Manford Primary: Year 6

Year 6 Self Portraits

2011-09-26T14:24:00.000+01:00

This week we have been creating self portiats of ourselves for a fabulous display in the School Hall.

We began by revising how to sketch our faces proportionally and often found that it went wrong if we didn't get the initial head shape right.

To make ours different to other year groups our teachers decided we should experiment with mosaic art. We thought about the colours we could use and how we could vary tones and definition just by arranging coloured pieces of paper.

Here are some examples:

The Pied Piper

2011-07-18T20:01:00.006+01:00

During the week of July 11th, 2011, Years 5 and 6 put on a fantastic production of The Pied Piper.

They danced and sang their way through three performances.

All teachers involved were very proud of all children involved!

Well done!

The Pied Piper!

The Mayor and Corporation

The Town Crier

Town Crier, Mayor, Eulalie and the Pied Piper

Mayor George Frederic and his wife Eulalie

The Hamelin crowd

The parents

The Market Scene

The Rotten Rats!

The Apprentice comes to Manford!

2011-07-03T19:52:00.005+01:00

After the hard work of the SATS, Year 6 had a little rest from Numeracy as they know it and instead took on a big Challenge.... The Apprentice Challenge!

The children had to work in small groups and set up and run their own business on Inflatable Day. Once they had choosen their group and a name for their company, they then set about appointing a Team Leader, Accountant, Purchaser, Advertiser and Designer.

Next, they thought of what type of stall they would like to run on the day. The range of stalls included: Decorate a biscuit, Nail painting and make up, Trick or Treat, Lucky Lolly, Beat the Goalie, Splash the Teacher, Games Stall, Treasure Hunt, Teacher Target and Lucky Dip.

All children put a huge amount of effort in to the week leading up to Inflatable Day and on the day itself.

The money that they raised from the day will help sponsor a young girl from Kenya.

Miss Simmonds, Mr Bowsher and Miss Littler would like to say a great, big thank you to all the children that took part.

Treasure Hunt

Splash the Teacher

Teacher Target
Lucky Dip

Games Stall

Nail and Make Up Stall

Trick or Treat

Lucky Lolly

2011-07-01T22:55:00.002+01:00

Friday, July 1st was Inflatable Day! As you can see, Year 6 had a great time on all the inflatables, Miss Simmonds and Mr Bowsher even had a go at the Gladiator one! Sadly Miss Simmonds lost after being pushed off by Mr Bowsher twice!

1960's Day

2011-07-01T21:52:00.006+01:00

In June, Year 6 held a 1960's themed writing day.

The children and teachers arrived at school looking fantastic in 1960's style clothes.

A busy day was planned for the children. The activities were: Song writing, John Lennon drama, 1960's disco and 1960's Word art.

For the song writing activity, they listened to the song 'Help!' by The Beatles. They discussed the lyrics and told a partner what they might need help with. They then went and wrote their own version of the song.

The children had a great time listening to John Lennon and hearing all about his life, the influence he and The Beatles had on the youth and popular culture of the 1960's and dancing to a few of the earlier Beatles songs!

Here are a few pictures from the day to show how much they enjoyed the day.

John Lennon visiting Manford

Song Writing

1960's Children!

6B - 1960's Style!!

6S - 1960's Style!

Arts Week 2011

2011-06-21T21:27:00.005+01:00

Manford's Arts week was based around the theme of Africa. Year 6 decided to create their own African jewellery out of clay.

The first thing we did was to research the topic and look at the variety of different types of jewellery that Africans made and wore. The children were amazed at how different and unusual the jewellery was to what we wear and how colourful everything was.

Once we researched the different styles of jewellery, the children had to design four pieces of jewellery that they would like to create and finally choose their favourite.

The next step was to create the beads out of clay, ensuring that they have placed a hole in the clay in order to thread them onto lace (some children forgot to do this and had to start again!). The clay was left to dry overnight and then the next day, they were ready to paint.

All the children worked really hard and produced some fantastic pieces of work, as you can see below!

Snowy Manford!

2010-12-05T19:47:00.004Z

On Friday, 3rd December Year 6 decided to use the snowy weather as inspiration for some Literacy and Art work.

During Literacy, the children were asked to produce a piece of writing to do with snow. They were allowed to choose a genre of their choice. Some fantastic work was produced.

They also made some lovely snowy pictures using chalk, pastels or paint.

As a treat at the end of the day, Miss Simmonds and Mr Bowsher let the children out into the little playground to play in the snow. The children decided to make a huge snow snake!

A great day was had by all!

Lord Mayor's Show

2010-11-22T19:51:00.008Z

On Saturday, 13th November 2010, 6 Year 6 children were choosen to take part in the Lord Mayor's Show in the city of London.

The Lord Mayor's procession is nearly 800 years old. It has marched unscathed through everything from the Black Death to the Blitz. In the twentieth century it was the first ever parade to be broadcast live on television and its a day out for almost half a million people.

