RNLI – Water safety

As part of our Geography topic ‘Coastlines’ we have been learning how to keep safe near water. We have been learning about the RNLI, we went outside to find facts about the RNLI and answered questions about safety at sea.  

Erosion

In Geography, we have been looking at erosion. We looked at how erosion can cause the coastline to change over time.  We then did an experiment by creating a cliff using sand and water. We made a wave and could see the effect it had on the sand.

Changing Landscapes

Do you know where a river starts and finishes? Maple have been learning about the ‘source’ and ‘mouth’ of a river. We know that a river begins high up in the mountains and ends when it flows into the sea. Maple have also been investigating how a river can change Read more…

Penguin Planning!

We looked at how to effectively create non fiction shapes and map out an information text about the Penguins of Antarctica.   We we used images to summarise each paragraph and then used shapes to break each individual paragraph down into smaller chunks.   When we we come to write Read more…

Amazing Icebergs

Year 6 had the chance to investigate how icebergs are formed, where they are found and the impact they can have, such as in the story of the Titanic. We created our own icebergs and used ice cubes to represent smaller chunks of sea ice. We then looked at the Read more…