An Alien Landing 🛸👽
Published 29/01/24
Over the last few weeks we have been inspired by Pie Corbett’s short story: An Alien Landing. We used his story to write our own Science-Fiction narratives in a similar style.
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Planets, planets, planets everywhere.
Published 26/01/24We have been busy over the last few weeks learning all about the planets in our solar system and why they are in a particular order. We used sketches pro to draw the planets and create video fact files about them. Here are some examples by the childr Let it snow…
Published 17/01/24We had lots of fun in the snow yesterday morning, although there’s wasn’t much we still managed to build our own mini snowmen.Read MoreRead MoreWelcome Back!
Published 08/01/24Welcome back Silver Birch and a very Happy New Year to you all! It was lovely to see all of your smiling faces today and hear all about your Christmas holidays. It sounds like you’ve all had a great time with your families. We have lots oRead MoreTea with Santa
Published 15/12/23https://s3.amazonaws.com/embed.animoto.com/play.html?w=swf/production/vp1&e=1702634621&f=C2k7qS6rYF2JLxRpQA1Ksw&d=0&m=p&r=360p&volume=100&start_res=undefined&i=m&asset_domain=s3-p.animoto.com&animoto_domain=aniRead MoreWinter Poems
Published 12/12/23In English, we worked in partners to write a simile poem with a winter theme. We recorded our poems on Keynote and added in music using Garageband. Have a look at Oliver and Max’s example below.Read MoreA cheeky visitor….
Published 05/12/23We were all surprised in Silver Birch today to find a very cheeky Revel playing a game of chess with a friend. He also left us a message with a challenge for us to work towards all day. The challenge was linked to our Lever House values – SPARKRead MoreExploring the volume of shapes.
Published 05/12/23In maths today we looked at the volume of different shapes. We experimented with multilink cubes to create different shapes with the same volume. Volume is the amount of space an object takes up. This could be: a solid, a liquid or a gas. &nbsRead MoreY6 Bikeability Day 1
Published 28/11/23All of year six have been outside today learning bike safety together. We have been taught signal skills, which requires extremely good balance and concentration. First we were split into 4 groups, each learning similar skills; to nameRead MoreEnglish detectives🕵️♂️
Published 14/11/23Today we found some mysterious clues in our classroom. They were all hints about our new story, which we will be learning about over the next few weeks. The children were told that the story was called ‘The Rain Player’ and studiedCoding with Sphero
Published 10/11/23Today was our first coding session in Silver Birch. We have been getting to grips with using Spheros and trying to input data so that our Spheros were guided through a bridge.Non-Chronological Reports
Published 10/11/23We have been inspired by Kensuke’s Kingdom to create our own mythical creatures, which might be found on Kensuke’s island. Take a look at some of our creations and read our Non-Chronological Reports about them.Read More