To retrace Darwin’s footsteps, Year 6 went on a virtual journey around the Galapagos Islands. We used Google Streetview to move around the islands, looking for plant and animal life to observe. We noted the living things we came across and drew conclusions from our observations, such as why certain Read more
Charles Darwin may never have fully developed his Theory of Evolution if it wasn’t for his trip on the HMS Beagle. We looked at plotting locations on a map, writing their location using degrees of longitude and latitude, and using scales to calculate the distances Darwin travelled.
In Year 6, we have been looking into the life of the famous scientist, Charles Darwin. We discussed how he studied living organisms around the world to compare and inspire his Theory of Evolution. We discussed how we could investigate what lives in our school grounds. We decided that Read more
Today we had lots of fun watching a company who came in to perform a Greek Myth for us. Their version made us laugh a lot and helped us to really understand the myth. We also worked in groups with the actors at various points throughout to check our understanding Read more
We went on an adventure to help to complete our ‘FANTASTICS’ to describe different things we could see, hear and feel. We will then be able to use this experience to help write a setting description for our new class story The Leopards drum.
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
This week we have been learning about what is under our feet. We found lots of facts about Inge Lehmann and what she discovered about the Earth’s core. We also made a model of the Earth using plasticine. Each colour representated a different layer on the Earth – the crust, Read more
Our new geography topic Tremors has been really fun so far! We have been learning about how volcanoes are made and learning about the three different types of rock – Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rock. We did an experiment with Coke and Mentos and used it describe how an 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
We have had a fab day today in our school trip to Knowsley safari park. We saw lots of amazing animals and had the chance to stroke a giant African snail and a snake. The children were all really brave as well and went into the bat cave. Read more