Part of the parade takes the Lord Mayor, in his gold carriage, to the ROyal Courts of Justice where he pledges his allegiance to the crown (the Queen and the city), just like Dick Whittington did in 1397!

The children had a great day walking with the Order of the Young Freemen and waving at the crowds! They also enjoyed talking to the soldiers that were with us and even got to hold a gun!

Here are a few photos of the day.

The children talking to the soldiers and holding their gun!

Some of the parade that were behind us

Children beside an army tank

2010-10-22T16:29:00.004+01:00

Ingrave Johnstone

This is us with our partners who showed us around.
On Tuesday the 19th of October 2010 six people from year six went to a school in Brentwood, Ingrave Johnstone primary school, to see what it was like.

The school was quite small although it did fit many people and equipment. First we had lunch which was just like ours. After we went out to play there was the adventure playground it was a play area with different types of equipment like the jungle tree, spider frame and the zigzag. Then we went in to have another tour to see the classes, the whole playground, the hall and library.

After that we went into the hall to see a drama teacher called Lesley. She taught us some sign language, Spanish and Japanese!

Working with Leslie.

Finally there a whole school sharing assembly. We had to stand up and do a silly dance to a Japanese song.

Joining in with assembly.

We found the trip really exciting and hope they will come and visit us soon.

By James and Kenny

Topic Launch - World War II

2010-09-27T22:14:00.004+01:00

Year 6 launched their topic of the term last week. The topic is World War II.

The whole of Year 6 were gathered into the Junior Hall and listened to the sounds of an air raid siren, aeroplanes flying overhead and Neville Chamberlain telling Great Britain that the war had started.

They then watched a black and white powerpoint showing images from World War II.

The children discussed their feelings and tried to place themselves in the shoes of the people in the pictures.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the launch and appeared to be very eager to learn more!

Arts Week - July 2010

2010-07-03T21:14:00.005+01:00

During the week of June 28th, Manford held an Arts Week. The theme of the week was The Natural World.

Year 6 decided to link the art with their study of Andy Warhol and created a colourful print of animals or plants from the forest.

They also created a picture using plants from the environmental garden and photographic paper. The children worked well and thoroughly enjoyed the tasks, as you can see from the pictures below.

2010-07-03T20:26:00.006+01:00

Year 6 - The Apprentice Challenge!

After the hard work of the SATS tests, Year 6 are given a challenge... they have to set up and run their own business at the school's Inflatable Day.

The children were allowed to choose who they wanted to work with and they had to assign a Team Leader, Finance Manager, Advertising Manager etc. They worked very well together and all managed to run a very successful stall, all making a profit!

Well done Year 6, we are all very proud of you!

Tatyana and Danielle working hard!

The Misfits!
Find the treasure.

Mr Bowsher receiving a soaking!

Miss Simmonds getting her nails done!

Emily choosing a prize.

Harriet trying out Plunge the Gunge!

Brenda all prepared for a soaking!

Freshwater Theatre Company - John Lennon

2010-07-02T21:57:00.003+01:00

Year 6 were very lucky to receive a visit from the one and only John Lennon! Well, an actor pretending to be John Lennon really, but he was very good.

He came to tell the children all about John Lennon's life and how influential the Beatles have been on the pop culture. The children are currently researching about The Beatles as part of our history topic; The 1960's.

All children had a great time finding out information, singing song and having a dance!

The children having a little dance.

Ruth, learning how to play the 'Washboard'.

Jordan getting ready to play the drums.

Watch out... it's Beatlemania!!!

John Lennon and the new memebers of The Beatles!

John Lennon!

Discovery Week at Manford

2010-03-23T21:04:00.006Z

The week of the 22nd of March was Discovery week at Manford.

We decided to take this opportunity to allow the children to revise their knowledge of Science and develop their thinking and team working skills. We gave the children a scenario; Imagine you are travelling on an aeroplane when suddenly, your plane crashes. You try to swim to safety and find yourself stranded on a desert island.

The children needed to work together to solve a variety of problems while staying on the island.

The problems included: Building a bridge to cross the raging waters, Building a tall structure to pick the fruit from the trees, Make a boat strong enough to carry one person and nice water pots.

The children had great fun and have even asked if they can do it again!

Life Exhibition at St Paul's Church

2010-03-11T21:13:00.005Z

On Thursday, 11th of March 2010, Year 6 went to St Paul's Church in Hainault for a Life Exhibition.

The children learnt about the birth and death of Jesus and stories from the Bible. They also had to answer questions using a PDA, which all the children enjoyed using.

All children found it very interesting and most enjoyable.

Day 2 of the Art Workshop

2010-03-04T22:10:00.003Z

Day 2 - Today the children were able to help Sharon continue working on the sculpture and making their own little masks. Once again the children enjoyed and are very excited to see the finished product on display in the school.

Art Workshop with Sharon Drew

2010-02-28T22:26:00.006Z

On Monday, 1st March and Wednesday, 3rd of March, Year 6 were very fortunate to work with the Artist Sharon Drew and her husband Mark on a piece of sculpture that would become a permenant fixture in the school.

