Mulberry Class | Tiptree Heath Primary School

Mulberry Class - Year 6

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Tollesbury Lightship Residential

Monday:

Today we have been settling into the Lightship for the residential. After lunch, we had a tour of the Lightship and got to climb to the top of the light tower. We then completed a marsh discovery where the children completed a scavenger hunt to find particular items found in the marsh and also had a seamanship skills session where we looked at how to tie knots, how to use the wind direction to help with sailing, compass points and parts of the ship. This evening we completed a night walk along the sea wall and through the village.

The children have all had a great day and settled in well to the lightship. They have really enjoyed the activities and are looking forward to the sailing tomorrow.

Tuesday:

Today, we went sailing in the morning. The children learnt how to steer the boats and took turns to steer and use the ropes when changing direction. After lunch the children were split into 2 groups for the activities. Half of the class completed team building games while the other half did archery. The children will swap over on Thursday afternoon when they will do the activity they didn't complete today. The children have had a great day today and have really enjoyed the activities. They also had great fun with the Beetle Drive game we completed this evening. New photos have been added below including more photos to the existing 'Around the Ship' slideshow.

Wednesday:

Today all the children completed two activities: kayaking and high ropes. When climbing the high ropes, the children set their own challenges and tried to get further up the course with each attempt. When kayaking, the children learnt how to use the kayak and then played a range of games in teams. This evening, the children took part in a quiz linked to general knowledge and facts about the lightship.

Thursday:

This morning we went on a powerboat trip where the children had a chance to steer the powerboats. After lunch, the children completed the activity they did not do on Tuesday: Team Building or Archery. This evening, they took part in a sports night where they played Kingball and Dodgeball. A new folder of photos for the powerboat trip has been added below. Further photos from today have also been added to the existing 'Around the Ship', 'Archery' and 'Team Building Games' sections.

Lightship Tour:

Seamanship Skills:

Sailing:

Team building games:

Kayaking:

Marsh Discovery:

Around the ship:

Archery:

High Ropes:

Powerboat Trip:

Our Year 6 Curriculum

Curriculum Map

Knowledge Organisers

Concept Maps

Our Topic

WW2

Our topic for the Autumn Term is World War 2.

As part of this topic we will be learning about the key events in World War 2, how the war started and ended and the main countries involved. We will be finding out which countries were axis and allied powers and the locations of significant events and battles. We will be learning about evacuation and finding out what life was like for a child during this time. We will also be looking at rationing and how this affected people, as well as designing our own World War 2 recipes. We will identify the impact of WW2 on Britain and how people on the Home Front contributed to the war effort. As part of this topic, we will also be looking at Goodnight Mr Tom and completing a range of activities based on this.

Our Science units this term are ‘Light’ and ‘Electricity’. As part of our light unit we will be finding out about how light travels and reflects off different surfaces. We will be discussing how this helps us to see objects and also explaining why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them. Within our electricity unit we will be identifying symbols and components of a circuit, identifying how the voltage of a circuit will affect the brightness of a lamp or volume of a buzzer and creating our own circuits with switches.

Our maths units this term are: Number: Place Value, Number: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, Number: Fractions and Measurement: Converting Units

Our English Units are: Informal letter writing, Character stories, Non-Chronological reports, Newspaper writing and Renga poems.