Corregidor Trip

The parents of year 6 children are ecstatic about the trip to Corregidor, already rumours of all night parties, 3 day holidays and lazy mornings have reached our ears.

The children of year 6 are excited as it means they get to spend 3 days with their friends learning all about Corregidor Island in world War 2 and also studying coast lines as a follow up to their class work.

The year 6 teachers are quite excited about being able to get their own back on the children and torture them for 3 days, in return for all the terrible days of teaching they have to endure with the little monsters. Mr Cosgrove is already planning an hour long DJ set, Mr Turner is going to play his guitar and sing and Miss Ashman is planning some dance lessons!

For up to date news of how the trip is going, check this site out from Monday!

Design Technology

DESIGN A BOMB SHELTER!

The children's task was to design a bomb shelter able to protect an Egg from a 2 k.g. weight ropped from a height of approximately 3 meters.

Here were their instructions:

You can only use the materials below.
You must first think very carefully about your design (remembering the work we did on strong structures) and how you will use your materials economically.

Materials

• 2 x 50c.m. length of 1cm squared pine wood
• 10 sheets A4 paper
• 1 sheet of grey (thick cardboard)
• 2 sheets of thin white cardS
• ellotape / masking tape / paints as needed
• 10 straws
• 10 pipe cleaners.

The children came up with some ingenious designs, as you can see from the photos:

Science - Micro-organisms

Our science topic is called "micro-organism". A micro-organism is a tiny living organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

FACT: Did you know that there are more micro-organisms on your hand, than there are people in the whole world?

There are 3 types of micro-organism:

• Fungi
• Bacteria
• Viruses

Some micro-organisms are helpful, others can be harmful. Click on the link to find out about 'Bacteria in the cafeteria!'

Interactive Micro-organisms!