The topic of the sculpture linked in with the History topic covered in Year 6: World War II. We decided to focus on the theme of Evacuation. As you can see, Sharon and Mark had began preparing the main sculptures beforehand as we only had two days with them. The children helped add facial features, clothes and evacuation tags to the sculptures.

They also made their own mask from clay and mod-roc. The children have thoroughly enjoyed working with Sharon and Mark and are very excited about seeing the final product.... Watch this space!

The sculptures at the beginning of the session.

Christopher and Keeley working on their mask

Sharon Drew, the artist, helping the children create their own mask.

Junior helping to add features to the sculpture.

Elesia and Sara adding clothing to the little boy

Danielle helping Sharon to add features to the sculpture.

Mark showing the childre how to create their masks.

World War 2 Trip

2009-12-15T15:59:00.005Z

On Thursday, 10th December, Year 6 went on a trip into London to visit the Britain at War Museum and HMS Belfast.

We set off straight away after registration to Hainault tube station where we caught a tube to London Bridge. It was very busy but the teachers made sure we were all safely on the trains!

Once we arrived at London Bridge, our first stop was the Britain at War Museum. We were all very excited as we have thoroughly enjoyed learning about World War 2 in class. However, when we arrived at the museum we couldn't go in.... they had had a power cut! The man that worked at the museum told us to go into Hayes Galleria and have an early lunch. It was an early lunch.... it was only 11.10am!!

After half an hour we were told that the power was back on and we could go into the museum.

It was great! We watched a video about the effects of World War 2 in Britain, during and after and then we explored! We went into an Anderson Shelter (some of us found it scary because it was so dark and all we could hear were loud aeroplanes and bombs!). We also got to dress up in German uniforms, British soldiers uniforms, it was great.

Next, we moved onto HMS Belfast. It was amazing! When we first went aboard the war ship, we had to wait for someone to come and take us to the school room. There we were told how the HMS Belfast helped our allies in the war and how the boat itself survived.
Then we were allowed to explore the ship. It was fascinating! They had a dentist, a hospital, a butchers, a shop, a bakers.... they had everything onboard!
It was very cramped though. The men would sleep in a hammock and there would often be up to 100 in the one room.

It was a brilliant day out, and we learnt lots! Here are some pictures of our day out.

A Soldiers bar

Junior and John all dressed up ready for war!

Ryan and Jathesh meeting Winston Churchill

HMS Belfast

Some of the guns aboard HMS Belfast

Kazys trying out a hammock!

Jimmy, helping to point out the many guns onboard the war ship

Jade trying out a hammock.

Eni, Myla, Atakan and Kishen trying on the clothes that the sailors would have worn whilst on board HMS Belfast.

2009-09-17T20:54:00.002+01:00

Welcome to Year 6!

Miss Simmonds and Mrs Marsh are looking forward to a fun packed year with 6S and 6M.

Although there will be a lot of work with the SATs, we also have a lot of fun things planned for the children.

We hope all children will work very hard and help us make this year an enjoyable one!

Manford Memories

2009-07-17T08:11:00.004+01:00

Memories of Manford 2008 - 2009!

As the year 6 children enter their last few days of primary school they thought it would be nice to reflect on some of the memories they will keep forever as they move forward in their lives..........

Miss Simmonds: 6S, you have been a great class to teach, lots of different characters to make each day very different! We have had a few mishaps over the year but I am sure you will agree they have been outnumbered by the fun times we have had. I wish you all the luck with high school and your future beyond that. I will miss you!

Mrs James: 6J, we have had a great year. Been given the chance to participate in lots of fun activities and it has very enjoyable. Like 6S, we have had a few ups and downs but overall they have been good, with memories that will stay with me. Good luck for your future.

Becky[6s] I will miss everyone at manford goodbye to all!

Atlanta[6s]I will miss every one especially Miss Simmonds!!!

Kelvin[6s]I will miss every one in manford good bye!!!

Khia[6S]Manfords been great i couldn't of gone to a better school x x Bye !!!!!!

Shannan[6s] Everyone has done really well and i will miss them loads and loads bye manford xxx

Nithurshan(6s) I will miss everyone in class and miss my friends in manford and miss simmonds is a good teacher.

Dylan[6s]I will miss manford for ever

Melisa]6S}i will miss you all very much manfords been the best schoolxxxxx

Reece(6s) i will miss manford so much i will miss manford so much bye bye.

Saliha (6s) I will miss manford so much bye xx

Sam(6s) good bye x i will miss you

Michael(6S) I will miss everybody in the school, including all the teachers.

Felix(6s) Although I was only here a short time, I will always remember our little school.

James (6s) I will always remember the time when i made my first friend in nursery Bradrily. Bye Manford!

Liam(6s) I will miss my friends and some teachers at Manford.

Matthew(6s) I will miss manford forever and it will always have a place in my life.

Jack O(6s)I will miss manford it is like it has been a friend to me and i hope i would remember manford.

Kelsey (6S)ihope i would see manford again 1day it was our friend to us.

