Otter Class Blog

March 2023

24/03/23
On the rivet at the velodrome
Year 6 pupils took to the track at the Geraint Thomas Olympic Velodrome. Riding track bikes with no brakes they tackled the steep banks and learned how to stop - not easy! With only a few spectacular falls, Steve our coach guided the children through the session, helping conquer nerves with his...
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16/03/23
Climbing Courage
Lots of courage on show as our brave year sixes took on the 8 metre climbing wall. Lovely to see so much encouragement and support!
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10/03/23
STEM- Robotics day
A brilliant day in Otter class programming robots to perform different tasks. Our coding teams worked really well together to program their lego robots to perform some pretty tricky tasks using movement and a variety of different sensors. Clever stuff!
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10/03/23
DT Bridge Designs
A break from the outdoors, pupils in Otter class spent the afternoon designing and making model bridges. Using research into strong shapes they built their structures. Pupils focussed on 'form' and 'function' and came up with some brilliant designs.
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01/03/23
Take me to the bridge!
Today Year 6 started their DT bridge project. We talked about strong shapes and reinforcing structures with braces. Then, as a bit of outdoor fun in the mud and drizzle, pupils had the challenge of spanning 2 meters using only natural material. There were some great bridges with the usual...
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