Summer Term
Week beginning 9th June
This week, we have been delving deeper into The Amazon and kick-starting our Ancient Maya topic with a full day of workshops and activities!
Topaz's geography lesson - Monday 9th June
In today's lesson, Topaz began to research life in The Amazon. They researched countries that the river passes through and where the rainforest is situated, before refreshing their knowledge of continents. Topaz also mapped out their learning before starting to compare the climate in the region with that of London.
UKS2 Maya Workshop Day - Wednesday 11th June
On Wednesday 11th June, Years 5 and 6 experienced a full day of learning about the Ancient Maya Civilisation as a Sizzling Starter to this half-term’s history topic. We were joined by Vanessa, an archaeologist from Puku B, who has worked in Central America for many years. During the day, we took part in a carousel of activities. Vanessa led a brilliant workshop, where we began by completing a human timeline to understand more fully when the Maya lived. After this, we learnt about Gods, got to try on Maya clothing, explored artefacts, played a game and even got to grind some maize! Our other activities included a poo study – think sticks, tweezers, magnifying glasses and identification charts to work out what they ate! – and a pot sherds study. For this activity, we held pots that Vanessa had actually discovered, and studied what they told us about how the Ancient Maya lived. This was a highly enjoyable day which all of us (and especially the teachers!) found so valuable. We would like to say a huge thank you to Vanessa for bringing our learning to life with practical activities.
Week beginning 2nd June
Welcome back for the final half-term of the academic year! This week, Years 5&6 have been enjoying starting their geography topic about The Amazon, in addition to some creative work in English.
Topaz learnt the advanced version of 'Count on Me' in today's ukulele lesson! - Wednesday 4th June
Week beginning 19th May
Years 5 and 6 have been enjoying daily swimming lessons this week in our pop-up pool, whilst also designing and making a board game with an electronic circuit for a KS1 child (their Brookmans Buddy) to play.
Thank you to everyone for yet another fabulous half-term in UKS2. We hope you all have a lovely break next week and look forward to welcoming you back to school on Tuesday 3rd June.
Mrs Carson x
Topaz playing board games for their market research! - Monday 19th May
HOT OFF THE PRESS NEWS: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE UKS2 SWIMMING SQUAD FOR WINNING THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AT MONK'S WALK SCHOOL TODAY! - Tuesday 20th May
Year 6 enjoying Break The Rules Day whilst completing their DT electronic board games - Friday 23rd May
Week beginning 12th May
Good luck to all of the Year 6 children for their SATS tests this week!
Thank you to Miss Shaw for volunteering her time to lead meditation sessions for Year 6 each morning, prior to their SATS - Monday 12th May
Year 6 playing 'Row, Row, Row Your Boat' with melody and accompaniment! - Wednesday 14th May
Year 6 enjoying their post-SATS celebrations with a film, Chromebooks, ice-cream and extended Golden Time this afternoon! - Friday 16th May
Week beginning 5th May
This has been a busy week for UKS2, with Year 6 working incredibly hard in the final run-up to their SATS and Year 5 impressing their teachers with some fabulous English. We have also had time for some fun VE Day celebrations, too!
Year 6 creating some Grammar and Punctuation revision posters - Tuesday 6th May
Topaz's ukulele lesson - Tuesday 6th May
In our ukulele lesson today, we began to explore TAB notation. Kathryn taught us how to read this sort of music, before piecing together phrases from well-known tunes. This is far more complicated than chords, and Mrs Carson was very impressed with how well Topaz picked this up. We can now all play simple melodies, too!
Topaz, back to chord playing, enjoying 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain?' on the ukulele - Tuesday 6th May
VE Day Celebratory Assembly - Thursday 8th May
UKS2 joined the rest of the school in an outdoor assembly this afternoon to celebrate VE Day. After discussing our understanding of this, each phase had the opportunity to share songs that they had learnt from the 1940s. Years 5 and 6 shared both 'White Cliffs of Dover' and 'Hey Mr Miller', demonstrating good enthusiasm and enjoyment. We then finished the assembly with a meaningful one minute's silence. Well done, UKS2 - you were superstars today!
VE Day Celebratory Assembly - Thursday 8th May
VE Day Celebratory Assembly - Thursday 8th May
Week beginning 28th April
What glorious weather we have had so far this week! UKS2 have greatly enjoyed their first full week back this term.
UKS2 exploring the new Outdoor Play And Learning areas - Monday 28th April
Years 5 and 6 had an extra playtime this afternoon, taking advantage of the beautiful sunshine to experience the new OPAL areas. Mrs Yeldham and the Play Team have introduced dress up, a mud kitchen, water paints and parachute/sheets for den making to our playgrounds, and our phase LOVED having the opportunity to try each of these out today!
Year 6 exploring micro-bits for the first time in their computing lesson today - Wednesday 30th April
Week beginning 21st April
We returned to school on Wednesday 23rd April and look forward to sharing some of the exciting things we will be doing during the Summer Term!