Year 6

The children in Years 5 & 6 had a super day on Thursday while taking part in the Milepost 3 Invention Convention. They were tasked with the challenge of building a vehicle which would travel the furthest distance when released down a ramp. The children cooperated effectively to research and then plan ideas for the design of their vehicle. They were then provided with a selection of recycled materials to use in the construction of their vehicle. While building, they...

In year 6, the students have been learning a few commands of a text-based programming language (Python), enabling progression from cratch. They created simple, textbased adventure game. Click the link below to view and follow their python modules progress. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gAL22RxC6IbT9wWa8kXs-R-F-ZvGB6JZWusgXSzPhwk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1n_1Wwh8FtRree1DnJZk6qABHbz8acuqs830yj82BV94/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bETl4626tWZePUgvPHyU2Iuw4zID5gCvsLYU4S_rBcU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HuW3KBlcvrq0TLinzAjIJYvLyksSPadsbVzXuxTXzTg/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sNjin_4V85RTEYc4Nxfv0mtEerJkymj3yBDt_SJMCgM/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gUflunK9OA4tMGjlXwWY_SNNchFzMO3QDLeymgKnEpU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vKNrW3lkUWnyv4fYAvQRGaaOpNsf_UVQxqDCk0EwRwE/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_a_TZa748ZVdg23g–SVX_9_5G9aggt7oZIyxKbmQTY/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sEiE8YOYSNLWOY5w5FSvlGWNixUt-RF2Xv5ec_0gsC0/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10qs9yh8_Puy0-TllFr0HX5MNsYURWbXT_dL9aeE1lfk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1acKCBndJAWU0m22GbCWDQ0N2oDW5vZBRiWql9XdjSCs/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10cKwfBZ8dyYw-i7EX0lZTSbg0rrz9sMfUgxnxIwWuOs/edit?usp=sharing     ...

In this Computer Science unit, the students learned a few commands of a text-based programming language (Python), enabling progression from Scratch. We are working on creating our simple, text based adventure game. This is our planning stage.     ...

On Wednesday for our ‘Future Ambrosoli’ Open Day the children were set the challenge of generating ideas for the future of Ambrosoli. They considered which subjects should be taught, how they would be delivered and what the learning environment would consist of.  The children were asked to consider the 4 C’s – collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity – and how these would be encouraged and promoted in their plans. The children impressed us with their teamwork, exciting ideas and...

Milepost 3 have been getting artistic and exploring their creative sides while designing and making their costumes for the Milepost 3 production. The children considered what would make an effective design for each of the animal characters within the play and then put their ideas in to practice using a range of painting and printing techniques. The results are fabulous! ...

Year 6 Ishasha students had fun recently during the entry point for our IPC unit ‘Out of Africa’. They had to use great creativity and thoughtfulness to imagine and predict how human beings of the future may evolve and look like. They created costumes which they wore to school for the entry point, and each had a chance to present to the class the thinking behind their costumes. The students then produced annotated diagrams of their costumes. The activity generated...

On Monday, Years 5 and 6 very much enjoyed collaborating on our ‘Earth as an Island’ IPC Entry Point.  The children were given the task of deciding how to develop an island in Lake Victoria to accommodate the growing Kampala population. They had to decide what man-made features they would include on the island to support a population of 50,000 people. They then had to draw a plan, including a scale, compass and key, showing where these features would be...

Year 6 recently wrote stories about refugees following research into this topic. We researched using videos, pictures, poems and text in order to get a flavour of what life as a refugee could be like. We also had the opportunity to listen to a refugee talk about their experiences and then interview an aid worker about their work in refugee camps. We then used other texts to practice writing different elements of a story for example creating suspense, the beginning of...

We have had a busy start to Term 3 with our new IPC unit, Earth as an Island. This unit is mainly concerned with geography and human interaction with the land.  On Monday we started with the Entry point. Children had to design a new island to house 50,000 people who wanted to leave Kampala because it was too crowded. They had to think of all the facilities they would use and how they would best set up the island to...