Year 6

Snorkelling Field Trip

2010-04-29T15:42:00.000-07:00

Today we went on a field trip to see life in the ocean around our island. At Stingray City we saw the southern Atlantic stingrays up close, then it was on to Coral Gardens to snorkel. We saw many different kinds of coral and fish which we researched and identified once back in the classroom.

The Weddie Carvin Connolly Beach Project

2010-04-28T15:31:00.000-07:00

As you can see we have been very busy cleaning up the beach. We were very pleased to have some help from Miss Irene and Mr Rodolpho from the Dept. of Environment. It was hot work, but we really enjoyed it.

Bitesize Revision Club

2010-04-18T15:59:00.001-07:00

With SATS only a few weeks away, don't forget to sign up for the Year 6 Bitesize Revision Club in the Computer Suite after school on Tuesdays.

Here are those useful links once again!

For past papers click HERE.

For interactive revision click HERE.

BBC Bitesize is here.

Remember SATS are for you to show how much you know! You can't fail!
Oh, and remember there is NO science paper this year!
Good luck with your revision.

Recycling Paper.

2010-03-23T11:43:00.000-07:00

If we keep cutting down trees for paper, in the future we will have no more! So RECYCLING is a very important thing to do. It's not that difficult. We can show you how!

Trashbot

2010-03-22T13:38:00.000-07:00

Meet Trashbot. He was made by three of our Environmental Club members to remind everyone not to drop litter. He comes from the planet Drool and he wants us to remember to REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE!

Taster Visit to George Hicks School

2010-03-09T16:41:00.000-08:00

Today year six had a visit to the George Hicks Campus in George Town. This is where they will be going for year seven in September until the Clifton Hunter Campus is ready. Here are a few short reflections of their day:

On Tuesday 9^th March the year 6’s from Bodden Town, North Side and East End went to GHHS and took a tour around the school. A group and I went around Heritage and our tour guide was named Franklin. We saw people swimming for PE.

The George Hicks visit was awesome even though at first I was nervous. I met my buddy for the first period, it was maths and the teacher’s name was Ms Ashby. I was seated next to my buddy.

When I got there I was very nervous, then I started to get happy. I learned about the four different schools, the classes and what they do there. In wood shop they make different wood items and today a girl made a heart shaped key holder. It was very cute! I can’t wait till I go in all the classes, but I surely don’t want to go to the suspension unit. My partner’s names were Feliciana and Jamal. After that we had a snack and go on the bus. I had a wonderful time at the George Hicks Campus.

I was so nervous, but we got to the school just on time. My whole class got name tags to put on their shirts and then we went to the hall. Mrs Blackman spoke to us about what we would be doing for the next two hours. All the children that had the number four were going to Heritage School. The girl that guided us was Kristina, she took us all over. Then we went to break and I got a pattie and a yummy drink. I had a smile on my face because I was very excited to come to George Hicks. Mrs Blackman gave a short speech and thanked us for coming. Then we went on the bus back to school.

I have to admit I felt a little nervous at first, but it was the tour of my life! I got to see all of the classrooms inside and out. My tour guide was a very tall girl. Then I got a chance to go in a math class. Finally we made it back to the hall. After the tour I felt very comfortable with the whole middle school stuff.

Cayman Islands National Museum

2010-03-08T18:50:00.001-08:00

The Cayman Islands National Museum in George Town is a fascinating place to visit. We learned a great deal about our cultural heritage and the natural resources of our islands when we visited on Thursday. Preserving the past for future generations is very important!

World Maths Day Class Champion

2010-03-08T18:46:00.001-08:00

We worked very hard on World Maths Day and played with children from many different countries. It was very exciting! Congratulations to Jessica who had the highest score in our class and to Joe who had the most improved score. Well done everyone!

Spanish Lessons

2010-03-08T18:40:00.000-08:00

Here we are learning the names for the parts of the body, by labeling a real body!

World Maths Day

2010-02-24T04:24:00.001-08:00

We are practising for World Maths Day 2010 on 3rd March! We have been using the new computers in our lab to play mental maths games with other students from all over the world.
www.worldmathsday.com

Year 6 revision

2010-02-09T17:20:00.000-08:00

Click HERE for a great revision site. It has English and Mathematics sections with lots to choose from.
Don't forget to work through the activities and quizzes on BBC Bitesize too.
The more you do now, the better your grades in the exams!
Good luck!

