News from Class 6
I am in Santa Fe [Argentina] following up on fossilised remains, I stopped at Rio Tercero to search for fossils and bones. I have found a Toxodon tooth and two sets of badly decayed bones ,of which I was only able to obtain a Mastodon tooth. I found more fossils and the remains of a [...]
The H.M.S Beagle arrived at Paihia, New Zealand on 1st December 1835. We disembarked and went to explore the surroundings, there were leaves and trees everywhere on the hills, but there were some creeks and streams of fresh water where we were standing. Very little of the landscape had been changed by humans beings. When [...]
After hours of travelling on the HMS Beagle we have finally arrived in Mercedes, Uruguay. I have come here to investigate some giant bones that I have heard about from people at a farmhouse in Sandis. I had gone to investigate the giant bones accompanied by my host, Captain Fitz-Roy. The bone skull was equal in [...]
The H.M.S Beagle arrived in Hobart ,Tasmania. We anchored the Beagle at the mouth of the river Derwent. We made several journeys, including travelling to Mount Wellington. Our aim was to study the geology of the island. The main points of interest were the certain basaltic rocks, which had flowed as lava. There was some unstratified clumps of [...]
We are now crossing the Atlantic Ocean, we stopped briefly at the archipelagos of St Paul Rocks and Fernando Noronha. It has taken a while but we are going to be out here for the next few days. I am observing the small plants like phytoplankton and small animals like zooplankton that live in the surface of [...]
As you know, this half term's shared topic is all about Dahl! In a world full of digital media and books that children often only know through films, we hope to get the whole school reading the deliciously clever tales of this master story-teller. Whilst each class has their own book and exciting projects planned, which [...]
Yesterday, the whole school got together to explore the key messages of this year's Safer Internet Day. (SID!) We got behind a global campaign to 'Be the Change - Unite for a Better Internet'. Our learning was focused on the power of images and we watched videos that taught us the importance of sharing photographs responsibly and how [...]
On Thursday and Friday last week Class 5 and 6 joined forces to work on a very exciting two day project. We completed a number of pieces of work inspired by The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, a true story about Philippe Petit, who walked a tightrope between the World Trade Center in 1974. [...]
You can find an interactive map of Darwin's second voyage here http://www.hmsbeagleproject.org/second-voyage/ Other resources to follow.
Copies of the DVD will be with you very soon but, in the meantime, here’s a small taste of The Adventures of Superstan. The confidence and joy with which you perform is evident in the photographs below and I hope that memories from the four performances will remain with you for many, many years to come [...]
