This afternoon, the children in Shamrocks were challenged to explore the five main faiths of the world. To begin with they had to research the faith and then make an information sheet using their creativity. at the end they shared what they had found out and we discussed the similarities and differences between faiths.
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Shamrocks Class wrote and produced the Easter Church Service this year from scratch in their Literacy lessons. The Easter story was re-told in the style of a News at Then, news report written by the pupils. Each and every member of Shamrocks class (along with some of Roses) performed their hearts out to bring the Easter story to life in the church from the perspective of News Presenters and Reporters. The whole school sang beautifully and none of it would have been possible without Mrs Chapman and her guitar!
A huge round of applause goes to everyone who made this performance happen, especially the Year 6 pupils. This term we have been working on designing and making pop-up books for younger children, including a mixture of structures and mechanisms. We used sliders, pivots and folds made from cardboard to produce a range of movements.
First we evaluated existing pop-up books, both professional printed books and previous Year 6 pupils' DT projects. First, they practised making the different mechanisms and observing how they work. Next, the children produced their own storyboards and planned which mechanism would be most suitable on each page. Finally, they created their books using layers and spacers to create a professional finish. Some fantastic, original storybooks were created. Shamrocks class should be so proud! They are true authors and illustrators. What an incredible effort Shamrocks Class put into their World Book Day costumes this year. It was amazing to walk into such a magical room of book characters. It really showcased and celebrated Year 6's love of reading which they demonstrate every day in class.
From witches and wizards to rabbits, DogMan and sports stars - each and every one of us put so much thought and effort into representing our favourite books and characters and had a lovely day celebrating the magical world of books and imagination. We had a fantastic assembly, completed a Reading Quiz, made bookmarks and book recommendations and listened to Mrs Holmes reading our current reading for pleasure class novel 'The Nowhere Emporium'. I can't stress enough how proud I am of the amount of reading Shamrocks class participate in daily and the enthusiasm they show for our class novels, including our favourite this year - The Final Year. If you haven't read it yourself yet, we highly recommend it! This half term the girls football team entered a football competition at the Marches School. They played four matches, defended resolutely and the forwards created plenty of chances. All of the girls represented Morda amazingly; showing great teamwork, sportsmanship and determination. We couldn't be prouder of them!
Above the snow line, a lone climber is in serious trouble after falling from a steep peak and injuring her leg. The wound is bleeding badly, but she hasn’t yet lost consciousness. With frozen fingers she gropes for her mobile phone and speed dials the number of the only people who can now save her - the mountain rescue team. In our Mantle of the Expert lesson we became a Mountain Rescue Team (MRT) and rushed to help a climber who had become injured on the mountainside. In our teams we conversed with the climber on the phone, asking a number of important questions to establish what had happened and what our next steps needed to be. In small teams we wrote a list of necessary equipment and quickly loaded the helicopter with the required resources. We appointed a ground team of staff who maintained contact with the helicopter rescue team via walkie talkie and sent a team of experienced helicopter pilots and medically trained mountain rescue team members to rescue the injured climber from the mountainside. We used tools such as a winch and stretcher to safely remove the climber and return her to our Mountain Rescue Base for further medical assessment. It was touch and go as the wind and the snowstorm blew our rescue team around in the air but, by the skin of their teeth, they managed to return her safely to the ground. Back at the base, our team of medical experts assessed the patient and decided her leg injury was severe and she needed to be transported to the local hospital for further treatment immediately. Here, we ended the Mantle but the climber's life was still in the balance at this point. I therefore asked the children to consider how they imagined the story would end. In small groups I asked them to imagine the climber 5 years down the line (5 years after the accident had occurred). What would she be doing? Who would she be with? How was her health? The children were asked to freeze frame a photograph showing their ending and one group at a time they explained what had happened to the climber in their story: The climber had to have her leg amputated but she survived the accident and made a full recovery (minus one limb). As a thank you to the two mountain rescue medical team members, who saved her life on the mountainside, she takes them to a football match every year. Here they are at Wembley, watching a cup final together. The climber survived, but had one leg amputated as a result of the accident. After this, her mental health suffered and she became depressed. Two of the mountain rescue team members kept in touch with her and still visit her regularly to check in and make sure she is coping. They've helped her to overcome her depression. After the rescue, things took a turn for the worse and the climber ended up in a coma. Five years down the line she has woken from her coma but still has to have regular medical treatment to keep her alive. The climber survived but her leg injury was so severe that they could not save it and had to amputate one leg. Five years later, she is fundraising for the Mountain rescue and Air Ambulance teams with all of her family members (including her granny) who are all so grateful to the rescue teams for saving her and giving them this precious time with her. We discussed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was put together after World War 2 as a way to protect everyone’s basic rights. We discussed what rights we are ALL entitled to as humans (internationally). We then looked at an image and discussed all the rights which people were enjoying in the picture: Children in school (education), sharing religion and enjoying leisure activities. And then considered rights which were being denied: Prisoners freedom and homeless people's right to having a place to live. Finally we researched and created posters about Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani activist who showed great courage when she fought for girls' education and survived a Taliban attack when she was just 15 years old.
We kicked off our Mountains topic by designing our very own Mountain Rescue centre. In teams we drew floor plans for our rescue centres and thought hard about what they might have inside them.
One group drew a simulation room; for simulating rescue scenarios to train staff and prepare trekkers. This led us into freeze framing some photographs of mountain rescues in action to display around the rescue centre and to recreate in the simulation room as training exercises. As mountain rescue experts we reflected on how tough it may be attending mountain rescue situations and how we might feel during and after these high risk rescue situations. We worked hard to show not tell these emotions in our photograph freeze frames. Our mountain rescue team now has an established rescue centre full of necessary supplies and are ready for our first rescue mission. I hope you have all had a wonderful half term holidays and are ready for a jam packed half term before Easter!
Our Geography topic this half term is 'Mountains Around the World' and our Science topic focuses on 'Light'. Have a look at our knowledge organisers to find out more about what we will be covering! This half term we also have swimming lessons every Thursday afternoon - so please remember your swimming kits EVERY Thursday! During Sleep Week we also recapped our internet safety messages and visited the ThinkUKnow website to refresh our internet safety knowledge.
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