By Mr. Setchell on Thursday, June 29, 2017 in Art and Design, Community, Computing, English, History, Maths, Music, Year 6. No Comments
The hard work is paying off and the excitement is mounting. Only one week to go until year 6 present ‘Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies’! From the media team: Izzy, Paige and Ella.
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, May 26, 2017 in Art and Design, Computing, Learning Adventure, Maths, Year 6. No Comments
We had great fun today combining our maths, computing and art skills to write code that would create images inspired by our new learning adventure: The Golden Age of Islam. Why do you think symmetry is important in Islam? What do you think the code for these images would look like?
By Mr. Setchell on Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Maths, Video Lessons, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. No Comments
How many times tables do you REALLY need to learn? Is the answer a) 38? or b) 144? Don’t forget some classic times table memory-joggers like I ate and I ate until I was sick on the floor . . . 8 x 8 = 64 5…6…7…8…56 is 7 times 8 Know […]
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, February 3, 2017 in Art and Design, Computing, English, eSafety, Maths, PSHE. 1 Comment
Over the past few weeks, we have been creating our own websites using only a scripting language called HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Great resilience, patience and attention to detail was required as the slightest error in our code would create a bug and our webpages wouldn’t display. Where we were stuck, we could go online […]
By Mr. Setchell on Monday, December 12, 2016 in Art and Design, Geography, Learning Adventure, Maths, Year 6. 4 Comments
The final project for our Vikings learning adventure has been to create 3D models of Viking settlements. We’ve been considering the key aspects of the human and physical geography of a settlement. Can you spot how and why the land is being used, any economic activity and the role water plays?
By Mr. Setchell on Saturday, November 26, 2016 in Calculations policy, Maths, SAT's, Video Lessons, Year 6. 2 Comments
Here is a bank of video lessons to support the most efficient calculation methods in Year 6. However, understanding is deepened when new concepts are learned through using a range different representations and not just the ones in these videos. Also check out these websites which have videos and activities to practise . . […]
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, November 25, 2016 in Community, Maths, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. No Comments
Well done to all the children who participated in Sumdog’s recent Birmingham Maths Contest. 4R were the overall winning class, earning 32 free subscriptions for the school. And that’s not all – Dylan in 3S claimed 1st position out of 400 students from across Birmingham who entered. This is the school’s second success in this […]
By Gary Evans on Friday, November 4, 2016 in Maths, Year 5. 7 Comments
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By Mr. Setchell on Friday, September 23, 2016 in Maths, Year 6. No Comments
Binary is a number system that computers use to turn tiny switches on and off (110010, for example) and a conjecture is a mathematical statement that is yet to be proved true or false. Check out Isabel’s great place value understanding. Can you find more proof?
By Mr. Setchell on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Maths, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. 9 Comments
Only the third week back and a fabulous 34 Sumdog badges have been achieved for mastering division, multiplication, addition or subtraction tables. www.sumdog.com
