Final Week in Year 6 – It’s been a blast!

18th July 2020N Noble

Inspired by The Ickabog (by JK Rowling) which is set in Cornucopia, where the capital city is Chouxville, we set about creating our own choux buns…

Adding the cream and chocolate topping…

Delicious results… Hopes of Heaven: eat your hearts out!

Harvesting in the garden to add to the feast…

Preparing for the cooking…

The garlic bread and curry takes shape…

The proof of the pudding… is in the eating…!

Leavers’ “Assembly” of sorts…

 

Marshmallow and cocktail stick challenge – getting creative (and a little sick from eating too many marshmallows!)…

Our last day saw our second cooking session – chocolate chip cookies for our S’mores in the afternoon:

We also shared our story of The Ickabog for one last time… we had to take the ending home as we are desperate to know what happens next…

We also wiled away some time playing bingo… click here to find the online Bingo Caller we used…

Lunch outside was a McDonalds… followed by cupcakes courtesy of Charlie:

We then needed to build our strength for the water fight with which we finished the day… we lit the fire for one final time…

…and toasted marshmallows to add to chocolate buttons and our cookies that we baked that morning – s’mores all round!!!

To the Class of 2019/2020 – it’s been a blast!  Have a fabulous summer and go and be the best ever Year 7s!!

Year 6 Leavers – 2019/2020

16th July 2020N Noble

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Who can you spot before the reveal?!

And finally, it wouldn’t be Dunn Street without a song…!!!

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KS2 Bubble Week #5

11th July 2020N Noble

Mrs Baxter’s Group have been completing their topic on Equality, Racism and Black History.

They have displayed their Terry Pratchett writing.
Science has been about creating a water cycle in jar whilst Jackson Pollock has inspired their art work… they’ve even managed to fit in time for guided relaxation!
100% attendance for Rhys , Akram , Ashton & lsobelle.  Special Award to Rhys for helping out and showing kindness to another pupil struggling to read and to Akram for effort with his English and reading.
Super concentration with TT Rockstars and Film Club Friday.
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Year 6, when not getting ready for their Leavers’ Presentation, were inspired by Max, Jack, Gigi and Daddy: we had great fun (despite the photos of glum faces!) making our own charcoal:

We used the opportunity to revise the Fire Triangle and irreversible changes.  We discussed various ways of extinguishing fire based on the triangle.

Having created the charcoal, in art we worked on the proportions of a horse (as well as adding shade) and were delighted to receive praise from Ed Williamson himself!

We were delighted to once again work with Emma and have planted (amongst other things) herbs, cabbages, sprouting broccoli and curly kale.  We can’t wait for our cooking day next week where we are going to make broad bean curry, garlic bread, red fruit compote and (fingers crossed) choux buns!

Luke, Kris, Jonathan, Mason, Charlie, Macey, Adam & Kitana.

 

Archbishop of York’s Young Leader Programme – Hope

7th July 2020N Noble

Welcome to the YLA at Home free resources

Creative and fun resources to try at home exploring how you can be Young Leaders during this challenging time and beyond. #YLAathome

The brand new YLA at Home resources are now live! This week’s theme is hope and this is the final resource in our journey of discovery series.

Click here for the interactive session… or use the sheet below to explore hope in today’s world.

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Key Stage 2 Bubble Week #4

3rd July 2020N Noble

Well done to Mason, Kitana, Jonathan, Macey, Charlie, Ashton, Isabella, Ackram and Isobelle!

Year 6 have been constructing their own zoetropes…  these fabulous devices produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion.  Our zoetropes are powered by cogs that transform the horizontal torque of the gear into vertical torque…

As a result of our work on Zoetropes, we started to explore the evolution of the horse… we discovered why the horse evolved and then wrote explanatory texts.  The class decided the two pupils who wrote the best explanations were Mason and Adam:

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Year 6 also represented Dunn Street at a Virtual Quiz run by ICT in Schools – they scored an impressive 21/25… we will now never forget the country that has won the most World Cups and realise we have a gap in our Disney Soundtrack knowledge (some might say, “No bad thing!”)…

Year 6s, who are off to Jarrow School in September, joined class members virtually, and participated in a Google Meet run by Mrs Robinson who presented all the “must know” information in preparation for the big move!

We finished the week by watching the end of Black Beauty…

Congratulations to Mrs Baxter’s Mathopoly winner – Isabella…
Melting points and evaporation were explored in Mrs Baxter’s science this week…

Key Stage 2 Bubble Week #3

29th June 2020N Noble

This week’s 100% were Kris, Mason, Adam, Luke, Jonathan, Macey, Kitana, Charlie, Ashton, Isabella and Isobelle.

Year 6 have completed their upload to the Corona Canvas Online and as such are part of the largest community artwork project in history that races to raise funds for those affected by the Coronavirus.

See their artwork by clicking here… a sneak preview can be seen below!

More art work in Mrs Baxter’s Bubble… what fun!!

Here are some of the results:

If you can’t stand the heat… do your lessons outside!

 

 

YLA at Home – Friendship has arrived!

22nd June 2020N Noble

The brand new resource on our YLA at Home hub has just gone live. This week’s theme is friendship. Join us as we discover how we can be great friends to those around us.

Creative and fun resources to try at home exploring how you can be Young Leaders during this challenging time and beyond. #YLAathome
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‍Learn, reflect, create and share with others.

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KS2 Bubble Week #2

20th June 2020N Noble

Week 2 in KS2…

100% Attendance for: Jonathan, Luke, Adam, Mason, Kitana, Macey, Ashton & Isabella.

Science with Mrs Baxter…

Oobleck is a classic science experiment that’s perfect for entertaining both kids and adults. If you haven’t seen it in action it’s very fascinating stuff and before too long you’ll have your hands covered with it, happily making a mess that can be washed away with water.

Oobleck is a non-newtonian fluid. That is, it acts like a liquid when being poured, but like a solid when a force is acting on it. You can grab it and then it will ooze out of your hands. Make enough Oobleck and you can even walk on it!

Oobleck gets its name from the Dr. Seuss book Bartholomew and the Oobleck where a gooey green substance, Oobleck, fell from the sky and wreaked havoc in the kingdom. Here the Oobleck will be made in a bowl and will likely make a mess, but only because you can get carried away playing with it…

Year 6 have been working on The Ickabog and also writing to their new secondary schools…

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BE ONE OF THE MILLION

Become one of a million artists contributing to the Corona Canvas!

Be part of the largest community artwork project in history that is a race to raise £1 million for those affected by the Coronavirus.

Download an individual canvas template for £2. Colour, connect and contribute with others, then upload it to the Corona Canvas Gallery.

Collaborate across abilities, across borders and across generations.

50%* of the Fee we receive for each canvas will go to carefully selected, chosen charities.

To all the Dads out there… Happy Father’s Day!!!

Year 6 Transition Support – Letters from Secondary Schools

17th June 2020N Noble

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Transition to St Joseph’s – click here for more

Summer Term 2020: Virtual Transition

The transition from primary to secondary school is a crucial stage in your child’s life and we want to reassure you that we are here to support your child. We are particularly conscious that given the current school closures due to social distancing measures it may be the case that some of the traditional methods of supporting transition may not be possible, so we are working hard to put in place a ‘virtual’ transition programme that will support your child in their journey from Year 6 to Year 7. As far as possible we are working collaboratively with our primary feeder schools on our Virtual Transition Programme so that together we can ensure your child finds the transition to secondary schools a positive and reassuring process.