Winning Presentations!

Rocket Day 2 part 2

After our presentations and long discussions about our passengers, we set about making our rockets. We were given lots of materials with which to design our masterpieces.







It took us a long time to tidy up the classroom afterwards, but the results were worth it.









The designs will be judged tomorrow, and added to our running total of points.











The Rocketeers.









The Girls Space Rocket.









Starstruck.









R.P.G.








The Girls Spacecraft.

Troublesome 4.

Big Bada Boom.

Raging Rockets.

Reach For The Stars.

Blast Off.

Space Says Science.







Tomorrow we will compose our Blast Off music. Check out the Blog for our winning pieces!

Rockets Day 2

Today we performed our presentations to the class and were judged by Mrs Davies. The results were very close, as all the children had put in a huge amount of work in a very short time.

The two winning groups were THE TROUBLESOME 4 and STARSTRUCK. Watch the videos on the Blog later.

The children then worked in their groups to chose 10 people that they would like to take with them in their rocket. For extra bonus points they had to come up with interesting people and valid reasons for taking them on their voyage.

One group chose Darth Vader as he knows all about space travel and would be a powerful companion on a space journey.

Harry Hill was a popular choice with several groups as he would entertain them on the journey.

Kim Woodburn was chosen by one group to keep their rocket clean.....She had better come around my house first!

Isaac Newton was chosen by a few groups as they wanted to explore his theory of gravity.

Albert Einstein was another popular choice, as his scientific knowledge would come in handy on a space journey.

The most popular passenger by far was Neil Armstrong. Most groups thought he would be useful as he has experienced space travel, making the first moon landing in 1969.

Other suggestions included Buzz Lightyear for his flying abilities and knowledge of space travel. Jamie Oliver and Gino Di Campo for their cooking skills. Mercedes' grandad to entertain with his singing. Bob the Builder, Postman Pat and Pungu.....don't ask! Mums and Dads were a popular choice in case hugs were needed.....aw! Mr Williams and I were also suggested as passengers, although I wonder whether the plan was to strand us on some distant planet!

ROCKETS DAY 1

Our groups had to come up with names for their rockets. Some were very original!


This group called themselves BLAST OFF!
Let's hope we have a BLAST during our launch on Thursday.











This rocket was named BIG BADA BOOM!
I hope it gives us a big boom at lift off.



This group called their rocket REACH FOR THE STARS.
We certainly will boys!























The girls space rocket was called....well...um..THE GIRLS SPACE ROCKET.
Says it all really!




I have called this one THE ROCKET WITH NO NAME, as the boys didn't write it on my list!!!!!!













This one is called STAR STRUCK.
Let's hope it does strike the stars!
























The girls spacecraft is called.....you guessed it...THE GIRLS SPACECRAFT. Imagination was running riot in Y6 today!















These boys named their rocket THE TROUBLESOME 4.
You said it boys!!!!













This group chose the name ROCKETEES.
You rock boys!
(Interesting facial expression....no extra points for that though). Any captions welcomed!





R.P.G. was the name chosen by this group. I hope it won't be R.I.P on Thursday!

ROCKETS DAY 1

Today we began our project on Rockets!

Follow the Blog this week to find out how we are getting on.

We began by working on a presentation about Space and Space Travel.

We used the internet and books from the school library.

Tomorrow our presentations will be judged, and the winning presentation will be posted on the Blog.

We also drew designs of our rockets and thought about how we would furnish them.

Tomorrow we will think of some people and items we would like to take into space with us! There will be extra points for original ideas.....so get your thinking caps on!

Christmas Panto

We had a fantastic day today, raising money for Sport Relief.

We began with an assembly, during which Mr Williams was set some sporting challenges by Mr Roberts.

Mr Williams did very well. To quote Mr Roberts, "You are better than you look, Mr Williams!"

Mr Williams managed 53 push ups in 30 seconds.




He then reached a distance of 1m 72cm in the standing long jump.












He made 66 speed jumps in 30 seconds.













Finally managing 31 sit ups in 30 seconds.
Mrs Wilkins had 999 on speed dial!







































This afternoon Year 6 organised charity sporting events to raise money for charity.

Unfortunately it was raining so we had to hold the events indoors. Nevertheless, a great time was had by all and a large amount of money was raised. I will let you know the total next week!


Sorry the Kingswood photos have not been posted yet.....Mrs Marlow has my memory card! I will post them as soon as I can.