This term, Year 6 are reading Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll. This dramatic novel is set during World War II. The detailed and vivid descriptions of an air raid provided by the author, as well as contemporary newsreel footage, have helped to inspire our writing in our English lessons. We cannot wait to read the pupils final Gold Write for this cycle of work. What we have read and watched has also inspired many of our class to talk to their relatives about their experiences of World War II. Niamh was kind enough to bring to school her Great-Grandfather's World War II medals.
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The "sieve of who"? Our year 6 pupils asked the same question during our maths lesson on Friday. However, by the end of the lesson everyone of the class could tell you who he was. Eratosthenes was an astronomer and mathematician who worked at the library in Alexandria, Egypt in 250 B.C. As the class discovered, he found a pattern to work out prime numbers.
Using a hundred square and the simple trick of identifying numbers that are in different times tables, they were able to identify which numbers from 1-100 can only be divided by the number one and itself thus making them a prime number. Well done year 6. You took on a tricky investigation and solved it. |
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AuthorMiss Shield is working with Mrs Coy and Mrs Hall and Year 6. We can't wait to begin sharing more of our work with the world! Maths Boot Camp has links to lots of great revision and practice websites.
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