Year 6: Blog items
Date: 23rd Feb 2023 @ 3:32pm
Year 6 began their new PE unit this week by learning several yoga poses, which improve posture, strengthen the core and increase flexibility. We started with the a simple mountain pose before moving on to the tree pose, warrior pose and chair pose. We then eded the session with a relaxing meditation.
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 7:01pm
In Music this week we have focussed on using Chrome Music Lab to create our own piece of music. We had to create something that fits in with the theme of disco as this is what we have been listening to.
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 6:55pm
In our last History session we took part in a Viking themed Now Press Play session. The children learned about:
- Life in Viking Denmark: the Assembly, reasons for leaving Scandinavia, longships
- Raids on monasteries and the invasion of England
- Viking attacks on Wessex and resistance by Alfred the Great
- Viking religion and gods (such as Thor), and writing in runes
Year 6 - healthy relationships and consent
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 6:51pm
During our RSE week, we explored different relationships and the qualities we want others to have in order to be in a relationship with them. We also disucssed what makes an unhealthy relationship and what to look for when we get older. We finished the session by looking at what consent means and why we must always ask for consent before we touch someone else.
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 4:02pm
As part of RSE week, Year 6 have been learning about how the body changes as we go through puberty. We have explored the importance of communication in relationships and considered different ways in which people might start a family.
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 10:13am
This week we have been learning about the prigins of 'Pride' month as part of our LGBTQ+ work. During 'No Pen Day', we had lots of discussions about what Pride month is and why it was first introduced. As part of Reading into Wriitng, we used what we have learned to write a non-chronological report. Here are our drafts - we are looking forward to completing our final piece of writing.
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 12:40pm
Year 6 have had a great morning - without pens or pencils! We took the opportunity to discuss, debate and challenge each other through a variety of activities. We started with some philosophy and considered a number of questions before feeding back our opinions to the rest of the class. In Reading into Writing, we learned about LGBTQ+ issues and the Pride movement before discussing discrimination and why being an ally is important. Finally, in our maths lesson we worked in groups to solve practical problems involving decimals.
Year 6 - A living graph in history
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 3:54pm
In today's history lesson we considered the question: How did the Vikings try to take over the country and how close did they get? We looked at key points during the Viking period and created a living graph that showed when the Vikings were more or less threat to conquering England.
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 3:50pm
Today we started our new music topic. We began by revisiting the elements of music, including tempo, dymnamics, texture, pulse etc. Then we listened to the song 'Disco Fever' and discussed it together. We broke down the song into how it was arranged (structure) and which instruments were used to create the song. At the end of sesison we began to sing the song - we will continue with learning it next week.
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 6:13pm
We begin our PE unit by playing team building and communication games. The children had to work as a team to protect the person who was wearing the bib. After several attempts, they learned how to communiate effectively and move around the hall as a group. We then began to learn two passes used in netball - the chest pass and the bounce pass. After practising each one, the children were challenged will some passing and moving games.
KS2 - Blackpool Schools Football Tournament
Date: 9th Jan 2023 @ 2:08pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team took part in the Blackpool Schools Football Tournament, which they qualified for before Christmas. The rescheduled event saw all schools from Blackpool take part in a couple of fixtures to determine who would go on to represent Blackpool at the finals on Friday.
As always, our Boundary boys put on a great show of character, determination and although they didn't qualify for the final, they came away smiling after a spirited performance.
Well done to all KS2 boys involved in today's event, you've done your school proud!
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 8:17am
Today we began our French unit - les Vikings. This involved listening to a song and translating the lyrics from French to English. We then worked through slides that introduced the Vikings and key information in French, which we translated again into English. We are now able to translate much larger sections of French because of the work we did during Autumn term.
Year 6 Introduction to Vikings
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 8:08am
Today we began our new History unit - The Vikings. We began with a flashback of all the history we have covered during our time here at Boundary. We discussed together where we thought each key event/period of time went on the timeline and researched dates so that we could accurately order them.
Then we had a quick recap on Anglo-Saxons, which we covered in Year 5. We talked about why we learn about Anglo-Saxons and Vikings together. We then looked at who the Vikings were, where they came from and why they came to Britain.
Year 6 meet and greet with BFC players
Date: 15th Dec 2022 @ 12:34pm
Today Year 6 were lucky enough to have a meet and greet with 2 1st team Blackpool FC players: Shayne Lavery and Sonny Carey. During their visit, Year 6 pupils asked them a range of questions, such as 'Who is the toughest team you've faced?', 'How did you feel when you first stepped out at Bloomfield Road as a Blackpool player?' and 'What job would you have had if you hadn't have been a footballer?'
