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Dracula Spectacular July 2011 |
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Year 6 performed their leavers' play 'The Dracula Rock Show' on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and coped well with the late challenge of a lengthy script and numerous songs. Both the adult and school audiences enjoyed the performances greatly. Very well done and 'fang-k you' to all of the cast and their teachers for orchestrating the production and to all who made the fantastic set. |
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Visit to Bhaktivedanta Manor June 2011 |
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Last Wednesday Year 6 went to a Hindu temple where we learnt about their culture, how they live and a little bit about
their faith. We looked at many different things such as the greenhouses with their sacred plants. We looked at the
sacred cows and bulls and enjoyed a ride on a cart pulled by bulls. The Hindus name their bulls after anything to do with
their god and demi-gods. We were shown round by a member of the community who answered all our questions.
After the ride on the bulls we worked our way back to the main building. When we arrived we went upstairs into a room
and a man called Indriyesha talked to us about Hinduism. Some children dressed up as Hindu gods and we were reminded
about the famous Hindu story about Rama and Sita. Before lunch we had the opportunity to dress in traditional Indian
clothing.
We were then treated to a wonderful vegetarian lunch of vegetable curry with paneer (a type of cheese), rice and
freshly made chapatis. We also enjoyed some lovely homemade cookies. After lunch we had the opportunity to shop and
also have our faces painted. Altogether it was a wonderful visit and we would recommend it to everyone and like to thank
our hosts.
By Harry Ingram & Joseph Chapman |
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Visit to Isle of Wight May 2011 |
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Year 6 went on a week long trip to the Isle of Wight before the half term break. Everyone thought that this was a very enjoyable trip and the best experience in Year 6 so far. When we arrived in the Isle of Wight we went straight to Carisbrooke castle which was very windy and Patrick Mackay's hat had been blown off by the wind and we had to go and retrieve it.
On Tuesday we went to Dinosaur Isle and many people found fossils, we also went to the museum and answered a questionnaire. In the afternoon we went to Coleman's Farm. All the animals were adorable! We got to feed pigs and cows and bottle fed lambs.
On our third day at the Isle of Wight, we went to Alum Bay . We watched a glass making presentation which was very intriguing and informative. Then we got to walk round the shops and buy what we pleased. In the afternoon we did a coastal study at the beach near where we were staying, we sketched a part of the beach and then wrote a poem about what we were sketching. In the evening we went to the theatre and watched a show called Cosmic.
On Thursday we went to Appeldurcombe House. We were guided around the remains of the House and watched a Falconry Display but we could only watch a small amount of birds because of the wind.
In the afternoon we went to Robin Hill Amusement Park . There were rides like a motion simulator and toboggans. We could also buy Ice Cream! In the evening we had a disco and everyone danced to the likes of Tinie Tempah and Bruno Mars. We also had Teddy Bear photos.
On our final day we went to Amazon World, the best part of which was that we got to see lots of different animals, insects and fish in their natural habitat.
On behalf of the year 6 students we would like to say thank you to all the adults that very kindly came on the trip with us, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to go on the trip.
By Harriet Taylor and Nathan Monaghan. |
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Ration Cooking March 2011 |
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Year 6 have been learning about life in the UK in wartime. We looked at one person's weekly ration allowance and soon realised that it wasn't very much (see the photograph below). We decided it would be a good idea to experience what it was really like to 'make do'. Over the last couple of weeks Year 6 have been using the newly refurbished kitchen to cook using ration recipes from the Second World War. The aim was for us to experience what it was like to cook and eat the food that would have been eaten at that time. Some of the food that we made was tasty, but some was not that nice. We made: carrot cookies, sweet biscuits, carrot fudge, syrup sponge, jam cake, all made without eggs. These recipes may sound strange but some were really delicious. Everyone had a fantastic time doing this very worth while activity and many of us would like to do it again.
Report written by Harry & Olivia |
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Duxford Visit March 2011 |
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On Wednesday 2nd March, Year 6 went to Duxford on a trip to learn more about their topic; Britain since 1930. They did two activities one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
One activity was with Mrs Edie Biggs, with her naughty son Ronnie and lovely daughter Gladys. She taught us about what her normal day was in the countryside, where she had been evacuated to, with her cousin Maude. She first told us all about rationing. We were really amazed about how little the families got to eat back in the war.
Then she talked about jobs around the house. She started with cleaning and she said we were very helpful as we helped get her house clean. She then spoke about washing. We really enjoyed it because we got to wash some strange clothing such as 'combinations.'
The other part of the day was a quiz. Each pair had a set of questions about jobs in WWII. We went into a museum block where there were lots of models of planes and reconstructions of things like Anderson shelters. We learnt all about the Hurricane and the Messerschmitt planes.
We really enjoyed the trip and learnt many new exciting things that will hopefully help our parents. |
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Microscopic Marvels Jan 2011 |
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For the past three weeks Year Six have been lucky enough to have a Richard Hale Science teacher come into school to help us learn more about micro-organisms. We did lots of fun activities such as, we were given an agar jelly coated petri dish to grow microbes in. We chose four surfaces; one had to be your finger and then we had to rub onto the four sections of jelly. When we got them back lots of bacteria, fungus and viruses were present. The week after we investigated the conditions needed for microbes to grow on bread. This was everyone's favourite. Finally we looked at yeast and how it gives off gas as it respires. Miss Phillips did a lot of things with us that we couldn't have normally done in school. Overall it was a great experience for everyone and we all thoroughly enjoyed it! Thank you to her for her time. |
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Remembering the dead Nov 2010 |
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On Wednesday 10 th November, Harriet, Abdul, Louise and Alex from Year 6 represented Morgans School by going to the memorial near Castle Hall for a short service to remember all the people who died in battle in wartime. A priest said a prayer and then the Mayor laid a wreath of poppies on the Cross of Remembrance. This was followed by a two minute silence.
