Garlinge Primary School and Nursery, Westfield Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 5PA
Our year 6 children have been enthusiastically creating a range of magical Winter artwork. They have used a range of media to make their art and DT work varied and exciting. They enjoyed designing 3D crafts for their Christmas hoops, and practising their perspective work when creating ski-bears and snow globes for the hall and corridor displays.
This week, in preparation to the lead up to Christmas, year 5 have been working hard to create their beautiful art work for our winter themed corridor and hall displays and our Christmas hoops.
This year, our corridor displays are based on the northern lights, with the children designing their own versions. The children learnt that an aurora, also commonly known as the northern lights or southern lights, is a natural light display in Earth’s sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions. Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains, rays, spirals or amazing flickers covering the entire sky. The children used coloured chalks to design their versions, of which they all look amazing.
For our Christmas hoops, the children from 5A and 5B designed various 3D snowmen created from cotton wool. They certainly demonstrated our school value of perseverance and teamwork whilst they worked in pairs on their fabulous designs.
The children from classes 5C and 5D, designed the art work for our winter themed hall display – Frosty Foxes, created with using various painting techniques.
Well done to the children of year 5, a really fabulous effort!
We are thrilled to share with you the incredible experiences some year 6 children had during their Year 6 residential trip to Grosvenor Hall in Ashford. This adventure was packed with thrilling activities that pushed the boundaries of their comfort zones and encouraged them to grow in confidence and resilience. From conquering the exhilarating zip line, to taking the heart-pounding leap of faith and scaling the challenging Jacob's Ladder, the children demonstrated remarkable courage and determination. The journey of personal growth was beautifully balanced with fun moments as the children explored the on-site gift shop, sharing laughter and creating lasting memories. The shared meals were a special time of bonding, where they enjoyed the simple pleasure of breaking bread together. The children created cherished memories that will last a lifetime.
Please click here to view the presentation that was shown at the parent and carers meeting on Wednesday 13 September explaining the process of how to apply for a secondary school.
On the morning of Thursday 29th June, some of our Year 6 pupils, had the opportunity to take part in an informative transition morning based at Margate train station.
At the ‘Travel: Safe and Smart’ event, the children learnt about the importance of travelling safely by train, acted out different scenarios that could happen )when commuting to their new secondary schools), took part in fun quizzes, and even got the chance to sit on the train-driver’s seat.
Head girl, Stella, age 11, commented: “ We had a fun and engaging morning taking part in a variety of railway activities. I now know how to travel and behave safely when travelling by train. I feel less anxious about commuting by train to my new secondary school.”
Last week, our Year 6 pupils had the exciting opportunity of designing and making their own mouth-watering pizzas. As part of the school's Design and Technology topic, ‘Celebrating Culture and Seasonality’, our young chefs let their imaginations run wild, infusing their creations with a burst of flavour while exploring a range of seasonal ingredients. The pupils spared no effort in transforming their classroom into a bustling pizzeria, showcasing their masterpieces. In the afternoon, the children thoroughly enjoyed eating their delicious creations. Great work Year 6!
Please click here to view the presentation that was shown at the parent and carers meeting on Wednesday 24 May explaining the process of how to apply for the Kent test.
As part of our history topic, year 5 visited the Museum of Kent Life in Maidstone, for an exciting Viking day experience. This was a wonderful opportunity which helped the children to enhance their understanding of what life would have been like during the Viking era. The children took part in various interactive workshops and demonstrations such as, Live like a Viking, Viking Beliefs, a Viking Voyage, Viking Raiders and Viking Traders.
Live like a Viking – the children explored the roles and tasks of the different members of the Viking family and compared this to their own families.
Viking Beliefs – the children discovered why storytelling was a very important part of Viking culture, stories of brave Vikings and of the many gods and how they are worshipped.
A Viking Voyage – children take to the seas, take up the oars and explore life on board!
Viking Raiders – the children learnt life as a Viking raider, battle tactics, weapons and what really made they go berserk!
Viking Traders – the children learnt about markets, money and explored the different food and goods for sale, re-enacting the trading process.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their day, whilst following our Garlinge School Values. They can now bring what they learnt to life during our history lessons this term.
Please click here to view the Year 6 SATs presentation that was shown at the parent and carers meeting on Tuesday 21 March.
Year 6 have been busy creating some imaginative and colourful artwork linked to our science topic on light. They used their knowledge of the light spectrum to design some vivid images.
As part of our World War Two topic, year 6 have researched how the British public protected themselves during the German bombing raids (The Blitz). The children have learnt about the different types of air-raid shelter and written a set of instructions on how to build a Morrison shelter. To end their learning on this topic, and as part of a DT project, the children had the exciting opportunity to design and create their own model Anderson shelter. All the children did a fantastic job, working with enthusiasm as they constructed authentic shelter models. Well done year 6!
