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November 2023

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  • Year 6: Which Mayan glyphs did you use to create your version of the word 'jaguar'?

    Published 30/11/23
    In History this week, Year 6 have been finding out about how the Maya communicated, through over 800 glyphs. Each child has made their own version of the same word, in clay. To complicate matters, there are 24 different combinations of glyphs that al
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  • Year 6: How did you classify the images of living things?

    Published 24/11/23
    In Science this week, Year 6 were given the challenge of classifying a range of images of living things, according to a variety of criteria. We also explored the term 'anomaly' and a platypus is a mammal, yet it lays eggs.
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  • Y6: Which aspect of Junior Citizens did you find most interesting and why?

    Published 17/11/23
    Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic visit to Junior Citizens at Sutton Life Centre on Thursday afternoon, where they had interactive sessions with representatives from Transport for London, The Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade Service, London Ambulanc
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  • Year 6: How did you classify the sweets you used in Science?

    Published 09/11/23
    The children loved using sweets to create their own identification key in Science. They had to sort them according to whatever criteria they chose and then ask a series of 'Yes, or 'No' questions to split them further. Finally, each
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  • Year 6: What made playing Pok-a-tok so difficult?

    Published 02/11/23
    Learning to play the ancient Maya game of Pok-a-tok was tricky, but it showed how strong, dexterous, determined and competitive they were. This helped us to learn what type of people they were, as an exciting way to launch our History topic.
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