Autumn 1
Autumn 1 Overview - Read all about what we are learning this term.
Road to Riat
Road to RIAT is a fun, four-part programme with aviation and sustainability at its heart.
It kicked off with a half day STEM day where we built a rocket. Then it was the Competition…
The challenge was design a sustainable aircraft, the judges are looking for creative young people who love design and can work in teams. By competing, students learnt about aerospace and sustainability.
Geography
Take a look at some of our future transport ideas.
Our day out at the Crich Tramway Village.
English
We met the author Liz Pichon, she has written a new Tom Gates book called Pesky Pets and Parties. We got to listen to a small part of the book read by Liz herself! Liz also showed us some of her doodles and creations that we could join in with.
Science
We had a fabulous live lesson with Tim Peake learning about how he became an astronaut.
R.E
Understanding love: lessons from Jesus.
Cross Country
Some of Rashford Class had an exciting opportunity to take part in the Cross Country at a local secondary school.
P.E
Improving our rugby skills.
P.E
Practising our ball skills and visiting different stations with lots of activities to complete.
English
Writing diary entries as if we were Tim Peake in the International Space Station.
Making Monotypes
In this art topic children explored the process of making monotypes. We started with an introduction to monotypes, and then children explored the work of an artist who uses monotypes to build sculptures and installations. Children developed their mark making skills through a simple warm up exercise, before focussing upon a project which gave them the opportunity to use the monotype process (combined with painting and collage) to make a “zine”, inspired by a piece of poetry. Throughout the project children used their sketchbooks to collect ideas, test methods, and explore colour, line and mark making.
Congratulations! What an incredible achievement, well done!
A massive well done to St. Andrew's football team – living out our school values!
Northern Lights Art
We created these amazing Northern Lights using oil pastels and paint.
Berlin Marathon
What an achievement! One of our student's dads has completed the Berlin Marathon. We even got to see his medal.
Compass Workshop
This was a workshop about our feelings.
English
Redrafting our letters to Mum and Dad.
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy
Year 6 had a fantastic day at Heanor Gate experiencing what it's like as a year 7.
Rashford Class School Council members are:
School Council Elections
Well done to all candidates that took part in the School Council elections.
Harvest
Preparing for our Harvest Festival at Church.
Geography
Today we researched different transport that is used on different continents and made PowerPoints to present our work.
P.S.H.E
We played a game called 'who am I?' It was so much fun.
Science
We are learning about Earth and Space, we leaned about how the Earth orbits the Sun and how the moon orbits the Earth.
Earth and Space Art
We used watercolours to create the background and then painted the planets separately and stuck them on.
