6 Redwood Category

Redwood Class making Periscopes to investigate how light travels.

Redwood Class Year 6 had a fabulous time at the Harry Potter World in connection to their English learning using the Harry Potter texts as examples of classic modern fantasy fiction. We had a workshop which developed our writing skills in this genre and took part in a tailored tour. All the children were not […]

In our Buddy Group activity today (conducted in individual class bubbles due to COVID awareness) we used the Eco-Council Home Learning musical instruments we had created from recycled materials and supplemented them with some school musical instruments to create music for some of our favourite Christmas songs and carols. In Redwood class we ended our […]

Today in Redwood Class we had an exciting lesson role playing different evolution scientists and then sorting ideas into different evolutionary categories.

We have been busy in Redwood creating our  “Take One” pictures.  This year’s picture is “Woman in a Hat and A fur Coat” by Pablo Picasso.  Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest and most-influential artists of the 20th century and the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism. Cubism use  simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes.  Using inspiration […]

Redwood Class Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in connection to their learning on WWII and specifically the Battle of Britain. We created documentaries in the shape of short films during a brilliant ‘hands on’ workshop and then explored the various Musuem exhibits including the American Aircraft section.

Redwood Class enjoyed going foraging this week in connection to their WWII learning. We found lots of wild berries and used these to follow a WWII rationing recipe to make a delicious crumble! We used many cross-curriculum skills in these activities including following instructional texts and design and technology cooking techniques and methods. ds

In Art Redwood have been re-creating the London Skyline during the Blitz.  We have used our watercolour techniques for the sky showing how the sky glowed red and orange from the burning buildings.   We then created an effective skyline silhouette for the buildings and the air raid lights in the sky.