Year 6 have been working extremely hard to produce some excellent work in our English lessons. During our grammar session today, we looked at different ways in which we can improve a very simple sentence. The children worked in pairs to add in adjectives, adverbs, similes and relative clauses to Read more
In science year 6 explored thermal equilibrium through two different hands on, practical activities. We discussed how when we say something is ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ we are saying it is hot or cold compared to us. The children explored this theory by placing their hands in freezing water, room temperature Read more
Our new topic in Art is Photography. today the children looked at various examples of work from other artists: ‘Peter Kennard’ and Jerry Uelsmann’. The children eventually created a photo montage using secondary source photographs. They did a brilliant job and their personalities really shone through their work.
Today Year 6 started their new topic in Science – Heat. First the children recapped prior learning all about states of matter and how particles behave. Through drama, the children demonstrated the behaviour of particles before they started to learn about the effectives of heat on the particles as they Read more
Today Rowan worked in groups to design, prepare and cook a three course meal. Every child had the opportunity to chop, blend, fry or prepare either the starter, main or dessert. For starter the children had a range of vegetables with a humous dip. For the main we cooked a Read more
Year 6 have started a new topic in Geography – Fieldwork. We have been looking at what fieldwork is; why geographers carry out fieldwork; where you can carry out fieldwork; what the purpose of it is? We looked at the examples of fieldwork that are being carried out by geographers around Read more
This week the whole school took part in the Christingle service by Rev. Kirsty. The children discussed the purpose and the meaning behind the Christingles before making their own. The children recognised that Christingle is a joyful celebration that brings families and communities together to share the light of Jesus Read more
Congratulations to our new STEM ambassadors! Their role in school is to promote science, plan, carry out and evaluate different scientific enquiries. Yesterday, our STEM ambassadors investigated ‘How far can a paper aeroplane fly’ as part of the Ogden Trust. The children changed the size of the aeroplanes they made Read more
Throughout the day, Year 6 had to opportunity to remember those who lost their lives at war making a better life for us. Firstly, both classes walked to the local cenotaph to lay our schools’ poppy wreath. Children paid their respects by completing two minutes silence and then discussing why Read more
We were so glad to be back together today. We have a fun filled day with party games, karaoke and a water fight. Miss Ainsworth was so naughty and filled up the bucket to cheat mwah! The children have had a lovely first day back. If you are isolating tomorrow Read more