Year 6- Computing

This afternoon, Year 6 were finishing their coding unit and used Python to create some incredible pieces of work! We looked at various pieces of Islamic art and identified the features that we could recreate on the laptops using Python coding.
Brilliant work Year 6!

Special visitor

This afternoon, Year 6 were treated to a special visitor. One of the buzzards we frequently see flying above the trees at school, landed on the roof and sat for quite a while. It was surprising at how large it was and it’s wing span was impressive as it flew away.

What a knight!

On Wednesday, the Year 6 children put on an amazing performance of “What a knight!” There was singing, dancing and corny jokes galore! The children did themselves proud and the audience rewarded them with rapturous applause!

Rounders tournament

Last night our rounders team played in a tournament against 3 local teams. The children were amazing and put their training in to good practice. Many rounders were scored and our two bowlers and back stop were a force to be reckoned with. Scarlett and Tilly from Year 5 were last minute additions and a big thank you goes to them. Well done to the team you gave it your all!

Glan Llyn Day 3

Our last day was filled with swimming, rowing and archery. Miss Booth enjoyed a relaxing boat ride whilst Alex rowed with James as captain. Group 2 scored the highest score this week in their archery session. Both groups had time in the swimming pool playing with the floats and balls.

The Glan Llyn staff were exceptionally complementary about the Marlfields’ children behaviour and politeness – well done Year 6. The children have been amazing and tried every activity. It has been a great residential!

Glan Llyn Day 2

Today group 1 started the day learning archery skills. There was a team competition to score the most points and finally a challenge of trying to pop a balloon. Unfortunately, even though some children were close, none actually popped it. Following this, the children practised their mapping skills to complete an orienteering course.

Both groups learnt about bushcraft, toasted marshmallows and popped popcorn on the fire.

The climbing wall showed that we have a number of supermen and superwomen – it became very competitive as to who could reach the top first!

Group 2 started the day with the rope course and the “descender” or otherwise known as the “death drop”. Bravery was certainly necessary doing both of these. After this, group 2 took to the water to learn how to row. Some boats were more successful than others – it was tricky to go in a straight line and not continually spin!

This afternoon, the children all completed a treasure hunt and played ten pin bowling, before showing their best dance moves to DJ Horton’s tunes.

After getting ready for bed and “packing” our bags, we ventured outside to look at the crescent moon and Venus. To finish the night off we watched the International Space Station travel across the sky.

Glan Llyn Day 1

We arrived safely and brought the sunshine with us! After being allocated our rooms and settling in, Group 1 went canoeing and returned quite wet including Miss Booth. They then tackled the high ropes course.

Group 2 completed the orienteering course – some teams were certainly better than others. They then went canoeing with the sole aim of getting Mrs Pearce wet!

After a break, we were introduced to 3 owls. Some children were brave enough to hold them and then lie on the floor whilst Bronwyn flew over them.

Outdoor Learning

Today was Outdoor Learning day so we took our maths lesson outside. First we played a strategic game called Nim. The aim was to leave your opponent with one item in the pile and then they would lose. Some chuldren worked out the way in which you would always win!

After that we set about an investigation: Is there a correlation between your arm span and the distance you can throw a javellin?

Once we had measured our arm spans, we then measured the distance we could throw a javellin. We then looked at the ratio between those numbers and the difference. We concluded that there wasn’t a correlation but it was dependent on how much “umph” you used!

We finished the morning off with creating chalk patterns inspired by the artist Mondrian.