Year 5 have had an exciting week with the Wonderdome Planetarium visiting to deliver workshops. The children went into the dome and went on a journey through the Solar System. They investigated the scale of the planets and stars as well as looking at missions to Mars.
Year 6 have been looking at distillation of both saltwater and red wine. They were able to prove the ethanol had been distilled by setting fire to it.
In French, Year 5 have been using the verb jouer to talk about which sports they play. They have been brilliant at conjugating regular -ER verbs in the present tense. Not an easy task to do. Fantastique Year 5!
Year 6 have been talking about friendship and what they enjoy doing with their ‘copains’. They have worked in small groups to ask each other questions about their favourite activities in different weather conditions. Bravo Year 6!
In Geography, Year 5 have been exploring 6 figure grid references this week. It is pretty tricky but with the help of their OS maps they managed to master the skill. I have also suggested they all start looking at atlases to get to grips with the country's locations and capitals.
Year 6 have looked at the global supply chain. They were shocked to see the hidden dark side of global trade when we explored the concept of sweatshops in LDC’s.