Wishing you all a wonderfully relaxing holiday – I look forward to seeing you all, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, in 2020!
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Christmas fun
After a full term of working really hard, yesterday it began to feel as if Christmas really is just around the corner. After watching the Year 5 Carol Concert dress rehearsal, we made Pelham smell deliciously seasonal as we had lots of sticky fun making some Excitable Edgar biscuits. Even us adults enjoyed ourselves!
Rocksteady
Here are just a few images from this term’s concert by some of our Y6 Rocksteady crew. What a fabulous concert – such a lovely way to showcase all your hardwork. Well done!
Wow, look at our professional information leaflets!
Owls, as you know, I am absolutely delighted with the fantastic information leaflets you produced that compare a mountainous region in the UK with one in Italy. You clearly really thought about what information you wanted to include and how you wanted to present it; not only was it easy to compare the different regions, but your presentation was to the highest standard. Our exhibition yesterday has persuaded ed me to make sure that the rest of the school has an opportunity to admire and be inspired by these projects – I will try to make sure that a we have a pop-up display somewhere in school in the new year. Well done everybody!
More maths…
A train starts running from Leeds to York at 7am.
The last train leaves at midnight.
Platform 1 has a train leaving from it every 12 minutes.
Platform 2 has one leaving from it every 5 minutes.
How many times in the day would there be a train leaving from both platforms at the same time?
Here is today’s problem solving question, as promised… good luck all…
Factor pairs & problem solving
Here it is, the maths problem solving question from today that we didn’t have time for. There might be raffle ticket up for grabs…
No one is too small to make a difference
In assembly today, we looked at the difference Greta Thunberg has made to global discussions about the environment, despite the fact that she started protesting when she was just 15 years old. I want to know what YOU are doing to help tackle the climate crisis we find ourselves facing.
Alma front covers
Inspired by the work of Edvard Munch, we have been designing front covers for our horror stories based on the short film ‘Alma’. What aspects of your front cover are you most proud of, and what could you do to improve it further?
Art exhibition recommendation
I visited this exhibition, ‘Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life’, at the weekend and immediately thought that it was somethIng many of you would enjoy. It’s interactive, inspiring, informative and fun!
As well as some new pieces which have been created especially for this exhibition (which is on at Tate Modern), some of the exhibits relate to the time the artist spent as a child in Iceland. There are some serious messages about global warming, which reminded me of some of the things that we have been discussing in class, whilst some of the exhibits give you an opportunity to experience new things. One of my family’s favourites is called ‘Din blinde passager’, because it gives you the opportunity to travel through a 39-metre-long corridor full of dense fog… it was really cool!
Le me know if you have already been to this exhibition, or if you have any exhibitions you would like to recommend, by adding a comment.
** Inspirational re-post alert **
I am re-posting this directly from Ospreys’ blog (with permission).
Use the above image to write a beautiful setting description.
What literary features do you think I would like to see in your piece?
I think the passage below, written by Ewen, is absolutely enchanting and I wondered how his writing might inspire you to write a beautiful setting description using this image.
The swaying willow trees cast shadows across the forest. The beautiful blooming bluebells coated the grassy fields like a intricate tapestry woven by nature. Shards of sunlight glinted off the morning dew, which had clung to the bright green grass. A calming breeze drifted peacefully through the trees, as a sparrow’s melodious voice pierced the silence of the calm summer day. Nearby, a muddy path snaked through the grass and further on, a stream meandered through the hills on the other side of the forest. The calming sounds of the water reached the ears of every creature around it. Overhead, the bright sun burnt down on the forest creatures. This was a land nobody had been able to reach before. It was paradise.
I look forward to reading your versions…