Year 5/6: Aventurine: Gallery
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 2:28pm
The children acted out two different scenarios to support their learning about Greek democracy. One scenario was based on a criminal court and one based on the greek assembly. They passed a law that slaves should be paid and convicted a slave(Bella!!!) that had killed her slave owner because she treated her slave poorly(Faye). Niall was the logographer(professional speech writer), the group of boys were in the boule and the whole class voted democractically.
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 2:10pm
All the children followed a design to make the base of their crown and then personalised them with recycled materials. A big thank you to Mrs Taylor, who as you can see in the photo below, is a dab hand with the glue gun and was a huge support in helping the children. I am always impressed with the creativity of the children. Watch this space for more photos of their finished projects.
Date: 2nd May 2023 @ 10:55am
Last week Aventurine took part in an African Drumming working. The children learnt how to feel for the pulse of the music, play in unison and a go using 3 different instruments.
Date: 21st Apr 2023 @ 3:52pm
TRANSLATION AND REFLECTION
In maths the children have been exploring shape. They have learnt how to translate and reflect regular and irregular polygons. They enjoyed playing maths games to practice their new skills. They know that a reflection produces an image that is the same distance from the mirror line as the object and that a translation moves a shape up, down, left, or right to produce a congruent image.
Date: 21st Apr 2023 @ 3:34pm
Greek Dancing and Drama
The children in Aventurine had a fabulous time in dance this week. They used their bodies to create poses that represented The Ancient Greek Olympic games.
Can you tell what Olympic game they are trying to portray?
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 4:08pm
The children in Adventurine have been enjoying exploring about the Maya. After researching their own Maya spirit animal they created designs to reflect this.They then showed their artistic talents by creating their own masks. |
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:20pm
Year 6 were so excited to meet their book buddies, they played and read to them. We look forward to seeing their friendships blossom over the year.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:17pm
A few pictures of the children working and enjoying maths this week
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:13pm
Aventurine and Emerald Amazing trip to the Mills of Stroud.
Last week we went on a trip to Dunkirk,Gigg and Ruskin Mills.At Gigg Mill we learnt how to weave and how to spin wool using a spinning wheel. We loved seeing all the interesting machines. We even got to try them ourselves. The two men, Robin and Peter, were lovely and really helped us to understand how to weave. We also went to Ruskin Mill where we saw a watermill and learnt about hydro- electricity. At Dunkirk mill we learnt about the work of a child in the mill. We were amazed to see the waterwheels working and the noise that they made. Did you know that the cloth from the mills is used for soldiers and for covering billiard tables? We all had a really fantastic day.It really was the best trip ever!
Written by Bella, Olivia, Rowan, Eve and Georgie.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:10pm
Last Friday Aventurine visited Stroud Museum, where we all had the most amazing day. Highlights of the day included meeting Peter Playne a mill owner, following a trail around the museum, map work which saw the class plotting the differences in Stroud that had occurred since 1835 and learning more about the cloth Industry. At the end of the day the children made a magnificent human loom.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:04pm
The children in Aventurine are amazing actors. In order to build up ideas to retell events and feel what Jim, the main character from Street Child was feeling we used drama to explore the plot. They not only thoroughly enjoyed the lesson, they completely captured how it was for Jim in the workhouse.
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:02pm
This morning Aventurine have be learning that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but they have also had fun exploring their traits and characteristics that may or may not be different to their families.
Can you spot the tongue rollers? The group with a second toe longer than their big toe? What other groups can you spot?
Date: 3rd Jan 2023 @ 3:00pm
In our dance lessons the children have been thinking about the Industrial Revolution. Using their imaginations, the children became the workers, building the bridges, railways and tunnel. Then they proceeded to create this improvisation using the rhythm of the music to convey the repetitive nature of their actions.
