As part of our continued studies around Darwin and his theories, we took on the role he would have had during his studies and expeditions. We delved into some of his studies and observations and noted what he would use them for and what he gained from them. After successfully 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 received a letter from two aliens called Zig and Zog telling us that their spaceship had crashed in our school grounds They wanted us to teach them about materials so they could decide which would be best to use to fix their spaceship. We decided to create a Read more…
We were definitely innovative at the end of Our Scrumdiddlyumptious topic! We made our own healthy breakfast bars including grains, oats seeds and dried fruit! It was lots of fun making them and they tasted delicious too!
Year 6 have looked at what makes up our blood, how are blood groups different and how scientist investigate blood. First of all, we looked at how we could be blood donars. We calculated how we inherit our blood type, who we could donate blood to, and who could Read more…
This week we have been using all the knowledge we have gained throughout our topic ‘Scrumdidlyumptious’. We worked as a group to design our own new healthy snack bar. This included giving it a name, deciding on ingredients, designing the packaging, creating a slogan, pricing including profit, creating and performing Read more…
We have really enjoyed our ‘Wriggle & crawl’ topic this half term. To finish our topic we made our own Minibeasts but then they escaped into Kaden’s garden to be in their natural habitat.
Year 6 looked at how and why our pulse changes. We wrote a hypothesis as to why our pulse may increase and decrease and what we thought we could do to help change this. We also looked at resting heart rates and what they can tell us. Year 6 decided Read more…
Year 6 studied and evaluated different pieces of abstract art. We learnt that there were no real set rules to abstract art and that we had lots of freedom when creating our own pieces. We looked at brushstrokes and techniques used in famous pieces, as well as how artists Read more…