Success at the bake sale!

By admin15th May 2015

A huge well done to all of year 3 for the amazing bake sale they hosted on Monday after school. They spent the morning making cakes, smoothies and punch to help raise money for Nepal Earthquake. Year 3 developed lots of skills during this fun packed day such as; measuring weights, adding and subtracting weights, adding money and giving change, team work, communication and some even had first hand experience of selling! 🙂 It was amazing to see all the children achieving high well-being and learning zones and showing sensitivity and maturity towards the disaster in Nepal.

WE RAISED A STAGGERING £87.30!!! Well done team! And thank you for helping Nepal in their time of need!

Ship Designing

By V Holloway15th May 2015

After reading the Safety of Lives at Sea document (SOLAS) which was initiated as a result of the Titanic disaster, Year 5 have started to design their own cruise ship. We looked at modern ships to discover the possibilities of entertainment and facilities on board, including rock climbing walls, ice skating rinks and cinemas! We also investigated how modern ships abide by the SOLAS rules and regulations.

Our ship must be exciting and suitable for families, but it also must pass the SOLAS safety rules. We have had to think carefully about the capacity of our ship and ensuring we have enough lifeboats on board so that there is enough space for every passenger and crew member.

Coordinating Maths

12th May 2015V Holloway

This morning year 5 were learning about coordinates in Maths. We started with a human sized grids and practised plotting ourselves at different coordinates on the grid!

After we applied our knowledge of coordinates to play ‘Find The Titanic’ in pairs. We had to guess coordinates in order to find our partner’s Titanic, however if you hit an iceburg you lose a life!

Getting Messy!

12th May 2015jenniferhover

Year 1c have worked together on a whole class project today.  We have been working as a team. We started by looking at a map of the world. We are trying to learn the names of the seven continents and five oceans. We then decided to get into groups to create our own world map.

Some of us made the sea back ground. Others worked on creating the land.

 

Maths Homework

8th May 2015V Holloway

This week in maths we have been measuring and drawing angles accurately using a protractor.

If you don’t have a protractor at home to practise with, there are lots of online games which can be used instead.

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

We have also been looking at finding missing angles on a straight line (180 degrees) and a whole turn (360 degrees). You can try some of these questions at home:

We are Strong and Powerful learners!

8th May 2015Mrs c Hern

This week, year 6 have mostly been focusing on confidence and well being work, ready for SAT’s next week. We are looking forward to celebrating the children’s success with them next week and seeing how much they have grown in their learning since key stage one.

It is important that the children understand that these tests only cover core subjects. There are many skills and talents that the children have that make them special and unique that are not assessed. All of our children are strong and powerful learners and have grown so much throughout the year. Some of our children speak more than one language, others participate in dance, music and sports, all of which are not accessed. Every child will have their own area in which they excel and it is important that at times where tests take place, these strengths are not forgotten and it is imperative that they are celebrated.

We have invited all year 6 children in for breakfast next week. This will give the children the opportunity to sit down, relax and have breakfast with their friends. We have organised a range of fun and relaxing activities that the children can select from, which match their skills and interests.

We are very proud of the children and their achievements this year and would like to spend SATs week celebrating their success with them! Every day we watch all of the children shine as leaders in our school, who are kind and inspirational role models to the younger children. We are all a team at Brooklands and we will face all challenges together.

We hope you have a nice a relaxing weekend and remember that you are a STRONG and POWERFUL learner!

Election at Brooklands Farm

7th May 2015V Holloway

Today year 5 experienced a General Election. The day started with using persuasive language to explain our own opinions on Education, Health and Care and Environment. We were given some different policies from 6 of the main parties (but not told whose was whose) and had to choose the ones we thought were most important to us and our community. We discussed these views and gave reasons for our opinions in pairs and trios.

After break we split into 6 groups, each group was given a different party to research. We looked at Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, UKIP and SNP. We focused on what each party had to say about Education, Health and Care and Environment. Each group then presented its research to the rest of the year group, we all listened very carefully to see which party best represented the policies we had chosen.
After lunch every child in year 5 was given a polling card which proved they were registered to vote in the Brooklands Election! We had read each party’s manifesto and were now ready to use our vote. We set up a Polling Station and put an ‘X’ on our ballot papers!
And the results were….
Mr Atkins and Miss Holloway were very proud of Year 5 for being individuals and voting independently using their own opinions and ideas! We then displayed our results in pie charts and bar graphs.
Year 5 were very engaged and curious throughout the day, asking lots of questions and realising the importance of a General Election and thinking about how it may affect them and our community.