here is the first slide...Can you find the hidden Easter eggs?

King Kong Studios

Last weekend, Kyle and Dimitri formed the brand new King Kong Studios. Please take a look at their first creation.

This video will blow your mind!

Kyle Studios produces a truly wonderful movie using the chatterPix, stop motion and iMovie Apps.

More from Kyle Studios!

Book your seat because here is another cracker from Kyle Studios!

Estimation, Measurement and Conversion!

That's right! We got practical with our measurements today!

Everything you wanted/didn't want to know about your teachers!

Today, we had a press conference where the teachers were interviewed (this was very stressful for poor Miss Pearce and Mr Willis). Watch the videos to check out the quality of our questions!

Can you become the ruler of Numros?

Today we learnt just how fun, hard, exciting and frustrating it can be to play the game of Numros.

Questions which we would like answers to!

We are thinking about creating biographies for our teachers - the wonderful Miss Pearce and...Mr Willis, yes...Mr Willis - that's right!

This movie looks great!

A trailer for a brand new movie. Looks good, don't you think?

Buzz, can we please change the direction of light?

Yes reader! Of course we can! And this is how we do it...

Grammar + Technolgy = Frustration, Problems and PERSEVERANCE

Hello everyone,


Yesterday, we started the first of our new GrammarSlam games. It is fair to say that we all learned a thing or two about grammar, technology and perseverance.

Multiples, Factors, Squared numbers and more...

Please check out some of our explanatory Maths videos on Multiples, Factors, Square, Cube and Prime numbers.

Guided Reading - What's it all about?

If you are interested in joining one of our guided reading sessions, then look no further than these two videos from one of our sessions.

Vote for me!

Here is a video of our prospective School Councillors staking their claim for School Council status.

Staying and swaying Safe!

Yesterday, we had the opportunity to learn more about 'staying safe'. We experienced simulated earthquakes and fires and what to do in these situations. Please take some time to check out the following video of our time exploring these simulated events.

First Aid Artistry

Today we spent some time learning the correct techniques to become more accomplished First Aiders. Please take a look at this video slideshow as it may give you a better idea of what First Aid actually is.

The Thespian Way!

Please enjoy Year 6 taking part in some drama with the help of the Pembroke Players! I think it is 'Simply Marvellous!' but don't mention the Scottish play!

The Great Shakespeare-off!

Mr Willis Versus the class when it comes to reciting the comedy of errors. Who do you think comes out on top? My Vote is for Mr W...

Reading Shakespeare

Dear readers,

Today the lady folk and gentlemen of 6R prepared for the upcoming production of 'A Comedy of Errors' by reciting some of the scenes. Please feel free to peruse and deliberate on their wonderful reading in this most fantabulous video.

Putting the story together

Today, we spent some time trying to work out the plot to William Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors'.

Who art thou?

How art the diff'rent charact'rs in a 'comedy of 'rr'rs' relat'd to each oth'r. watcheth the video to findeth out?

Appening Apps Continued

More presentations from Year 6 iPad experts.

 

SIx wonderful words!

Six word stories! I love this idea and all credit to Mr Arneill for introducing the idea to Year 6! Please take a look at some of the incredible six words stories we created for the two animated films we mentioned in a previous post!

Alma

Girl becomes a doll. New friend.
Finds doll. Gets inside. No escape.

flesh to plastic. Eyes to glass.

I am a doll. Set me free.

These plastic walls silence screams.

Paper Man

Shopkeeper sighting. Planning,plotting. Freedom fighting.

He finds girl. He marries girl.

plane hits. love blossoms. they marry.

See her. Lose her. Find her.

Every paper airplane doesn't  reach her.

See’s her. Loses Her. Find’s Her.

Tough life.One light.Lost love

Lone station.Dull work.Hope saver

Tough love.Not giving up.Anger

Thrown love.No hope.Gone love

Mental attack.No hope.Crazed heart