Zoe (6S) hope the school still lives without us and i will miss the school so much and i will be a sham to leave x x x

Kennedy(6s)i have enjoyed my time at manford but glasbury has been the best memoriexx.

Amy (6s) Manford has been a friend to me and has helped me all through the years. But now we have to say goodbye...

Sapphire (6S) manford has been a good school. I have lots of memories. I will miss everyone.

Conor B (6S) I have really enjoyed my time at Manford, I am going to be sad to leave.

Connor. C (6S) I am really going to miss Manford. It will always be a biggest part of my memories.

Jack.C (6S) My biggest memory will always be Manford. I wish it lots of luck in the future. I am going to miss the science lessons and the maths. I am also going to miss Miss Simmonds, Mrs James, Ann, Chris and Sam.

Bradrily (6S) I am always going to miss Manford as a school and all the teachers. I have really enjoyed all the lessons we done. I am going to miss Pete from Foundation Football, he made PE lessons fun!

Zayneb(6s) I have been at manford since nursery and i am goin to miss it so much.i will miss all my teachers forever.I have had a lot of fun!

MONIQUE (6S)I WILL ALWAYS TRESURE THE MEMORIES AT MANFORD AND WILL MISS EVERY ONE IN IT !

Jessica (6J) I have only been here two years-and have enjoyed myself soooooo much!!! My *fave* part was Glasbury-(I h8ed the food tho!) Do u remember when Francine fell in love with Adam? hahahahahahahaahahahaha! Gonna miss evryone-especially Rhian, Alex, Alyssa, Nivey, Lesley and Gina!

Alyssa (6J) i have spent my time at Manford for 3 years and now it has come to an end i think it has been great fun especially trips e.g Glasbury! I will miss all the teachers definetley Mrs James and Miss Simmonds!!!!

Nivethusha(6J) I have been here for 2 years and I really enjoyed my self, I especally enjoyed Glasbury because we got to do lots of activities, I will always miss my Friends and Teachers!!

londra(6J) Had a good time at manford.It has been brillient.I am especially going to miss my friends and they are Rhian,Alex,Lesley,Nivey,Alyssa and others more.I will miss my teacher in manford,that is mrs James.

Rhian (6J) Over the years i have been at Manford i have found best friends in which i hope to keep in touch with , had amazing oppertunities and had memories which will be with me forever. I will miss manford terribly !! :) :D

Francine (6J) i have been in this school since nursery ans now look we are all leaveing i will miss manford loads and never forget the teachers it all be a school to remember.

louie(6j) manford was a great school and i will never forget the teachers are great and i will always remember it.

Harry(6J) This school has been like a friend to me exsept when u gave me detonchons i will miss u manford bye!!!!!!!!!!!

Sam H (6J) Manford was like a new chrapter in my life and I will never forget the moments our little school and I will forget my time at Manford

Aisha (6J) I will always remeber my time at manford and I will miss it very much, my whole life is here.

david g (6j) I will alyas tresuer my time at manford,it has been a huge part of my life and i will never ever forget it.

Daniel (6j) Manford has been a friend to me and I will treasure my time at Manford

Gina (6J) Manford will always be special to me because I have been here since Nursery and it's been like a friend to me. Now I have to say goodbye, I am sad!

Sam. P (6J) I will always remember my time at Manford and all the good memories and my friends

Nikita (6J) Manford has always been a special friend to me and I will treasure the memories I have.

Josh (6J) I will never forget my time at Manford, I will always remember the good times and try to forget some of the bad times!

Yvonne (6J) I will never forget Manford. I will remember all the good times!

Callan (6J) I know I will always remember the good times at Manford and I will treasure them throughout my time at high school.

Daryl (6J) Although I have been here a short time I will never forget my time here at Manford. It has been really fun and cheerful.

Lesley (6J) I have made great memories at Manford and will never forget them.

Alex (6J) There have been good times at Manford and I will never forget them.

Inquiyad (6J) I will never forget Manford.

Courtney (6J) I will miss Manford very much.

Iisa (6J) I hope everyone in the future will have a great experience at Manford like I have.

Year 6 do the Apprentice!

2009-06-27T21:59:00.006+01:00

Manford's Big Bounce!

26th June was Inflatable Day / Summer Fete at the school.

During the day, the children were allowed to go on the inflatables for an hour .... better than a Literacy lesson I suppose! Year 6 had a great time jumping on the castles, racing through the obstacle courses, and getting stuck in the pirate ship.

After school, the year group ran their own stalls at the summer fete as part of the Yr6 Apprentice Challenge. The children had to set up and run their own business. All children worked hard during the week leading up to the fete and especially hard on the day. They all thoroughly enjoyed it and even made a profit!

Well done Yr 6, we are very proud of you.

Here are some pictures of the children on the inflatables:

Pictures of some of the Apprentice Challenge groups:

Clown Face Game

Beat the Goalie!

Spin the Wheel

Pin the bow on Miss Jacobs!

Cupcake Canteen!

Knock Down Pyramids!

Sponge the Teacher!

