Year 6: Blog items
Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 7:38am
Today we started our 3D modelling unit using the website Tinkercad. Our first lesson was an opportunity to get to know how to add shapes to the workspace and how to change the size, shape, colour and position of a range ofshapes. We worked through a selectionof tutorial tasks to prepare for the next few sessions.
Date: 20th Nov 2024 @ 6:21pm
As part of our Geography unit, The UK, this week we have explored Human Geography. This is how humans interact with their environment and how they use the Earth's resources. The children produced some wonderful double page spreads all about the different aspects of Human Geography.
Year 6 - Investigating Voltage
Date: 20th Nov 2024 @ 4:12pm
We had a great Science lesson this week investigating the effect on a bulb of adding more cells to the circuit. We learned that the greater the number of cells, the brighter the bulb.
Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 3:51pm
To link in with 'Remembrance' week, we have produced pieces of art linked to poppies. We began the session looking at different way to shade and add depth with art pencils and pencil crayons. We then looked at a range of different poppies and sketched our own. Finally, we added colour to our poppies using the shading techniques we looked at.
Year 6 - Discrimination and Stereotyping
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 9:44am
As part of antibullying week, Year 6 have been learning about discrimination and antibullying and how this can manisfest in bullying. We took part in an 'Apprentic' style activity where we had to 'fire' someone based on the information we had learned about them.
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 2:20pm
Today we were visited by the fire service who recapped on fire safety and then talk to us about road safety. We recapped on making sure we wear bright colours at night, such as fluorescent jackets. We also talked about the importance of not being on our phones when we cross the roads or listening to music. As the nights are now getting darker we must keep ourselves safe.
Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 7:23am
In today's lesson, we recapped on our learning from last week including the four countries of the UK, their capitals and the seas surrounding the British Isles. We then went on to discuss where people in the UK live. We learned about cities, towns, villages and hamlets before using maps and online atlases to locate major towns and cities in our local area and the UK.
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 9:37pm
This week across school we have been celebrating Anti-Bullying week. We started the week off with the a whole school assembly based around this year's theme ‘Choose Respect’. Throughout the week the children have been learning about being respectful and why this is such an important skill for life. Alongside this they have also been exploring the theme of bullying including what it means, different types of bullying, what to do if you are being bullied, the difference of a bystander and upstander, how to solve conflicts and what discrimination means. We finished of the week by inviting everyone to wear odd socks to celebrate everyone’s differences and promote kindness. What a fantastic week we have had!
Date: 31st Oct 2024 @ 9:14am
We began our new geography unit - The UK - with a whistlestop tour of the British Isles. We we looked at maps and explored the countries that make up the United Kingdom and Great Britain. We recapped on the 8 points of the compass and looked at the regions of the UK.
Date: 28th Oct 2024 @ 11:05am
Today in Year 6, we had a visit from someone who works for Lancashire County Council - Tim. His workshop focussed on the 5 British Values: Rule of Law, Mutual Respect, Individual Liberty, Tolerance and Democracy. We talked about how we can all demonstrate the British Values in school and the wider community. It was a really informative workshop and the children gave some excellent answers to questions posed. We are very proud of how mature Year 6 were during the session.
Year 6 - Symbolism and words used in Christian ceremonies
Date: 17th Oct 2024 @ 3:40pm
In our latest RE lesson, we explored how words and actions can convey meaning in Christian ceremonies. We looked at the words used in baptism, the symbolism used in holy communion and the symbolism of the rings in mariage ceremonies. We worked in small groups to answer questions about what we had learned.
Date: 16th Oct 2024 @ 4:33pm
This half term we have linked our writing with our work on Black Hisgtory Month. We learned about Harriet Tubman, a slave who lived and worked on a plantation in Maryland in the early 1800s. She escaped from her master and went on to have a successful life helping other slaves who escaped. We wrote news articles linked to her escape and typed them out. Have a read at some of our work below...
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 3:55pm
Today we held our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. We are very proud of all the children for being their house representative and spelling some very tricky words in front of the whole school. The over all winners were Bathurst, who managed to spell 14/15 spellings across all 5 years groups.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 12:38pm
Our unit this half term has been the Ancient Maya. We have learned all about the ancient Maya, a civilisation that lived in the rainforests of Mesoamerica and spanned over 300 years. We have learned how their people used the resources at hand to make tools, weapons and places to live. We have learned about what they ate, what they wore and how they entertained themselves. We have really enjoyed learning all about this ancient civilisation.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 8:35am
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival. Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live. The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.Thank you to everyone for their support.
Year 6 - Investigating Refraction
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 8:26pm
Year 6 has a great Science lesson this week. The children were amazed by the illusions created by refraction. We learned that refraction distorts images and can even reverse them!
Year 6 - Investigating Shadows
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 12:42pm
Our science lesson this week was all about shadows. After recapping on our learning from previous weeks, we were set the challenge of investigation various questions such as what material creates the darkest shadow and how can you make a shadow smaller or larger.
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 5:38pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 4:41pm
Today we celebrated the European Day of Languages by holding a special assembly. We talked about why it is important to know about other languages and cultures and how this might help us when we grow up. We discussed the characteristics that you need to learn a language including enthusiasm, curiosity, perseverance and self motivation. We ended with a languages quiz and learned a greeting song in French.
Year 6 - Investigating Light in Science
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 10:25am
Our Science topic this half term is light. After recapping on our learning from Year 3 and discussing the vocabulary that we need to know, we learned that light travels in a straight line. We conducted an experiment to prove this.
Year 6 Computing - Introduction to Spreadsheets
Date: 18th Sep 2024 @ 3:41pm
Today we began out Computing unit on spreadsheets. The first lesson included learning about how to input data into cells and how to format cells to change the size, colour and style of text. We also began to look at how to add a formula to specific cells in order to add together numbers.
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 12:41pm
This half term, Year 6 will be learning about grammar in their French lessons. We started by looking at indefinite articles - un and une, the French words for 'a'. We recapped on the fact that French nouns have a gender and that un is used for masculine nouns and une is used for feminine nouns. We used French dictionaries to find the gender of nouns.
Date: 11th Sep 2024 @ 1:04pm
Today we began our unit on Invasion Games. We discussed different types of sports that invloved working as a team for a common goal. We then looked at dribbling in basketball and footbal and practised both of these skills.
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:55am
To begin the year we have all been thinking about our goals for the year ahead. We discussed what a goal is and how we can achieve them by breaking the goal down into small achieveable steps. We are all going to be working hard this year to achieve social and academic goals.
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:48am
This week we started our Music unit looking at soul music. We listened to and appraised the song 'Do What You Want To!' and discussed the elments of music surrounding the song: tempo, dynamics, texture, lyrics etc.
