Author: rmorrell

Stars of the Week: Azaria & Teniola

This week, we have been busy revising subjects for SATs in a few weeks, We have been focussing on long division, multiplication, fractions and place value.

Please post 5 maths topics you would like to revise.

Stars of the Week: Eayon & Annie

This week, we have been investigating light and how it travels in a straight line. We set up our own investigations to prove this and then went outside to look at shadows. We found out that our shadows keep the same shape as us because light travels in a straight line.

Stars of the Week: Maia & Romeo

This week, we listened to a webinar from film editor, Maya Maffioli. She was kind enough to give up her time to talk about her career and offer advice about film editing and careers in the industry.

Here are some useful links offering young people a way to get started:

BAFTA Young Presenter Competition

BAFTA Young Games Designer

http://www.baftakids.org/

 

Stars of the Week: Canaan & Samuel

This week, we have been learning all about seasonal food as part of our DT unit. We looked at foods which we grow in the UK and ones which we import from other countries. We looked at where some of the foods in the supermarket came from and found:

Mangoes from Columbia

Plums from South Africa

Sweet potatoes from the USA

Kiwi fruit from Italy

Lemons from Spain

Stars of the Week: Vivienne & Medhansh

This week, we visited Two Temple Place to see the Body Vessel Clay exhibition. We learnt all about some excellent artists, including Ladi Kwali, a Nigerian artist who often included geometric patterns and animals on her work.
We also built our own ‘Tree of Life’ which included our goals and hopes for the future.

Stars of the Week: Azaria & Joseph

This week, we have been making a start on our ancient Egyptian canopic jars. These jars were used by the ancient Egyptians to hold different organs after someone had passed away. It was part of their death ritual, and they believed that they would need the organs in the afterlife so they kept them safe in these jars.

Stars of the Week: Teniola & Sebastian

This week, we have been learning all about mummification in History. We wrote instructions about how to mummify a body and the process the ancient Egyptians went through in order to preserve the body.

 

Stars of the Week: Fabian & Chimamanda

This week, we have been working on our gymnastics skills. We worked on completing a forward and backward roll, making sure we maintained correct form. We worked on our bunny hops and ensured that we landed correctly and kept good posture throughout.