History Trip

This morning Year 6 visited Hainault High History department where they were given name tags and sent to either Liverpool or Yorkshire. With sound effects and video footage they were given a taste of what evacuees' experienced during WWII. They also made gas mask cases and sent postcards home to their families. The children have come away with a greater understanding of what children experienced during this period.

Anti-Bullying Drama

We've had a great morning. Year 6 visitied Hainault High and took part in a drama session based around our theme of Anti-bullying. We were split into four groups of seven to prepare and perform a series of freeze frames. Everyone loved it, the studio was amazing and we all joined in.

Clarice Cliff

Take a look at some our plate designs in the the style of Clarice Cliff. We are learning to communicate meaning through our designs focusing on appeal and vibrant colours.

Hello All,
Today, year 6 visited Hainault Forest High School for a Team Sports Day. We got the chance to use the main sports hall and be taught by Hainault High PE teachers. We took part in a variety of team building games and worked together in groups to achieve our goals. We had an excellent day and are looking forward to going back to Hainault Forest High very soon!

Year 6 Boys pass Redridge Football District Trials!

Congratulations to Tyler Faubel and Dylan Eivers who have both been selected to represent the borough of Redbridge in Year 6 school football!

The boys attended the first trials on Thursday the 8th of september and passed the first trials, both being selected from a group of 50 trialists! The boys then attended the week after and we're selected from the remaining 30 trialists to represent the District in football!

Both Tyler and Dylan begin training this friday, before they have their first match this Saturday against the London Borough of Newham. Well done boys.

Welcome

A big welcome to our new Year 6 children. What an exciting time for you all. Year 6 is full of amazing opportunities which we are sure you will enjoy and learn so much from. As the eldest children in the school you will be role models to the younger children. This is an important responsibility and one which we know you will take very seriously.

We begin the term with our 'Ready to Learn' topic which explores the different ways in which we learn and what helps us to learn effectively.

So be prepared for lots of learning and many great experiences.

Miss O'Connor and Mr Lee

Trips in Year 6

These are some picture of the trip to the Drama Center

Important update re: Wat Tyler Residential

As you know the Y6 residential this year, to Wat Tyler Country Park, was offered to both classes as 2 separate visits. We hoped that as many children as possible would come and that we would be able to fill all the places offered. However, we sadly find now, that only half the anticipated uptake for places has happened.

Having received the figures and potential unacceptable increase in cost to each child, we have no choice but to combine both class trips into one. The date for the now one residential visit to Wat Tyler Country Park is Monday 20th June 2011-Wednesday 22nd June 2011.

Every experience and planned activity will remain exactly the same as well as hopefully, the enjoyment and fun factor!

Mrs Smith
Deputy Head teacher

Summer Term

Welcome back to what will be Year 6's last term at John Bramston Primary. Although this is a sad thought we have much to be excited about! Many exciting events and activities to look forward to.

After the excitement of Heritage week we begin with our 'Through the Decades' topic. This includes learning about famous people, significant events, fashion and work connected to the decades which followed World War 2.

Healthy Living Lunch

Year 6 hosted a Healthy Living lunch today. Our special guests were teachers from Hainault High. They included the Head Teacher and Sports specialists. We presented the work we have done during this topic and we explained what we have learnt. It was also a way of saying thank you to Hainault High for allowing us to come to their school and take part in a variety of activities which we thoroughly enjoyed and learnt a lot from.

The Year 6 Garden

We are very luck in Year 6 to have a garden area. Juste, Bailey, Mustafa and Rivaldas discussed what they like about our garden and how it helps us in many different aspects of our learning. We are looking forward to using it more as the weather becomes warmer.

Have you got any ideas on how we can improve our garden further?

Our Book Corner

Take a look at our new Book Corner!

Junior Citizens Project

On Monday 7th March our Year 6 children had the exciting opportunity to attend the Junior Citizens Project at Hargreaves Camp Site. The scheme was run by the Metropolitan police and was designed to make the children more aware of safety issues such as robbery, drug paraphernalia, road safety and fire safety. The children took part in a number of activities led by police, firemen, transport workers and other key workers in our community. These activities taught them a lot about being safe when carrying out every day activities.

Moving and Grooving

We are Moving and Grooving for our next topic in Year 6. It will include a range of physical activities and science investigations. Next week we will be visiting Hainault High to experience a variety of sports. It's all very exciting!

Gamelan Music

On Monday we went to the music centre to play a selection of instruments from Java, an island in Indonesia.This linked nicely to our are topic 'Kensuke's Kingdom' which is based on an island in the South Pacific. In our groups we played a variety of percussion instruments which were very different to the percussion instruments we are used to. Mr Ball, the music teacher, helped us to perform a piece of music which sounded amazing!

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