We'd like to thank the players for taking the time to visit our children and answer their questions.
Reading into Writing so far this half-term...
Date: 8th Dec 2022 @ 12:14pm
Year 6 Poetry Workshop with Nathan Parker
Date: 6th Dec 2022 @ 4:56pm
Today Year 6 were lucky enough to have a visit from local author/poet - Nathan Parker. He spent the first part of the visit talking about his works and his inspirations for writing. The children then took part in several short activities that got them to think about emotions and rhyming words. By the end of the session, the children created a whole class poem around pets - we all had a great time with Nathan and we hope to work with him again.
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 8:14pm
In today's Reading into Writing lesson, we used discussion, debate and drama to understand the emotions, thoughts and feelings experienced by two characters in the book -Tell Me No Lies. After talking about the characters and listening to each others discussions, we developed a list of vocabulary that we could use in the diaries that we are going to be writing over the next few days.
Date: 29th Nov 2022 @ 8:47am
On Monday morning we travelled to Blackpool Sports Centre to take part in this year's Sportshall Athletics competition. The competition saw students compete in various field and track events, such as Standing Long Jump and the 4x1 Relay.
Unfortunately we fell short of qualifying for the North schools section but, as always, our pupils represented the school with great pride and attitude, with the team scoring highly in plenty of their events.
Year 6 - Using Music Notepad to Compose
Date: 24th Nov 2022 @ 7:11pm
We had a great music lesson today. We listened and appraised 'Fanfare for the Common Man' using the vocabulary on our new Music Listening Mats to describe the piece. We then went on to begin composing using the song 'Do What You Want To' as inspiration. We used the Music Notepad on Charanga to drag notes onto the stave. We listened to each other's compositions and provided feedback. We are looking forward to improving our compositions in the next lesson.
Year 6 Geography - Where do people live in the UK?
Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 6:40pm
Our geography lesson this week asked the key question: Where do people live in the UK? We began the lesson by recapping on what we had already learned about the UK, including countries and capital cities. We then went on to learn about where people live, focusing on the key differences between cities, towns, villages and hamlets. We used online maps to locate towns and villages on the Fylde coast, towns and cities in Lancashire and major cities in the UK.
Date: 22nd Nov 2022 @ 9:03pm
Today Year 6 were visited by 2 local magistrates. They gave the children information about the role of a magistrate and how they make their decisions when it comes to choosing the punishments given to those who have broken the law. We then acted out a mock trial where a child had been found guilty of cyber bullying through sending mean and threatening messages to another girl. We all enjoyed taking on our roles and acting them out.
Date: 21st Nov 2022 @ 3:39pm
This morning our KS2 boys football team travelled to Stanley Park to take part in the Utilita Cup, organised by Blackpool FC Community Trust. The tournament saw our boys placed into a group facing various schools from across the Fylde Coast.
The team battled well, representing Boundary well and putting their all into their performances. Falling short in the group stages meant we missed out on the semi-finals but the boys showed real determination, some fantastic skills and positive play against tough opponents.
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:26am
Today we had our second dance session based on the Haka. We recapped on the what we learned last week, which was the first 22 seconds of the dance. We then split the class and performed it at each other, making sure we used our faces to intimidate our 'opponents'. Once we had perfected the first section of the dance, we then improvised the next 22 seconds of the dance. We had to move as a group towards the other group and then perform our own actions that we thought would be inkeeping with the haka. Look at how firece we look!!
Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 11:16am
Today we had a visit from Debby Savage, a local PSCO, who delivered a 2-hour talk to Year 6 about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We had the chance to look at imitation drugs to know what they look like so that we know to avoid them as we get older - we were shocked to learn that some drugs can be disguised as sweets! She also told us the dangers of smoking and vaping. We learned that cigarettes are made up of lots of different parts - many of which can be very dangerous, such as amonia, glycerin, candle wax. Thank you Debby for such an informative talk.
Date: 15th Nov 2022 @ 7:17pm
Today we watched a video about gender stereptypes from Primary Futures. The video began by explaining that we were going to be introduced to 4 people whose jobs were:
- Tree surgeon
- Engineer
- Forest school leader
- Nurse
Before we actually saw the people, we had a good discussion as a class about what gender we thought the person who did each job would be. We realised that some of us went straight to a specific gender due to our prejudices about the roles of men and women in society. We then agreed that we can't make assumptions on people based slely on their gender.
