Year 6: Blog items
Date: 19th Jan 2022 @ 6:53pm
We have enjoyed another No Pen Day in Year 6. Together we started the day by looking at Thunks - thought-provoking statements that we use to generate lots of discussions. During the day we took part in a GPS session outside - we had to find questions hidden around the playground and go to the adults with the answers. We also worked in pairs to look through an arithmetic test with mistakes and discussed together what errors had been made. In the afternoon, we spent time on our DT topic. This involved threading a needle and practising a range of different stitches.
Date: 19th Jan 2022 @ 6:38pm
Today in DT we spent the afternoon practising our stitching skills. This involved being confident to thread a needle and then following tutorials that taught us how to complete 4 different stitches: running stitch, back stitch, overstitch and blanket stitch. In this topic we will be designing and making a mobile phone case and we will be choosing the sticthes that we want to use.
Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 8:03am
Date: 14th Jan 2022 @ 8:00am
In gymnastics this week we have been focussing on developing balances with our partner using a range of equipment. We have worked on using our partner for counter-tension and counter-balance and linked balances with a range of jumps and turns.
Date: 6th Jan 2022 @ 12:39pm
Our new French topic is 'Les Vikings' and runs alongside our History unit. In today's lesson, we used congnates and familiar language to decode a passage of French about the Vikings. We also enjoyed listening to and translating the song, "Nous Sommes Les Vikings'.
Year 6 An introduction to the Vikings
Date: 5th Jan 2022 @ 12:14pm
Although it was a chilly morning, Year 6 began their Vikings topic by learning outside. We worked in teams and enjoyed taking part in a teasure hunt for Viking facts.
Date: 13th Dec 2021 @ 1:24pm
We finsihed our science unit on electricity by completing a Just Press Play activity. We were transported into a world where the power had gone off and had to solve various problems to ensure it was reconnected. We learned about renewable energy and just how much we all rely on electricity.
Date: 12th Dec 2021 @ 8:22am
We had a lovely afternoon creating our nativity art. The children each created their own section of a stained glass window. The individual pieces, each depicting part of a nativity scene, were then joined to make a larger piece,
Date: 9th Dec 2021 @ 7:19pm
In Music today we have been looking at reading sheet music. Over the last couple of weeks we have been studying the different note lengths and names and today we had to use that knowledge to work out the names of the notes in a piece of music. We then used the glockenspiels to play several bars of the music - we managed to keep in time to the beat and together we kept the melody going.
Date: 9th Dec 2021 @ 4:05pm
This week in French, we have continued to learn about French verbs. After learning the rules for conjugating regular verbs earlier this half term, we have now begun to learn about irregular verbs. First, we found various French verbs in the dictionary and translated them into English. Then we learned how to conjugate the irregular verbs avoir (to have), aller (to go) and être (to be).
Date: 5th Dec 2021 @ 8:52pm
Date: 25th Nov 2021 @ 9:31pm
Today Year 6 were joined by local author Dan Worsley. Dan led writing workshops with both classes, which involved describing a villain in a scene. The children were given lots of tips and ideas for making their writing exciting for the reader and Dan was really impressed with the work that was produced. We may just have budding authors in our school!
Working Scientifically - Circuits
Date: 24th Nov 2021 @ 8:34pm
We had a great Science lesson this week. As part of our electricty unit, we focussed on working scientifically and fair testing. After recapping on what we had learned so far about electricity and circuits, we were given a tray of electrical components and asked to think about enquiry questions we could ask. We learned more about voltage and decided on the question - How does the number of cells in a circuit affect the brightness of a bulb? We then discussed fair testing and which variables we could change and which would stay the same, before making predictions about the outcome of the test.
Working out for Children in Need
Date: 21st Nov 2021 @ 6:46pm
Today we celebrated Children in Need by dressing up in spots and stripes. To wake us up for the day and give us energy, we took part in a Joe Wicks workout where we had to answer questions. Each question had 2 options and each option had an exercise movement!! It was a fun way to start the day.
Date: 18th Nov 2021 @ 5:55pm
Year 6 have been learning about musical notation this week. We learned how the notes on the treble clef are dislayed and talked about some simple ways to help us to remember them. The notes in the spaces on the staff are FACE - so we remember that using 'FACE in the space'. We spent some time practising reading music using an online program on our class Chromebooks.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 8:12am
In DT today we looked at gears and pulleys and how they work in order to create movement. We learned about gear trains and the direction in which gears go depending on how many gears there are in the train. We also learned about combinations of gears in order to speed up/down the gears.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 8:02am
Today we celebrated Remembrance Day as a whole school. We gather outside the school to pay our respects to those people who have served and died in all wars, especially those who died in WW1. Our Year 6 children read beautifully in front of such a big audience and we were very proud of the maturity they demonstrated.
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 7:48am
Today was our first introduction to yoga. We began our journey with breathing exercises and discussed the importance of taking time out and connecting our mind, body and soul. We started to learn the main yoga poses which included: cobra, downward facing dog, butterfly, cow and cat, warrior and many more. We can't wait to see where the rest of our yoga journey will take us.
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 7:38am
Leading up to Remembrance Day, we looked at famous World War poems and different styles of poppies. Using our art skills of sketching and the use of water colours, we created some poppy art over the top of the war poems. We discussed and remembered those who fell during the wars and thought about how their families and friends must have felt during this time.
Date: 1st Nov 2021 @ 1:01pm
We started our new science topic – Electricity – by experimenting with electrical components to make various circuits. We worked out how to make bulbs light up, motors move and buzzers sound. We used switches to investigate what would happen when the circuit was broken and tested various materials for electrical conductivity.
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 11:13am
Today we took part in the activity 'What's Under Our Feet?' This involved digging up a 30cm square section of earth and looking inside the soil to see what lives there. The purpose of this was to see the variety of living creatures available for birds to eat. We found earthworms, spiders and grubs in the ground. We also measured the earthworms to see if there were different types/sizes.
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 10:22am
In Reading into Writing this half term we have linked our writing to Black History Month. We were given the slave trade and Harriet Tubman to look at. We decided our piece of writing was going to be an autobiography written by Harriet Tubman. We researched all about her life and made lots of notes. We then drafted our autobiography and made edits based on teacher feedback. To finish the journey we completed a hot write - a final best version without all the mistakes.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 11:05am
Shadows were our area of investigation for this week's science lesson. We were presented with four key questions and various equipment that we could use to investigate them. We were asked to consider how shadows are created, waht creates the shape of a shadow and how you can make a shadow smaller or larger.
A journey through the the Mayan World
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 10:51am
We finished our History topic for the half term with a journey through the Mayan World using our 'Now Press Play equipment'. We were transported into the ancient civilation, met a Mayan king, heard about drought and sacrifices to the gods. It was a great opportunity to consolidate our learning.
The end of the Mayan Civilisation
Date: 19th Oct 2021 @ 7:33pm
Today in our history lesson, we have been considering how the Mayan civilisation began to decline. After hypothesising ourselves, we were presented with various pieces of evidence, which we had to consider. We grouped the evidence into different categories and learned that drought, poor soil conditions, rivals, revolt and disease all had a part to play in the fall of the great civilisation.
