Queens Inclosure Primary School

Summer Term 2 - 2018

This half term, Year 6 have been reading and writing about ‘Stig of the Dump’ by Clive King. The unit was introduced to the children with a pile of miscellaneous objects, which they then had to use to guess the title of the book. They wrote diary entries as various characters, revisited the use of dialogue and finally produced a new chapter for the book, with their own Stig adventure.

In addition, we have been learning about the classification of organisms in Science. The children used their knowledge - from the Zoolab visit in Summer 1 – to complete and produce branching tree diagrams. They learned about the animal kingdom and how it is split into different categories by features and properties. The children also had the opportunity to use the QI ponds to pond dip, to find creatures that live there.

In other learning, Year 6 have revisited the position of the continents, oceans and lines of longitude and latitude. They also learned about how volcanoes are formed, where earthquakes occur and how Iceland compares to and differs from the United Kingdom.

In Art, the children have been looking at Pop Art. They have studied the various artists who used this form, but especially Lichtenstein; the children have then created their own Pop Art designs based on those that they had seen.

Finally, in these last weeks of Year 6’s QI journey, the children have been working extremely hard learning lines, songs and producing props for the end of year production and the leavers’ assembly. All have had much fun! In addition, the majority of the year group went on a residential to Marchants Hill.

We would like to wish Year 6 all the best in secondary school and for their future.

 

Summer Term 1 - 2018

This half term, Year 6 have been engrossed by the tragedy of Macbeth – one of Shakespeare’s most dastardly villains. In Week 1, we were visited by the Young Shakespeare Company to help introduce us to the storyline and the main characters. We took on different roles and helped to re-tell the story so we could all understand it. It was a great day and we really enjoyed it! We then used the workshop to help us to write some descriptive battle scenes, based on the opening battle between the Scots and the Norwegians. Obviously, the best way to do this was to………battle! We took on the roles of the soldiers to inspire our writing.

Also, this half-term, we have been learning about the heart and the circulatory system. To begin with, we dissected hearts to help understand their structure. We then wrote explanations about how the circulatory system works why our blood is important. Once we had understood how the circulatory system worked, we used our knowledge to conduct a range of different scientific investigations to apply our new learning.

To end the half term, we had a visit from ZooLab to help us with the next unit of science we will be learning about. ZooLab came to the school with a range of different creatures to support our learning about classification of organisms. We got to hold and touch a variety of creatures and learn about how they are made up.

Finally, we can’t leave this half term without mentioning the Year 6 SATs. Everyone tried their hardest and did their best. The celebration BBQ was a fun evening, where we all had a chance to unwind and relax a little. Now, we are looking forward to our last half term at Queen’s Inclosure which will be filled to the max and incredibly busy!

 

Spring Term 2 - 2018

This term, our theme has been about Adaptation and Evolution. It started with our trip to the SEARCH museum in Gosport, which was very interesting. We discovered how creatures from our planet have adapted over time and studied examples of fossils and real-life stuffed animals. We became scientists for the day and used electronic microscopes, scientific keys and explored their science museum.

To link in with our Science learning, Year 6 has been extremely busy in English, exploring the moon Pandora and writing about the adaptations of the creatures that live there. Whilst learning about the planet, we designed our own organisms using our knowledge of existing creatures and the habitat of this moon. The learning culminated in an extended piece of writing: a fact file about the Banshee.

To assist Year 6 with their understanding of resurrection, we were visited by the Reverend Sandra, who explained the concept and answered the children’s questions about this Christian belief in the run up to Easter. This was informative and interesting.

As part of Hampshire CAMHS World Record attempt, Year 6 have designed their own bunting, using coloured pencils to create unique designs which represented their personality and interests.

Spring Term 1 - 2018

Another term has flown by for Year 6 and lots of learning has taken place. Our theme of Curiouser and Curiouser has informed our writing and guided reading, as well as running through our maths worded problems. We have looked at scale and ratio in maths, using this knowledge to help us with our cookery, for our tea party and dress up day. In our writing, we have been creating newspaper reports to explain who stole the Queen of Heart’s jam tarts and we have looked at different aspects of the Lewis Carroll story in guided reading.

To support us with our Modern Foreign Languages learning, some Year 9 students from Cowplain came in to teach us about La Carnivale which takes place over Mardi Gras and is celebrated in Nice in the South of France. We learned about colours and clothes, and then described the pictures of the Carnivale.

During our art learning this half term, we have studied Salvador Dali and the Surrealist movement. We have taken his picture, The Persistence of Memory, and created Alice style versions of our own.

To end the half term, we had an Alice in Wonderland dress up day, where we came in as characters from the book and played croquet in the hall, made cakes, cookies and sandwiches and finally entertained our parents with our amazing tea party.

 

Autumn Term 2 - 2017

This has been another busy half-term for Year 6! Our Ancient Egyptian learning culminated in a fantastically informative museum, which our parents came in to visit. As well as our amazing sarcophagi, we also produced amulets, hieroglyphics and canopic jars to display. In English, we wrote descriptions for our artefacts, as if we were archaeologists and, along with homemade posters to advertise our museum, we opened the doors to the Queen’s Inclosure Museum of Ancient History.

Later in the term, we visited Fort Purbrook to take part in the Junior Citizenship event. We spent an interesting afternoon learning about the roles in the community of: the Lifeguard, the Police, the Fire Brigade, the Environment Agency and Southern Domestic Abuse. We acted out scenarios and learnt how to be good citizens in our community.

During our science learning this half term, we have been building circuits and learning about electricity. To start our learning journey, we were given some copper coins, foil, card and vinegar, as well as some wires, LEDs and crocodile clips. We were asked to create a cell to make the LEDs light up. We had a lot of fun with this experiment and were also very successful. Unfortunately, the school smelled a bit like a fish and chip shop afterwards!

To end the half term, we embarked upon our design and technology project, tying in with our science learning about circuits and light. The challenge was to create a Christmas decoration which lights up for display in the school library. Not only were our final projects very successful but we had a lot of fun creating them and sharing them with the school and visitors.

Autumn Term 1 - 2017

This half-term has been a busy start to the year for Year 6. We began by thinking about the future and what it means to apply for, and take on, the responsibility of jobs. Our final challenge was to write application letters to Mrs Allen for the job role that we would like throughout the rest of Year 6. Some of the jobs we eventually applied for were: Happy Helpers, Sports Coaches, Library Assistants, Assembly Assistants, Grounds Crew and – for the first year ever – a School Photography Crew! Year 6 will have interviews at the end of the half-term and aim to start their new jobs in Autumn 2 – if they pass their interviews!

We then travelled thousands of years back in time to the days of the Ancient Egyptians. To begin our new theme – Tomb Raiders! – Year 6 journeyed through their very own tunnel system to a tomb filled with gold, historic artefacts and wondrous things!

We began learning about the lives of Ancient Egyptians by looking at the artefacts and artwork that they left behind. Whilst looking at a range of detailed pieces of art, our focus turned to the amazing designs of sarcophagi (Ancient Egyptian coffins). Year 6 have designed and begun to create their own miniature sarcophagi, which will form some of the artefacts in our Year 6 Museum in Autumn 2. The sarcophagi were tricky to make and – at times – very messy. We used wire and card to create the structure and then applied modrock on top to achieve a more rigid structure. As you can see, it was a messy journey, but, so far, they are on the track to becoming sarcophagi fit for the most noble of Pharaohs.

To end the half-term, Year 6 were visited by the police in an informative and hands-on session to make them aware of the dangers on the road – specifically alcohol and drink driving.