Friday 9 December 2016

Word Wizards

Today in Word Wizards we played Vocabulary Shot, based on suffixes and word definitions. Tell someone at home or school who was your team's champion vocabulary shot.

Tuesday 6 December 2016

Up periscope!

In science we linked our learning about Britain at war with a study on how light reflects off of mirrors. We created our very own periscopes to see over the trenches.


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charitable private company, limited by guarantee and registered in England
and Wales, company number: 09040388

Registered office address: Shaftesbury School, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury,
Dorset, SP7 8ER

Monday 5 December 2016

WW2 Home Learning...WOW!

We have been absolutely thrilled by the work that has come in as part of year 6's home learning for our Britain at War topic. 

It is inspiring to see the children putting so much time, thought and effort into their work resulting in these truly amazing creations.

We also wanted to say a huge thank you for the support at home - it truly does make a difference.

Please swing by year 6 sometime to look more closely at their projects.

Over and out.


Thursday 1 December 2016

Word Wizards

In Word Wizards today, we asked thoughtful and relevant questions. We also worked in teams to see how many synonyms we could name for 'walked'. We talked about the importance of being part of a team, taking turns and engaging in class discussions.

Wednesday 30 November 2016

Our fine football team

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Shaftesbury C of E Primary School is part of Southern Academy Trust, a
charitable private company, limited by guarantee and registered in England
and Wales, company number: 09040388

Registered office address: Shaftesbury School, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury,
Dorset, SP7 8ER

Watch out....air raids have been reported in Apple Class

When the sirens sound, we take cover under the tables until the all clear has sounded. What better way to learn about The Blitz?


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Shaftesbury C of E Primary School is part of Southern Academy Trust, a
charitable private company, limited by guarantee and registered in England
and Wales, company number: 09040388

Registered office address: Shaftesbury School, Salisbury Road, Shaftesbury,
Dorset, SP7 8ER

WW2 Memorabilia

Fractions of amounts. HW Help.

Our STS for working out fractions of amounts. 
1) divide the whole by the denominator (bottom)
2) multiply your answer by the numerator (top).

 

Thursday 24 November 2016

Word Wizards

Today in Word Wizards we asked thoughtful and relevant questions to discover the secret object. Tell someone at home or school who you would rather read your mind! - your teacher or your parents?

Thursday 17 November 2016

Tuesday 15 November 2016

Exploring Nets

Year six were given a sheet containing drawings of nets and had to predict which ones would fold up to create cubes. Then, using Polydron, the children tested their predictions. We then began thinking about which net would be most useful for us in designing our Gas Mask boxes as part of our 'Britain at War' topic. 

WW1 Maths: Seating soldiers.

Year six have been working on this maths investigation as part of our WW1 topic. As their teacher I was inspired by their approach to exploring this and the resilience they demonstrated. How would you go about solving this?