Year 6 Gallery
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Chocolate Truffles
After visiting Cadbury's World, we were inspired to design our own chocolate. We considered what we had learned on our trip about Cadbury's top selling chocolates and we evaluated a few different types of chocolate before designing our own chocolate, thinking carefully about our target audience and what flavours we thought would go well together. What would you put in your truffle?
Cadbury's World
We visited Cadbury's World to look at how chocolate is made. We listened to a talk that explained the importance of having recognisable packaging and the the role the Cadbury patented purple plays in this. We also watched a film on the process of how cocoa beans are processed and transported, ready to be used to make chocolate. We then watched how liquid chocolate is transformed into chocolate bars. We even had the opportunity to try this process ourselves. We soon realised it's not as easy as the demonstrator made it look! In the 4D cinema, we got to meet all of the main characters that have appeared in Cadbury's adverts in the past. We are now well informed and ready to use our newfound knowledge as we move into exploring and designing our own chocolate!
After reading in one of the recommended reads about the spontaneous football match that took place on Christmas day during the First World War and then watching a re-enactment of this event on TV, we were inspired to share some of the sporting events we take part in. Check out a snapshot of just some of the things we do in our spare time.
Mayan Masks
After learning about the use of Mayan Masks in Mayan civilisation and making comparisons with these with Egyptian death masks, we designed and made our own, using patterns and symbols that might have been used during that time.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
To help support our writing, we experienced what we might hear, see, smell, touch and taste in our very own version of Willy Wonka's sweet factory. We watched sweets being made and recorded the sounds we could hear. We smelled a number of enticing aromas like cinnamon, peppermint and orange. We observed how the various containers of curious coloured liquids frothed and sizzled and we got to taste delicious cupcakes and mouth watering marshmallows all under a blanket of magical bubbles.
We've been researching the Ancient Ball Game 'Pok a Tok'. This is the game the Hero Twins were rumoured to play when they angered the Lords of the Underworld. We learned the rules of this Ancient Mayan game, along with some of the pros and cons of playing this game now and in the past. Players are required to pass the ball using only their elbows and hips. The game is won by passing the ball through the hoop. We used metacognition to review our strategies of passing the ball by discussing our elbow technique as well as how to improve our stance to create more power to enable the ball to travel further.
Mayan Hero Twin Experience. After listening to the story of the brave Hero Twins, we had the opportunity to experience the main events of the story for ourselves. We had to jump over the river of blood and the river of puss. We were then given the option to sit on the burning bench and greet the Lords of Death before making our way through the House of Blades and the House of Jaguars. It was surprising how many champions were lured by the tricks of the Lord of Death.