Marvellous mangroves

2010-02-04T14:24:00.000-08:00

Salt and fresh water experiment.

Cleaning up an oil spill is difficult!

Making a food web, the mangroves are vital!

Wow plankton is awesome!

Who can see the jellyfish, anemones, seahorses?

We got VERY close to the mangrove roots!

We have had three days of Mangrove education and it has been awesome! Miss Marnie from Sea Elements taught us all about the importance of the mangroves around our shores. We watched videos, did experiments, used microscopes and had a trip out into North Sound to see the mangroves close up. We also learned all about the coral reef and some of the endangered creatures that are out there. CUC even came and gave us a safety demonstration about electricity.

Rock On!

2010-02-02T15:02:00.000-08:00

We have been finding out all about rocks and minerals as part of our IB unit "Rock On!". We have collected and studied the rocks around us and found out that most rock on the Cayman Islands is limestone - a sedimentary rock. We have learned about the rock cycle and some of the different ways ancient civilisations used rock. We are growing our own crystals in the classsroom and we have even made Rocky Road cookies to eat!

Young researchers at work!

2009-11-19T15:31:00.000-08:00

Volcanoes

2009-11-19T05:23:00.000-08:00

As part of our IB unit on Natural Disasters we made these model volcanoes that actually erupted!

Co-operation

2009-11-19T05:20:00.001-08:00

We made this colourful yarn web by co-operating with each other. It was a lot of fun!

Read some of our excellent writing.

2009-11-11T16:04:00.000-08:00

Year Six have been developing their creative writing skills. Here are some extracts from their very exciting writing.

"I swallowed as much courage as I could and crossed it. When I got to the end of the bridge I saw a little house. The door was very colourful. I took a deep breath and went in. I saw a strange handle and I pulled it. Then a mysterious gate magically opened!" JR

"I felt like I was in a volcano! I saw a little hut. The hut had stained glass windows and I could hear music playing and water splashing. The house had a tower, it was where the man was reading Releeshan. Then I took all the fear I had inside me and I went inside. I looked up and saw a light - it looked like a spider was in it!" JE

"My courage was curling up in me. I did not know what to do. Then I pulled the lever with a clunk and a rusty squeak. I screamed as loud as I could and the gate opened. I heard someone talk then all of a sudden I heard something else. It sounded like a ship! I stepped forward. I was in a garden and I saw something that looked like a bug or maybe an eye!" CM

"So I decided to follow the path leading down. Suddenly cliffs were surrounding me so I went up with two paths in front of me. I was afraid to go across the bridge because I did not know what would be lurking in the murky water. So I sucked up all my fear and went and opened the door." WR

"There was a big thing in front of me. When suddenly I pulled the lever it made a squeak. Then a gate opened and I was so scared I was shaking. I stepped through the gate. I saw a golden button. It was black too. Then I looked to my left, it was a gate, it opened with a loud bang to reveal stairs going down." RF

"Suddenly I found myself in this strange land. I looked around and I saw jagged rocks. I turned my back and that..im-im-imposter..he ran! I followed him and as I ran I heard the wind blowing in my ears. I could smell the salt from the sea water. I went across a bridge and into a mysterious hut. The door was locked!" MB

"The telescopes had different coloured stones on them. One had red, one had blue and another had purple. I smelled the salt water and it was horrible. The island looked like Hell to me!" JMcL

"I heard wind rushing by, it was a mysterious, magical place. I chased the man, but he put a lock on the doors so I couldn't get in! He was wandering around the house it was very strange. The sea was calm, the clouds were not moving, there was no one by me. I felt so lonely. I heard music around me and I wanted to go back. I saw a railing carrying me to a mysterious strange lake. When I came back down the ladder I saw yellow sand with green grass. The cliffs were sharp and I saw amazing rocks. The place was magnificent!" SW

Practise singing: El Nino del Tambor

2009-11-03T09:40:00.000-08:00

Gumbo

2009-10-23T17:50:00.000-07:00

Today we had a visit from local artist Joseph Betty (Gumbo) and his family. It was fantastic. He and his wife are both artists and they showed us their work and told us what influences them when they paint. They told us to paint what we feel and to keep working hard.