Groovy 1960's Day!

2009-06-23T17:09:00.014+01:00

1960's Day!

On June 23rd, Year 6 held a '60's day.

The day involved learning about and creating their own Popart, a 60's disco and a visit from John Lennon (an actor from Freshwater Theatre Company)!

The John Lennon visit allowed the children to learn about John Lennon, The Beatles and how influential music was to the youth of the '60's.

A great day was had by all!

Cycling at Redbridge Cycling Centre

2009-06-22T22:42:00.004+01:00

Have you heard about the new cycling centre that is in Hainault? Have you been there?

The Redbridge Cycling Centre is the most exciting new leisure facillity for cyclists in Essex and London. It has purpose built road and off road tracks.

15 children from Year 6 were lucky enough to have been choosen to go to there for two hours (17th June 2009). They were accompanied by Mr Bowsher, Ann and Luke. They had a great time, although they did find it very tiring and came back to school ready for a sleep... and that was just the adults!

Here are some photos to show you what a great time they had!

Look... No hands!

Could these be Britain's Gold medal winners for 2012?

All this cycling is thirsty work!

Feeling a bit tired Reece?

Canoeing and Sailing at Fairlop Waters

2009-06-22T22:18:00.006+01:00

Lucky Old Year 6!

During the Summer term, Year 6 were very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to have weekly sailing / canoeing lessons at Fairlop Waters.

6J go on a Monday afternoon to take part in sailing lessons and 6S go on a Friday afternoon to learn how to steer a canoe.

The children of 6J have enjoyed learning how to rig up a small and large sail to a boat and also how to sail it. There have been a couple of weeks where the children have not been able to sail, however they have enjoyed bellboating and learning new skills.

6S have had a great time working as a team at canoeing.

The first week, the children had to work as a team on the bellboats. It resulted in a huge water fight between the two boats but they worked well and managed to steer the bellboat back to shore!

During the other visits, the children had to work in teams of three to steer a KanKan. These were far riskier.... a number of children fell in the water! The instructors at Fairlop Waters had the children to stand up and sing 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes'. They had to jump when it came to the word toes! They also had to swap over to another KanKan. A few children found this quite frightening!

A great time was had by all, as you can see by the pictures:

6S Bellboating and Canoeing

6J Sailing

Goodbye My Friend!

2009-06-11T18:53:00.006+01:00

Year 5 & 6 End of Year Production

Years 5 & 6 are currently rehearsing for their end of year production called 'Goodbye My Friends'. The productions will be held on:

- Tuesday 14th July at 1.30pm

-Wednesday 15th July at 7pm

Tickets will be available nearer the time.

Please click on the link below to access the songs so you can practise at home!!

Year 6 Booster Classes

2009-03-26T19:54:00.006Z

During the run up to the SAT's, Year 6 have been taking part in extra fun sessions of Literacy, Numeracy and Science, after and before school.

These sessions are to help 'boost' their confidence and ability in these subjects a little more, in preparation for the tests in May. The teachers that hold the Booster classes ensure they are an hour of fun learning rather than a boring lesson!

The Booster sessions are:

ICT (Literacy, Numeracy and Science Revision) - Tuesday 3:20pm - 4: 20pm - Mrs Carleton
Literacy - Wednesday 3:20pm - 4:20pm - Mrs James
Numeracy - Thursday 8:15am - 9:15am - Mr Bowsher
Literacy - Thursday 3:20pm - 4:20pm - Miss Simmonds

This week's Literacy booster ( 25th and 26th March 2009),concentrated on the genre of Interviews. We re-capped on the features of an interview. They thought of informal questions they wanted to ask David Beckham and formal questions that they could ask the Queen or Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Once they had completed this task, the main task was to prepare and film an interview!
The children had to choose to interview: Peggy Mitchell, David Tennant, Jade Goody or Gordon Brown. They had to think of open ended questions to ask and also think of the answers.

Here are a few examples of the interviews filmed... Live!!!

RED NOSE DAY Friday 13th 2009

2009-03-13T16:46:00.006Z

A Great Day!
All children in year 6 came to school today in red clothes, with whacky hair and 50p to raise money for comic relief. We all enjoyed the day, biscuits were on sale, we learnt a lot about why we have Red Nose Day and we enjoyed our Red Nose Day Aerobics in the Hall. Check out our Funny Faces Gallery and our aerobic video below, we hope you enjoy.....

Christmas in Year 6

2008-12-16T16:20:00.013Z

Cards and Calendar Making

We have enjoyed designing and making our own Christmas cards and calendars this week.

Take a look at our finished products in the videos below!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!

Carol Singing to the residents of Pinewood Care Home

Reading Survey

2008-10-19T20:23:00.004+01:00

Do you love reading?

It is the national year of reading and it would be great to find out how much we all enjoy reading. Spend a few moments completing the survey below....

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Year 6 Leavers.....

2008-07-20T22:16:00.010+01:00

Memories of Manford 2008!

As the year 6 children enter their last few days of primary school they thought it would be nice to reflect on some of the memories they will keep forever as they move forward in their lives..........

