We used chicken wire and tissue paper to create 3d doves. The hardest part was cutting the chicken wire with the pliers and the best was weaving the tissue.

We learnt how to balance on balance boards and hit the target in archery.

Year 6 raced round playground and top five raced again. It was really good fun.

Today is Miss Jackson’s 40th birthday. We celebrated with cake, balloons, decorations and a photo booth! Noah thought she didn’t look a day over 30! Hope you have a fabulous day Miss Jackson!

Autumn brought in her gymnastics trophy today. She was awarded it for her improvement in her cartwheels. Well done Autumn!

Elliott C built a horizontal spinner battlebot at home. It even had a motorised weapon. He battled with his brother and sister however Pippa, his sister won most of the battles with her drill battlebot. He is an engineer in the making.

On Tuesday we participated in a drama workshop based on Alice in Wonderland. After warming up, we worked in three groups to create freeze frames about three scenes from the story. Group 1 worked on the part of the story that was in the kitchen where Alice was sneezing because she was allergic to the pepper. The Mad Hatter’s tea party was re-enacted by Group 2, where there was a peculiar range of guests. Finally, group 3 performed the scene from the Queen of Hearts’ garden where she instructed the cards to paint the roses.

On Wednesday, the children were then given the opportunity to respond to the workshop in any way they wished. Some children wrote character descriptions, invitations, menus or diaries. Arthur wrote the events of the tea party from the point of view of the tea pot. Elliott C’s response is exceptionally imaginative and takes quite a lot of thought to read it.

This week Jenson achieved his yellow belt in Protea Kickboxing. Well done Jenson!

As part of our Living Things unit, Year 6 have been looking at microorganisms. This week our scientific questions was: Is yeast a living thing? We looked at the processes that living things do using the mnemonic MRS GREN. The children then completed a Science investigation to answer the question.

First they added yeast to warm water. The yeast then needed nutrition which was in the form of sugar. Attaching the balloon to the top of the bottle would show whether yeast respires and/or excretes if it inflated.

The children determined that yeast was in fact a living thing.

Years 3,4,5,6 joined together for a morning workshop on making Lego models. Creative Builds Workshop came into school to help the children build a light up city using an a large assortment of Lego bricks. A fantastic time was had by all.

Calla joined us this year from South Africa. Today is the first time she has ever experienced snow!

Today we have learnt to use loops when coding in Logo to create different patterns.

Last night year 5 and 6 took part in a basketball tournament involving 9 teams from across Congleton. They did really well, winning 2 out of their first 3 matches with style. This got them through to the semi finals! They finished 4th overall. They whole team worked well together and enjoyed the experience.

The children have worked hard this week on anti-bullying and after a few live lessons in class the children have taken inspiration to create a graffiti wall. Spreading the message of how we can ‘Reach Out’ each child has left their mark on the wall and hope that the rest of the school will be able to look at it and the message from Year 6 will be passed on.