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PGL Day 3

What a difference a day makes! EVERYONE was asleep by 11pm last night and we’ve just had to wake-up many of the children at 7:30!

We did Orienteering, Fencing and some more Leap-of-Faith this morning. Mollie and Tillie can be added to the list of children who conquered the leap. Harry dominated his group’s fencing contest. We’ve just been to the shop - so expect to become the proud owner of a PGL-branded ‘I love Mum!’ mug imminently.

PGL Day 2 (continued)

In the afternoon, the weather wasn’t our friend, but all our activities went ahead and we still had a lot of fun. There was more climbing, of both the Jacob’s ladder and leap-of-faith variety, some orienteering and more 3G swing action. Charlotte got to the top of the Jacob’s Ladder; Nanci smashed the leap-of-faith (I think Abby would have too if the rain hadn’t made gripping the trapeze so tricky); Toby and Edward got gloriously lost in the orienteering; and I found out just how uncomfortable those harnesses are to sit in on the 3G swing.
In the evening, the Scrapyard Challenge was disappointing. Having watched a video of last year’s gladiatorial event (in which Mr Lee and I were bested mercilessly by Mrs Hilden), the children were primed and expectant, but PGL have toned it down somewhat, having the children build instead, a super hero costume, a model of a dream house and a protective enclosure for a water balloon. We had a good time, and dropping the water balloons from a height was fun, but teacher-on-teacher bloodsport it was not.

PGL Day 2

We’ve had a very busy morning - most of the girls were up and at it 5, while the boys lay in until a leisurely 6:30. After breakfast, we split up into our activity lines to tackle different activities, including problem solving, the 3G swing and Jacob’s ladder. The 3G swing has proved particularly exciting: Tommy nearly deafened Harry as they descended, and it got the better of Mrs Baker too! There were many valiant efforts on Jacob’s ladder and Ethan made it all the way to the top!

PGL Day 1

We’ve had a great first day. We played an impromptu game of beach volleyball when we arrived, before being taken on a tour of the site so we can find our way around. Our first activity was a blindfolded obstacle course which we completed by following a rope through all manner of tunnels and pitfalls! After dinner, we got to go to our rooms; the children demonstrated some innovative and unorthodox techniques for making beds and organising their stuff. Most of the shelf space has been set aside for confectionery storage, whilst most of their clothes are strewn all over the floor. Our final activity was a camp fire; we sang songs, played games, solved puzzles and roasted marshmallows until well past Mrs Pugsley’s bedtime. It’s now 12:30am and I think almost everyone is asleep!

And they’re off…

We have all arrived safely, after a rousing rendition Pink Pony Club on the coach!

Presentation for the Year 6 Residential

2025 Class 6 Residential Trip.pptx

World Book Day Dressing Up

Arts Week - Abstract Impressionism

Mr Cork came in to school to do some art work with us. Inspired by Jackson Pollock and a cool jazz soundtrack, we had a great time doing throwing paint around and the finished paintings looked fantastic. I think some of us might have got more paint on our shoes than on the paper!

Rapid Recall Facts - Term 4

Year 6 Term 4.pdf

Science - Lambs' Hearts

To further our learning about the circulatory system we examined some real lambs' hearts. We felt the weight of them and identified the different blood vessels, before slicing them open to see inside the four chambers and find the valves between the atria and the ventricles. The children were all incredibly engaged and remarkably unsqueamish (for the most part!).

Computing - Taking apart a computer

In our computing lesson, we discussed the elements that go to make up a computer. We learned what lots of acronyms stood for, and then, we took apart some old desktop computers and tried to identify the CPU, GPU, RAM and HDD (or SSD)s within them!

Static Electricity Workshop

We were lucky enough to be visited this Week by Viggo's mum, Rose, who is a secondary school physics teacher. She ran a special interactive session for Class 6 all about static electricity. We started out by finding out about what static electricity is through some discussion, demonstrations and online simulations. After that we used gold leaf electroscopes to measure the amount of static electricity we could generate by rubbing plastic rods and other objects with a fabric cloth. Finally, we had great fun experiencing the hair-raising power of the Van de Graaff generator. We had a brilliant afternoon and can't thank Rose enough for coming in to work with us.

Royal Engineers Museum Trip

Class 6 had a super trip to the Royal Engineers museum in Gillingham. In support of our First World War History topic, we took part in three workshops. In the first we learnt about life in the trenches on the Western Front, visiting the replica trench and handling real First world War trench artefacts to try and work out what they were. In our second workshop we made two poppies, one to bring home and one to place on the memorial inside the museum, before holding our own two minutes silence. In our final workshop, we learnt about local WW1 flying ace James McCudden and the medals he was awarded. The children used clay and craft materials to make their own version of one of James' medals. We also had free time to explore the Museum's many exhibits.

STEM Week - Our Clocks

Rocket Launch

Ending our our term on Earth and Space with a bang, we launched two rockets from the school playground. The first flight went perfectly and the rocket was easily recovered from the school car park. For the second flight, we foolishly used a more powerful rocket motor, and we are still looking for our rocket! If you find it, could you please drop it into school.

Halloween Fun Run

Micro:bit Robot Racing

We have been learning how to program two micro:bits to communicate with each other using BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). Once we'd learned how to do it, we were able to use one micro:bit as a remote control to operate a motorized vehicle that which had a second micro:bit activating the motors. The children had to decide how the inputs on the first micro:bit would affect the robot and then write all the code themselves. Finally, we raced the robots through a predetermined course. We held a series of heats, two semifinals and a final to find the winning team. All the groups did brilliantly and there were some very close races!