6S
"Manford is a great school and I will remember all of the fun stuff we did like 60s day and the Apprentice Challenge." Gaby (6S )

"I have really enjoyed my time at Manford Primary School. I am going to miss all of the teachers and LSA's. Thank you to them all for helping me throughout the school. I wish all my friends good luck in high school." Daniel (6S)

"Manford is a great School, I'll never forget it. The best thing was 60's day. peace."Alfie (6S)

"Manford is a brilliant school. The teachers and LSA's are really friendly I will never forget Manford."Shaun (6S)

"Manford is an amazing school!It's full of exciting things to do and I never get bored during lessons.I just feel bad that I wasn't here long enough to know many of the teachers."Heidi (6S)

" Manford is a great school, it is so fun and everyone is so kind! I will miss all of my friends, LSA's and teachers, i will always come and visit! I really enjoyed Activity Week and the leavers BBQ!" Jayde (6S)

" Manford is the best school ever because there were friendly teachers and LSA's. I have enjoyed everything throughout my whole school life at Manford! And I will never forget the moments in this school and I will miss my friends and wish them a very good luck it their new high school! Kevin(6S)

"Manford is absolutely awesome, it has been a huge part of my life. This school is the best in the world!! I will miss all my teachers and Lsa's and espiacally my friends. I wish good luck to eveyone at Manford." Rawal (6S)

"Manford is a school that will always be in my heart I will never foget anyone here and I wish everyone Good Luck." Tharsa(6S)

"Manford what can I say it has been an inspiration to my life. I will never forget the best days at Manford like 1960's day, the apprentice, which I sadly missed but I enjoyed preparing for it. I wish good luck to all my friends who will be going to other high schools than me GOOD LUCK!" Alexandra (6S)

"Manford is a great school because I've enjoyed my time from year4 right the way to the end of year6" Sherylanne (6S)

"Manford has been great because I have enjoyed every year at school and I will miss it." Sandra (6S)

"Manford is the best school I have ever been in and I will miss everybody. This school will always stay in my heart" Neha(6S)

"Manford is the best school ever. I am going to miss all the teachers that taught me during my time here. " Tommy (6S)

"It is a great place here. I wish I could have another year here! I will miss all the teachers and LSA's, they helped me a lot." Jordan.B (6S)

"I will miss the school a great deal. I will miss all the teachers and LSA's. I will always remember how Chris Sword helped me a great deal in Reception when I wouldn't talk! Hard to believe now isn't it Miss Simmonds?!" Tarrell (6S)

''I have had a wonderful time at Manford and some bad times too ,I cant remember everything but I know I have had a really great time here and im sure every one at Manford feels the same way!!!! I WILL MISS YOU MANFORD!!!!!! '' Milanda(6S).

"Manford is the BEST SCHOOL EVER!!I will be really upset to leave but I have loads of memories I will carry with me forever.Shani (6S)

"Manford is my favourite school ever and i will miss all the teacher's and all the pupil's from manford when i leave school. When i go to high school i will go Manford to vist all the teachers who work there! i would allway's miss Manford primary school because it's the best school ever!!! Sophie (6s)

"Manford is the best school EVER!!!! I will really miss all the teachers especially Miss Simmonds because she is the best AND FUNNIEST teacher ever!!!I will really miss my friends and all the people. I have really enjoyed my time in Manford and I will really miss it. I will NEVER EVER forget Manford, as it is the best school in the whole world. I am looking forward to going to highschool but I will really miss manford and I will DEFINATELY cry on the last day:(!I will also DEFINATELY visit manford because I will never be happy if I never go back to Manford again! I WILL MISS MANFORD AND I WILL CARRY ITS WONDERFUL MEMORIES WITH ME FOREVER. Naba (6s) XxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX

''MANFORD is the best school ever!! I will miss all my friends and all the teachers which work in Manford. Kirandeep(6S)

"Manford Is Wicked, But i have to leave now and I'll miss it all the teachers and my friends in yr5 " Jordan (6S)

"I will never forget my great time at manford and I will miss all of the teacher"Louise (6s)

"Manford is a great school I will miss all of my friend's and teachers and LSA" Rebecca (6s)

"Manford has been a Fantastic primary school, I will never ever forget it. I will always Miss it especially the teachers, LSA and my friend's. I will also never ever forget my favourite teacher Miss Simmonds" Lareb {6s}xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Manford is a great school I will miss all of my teacher and friend and LSA " Mimi (6s)

"Manford is a fantastic school,I will miss it a lot." Hami(6S)

"I have had a great time at Manford and I am sad that I'm leaving" Mayowa (6H)

"I have had a great time at Manford Because it is a brilliant school because the children and teachers in manford and good bye manford"Charlie(6H)

"Manford has been a great school to me since I was in Nursery.Since i've grown older I have had lots of friedns.My best friends who have treated me with lots of respect are Charlotte,Rachel,Alison,Mayowa,Millie and Audrone they are great friends and I am going to miss them loads!!!!!!!!" (Heather 6H ) xxx

"Manford has been wicked. Meeting new friends and learning new stuff. Even though I disliked some people there was still others who I could tell anything. I have also met new teachers some I didn`t get along with, but most I got along with. I`ll miss everybody in Manford who helped me get through. (Harry 6H) See Ya!

