Room 13 and Statistic Superstars

Good afternoon everyone!

We hope you are all enjoying the new round of sunny weather?

We have been exceptionally busy in Y6 over the last week or so and many of the children have been involved in the fabulous 'Bugsy' rehearsals.
From what we have seen so far, it certainly looks like it will be a fabulous performance.

In maths, We have developed our skills as statisticians. We have used skills which include analysing raw data and generating percentages based on these. We started by looking at athletics data based on the World Championships which are taking place in London later this year. We looked at medal statistics from previous championships and then held our own mini championships to collect data which was then analysed the next lesson.
This week there has been a football focus in the maths and we have compared the data of both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United to see who statistically had the better season last year. The children also got the opportunity to watch part of a live football match and attempt to record the data from the game in real-time situations. Some of the kids found this really challenging but persevered well and it gave them a flavour of the difficulties a data collector may face in their day-to-day work.

In science we are continuing our electricity topic and looked at voltage. Everyone investigated what happens when powering a circuit with a lightbulb with different voltage batteries. Everyone made a prediction and checked to see if they were correct.

In literacy, we have focussed on the the book 'Room 13' written by Robert Swindells. The children have written creative and descriptive paragraphs, drawn pictures, written diaries, made predictions and used drama to act out some of the scenes. They have worked really hard and seem really engaged in the story. We are looking to have the whole book completed by next Monday when we can then move our learning onto the next stage.

We have now selected our competitors for the first round of the Bradway Spelling Bee Competition. Everyone worked very hard in their quest to be selected and it was really tough narrowing it down. Our final is on Friday 30th June so watch this space...