In our English lessons this week, we have been learning about instructions. We had to follow Mrs Murphy’s instructions to make chocolate crispy cakes and then we wrote our own instructions explaining what to do. We were then allowed to eat the chocolate crispy cakes because Mrs Murphy was so impressed Read more
This half-term the children have been reading ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Roahl Dahl and re-writing their own versions using ‘The Write Stuff’. The children have watched clips of both the old and new film versions of the book to support their ideas before writing various sections such as Read more
To help inspire our ghost stories, we took a walk through a haunted house. We were able to investigate the setting and see how characters would react as they ventured through the house. We noticed lots of elements to the setting we had never before come across and Read more
Over the last few days in our English lessons, we have been learning about the difference between a question and a statement. We then had to write some questions that we would like to ask Little Red Riding Hood if we ever got the chance to meet her. Today, Mrs Read more
Year 6 have continued to demonstrate their impressive knowledge of the Circulatory system. The children have been able to recall many of the features of the system, even including some of the valves and vessels they have researched independently. . After recalling an amazing amount of information, the children were Read more
Wow last week we did some fantastic non-chronological reports about bees. We know lots of facts about bees and even worked hard to add a joke about bees as well.
In Science, we have begun to study the features of the human heart. We have used a range of models and diagrams to help us to play a number of games to memorise and identify the features of a human heart and the flow of blood through the heart.We have Read more
We were very lucky today as we had the M6 Theatre Company come to our school and put on a show for us. It was called ‘A Little Gift’. We all really enjoyed watching it and listening to the story. Thank you M6 Theatre Company!
Today saw possibly the most amazing reaction to a book we have ever witnessed in Year 6. For the past week, the children have been studying and inferring ideas and information from our latest book, The Watertower. Each day we revealed part of the story; each day the children complained Read more
In Year 6,we have had the opportunity to work with author Yvonne Weatherhead on her Starfly book series. Some of the children have spent a number of 3-4 day sessions studying the book, its characters, themes and images. As well as this, the children have been afforded the opportunity Read more