"Manford has been a great school and I have made loads of great friends here. I will miss Manford a lot. Amy (6H)

"Manford has been a fantastic school because of all the friends i've made, and the new things i've learnt that i never would of knew before. I will miss it always! Jessica (6H)

"Manford has been a great school to start my life in.I have enjoyed everything I have done and I will never forget it" .(Andrew)6H bye!!

Manford has been a excellent school and I have enjoyed my time I will never forget the school.Samir (6H)

"Manford has been a great school that I have enjoyed. I have really loved all my friends that have treated me very well they are Charlotte, Heather, Jessica, Amy, Jasmine and last but not least Amie.I will never ever forget Manford Primary School.I wish Manford very good luck and wish them happiness!!! Audrone"(6H)

"Manford has been FAB!! I have had a great time at Manford but its finally the end :( but also I will miss my mates at manford who are... heather millie alison rachel mayowa and audrone love you guys oh and GOODLUCK MANFORD Miss you!!!" Charlotte (6H)

''Manford is a great primary school.I am going to miss Manford and my friends it has beehn a great time ,thank you Manford."MERIN (6H)

''Manford has been a Great School, I have made lots of friends and I will miss them all!! Good Luck in High School, Have a Good time!! I will miss you All!!'' Amie(6H)

''Manford is a great school. I have made loads of freinds and it will be dissapointed leaving them and all of them have helped me such as Charlie, Andrew,Shoaib,Samir and much more so bye Manford hello High School" Miraal(6H)

"Manford has been so much fun and i don't want to leave manford. It is a shame cause I have made loads of friends and I have to leave most of them behind, I have some really good friends suchas : Louise, Loretta, Sandra, Gabby, Charlotte, Heather , Rachel , Alison , Amie, Bradley , Charlie, Miraal, they have all been true friend during my time at Manford primary :). The teacher have also been very kind :) . I will miss ya all". see ya and good luck in ya new schools Elle xxxxx

"Manford has been great,I have had lots of fun and freinds such as Joel,Charlie,shoaib,Miraal,Harry,Elle,Hilton,Merin,Amie D and many more good bye Manford and hello Hainult High I cant wait to go to high school but I will miss Manford. Bradley (6H)

"Manford has been the best school ever,I will miss Manford so much I dont want to leave because I dont want to leave the kind friends that I have made and all the nice teachers like Miss Haywood and Miss Simmonds. Loretta (6H)

"manford has been a fantastic school and I will miss it with all my heart.I will miss manford so much I dont leave becouse I dont want to leave all my friends that i have been with since I started school the teachers i will miss is miss haywood,miss simmonds and mrs wix i will miss every one in manford and good bye primary school and hello high school.georgia(6H)

"manford has been greatest school I have ever been to I will miss my friends,Charlotte,Heather,Alison,Mayowa,Georgia,Elle and loretta to all of them i will rember every day of my live..

"Well Iv'e been here since year one and all the years have flew past so quickly,but Iv'e enjoyed it I'm going to miss all my close friends such as:Harry,Safia and everybody else,I will also miss some of the teachers.It has been a great time at Manford,I guess you never know what youv'e got untill it's gone bye Manford!!!!

"manford has been good but their was ups and downs but it has be a really good time here ill miss all my such as Charlie,Harry,mirralll,shoib,andrew but i will see people at high scholl,goddbye manford:) Hilton

"manford has been a great school but some bits I never liked but Im going to remember everone in it im going to miss my my mates (Heather,Charlotte,Rachel,Mayowa) GOOD-BYE MANFORD AND HELLO HAINAULT!!! alison 6H

"Manford has been a great school theres some hard times too,im going to miss all my freinds such as melissa,anna,safia...it will be hard to leave im going to miss manford soo much and il miss miss.haywood to as she is my first teacher!!!BYE MANFORD.salima(6h)

Year 6 Leavers BBQ

2008-07-20T14:32:00.008+01:00

As a special goodbye to the year 6's, a leavers BBQ was held for them on Thursday, 17th July.

Unfortunately, the weather was not very nice, but that didn't stop us!

The BBQ was moved to a marquee behind the junior hall and all activities were held inside. The children took part in games, karaoke and a disco!

Our trustworthy caretaker Luke, Ann and Cheryl took care of the food and cooked some delicious burgers and hot dogs for everyone!

The children were very well behaved and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Goodbye and Good Luck to you all!

6H girls and Milli!

Some of the girls from 6S

Alfie trying to moonwalk!

Come on Cheryl, where's our food?!

Playing badminton

Dancing to Soulja Boy

Playing Mega Connect 4!

Andrew appears to be having a good time!