Gumbo is a Cubist and loves the work of Pablo Picasso. They were very impressed by our paintings too!

You can see their work on display at Cafe Del Sol in Caymana Bay, and pretty soon you might see some of our work there too!

Thank you so much to the Betty family for sharing your art with us and for inspiring us to keep painting.

2009-10-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

Our pictures, Our island.

2009-10-22T17:58:00.000-07:00

Press play and watch our visit to the National Gallery.

2009-10-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

We're the new Year Six!

2009-10-14T18:20:00.001-07:00

Hello! We are the new Year Sixes and our new teacher is Mrs Sim. As you can see we have been very busy since we came back to school this year. We have visited the National Gallery in George Town and we have turned our classroom into an art gallery too!
We have been cooking and swimming, reading and writing, exploring and experimenting. Keep checking back to our page to see what we get up to. It's a lot of work and a lot of fun in Year 6.

We are sailing!

2009-02-19T03:33:00.000-08:00

Year 6 had a marvellous opportunity yesterday - they were sponsored by local company KPMG to spend a day with the coaches at the Cayman Islands Sailing Club learning how to sail. This was a new experience for them - and they had a great time! We are hoping that we can make this a regular feature of our school activities. Many thanks to Jenna, from the sailing club, for the photos.

Thank-you!

2009-02-02T18:06:00.000-08:00

Year 6 would like to thank everyone who helped with Friday Night's Fish Fry - we made over $1800 towards our trip to St Petersburg, Florida, where we will be going to a Herpetology Camp. Special thanks to our fish friers - Mr Nicolas Rivers and Ms Wendy Quinland. Thank you also to all who bought tickets, gave us donations and pulled in on the night. Thanks, Ms Campbell for making it all come together - and to Ms WIlliams and Ms Caroline for all their input. Thanks to all the parents and staff who did their bit for the event. To date we have raised over $5500 in total - but we need another $7500 to hit our target...so watch this space for information about our next fundraising venture!

If you would like to support us, please contact Ms Campbell or Ms Williams at the school on 947 9516 or 925 5436 - we would love to talk to you about our trip and give you more details if you would like them.

A book review of "The Night of The Ticklers" by Paul Shipton

2008-10-24T07:52:00.000-07:00

The Night of The Ticklers is about chubby bodied aliens with ten fingers on each hand invading Earth. Katy and Mike took a shortcut from school and ended up finding a lot of these aliens. These aliens were called "Ticklers" and they were spreading all over the villages! The Ticklers used their bendy arms and 20 fingers to tickle people. Katy and Mike didn't know what to do. Then, Katy came up with a brilliant idea to get rid of the aliens. Katy headed back to school and when she got there she went straight into the headteacher's office. Katy asked him to speak through a loudspeaker. Katy was planning on making the headteacher speak into the loudspeaker because he was so boring and he would put the aliens to sleep. Then they would want to go back to where they came from. Her plan worked, it really worked!! The Ticklers left and hopefully they won't come back ever again!

By Starri Smith

You Are What You Eat

2008-10-14T11:15:00.001-07:00

We have been learning about how to keep ourselves healthy by eating well - and our final task was to cook a healthy meal. We had researched healthy and less healthy ingredients and decided to make a Chicken Caesar Salad with low-fat dressing; Garlic bread with low-fat butter and banana smoothies with low-fat milk. We also learned all about hygiene for cooking and wore aprons and hats which we made ourselves for the occasion. We were very careful to wash our hands thoroughly and ensure that our food preparation surfaces were clean. We even invited the Principal to come and taste our efforts. What a great afternoon - and the food was delicious!

Swimming lessons

2008-10-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

This year we are getting swimming lessons at the Reef Resort pool. It is great fun! Some of us can swim already, some can swim a bit and some were very nervous!! The photograph shows us practicing putting our head in the water and blowing bubbles. We have to put on our 'balloon faces' and then blow out as much as we can while our heads are covered by the water. Then we practiced swimming across the pool making sure that our arms and legs were moving smoothly. The coach keeps telling us we are not being chased by sharks so we do not have to splash too much!

Welcome!

2008-09-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

This is the blog of our Year 6 class! Watch out for news and information that affects our class, our school, our country and the world!