Royal Festival Hall !!!

On Friday the 24th of June, some of the students in year 4,5,6 participated in the Royal Festival Hall Orchestra and First access performance . In Orchestra one of the pieces that we played was called The Hall Of The Mountain King . In this piece there was a lot of pizzicato also know as plucking , as well as arco  ( use of bow ) . There was also a lot of other instruments in the Orchestra such as : flutes, oboes, clarinets ,recorders, trumpets and guitar. 🎷🎺🎸🎻🎹

The last piece we played in Orchestra was called spy movie it also uses pizzicato and arco ,many other interments such as violins, trumpets, recorders and other instruments it was extremely fast and at first I  found it hard to keep up but in the end I managed to get the timing right!!! 🎷🎺🎸🎻🎹

In year 4 violins we did are final song it was called rice harvest, the whole song represents a story of refugees that survived and lived to tell the story. Everybody joined in even the music teachers.It was quite hard to keep the timing right because you had to count yourself in with the beat!!!🎷🎺🎸🎻🎹

If it wasn't for Bird Collage we wouldn't of been able to experience this ! Thank you so much I absolutely loved it . 🎷🎺🎸🎻🎹

Learning about money

On Tuesday June 28th, class Mars and Venus participated to an activity offered by Halifax. 

During the presentation, we learned how banks work as well as investigated some money problems. 

It was a great opportunity to work in mixed Maths, solving worded problems using their knowledge of money. Throughout the year, we have learned about the value of money and practiced our column addition written method. We have used and applied these skills during this activity. 

The hardest activity was to evaluate what you can buy with £10, £20 and £50. Poppy would spend £50 on a ticket to a theme park, Eshar would be spending her £50 on a hotel night. 

  

                                                                           

What would you buy with £50? 

The Journey of Edward Tulane

We have officially started our last book of the year, it is titled The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

So far, we have learned that Edward has an array of hats and wears well cut trousers. The China rabbit enjoys winte. It's his favourite season since the sun sets earlier, the doll can then dire his reflection in he window.

As part of our literacy lesson, class Mars and Venus worked collaboratively to create an outfit for Edward. 

We first planned our outfit, then used pieces of fabric to put together an elegant wardrobe.

Cakes for Canadian Red Cross

Yesterday,we had a cake stall for the Canadian Red Cross.We are doing this as part of our new homework which links with our new topic for geography,Canada.It's more creative than our usual homework which makes it more fun.Thank you to all the parents who helped raise £40.55 money.Also,a big thank you to our parents who helped us make the cakes.Here is us waiting for some customers.

QR codes

As part of our Computing lesson, we have learned to make QR codes. 

In topic we are learning about Canada and because our teacher is Canadian she has many stories and pictures for us. 

Miss Goulet printed pictures about Canada. I cannot believe she took all of them, she has traveled across Canada. This country is massive! 

At the ICT suite, we used reliable websites to find information about the picture we were given. We had to write 5 fun facts. We then went on www.qr-code-generator.com to create a qr code. We will stick the qr code next to the picture so everyone in the class knows about Canada. 

The hardest part is when the qr is created you en have to save it as an image so it can be printed. Miss Goulet had asked that the qr code is small, so I had to inset the image on a word document to then rsize it. 

I was so excited to learn all this that once I got home, I created a qr code for our blog! Here it is. Scan to try it! 

Empty classroom day

On June 17th, the teachers had the challenge to teach without being in the classroom. 

Miss Hemmings and Miss Goulet planned a maths a literacy lessons all happening outdoor. 

                                           

During our maths lesson, there were 5 activities all related to the number 100. In the various tasks, we had to calculate the perimeter, the area, convert units of measure, 2D shapes, time and symmetry. 

It was fun to practice maths in context and to work both classes together. 

 We also had to work in teams. 

After break time, we stayed outside to continue our learning about outdoor. Whilst Venus class did a SWAC activity, Mars started their literacy lesson. 

  The literacy lesson was very cool and different. It was interesting to write about our favourite outdoor place. For once, we did not have success criteria and we were allowed to write as we like it!! 

                                                   

Thanks for the great day! We should be outdoor more often! 

Cooperative learning in maths

Miss Goulet's maths lesson worked on their skills with co-ordinates in order to create a battle ship inspired board game. Using their knowledge of longships, they designed boats in the shape of what the Vikings used to sail to England.

Once we have made our ge, we asked students in Miss Hemings to play with us. This way both classes practiced using co-ordinates. It was a nice way to work collaboratively. 

They could also enjoy our nice drawings on our boards. They were inspired by Vikings artefacts and had to be symmetrical since it is a requirement in maths. 

rock climbing

Rock climbing was so fun but it was hard as well.

The hardest bit was when the big rocks stuck out of the wall anyway it was so fun. When I reached the top it was the best feeling I ever had. I saw my friends doing it and Lewis was so good at it he made every one of the walls.