Class 6 and The Industrial Revolution

 

Class 6 have enjoyed our learning, which has been wrapped around the theme of the Industrial Revolution.

 

In reading, we have been enjoying the exploits of Charles Darwin as he explored the incredible wildlife of the Galapagos in the story Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin. Within writing, we have written descriptions of desert islands with hidden treasures, and began to write our own report about the Galapagos. We researched new vocabulary that would be useful for our report and presented our findings to the class. We were so proud of our written introductions to our reports that we filmed them in the style of a David Attenborough series.

 

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Our mathematical lessons focused on understanding numbers up to tens of millions, adding and subtracting using formal written methods, and solving problems. We have been increasing the speed and accuracy of our times table recall and using these facts to help us derive common factors and multiples of numbers.

 

In history, we have studied some of the key changes, inventions and engineers of the Industrial Revolution. We enjoyed developing the skills of a historian through a series of challenges. Our favourites involved studying lists of miners who once worked in the Felling Colliery (formally situated on Sunderland Road) to  be able to make suggestions about the people and life from the historical evidence,  and designing a safety lamp to protect the workers from explosions after considering all of the requirements. We discovered that it was possible to draw family trees from the list of workers and infer much about their lives by just considering their age, their job and their surname.

 

To end a fantastic half term, we learned to sketch natural objects similar to those that Charles Darwin would have sketched in his own journal. We added three layers of blended shading to add depth to our sketches. We were inspired to create our own artwork by studying the collection of seed artwork by Sophie Munns. We think you’ll agree that our completed Harvest Festival art looked striking.

Class 6 - Autumn 1 - 2024