Making wishing wells to raise money for water wells in Uganda

Year 6 have been making junk model wishing wells. These wishing wells will be used to collect money to help fund water wells in Uganda. For more information see our school website page on the Emmaus Partnership -Clifton Schools Project.

Looking at wars since World War 2

Today is International Peace Day. Year 6 have been looking at the location of wars since WW2. We quickly realised there were so many wars it would take too long to locate them all.

Peace day - Refugees

Today for Peace Day Year 6 have been studying refugees. We built refugee tents to highlight the number of refugees fleeing war and persecution. Refugees are forced to leave their homes behind and travel to a new country, often to set up home at a refugee camp with tents.

Year 6 Researching Uganda

Monopoly

This afternoon, Year 6 enjoyed a game of Monopoly. As well as being great fun, the game provided lots of opportunities to improve our maths such as money and calculation skills. We also found the meaning of the vocabulary in the game such as auction, rent and tax.

Together in God's family we love, grow and learn

 

Today we started the whole school topic: 'Together in God's family we love, grow and learn.' For the next two weeks, classes will be exploring our school mission statement; undertaking learning on our school charity work in Uganda and focusing on the St Joseph.