Maths week - Visit from Jill Fitzgerald 21.1.15

As part of maths week, we were visited today by Jill Fitzgerald.  Jill is a chartered accountant who works for 'Specialist': www.specialistuk.com , an advertising company.  She explained how her business operates and about general business models.  We discussed revenue, profit and expense as well as what we need to do to help maximise our profits.  Additinally, Jill showed us how much maths was needed for the company as a whole, not just calculating revenue, expense and profit but also collecting and analysing data to show the impact of their services.  It was a very interesting presentation and years 5 and 6 were able to contribute a lot about the products they will be selling on Friday.

A Selection of the magazines produced by Specialist to help promote and sell various products.

Maths week 19.1.15 - Making our product

During maths week the classes have be set the challenge of spending a budget of £10 to make products that can be sold to the rest of the school.  The aim of the project is to make the most profit from what is sold; the profits will be donated to the school council to spend on resources for the school.  

In year 6 we have bought plain fibre pots.  Next, we decorated the pots with popular comic characters: Minions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spiderman.  Also, we have designed posters to encourage people to buy our product.  Finally,on Friday we will sell the pots and hope to make a big profit.

We are also competing against other classes to get the most mathletics points.  We have been using the iPads to help push up our score!

Volcanoes 15.12.14

We are leaning about how to write fantastic explanation texts at the moment.  We built model volcanoes to help explain the eruption process.  Keep checking our pupil blog to read some fantastic explanation texts later this week!

Building circuits Term 2

In science we have been learning about electricity and building simple circuits which use switches.  We are using our understanding to help design and make an 'operation' style board game.  The players have to remove parts from a human body with out touching the metal contacts and completing the circuit!

Time Capsule

After the discovery of a Time Capsule in the grounds of the school, pupils across the school got writing.  Year 6b documented the week and the writing in a newspaper to be contained within a new time capsule to be buried.

Mama Africa Performance - City Academy 14.11.14

Our talented Year Six pupils entertained and impressed the audience as they opened the show at City Academy on Friday night.

The performance was a mixture of powerful poetry and a hugely energetic dance routine.  The thought provoking poems, written by the children themselves, were performed beautifully. Inspired by the children’s research into African music, the poems were full of expression and feeling.

The poets left the stage and the dancers made their dramatic entrance, moving to the sound of the live musicians on stage. The routine was full of energy, colour and enthusiasm from start to finish. The children danced as a group, individually and in pairs, impressing the audience with some complicated moves and excellent timing!

Well done to all the children involved in the performance.

Mama Africa Dress Rehearsal 12.11.14

Lights, Camera...Action!
Year 6 performed a fantastic dress rehearsal of our Mama Africa project for the whole school this morning.  We are now feeling very excited about showcasing our talent with schools from across Bristol on Friday evening at City Academy theatre.

Well done Year 6!