Our Current Science Topic - More about dissolving

There are lots of good activities we can do in class with this topic, but the key ideas are again dealt with very nicely by the simple science website. Here is the link to the science and the song.
http://http://www.simplescience.net/6c_-_dissolving.html

Water can be contaminated by things that do dissolve and things that don't. We take our clean water supply for granted, but other people are not so lucky. Take a look at this video! http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8QY4wMYE3Q. These people have their health at risk. We have tried various ways to filter out dirt and nasties from water but have found that filtering only separates insoluble things from water.

Science Sites about our last topic - Interderdependence and adaptation

This site provides lots of information about different habitats and the life you can find there. http://http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/children.html

The simple science website is great for potted summaries of the scientific ideas in each topic. There is a catchy song that makes memorising these key ideas and vocabulary easy. Here is the bit relating to this usit. http://http://www.simplescience.net/6a_-_adapting.html

Maths sites for Mr Baker's Maths Set

Here's a great site for practising your tables. http://http://www.mathsisfun.com/tables.html
Want to know what maths vocabulary means? You need a maths dictionary. This one is very good. http://http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html

Lots of Talents

Well done to Year 6 for showing their various talents in school this week.
At awards assembly on Wednesday, all the sports and academic awards from the year were given out.
On Thursday morning, Year 4 and Year 6 recorder and guitar groups played in a special music assembly. They were all fantastic and a credit to the school.
Year 6 will share their final assembly in school on Monday morning and their leavers' mass in Chruch on Tuesday morning at 10am.

French Picnic

On Tuesday, the children in year 6 had the chance to try out the French they have been learning this term. At our picnice, we could all show that we could greet in french, ask for food and drink and exchange other conversations.
Thank you to Mr McCarthy from Archbishop Ilsley for organising this event.
Check out the life channel for the photos from our morning!

Grid references

On Friday, in our Geography lesson, we looked at OS maps and how to use grid references.
We now know how to navigate around the Birmingham area if the 'SAT NAV' does not work. Next lesson we hope to move onto six figure grid references!

How to make a bridge from paper

On Thursday, Year 6 had a mission - to make a bridge from 3 pieces of A4 which could span 20 cm.
All the groups had different approaches to the task - rolling the paper, folding it up, creating a fan - and all of these had pros and cons.
By the end of the session, 6 relatively sound structures had been made. Well done!