We get a new planner each Monday. We take the responsibility to give them in at the end of each day. We put a ‘hot cross bun’ on a piece of work which is finished and has been handed in. A hot cross bun is a circle with a cross through it. Instead of having set times to do different subjects, we have a time in the day for planner work. This is when we have a responsibility to choose which activities to do and get on with them. The teachers normally expect us to hand in a piece of work everyday. HOT CROSS BUN

WEEK:6 Name: Ellie Moffatt.

Codices were one of our most fun home learning tasks.

Nearly all of our work is given to us after an input with a guide line. This is a power point on how to make a cup of tea. This piece of work is an instructional text and a piece of ICT. We did this in pairs. We had to insert an action button, hyperlink and a sound we’d recorded ourselves. The ICT cup of tea activity lasted a long time because first we had to do a flow chart on paper about anything we wanted to make. We then had to do the power point.

One of our other tasks last term was to do a slide on a famous person for Black History Month. Lots of our work is cross curricular. Our Aztec posters were a cross between English, History and Art. We learn different skills from each other by working in groups. Being an independent learner means that we as a school/team achieve a lot more. Here we have an example of one. We sometimes work in pairs or in groups or on our own. This gives us an opportunity to learn more about our classmates/friends.

The teachers help us a great deal. It is like riding a bike. They take your stabilisers off and if you get stuck they put them on again. It goes on like that until you can ride freely. Teachers at this school encourage us to do our best especially when we get confuddled. They help us through difficult stages and always make the lessons thoroughly entertaining-especially in Science!

Why is independent learning so important? Independent learning is essentially important because you can learn more skills and achieve your goals. It is good to work with different people who have a variety of different abilities. This way you can achieve more. As a school we believe that learning should be fun and enjoyable. That way you can learn more if you’re enjoying it. If you work with different people you can learn more than only working with your best friend. That is why we do some work with partners or in groups. Independent learning is also important because it gets Year 6 ready for secondary school.