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Larchfield Primary and Nursery School
Our children are central to all that we do.
Class Activities
18.12.2020 Wow, look how Year 6's pom poms turned out! They are so pleased with them.
14.12.2020 We have decided to name this activity 'Make do and Trend'. The children have been making pom poms today. They had to cut out their circles first, then wrap their wool around their templates. Some of the children will be updating their old hats into 'bobble' hats.
9.12.2020 Lots of Science has been happening in Y6 today. We have been catching up on the Science missed in Y5. The class has recapped on the life cycle, learnt about changes in old age; what happens when you mix materials; how mixtures can be separated and made some healthy smoothies. What a great day of Science!
4.12.2020 Snow Day!
2.12.2020 We are taking part in the 'Get Berkshire Active' programme. Every day, we open up the Berkshire virtual school games Advent calendar. Yesterday, the activity was 10 star jumps. Today, the challenge was to step up and down 30 times. I took the photos, then decided the step wasn't challenging enough, so we did it on MUCH higher steps. Well done Year 6.
27.11.2020 Measuring and ratio fun in Maths today.
26.11.2020 The class were learning a lot about ratio today. They put Smarties into groups, wrote the ratios, then made patterns and asked their partners questions about the ratios. For example, the pattern is 2 red, 3 blue, 1 orange, 4 green. What is the ratio? What would the 25th colour be in the pattern?
26.11.2020 We were so delighted, and somewhat excited, to get a reply from Sir Captain Tom Moore today. We all wrote letters to him and he replied!
23.11.2020 Year 6 were treated to an iRock assembly where they were able to try out instruments and sing. They had a super jamming session.
19.11.2020 In computing, the class has been closing the gaps on areas they missed in Y5 during lock down. They were learning how to put formulae in spread sheets. Wow, they really enjoyed their learning and definitely excelled my expectations!
17.11.2020 Science - Year 6 made heart models today and explored how blood flows in one direction through the heart chambers.
12.11.2020 We were imagining that we were called on to design some modern buildings. The town wants them to be all different in the way that they look. There need to be 7 rooms of the same size. The children used the cubes to create their designs and recorded them too. Real life Math!
11.11.2020 Y6 with their Remembrance Day poppy lights.
6.11.2020 In preparation for Remembrance Day, Year 6 have been making some poppy themed tea lights.
5.11.2020 Science. The class have been learning about the role of the heart and were very keen to try out an oximeter and blood pressure monitor.
5.11.2020 A super math investigation - and a very complex explanation done of their findings. The problem involved 3 tables, one with one bar of chocolate, one with two bars of chocolate and one with three bars of chocolate on it. 30 children had to decide which table to sit at to get the best share of the chocolate. The amount of fractions that had to be worked out was mind-blowing, as this changed with each child choosing which table to sit at. Well done!
4.11.2020 Ylana very kindly brought in a pomelo this morning. Many of the children had never heard of this fruit, let alone tasted it. So...the class tried it, and all but 3 of them liked it! The pomelo, pummelo, or in scientific terms, Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis, is the largest citrus fruit from the family Rutaceae and the principal ancestor of the grapefruit. It is a natural, i.e., non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. It is now grown in Australia and America too.
23.10.2020 Spooky Day Disco. Look at all the fantastic costumes.
23.10.2020 Flying high! A great job Year 6.
23.10.2020 The kites are being finished off with a ghoulish theme as part of our "Spooky Day".
22.10.2020 As part of our team building in PSHCE, Year 6 have been designing and making kites. Look at the concentration!
22.10.2020 John Farey investigated sequences of fractions in order of size - known as the Farey Sequences. Year 6 have been following in his footsteps and have been investigating these sequences. They used their recently learnt skills of simplifying, ordering and comparing fractions. Good work Year 6!
15.10.2020 Year 6 have been researching the importance of black soldiers, sailors, nurses and spies.
14.10.2020 Why do objects have shadows of the same shape? Ask your child!
9.10.2020 Year 6 have been sorting library books into different genres and discussing the principal features of these genres.
7.10.2020 We had an amazing amount of 'What if?' questions asked today in Science when we were learning about refraction of light. Well done Year 6!
7.10.2020 Sakshi and Jonathan showing the class how to deal with remainders! The class have worked hard on short and long division this week, giving remainders as fractions and decimals and rounding up or down when problem solving.
5.10.20 Autumn's meaningful Blitz poem.
5.10.2020 Amy's super Blitz poem.
5.10.20 Sakshi has written a good poem on the Blitz.
5.10.2020 The class have all been writing WWII poems. Here is Tele with his.
1.10.2020 The class have designed their own Blitz buildings - or what's left of them - and are following the instructions they wrote to make them. Lots of mixing of ingredients and laughter so far!
30.9.2020 Does the angle of incidence equal the angle of reflection? Ask your child what they learnt in Science today.
29.9.2020 Maths investigations galore! Y6 were using their multiplication skills to find different patterns. They used a starting number then multiplied it by another number and either chose to add or subtract the next number, then used the same multiplier and addition or subtraction to their answer. e.g. 7 x 4-5 = 25, then 25 x4-5 and so on - then spot the pattern!
Just a note to say that your daughter should have received a pack from Newlands Girls' School yesterday.
Today, Desborough Boys' School have contacted to ask us to give parents the following information:
Desborough Boys' School are running virtual transition events on Tuesday 6th October for boys interested in joining our school. Information can be found via the 'Join us' page on our website, or via our Facebook page.
With thanks
28.9.2020 Adults - here is a sneak preview of our yearly seasonal greetings cards. I'm sure you will agree with me that the cards look fantastic so far! Well done Year 6.
28.9.2020 As a follow-on of the Anti-Bullying Assembly, the children have created hands to confirm their pledges to stop bullying and have written who they can turn to help them on the fingers.
28.9.2020 Today we watched the 'Big Anti Bullying Assembly' which had some super-stars in it such as: Peter Andre, Richie and Mwaksy to name but a few! The children discussed the assembly well and gave their pledge (see photo) to stop bullying when they see it.
23.9.2020 In Science today, the class knew that light travels in a straight line, but they had to plan and carry out their enquiry to prove their theory. Great fun and lots of thinking skills used today!
22.9.2020 There has been some great acting out of scenarios (related to their learning about the Blitz) before Year 6 write their diary entries.
22.9.2020 A bit blurry? That's because Year 6 moved so fast when they heard the WWII air raid warning siren!
15.9.2020 Year 6 have been drawing their WWII propaganda posters today.
11.9.2020 Our collage of Year 6. Each photo was taken individually, then put together as a whole class.
11.9.2020 OO7 Fever in Year 6 this week as the class created their own spy gadgets and wrote leaflets on how to use them.
9.9.2020 Year 6 have been learning some sketching techniques and have begun to draw faces of leaders during WWII.
9.9.2020 Great fun learning today. Year 6 have been playing some place value games.
3.9.2020 Our first day back. It's so good to see the children looking so smart and to see all of their smiling faces from the front!