The Gates Primary SchoolYear 5/6 - Doves: Blog items
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 3:22pm
We started our new unit of Computing (Computer Science) by completing a challenge.
The children had to try to use code to make their sprite create a rectangle.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 3:21pm
What a fantastic start to 2020! Thank you to the PTA for paying for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, we all really enjoyed it!
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 3:19pm
I am so proud of the homework that has been brought in from Doves class this term! Well done for continuing your hard work at home.
Here are a few more examples of the topic homework brought in.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 3:18pm
Well done to our Star this week. The mini teacher in Doves class and someone who has shone this week in her confidence to take risks.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 3:17pm
Oh no, what a naughty Elf! Jingle has been trying to climb to the top of the bookshelf, knocking over all of the books and our cacti. He’s even left his food in a heap of mess.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:59pm
Another child working extremely hard on improving his reading skills and achieving a level. Keep it up!
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:59pm
This week, Doves class carried out some Geography fieldwork for Bolton Council at a nearby river. We took a number of measurements whilst we were there in order to work out the amount of water that flowed through the river (total discharge) per cubic meter per second. The council had asked us to monitor this due to the rising number of floods recently.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:57pm
Well done to all these children who have worked extremely hard in producing homework linked to our topic: Water.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:56pm
Well done to our Star this week who has been working hard focusing on individual steps needed to complete a final outcome AND his enthusiasm of course!
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:56pm
Today, we worked on the app IMovie to create a video of ourselves performing our prologues.initially, we watched the prologue of Beauty and the Beast and discussed the use of pictures to create an accurate representation of the mood and expression in our voices to depict emotion. We then chose pictures and recorded our prologues before sharing some with the class.
Healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:55pm
In French we created cartoon strips showing our healthy and unhealthy lifestyle habits.
We then shared this with peers in our class, practising how to ask the question and how to respond accurately.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:53pm
Today we decorated the school Christmas tree with the baubles that we made in class.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:53pm
WOW! What an amazing start to the Christmas festivities. Thank you so much to Doves Class and their families for their generous donations.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:52pm
As part of our Big Question this week we discussed the different things that we do at The Gates which makes our school unique. We all then chose a word which summarises how we do things at The Gates.
Here are some of our responses:
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:51pm
As part of our Healthy Lifestyles French topic, we learnt about activities we do to stay healthy. We then went round to the classroom asking people ‘Qu’est-ce tu fais pour maintenir ta santé (What do you do to maintain your health?). Recording this on a Tally sheet.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:51pm
Today, we worked in pairs to answer some Fraction calculations applying our understanding of BIDMAS.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:50pm
Today in English we looked at how to use punctuation to show parenthesis. To help us with this, we looked through existing stories and novels on our bookshelf to identify how they use parenthesis and how often. We magpied the structures to use in our own writing.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:48pm
In Music, we continued to learn the song ‘Make you feel my love’. We learnt about the terms: pulse, rhythm and pitch and found these by clapping the rhythm and copying the riffs on the Glockenspiel.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:47pm
Yesterday, in Design and Technology we learnt all about lift bridges. We discussed the pros and cons of each before individually deciding which lift bridge we though would be the best in preventing flooding in areas. Following this, we also discussed how we might build this into our model through the use of CAMS.
In addition to this, we also began to assemble our bridges in pairs. We learnt how to saw safely and accurately to create the pieces needed to create a Truss Bridge.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:47pm
Today, we came in our own clothes, donating a pound towards Children in Need.
We even had a Pudsey competition, where children from School council chose a winner from each class. Well done to all the entrants who completed different Pudsey related pictures and models.
Here is our winner holding a baked Pudsey cake.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:46pm
We have had four amazing pieces of homework handed in towards our topic web: information on a water borne disease, a graph showing the amount of rainfall over two weeks, a model of a bridge and research completed on the River Nile.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:45pm
To begin our new writing unit of Prologues, we worked in groups to identify the features and the purpose of each feature.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:44pm
To commemorate and remember those who sacrificed, loved and lost during World Wars and recent conflicts, we planted our symbolic poppies in the garden at the front of school.
Lest We Forget.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:44pm
Well done to our Star of the Week who continues to go above and beyond to further her learning at home and in school.
Date: 12th Mar 2020 @ 2:43pm
Another day, another level completed! Well done boys!
