Summer Term 1
Dragon's Apprentice 2023 SATs week and Activity week may have finished but we don't stop learning here in Spiders Class. This week we started a new initiative called Dragon's Apprentice. Over the course of 2 weeks, the children plan, design, make, advertise and sell a product to the rest of the school. They are using so many skills to do this but teamwork is key. During the week, products have been created and designed, profit margins have been worked on and brain cells have frazzled! Today saw the tricky pitches to the 'Dragons' taking place. The children were prepared, confident and honest about their products. Everyone has worked so hard this week, we can't wait to see the final products being made and sold after half term. Well done Y6 and a big THANK YOU to our amazing 'Dragons', Brendan, Claire and Heather. :)
ACTIVITY WEEK - DAY 5 - PAULTON'S PARK Today was AMAZING!!! We all had such a great time and went on EVERYTHING lots of times! Apart from one heavy downpour, we managed to stay dry and more or less had the park to ourselves - the longest queue was about 2 minutes! Everyone was so well-behaved and so supportive of each other. Lots of children conquered their fear of scary rides on this trip and some children showed us what absolute dare devils they are! This was a fantastic end to a fantastic week - WELL DONE YEAR 6 and a huge thanks to all the support staff and parent volunteers who helped make this week possible.
ACTIVITY WEEK - DAY 4 - SUSTRANS WORKSHOP AND CREATIVE ART WORK FOR PURBECK ARTS WEEK We have had more of a rest day today but have still been taking part in some exciting activities. 2 members of the Sustrans team came in to help us fix our bikes and teach us what to do if we get a puncture or our chain falls off. We spent an hour having a go a repairing parts of a bike before having a ride around this afternoon. Along with that, we finished our beautiful art work based on the work of Georges Seurat. We learnt how to use the pointillism technique and create a vanishing point.
ACTIVITY WEEK - DAY 3 - GO APE AT MOORS VALLEY We have had another brilliant day today. Everyone enjoyed climbing through the trees, balancing on the thin wires and wooden beams, hanging on for dear life, supporting each other when trying to get across the scary bridges and trying desperately not to look down for fear of realising just how high up we were! The highlight for most was the zip wire - what a thrill! After our extended Go Ape session, we tucked into lunch before taking part in the team games with the Go Ape staff. I think we are all shattered but have great memories of a fantastic day, pushing ourselves to the limits and for some, really working outside of our comfort zones.
ACTIVITY WEEK - DAY 2 - SPORTS SESSION LED BY SPORTS COACHES Again, the sun has been shining for us and we have had the best morning developing our cricket and tennis skills. We had the expertise of Andy Kent (cricket) and Neil Darragh (tennis) coaching us and helping us get better at our bowling, batting, fielding, backhand, forehand and basic tennis skills. Everyone had a great go and we definitely have some future cricket and tennis stars amongst the year group.
ACTIVITY WEEK - DAY 1 - SAILING We have enjoyed the best (if a little windy) day down at the Andrew Simpson Sailing Centre in Portland. The wind blew, the sun shone and the boats were ready and waiting for us. We learnt how to steer, support and how to try to stay out of the water (although some of us did it better than others!) We are all exhausted now but have great memories of day 1 of our Y6 activity week.
WE MADE IT!!! Finally, the end of SATS has arrived and we are all so proud of our achievements. We had a great end-of-SATS chill out party (watching a film and eating all sorts of rubbish!) We can't wait for activity week now. :)
SATS 2023. After a delicious breakfast, the children began their week of SATs tests with the SPAG test.. They were fantastic and gave it their all. I am extremely proud of the way they have tackled the papers so far and have kept their heads held high...keep going Year 6!
MAKING SCARECROWS. In DT and Science Year 6 have made the most amazing scarecrows. Not only do they terrify the birds, they also terrify many staff members with their piercing eyes which light up or a motor which sends something spinning - and some even have a buzzer which goes off if you try to take their hat off! They really are fantastic and have linked the children's electricity work in Science with the designing and making of the DT work. Great job Year 6! :)
