Throughout Autumn 1, year 6 have been exploring a selection of paintings through art appreciation activities. Over the six weeks drew have been collecting ideas in sketchbooks and planning their final piece after researching the life, techniques and artistic intentions of an artist that interests them. The children have produced Read more…
During our computing lessons, the children have been looking at the effects of too much screen time. All children in Year 6 completed a survey at home to find out how much they actually spent on their screens (TV, phones, iPads, computers etc). The children then completed a poster on Read more…
Year 6 are starting a new topic all about Industrial Revolution. Today, we had a visitor from Rochdale Pioneer Museum (Cat), who delivered a workshop all about our new topic. The children were fully immersed in Rochdale during the Industrial Revolution. They focused on working conditions, food and living conditions. Read more…
This week we have read the story Owl Babies. The children used different materials to create their own owl picture. It was lots of fun and everyone was really creative! We have spoken about how an owl would feel and discussed words to describe owls. The children chose soft materials Read more…
This week in science, both year 6 classes have been looking at chemical reactions and have been consolidating their knowledge on physical changes and what they are. The children observed 3 different chemical reactions: burning paper, lighting a candle and the volcano explosion. From this, the children were able to Read more…
During Art, we have been looking at finding meanings within a painting. Children have been looking at vocabulary such as tone, line, colour, pattern and shape. Children used descriptive language to tell the story in various paintings they observed. Then, children painted a picture that related to a story or Read more…
Year 6 have been working extremely well throughout our RE topic, ‘what do religions say to us when life gets hard?’ Within this we have been looking at life after death and Heaven. In our lesson today, we have explored Heaven and what it looks like. We have to Read more…
This week during computing, Year 6 have been looking at coding. They have explored, investigated and made different games on scratch. The children worked very hard, thought about the schools secrets of success (don’t give up, concentrate and push yourself) whilst using scratch. Well done.
Within our science topic ‘particles and chemical reactions’ year 6 have been learning new scientific vocabulary such as soluble, insoluble, solvent, solute, solution particles, pure and impure substances. The children have worked very well to carry out investigations and experiments and work scientifically. Today, we used filter paper, funnels and Read more…
This half term Year 6 are looking at ‘Me and my relationships’. This week we have focused on different situations and gave advice to each other. The children worked cooperatively to sensibly discuss and give advice. We considered whether the friendship sounded positive and healthy or not? Is it a Read more…