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Codebreaking at Bletchley Park

Year 5 and 6 became codebreakers for the day at Bletchley Park earlier this month. Class 4 took part in a workshop, decoding D-Day messages in morse code, and translating alphabetical codes. We all worked really hard and enjoyed the challenge!

We explored the onsite huts that formed the offices of the codebreakers at Station X (Bletchley Park’s code name during World War 2), and we were so excited to see the office of Mathematician Alan Turing, whose work on the Enigma machine we have been learning about in class. We saw a replica of the Bombe machine, which was instrumental in breaking the Enigma code, helping to shorten World War 2.

Our tour guides were extremely helpful and told us what life was like for the 9,000 strong workforce at the site during the war. Despite the rain, we all had a great day!

Exploring nature for National Poetry Day

For National Poetry Day on 6 October 2022, Class 4 explored a fantastic text called The Lost Words, which contains poetry about nature. We delved into a number of different poems, before writing our own poems on a plant or animal of our choice. Everyone enjoyed searching for words and metaphors that could creatively describe the animal or plant we were writing about. Working in pairs to chat through our ideas, we created acrostic poems that illustrated different aspects of nature.

The following week, we illustrated our poems, using line drawing and watercolour paint in a similar style to the illustrations in the text. There were some fantastic designs and painting techniques, and everyone experimented with mixing the right colours for their animal or plant.

The finished poems and illustrations are very creative and will be on display in the Resources Area very soon!

Upcoming Events

20 Mar
Class 2 Federation Day
Date Wed, 20 Mar 2024
22 Mar
FOYS Disco
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
27 Mar
Last day of Term 4
Wed, 27 Mar 2024
15 Apr
First day of Term 5
Mon, 15 Apr 2024
17 Apr

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