Welcome to
Mr Elson's ​Class​

Please click here to view our Autumn 2021 Curriculum Newsletter

Flour babies

As part of our science and PSHE work this term, the children have each been given a "Flour Baby".  The children are keeping a record of their feelings and problems encountered, while looking after these new additions to their families.

Pneumatically rising spaghetti bridges.

The year 5,6 children were challenged to produce a bridge, made of spaghetti, that would span a distance of 40cm.  The bridge also has to lift to allow ships beneath.

Young Sports Leaders 2020

Year 5 and 6 took part in Young Sports Leaders training 26th November.  Mrs. King from Chenderit helped the children to achieve the award.
To learn more about the YSL award click here

The School Day 2020-2021

Science - Forces

In Science we are investigating forces.  This week we looked at friction between surfaces.  The surfaces we investigated were shoes and flooring.  We opened the windows and took off our shoes,  we used forces meters to find out which surface had the greatest amount of friction.

Greatworth Hall Farm

The juniors had their third visit to Greatworth Hall Farm.  We learned about the jobs involved in food production and food miles.  We looked at the availability of crops local to us.  We cooked Spanish omelettes after collecting the eggs. 
In the afternoon we visited our partner field and studied the crop of wheat growing there.  We painted some water colours of the landscape and finally, we tried to find our partner sheep.  She was elusive.

Frozen Worlds

Partner Farm Visit
As part of a local study we are partnering with Greatworth Hall Farm.  We are investigating the changes that take place during the year and how humans and nature can interact to produce food and where our food comes from.
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The Machine Gunners
As part of our literacy work we are reading "The Machine Gunners" by Robert Westall.  We have used the book to help use develop our grammar and punctuation skills.  Our writing is progressing in leaps and bounds as we use the text as a model for our own writing.

Primary Engineering
Following our visit to Prodrive and being inspired by engineering, we are now developing our own ideas and inventions.  As part of our Primary Leaders Award project we are creating solutions to everyday problems. ​

Visit to Prodrive
As part of our Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) work we visited Prodrive, Banbury to see engineering in action.  We toured the factory looking at car design, development and the work and precision that goes into a Le Mans race winning car.  We also learnt that each badge on the front of an Aston Martin is made by a jeweller!

Here year 5 and 6 are stood by the 2017 Le Mans winning Aston Martin.​

​Trip to Bletchley Park
As part of our WWII topic, we took a trip to Bletchley Park, where we focused on codes and ciphers.  We got to actually use an original Enigma machine and saw a working Bombe machine.

Alan Turing statue

Dinosaur stop motion animation

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