On Tuesday 6th December, year 6 welcomed parents to a WWII craft afternoon where the children and their adults made gas masks and gas mask boxes. The workshop complimented the children’s topic learning this term, which has focused on evacuation, the outbreak of WWII and the Blitz. The event was well attended in all four classes! Take a look at some of the pictures below.
Year Six were given the opportunity to visit St James’ Church and enjoy a time to reflect on the meaning of Christmas and learn a bit more about the Christmas story. They were quizzed on their knowledge, shared some of their hopes for Christmas and then looked at some of the biblical extracts related to the nativity.
After that, they were able to decorate a Christmas biscuit and then they enjoyed a visit from the Nutty Professor!
A huge thanks to the staff who gave up their time at St James’ Church, and to Maggie and Rhodri from ACTS Thanet for all their hard work and enthusiasm.
And a well done to the pupils of year six, who represented the school brilliantly and showed their school values.
Year 6 have been creating some magical Winter art and crafts for our displays and hoops. We have used a range of media including: pastels, paints, gold and silver marker pens as well as needles, thread and felt for sewing.
5D were delighted to receive a reward trip to the Powell-Cotton Museum at Quex Park on Tuesday 4th October. The class won this award through participating and winning a prize in Buster’s Book Club. The children collectively read a combined 735 minutes, which was a fantastic effort on their part!
Buster’s Book Club is a whole-school initiative aimed at promoting reading for pleasure at home. The competition takes place every Wednesday evening and encourages children to work together to read as many minutes as they can for a chance to win the coveted ‘Buster’s trophy’. The trophy is presented during Friday’s Celebration assembly in each of the phases across the school and class data is also input in to a database, allowing each class to compete against other schools in the locality for prizes and other experiences, such as meeting authors and other school excursions. 5D were lucky enough to win one of these prizes and were invited to visit the Powell Cotton museum to take part in a number of different workshops.
The children received a warm welcome from the museum staff and Buster’ s representatives and were honoured to have the whole museum to themselves!
Pupils were guided around the various exhibits where they learnt many interesting facts about the museum and its history. Among other activities, they enjoyed sketching and playing in the beautiful surrounding grounds.
5D would like to extend their grateful thanks to the Buster’s donors and the welcoming staff at the Cotton-Powell Museum.
Following on from the Year 6 Meeting on Friday 15 September, to discuss the Secondary Schools application process, please click here to view the presentation that was shared with the Year 6 parents.
Some of our year 6 children visited the new safety centre at Margate train station. The venue has been created for young people to develop the confidence and independence to travel safely when travelling by train. Interactive activities provided an in-depth experience for our pupils allowing them to develop the knowledge of how to keep themselves safe. This included learning about railway crossings, the dangers of the railway, how to find the right platform and how to purchase a ticket. The children also took part in an interactive quiz, which included a variety of useful facts linked to travelling by trains. The children were lucky to all be given souvenirs, which they were pleased with. Our children returned to school with a good knowledge and awareness on how to keep safe when travelling by train.
As part of our history topic, year 5 visited the Museum of Kent Life in Maidstone, for an exciting Viking day experience. This was a wonderful opportunity which helped the children to enhance their understanding of what life would have been like during the Viking era. The children took part in various interactive workshops and demonstrations such as, Live like a Viking, Viking Beliefs, a Viking Voyage, Viking Raiders and Viking Traders.
Live like a Viking – the children explored the roles and tasks of the different members of the Viking family and compared this to their own families.
Viking Beliefs – the children discovered why storytelling was a very important part of Viking culture, stories of brave Vikings and of the many gods and how they are worshipped.
A Viking Voyage – children take to the seas, take up the oars and explore life on board!
Viking Raiders – the children learnt life as a Viking raider, battle tactics, weapons and what really made they go berserk!
Viking Traders – the children learnt about markets, money and explored the different food and goods for sale, re-enacting the trading process.
The children thoroughly enjoyed their day, whilst following our Garlinge School Values. They can now bring what they learnt to life during our history lessons this term.
Year 5 finished the end of Term 4 with a USA enrichment day. We thoroughly enjoyed learning about the country of the USA over the past two terms and wanted to celebrate this learning on our last day. The children wore red, white and blue, or stars and stripes, or dressed as their favourite character from our lead text this term which was ‘Holes’. Activities included a USA quiz, USA themed art and an orienteering activity with maps. We finished the day by watching the movie ‘Holes’ and having some popcorn! We all thoroughly enjoyed our USA day.
Year 6 were able to attend St James Church once more, but this time for an Easter-themed event. The children learnt more about the Easter story and its significance, whilst getting to explore the church and decorating a biscuit. The experience was enjoyed by all pupils and we would like to thank the members of St James Church who dedicated their time to support the pupils. We would also like to thank Maggie, who works for ACTS (Active Christianity in Thanet Schools) for all her hard work and dedication.
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