This half term, Year 6 are investigating prayer as meditation. To start our topic, the children took part in a series of guided meditations and then discussed the impact and effect they had on themselves, and how they felt they would impact on others. After much relaxation (and Read more…
As part of our Frozen Kingdom topic, Year 6 had to try and construct food webs to show predators and prey in the Arctic. We studied many of the animals, where they live, the conditions they need, where they would likely hunt, and investigated further into the animals’ eating habits. Read more…
During our English lessons, we have been writing newspaper reports about air raids in London. We focused our reports on The Blitz bombings on London and spent a morning immersing ourselves in 1940s London. We came up with some thoughtful questions and gained lots of understanding of the events we Read more…
We had the chance to investigate The Blitz from both British and German perspectives. We looked at how Britain had to try and tackle a continuous onslaught of German bombing raids, evacuating children to the countryside and also enforcing blackouts. We also looked at how the German Air Force could Read more…
What was life like for an evacuee during World War 2? We looked at images to try and infer what evacuees were thinking, feeling and how they would act during the war. We noted how we would feel and what we would think if we were in their position. Read more…
Year 5 & Year 6 have begun a week long ‘Battle of the Bands’ on TT Rockstars. The children can earn points for their band each time they play. The two bands will be playing across the week, both at home and in school, to try to earn points which Read more…
An interesting, informative and important visit from Heywood Fire Station to help us to learn how to stay safe near water as the weather starts to improve (hopefully). Well done to the children and Miss Smith for getting involved trying on the equipment and also asking some very mature questions Read more…
This half term, Year 6 have been writing ghost stories. To help imagine what it would be like for characters in different settings, we’ve been immersing ourselves in a range of settings such as graveyards, haunted mansions, basements and attics. The children had the chance to explore the settings, taking Read more…
Over the last two weeks, Year 6 have started using TT Rock Stars to help improve our table knowledge and recall speed. The children have all improved their baseline speed, some over 2 seconds quicker per times table when recalling table facts. The children have really enjoyed the Read more…
Over the last week, Year 6 have been looking at a range of elements linked to algebra. Through the use of manipulatives and practical activities, we have developed our contextual understanding of a number of areas: substituting values into a formula; balancing expressions; expressing number problems algebraically; nth term and Read more…