Year 6s’ Volcanoes

Last term year 6 made volcanoes in groups of two, three, four or five. I will explain how we created them and how we created the eruptions.

Firstly, we gathered in our groups and our teachers’ (Miss. Nicola and Miss. Sarah) told us we needed to collect: strong cardboard/corrugated cardboard, bicarbonate soda, red dye and vinegar. But the cardboard and newspaper had to be in by Friday. That day was Monday.

Next, we had to build our structure with balls of newspaper on our cardboard bases. Shortly afterwards, we covered them in masking tape and attached strips of cardboard to make our volcanoes steady. After wards we used paper mache all over our volcanoes to make a base to paint on.

Then came the messy part. We had to paint our volcanoes. Although they were supposed to look like real volcanoes most of them looked out of this world!

Our hands got very sticky here because we had to varnish our volcanoes with glue and water. Just before that we added objects to create our themed volcanoes.

Lastly, all our weeks of hard work paid off as it was the day to erupt our volcanoes! We used vinegar, bicarbonate of soda and food colouring to create our eruptions. Although it stunk of vinegar and our ´lava` stained the playground floor I for one enjoyed it. Everybody went home beaming; beaming with joy.

Year 6’s 60’s and John Lennon Day

On the last Friday of the half-term, Year 6 had a fun-filled day. The theme was the swinging 60’s and based on their history topic of John Lennon.

They all dressed up (including the teachers, Miss Nicola, Miss Sarah and Miss Rosemary) like Hippies, MOD’s and Maharishi Indians!

Year 6 did their Numeracy and Literacy lessons then went out for playtime to show off their snazzy costumes, some people even did some 60’s dancing!

They had their 60’s party while eating some delicious 60’s delights that students had brought in. They listened to various songs by The Beatles and John Lennon, such as: Imagine; Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band; Yellow Submarine and many more…

The children did some groovy dancing and sang along to the 60’s tunes. Mr Geoff took some photos of the Happy Hippies, Marvelous MOD’s and Glorious Maharishi Indians, together burying the hatchet (which means making peace)!

It was a brilliant day!

Trip to Malaga

In October, Year 6 went to the Alcazaba in Malaga. They set off on the coach at 9.00am. It was a long drive to Malaga, about an hour. When they got there, they found their way to the Alcazaba and started looking at an old, outdoor theatre. They couldn’t get in because there was a fence around it, but they still spent some time there. There was a wooden stage in the middle and a few people sitting on the stone benches. Later, they were led in to a room where a man explained all about the Alcazaba. The man told them that the Romans had been in Spain before the Moors. They built a castle there and thought it was going to be their land forever. They made it out of the best material they could find. But then they were defeated and the Moors took over. Because the Moors were used to travelling from one place to another, they made their castle out of the worst and cheapest material they could find. Nothing was symmetrical.

After that, year 6 went to have their lunch. Then they were shown the castle. There were lots of traps and curves so the enemies trying to get up couldn’t. The castle was very big, and it took them ages to get up. But then they were late for the bus and had to go on the double-decker bus. They saw all of Malaga and got back on the school coach. It was fun and we learned a lot that day!
By Anna 6S