1960's Day

2008-06-24T13:58:00.005+01:00

Year 6 enjoy 1960's Day

Year 6 disco

Year 6 travelled back in time today and relived the 1960's. Children enjoyed learning about the events of the 60's and were amazed by the events that occurred during one decade. All children dressed up to show the fashions of the decade. We had outfits from the early 60's (mini skirts) and late 60's (Hippies). It was clearly a decade of great music and fashion.
Throughout the day children listened to 1960's music, participated in a disco, where all manged the twist dance off. Children also created Andy Warhol style pictures and 1960's montages.

Creating our montages.

Cool dancing!

The whole day was great fun!!

Lights, Camera, Action!

2008-06-24T00:10:00.017+01:00

Final Performances!!

On the week beginning 14th July Years 5 and 6 performed their end of year production to the school and parents. After a rocky start the children performed fantastically in all 3 performances. They sang well and the acting was just as good. There were some fantastic solo performances that didn't leave a dry eye in the house. As you can imagine the usual teachers watching couldn't hold it together and the tears came flooding out, so that proves how successful the performances were. I know there were also a lot of parents who watched who commented how well the children had done and again there were lots of tears shed.

Not only did the children perform brilliantly, but also all the teachers and LSAs worked extremely hard, without these people the performances just couldn't go ahead, so thank you.

The sale of refreshments and photos raised a good amount of money for the school, which will be put together with the money raised by the year 6 at the summer fete to buy some equipment for the playground and a plaque will be placed in their memory.

Thank you to all who came and supported the children and school.

Below are the photos of the production!!!

Enjoy.......

Good Luck to the year 6 as they move to their next schools!!

Production Songs

Click on the icon below to take you to the music tracks

Lights, Camera, Action!

Sticks and Stones

Oh What a Drama

Naughty Step

Let Us Entertain You

You Raise Me Up

Celebration

Mr Fixit

Lunchtime Frontline

Be A Friend

Believe

Year 6 Literacy

2008-06-12T17:01:00.008+01:00

Year 6/7 Transition unit - Flatlife

After the hard work of the SAT's, we have been enjoying taking part in a transition unit that will be linked to our first couple of weeks of high school when we start in September.

In class we have been watching a short film called 'Flatlife'. It is an animated film about 4 characters that live next door to each other in a block of flats. There are lots of different situations that arise between the neighbours.... even a panda flying into the window!
It is a very funny film!

During class, we have been taking part in a lot of activities related to the unit, such as; Drama, letter writing (informal and formal), playscripts, making a new soundtrack, animation, designing a new flat and lots more!

During our drama session, we pretended to be the characters and held a residents' meeting to get to know each other.

It was great fun! Look for yourselves.....

Neha, Heidi, Tommy and Shaun's fantastic acting!

Amy and Amie in character!
We have had such a great time in the last couple of weeks during our Literacy lessons, we can't wait for more!

Gym Session

2008-05-09T14:56:00.007+01:00

On Tuesday afternoon Y6 enjoyed an afternoon of gym activities. The activities include thinking about balancing on points and patches, how to move around, under, through and over the apparatus, how to twist and roll and finally we had to create a sequence of balances on different parts of our bodies and link these with a roll or a twist.

The children really enjoyed the session, it was fun and they learnt a lot, even though there was a lot of maths vocabulary involved!

Take a look at us in action and watch some of us on the go......

Year 6 Podcasts- Clubs

2008-04-01T10:27:00.005+01:00

Which Club will you join?

Year 6 have been learning how to podcast for a while now. They have been creating podcasts to persuade children to attend different clubs around the school. Take a listen, which do you fancy joining??

Click on the link above to take you to a variety of podcasts!

Year 6 Dance

2008-03-14T14:54:00.001Z

Year 6 Learn the 'Quick Step'
Year 6 have just started a new History/PE topic all about dance. The children are involved every week in learning different dances through the decades. This weeks gruelling challenge was to attempt steps from the Quick Step! The lesson involved the whole of Year 6 and was a great work out as well as a lot of fun. We were all exhausted afterwards, especially the teachers.

Before beginning any form of exercise we need to warm up. The children enjoyed warming up to the favourite track of 'Cha Cha Slide'.

This is so much fun!!

Just watch the moves!!

Check out the concentration....

We were exhausted!

After all the exercise we were absolutely exhausted, but can't wait to have a go next week.

London Firebrigade

2008-03-10T18:15:00.000Z

Visit form the Fireman

Today Year 6 and the rest of KS2 had a really worthwhile visit from the London Firebrigade. The children listened to a talk on how to keep safe in the home and what to do if there is a fire.

Listening intently to the advice

Welcome to Year 6!

2008-03-09T16:57:00.000Z

Year 6-Our first entry!!
We have done it!, we have finally set up our year group blog, which we are hoping is going to be a great success. The aim of the blogg is to share work, events, thoughts and feelings and generally be an online diary that children, teachers and family can access.
We will creates posts as regularly as possible and hope to hear your comments!

Here are some of year 6 enjoying activity week at the Natural History Museum.

Photostory of activity week- created by Naba