After the service we were taken to the Castle for a drink and biscuits and we were able to talk to some war veterans, followed by a very interesting tour of Hertford Castle . We then returned to school proud to have taken part.
By Alex |
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Kenyan Discovery Nov 2010 |
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On Wednesday, Richard Long from the Mara Rianda Charitable Trust visited our school to talk to Year 6 about his work with schools and communities in Kenya. He showed us many photographs of the amazing wildlife and also of the schools that the charity supports. We saw pictures of the improvements that have been made over the years. The Morgans Children's Council then presented Richard with a cheque for £422.55 which was raised as a result of our recent 'Educate One' African flag day. He was thrilled by everyone's generosity and told us that it was enough for 18 months worth of secondary education for one child. What a privilege to be able make a difference to a child's life in this way. Richard is visiting Kenya in February and intends to find out exactly who we are helping. We hope to be able to communicate with the child in the future. Thank you to Richard for his time and to all of you who contributed. |
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Waitrose Wonders Oct 2010 |
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Year 6 enjoyed the taste of Kenya this week courtesy of Waitrose. Many thanks to them for supplying the food to enable our Year 6 children to enjoy such an African array. |
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Kenyan landscapes and mask designs Oct 2010 |
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This week Year 6 dazzled the school with their Kenyan landscapes and mask designs. In order to produce these, they studied a range of different African artists and undertook mask research before planning their designs. |
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Crazy Creatures Competition Winners April 2010 |
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Congratulations to Luke and James in Year 6 for succeeding as joint overall county winners in the 'Crazy Creatures' Herts SetPoint competition - we knew their entry was of very high quality.
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Year 6 (The other class!) Hertford Museum - Part Two March 2010 |
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On Wednesday our class visited the new Hertford museum to have a look at some artefacts as part of our study of Britain since 1930. When we arrived we were split up into two groups. One group went upstairs to have a look at the general exhibitions about the way Hertford used to be. We even saw some prehistoric items such as a mammoth tooth and also some tools from around 100 AD!
The other half of the class went downstairs and took part in a 'Handling Workshop' where we looked at different things that people would have owned in Hertford in World War II. Everyone really liked dressing up in 1940's clothes and there were lots of displays to look at. Did you know that only two bombs fell on Hertford during the war? Two people were unfortunately killed by these.
We all had great fun and at the end of the day everybody said they really enjoyed their day and are eager to go again!
By Sophie, Year 6 |
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Year 6 visit to the newly refurbished Hertford Museum March 2010 |
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On Tuesday 17th March year 6 Snape class went to Hertford museum. It was a really good morning, we had task sheets and it was great fun finding out the answers to the questions, as we had to go round the museum finding them. They have some really interesting exhibits in the museum such as old fashioned toys, clothes, medals and other fascinating objects, the one I found most interesting was the mammoth tusk and tooth. Our class thought Hertford museum was great and we all want to go again. It looks really good now after its makeover. We think if you went to Hertford museum, you'd say it is better than one in London !
By Charlee and Elsie
Mr Scarisbrick reports the behaviour of the children was super and the degree to which they were engaged in the learning and exploration, a credit to the school and their families. He was very proud to be part of the pilot day and look forward to developing links with the Museum in the future.
Eleanor Payne is the Education Officer and is included in the Knot Garden photo. The girls really enjoyed dressing in olden day clothes; and the more serious students had a great detective session following all the clues laid in a number of trails. Mrs Elder's daughter had prepared a True/False trail as part of her volunteer work at the Museum. Mr Moore, Miss Gardner and Mrs Cordingley all got mentions. Mrs Cordingley and myself even have the honour of being etched into perpetuity.
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Duxford Trip March 2010 |
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On Tuesday 2nd March, Year 6 went on a school trip to Duxford Imperial War Museum to learn more about our topic on Britain since the 1930's.
Before we went, we all made our gas mask boxes for the trip and our identity cards. On the day we had to dress as an evacuation child / evacuee. We felt quite silly but, it gave us a taste of what it was like in the 1940's. We had to take a packed lunch, which was mainly rationed food and / or food that was grown in Britain .
We started off by visiting a huge hangar and we were given a quiz on planes in World War Two. After, we visited the gift shop, we had lunch and then visited Bunty the Billeting officer (the evacuation officer.) We went to get a taste of what it was like in World War Two. When we got there we realised that the identity cards were the wrong colour so we made them again. We were also given our ration cards.
We experienced what it was like to wear a gas mask, we sang a song with them on and then we had to say goodbye and came back on the coach. It was a super trip which we all enjoyed.
Report by Andrew |
 
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Year 6 Studying Micro-organisms Jan 2010 |
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This week Year 6 were agar-st! and extremely cultured! studying micro-organisms under the watchful eye of James Brett, a partnership science teacher from Richard Hale School. The pupils had an absorbing afternoon looking at the bacterial cultures they had produced under carefully controlled laboratory conditions. The children had managed to cultivate various bacterial delights, and had a memorable first hand learning experience studying their various colonies! These were sealed throughout and afterwards were incinerated at Richard Hale. Thank you to James for his considerable time and effort. |
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