Music
More fun with sound: We completed a science experiment to see how the amount of water in a glass container effects the sound. We also went out in the lovely sunshine to experiment using a string telephone.
Computing
Tour of the Galapagos Islands!
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
Art & Design
Frogspawn 🐸
This afternoon, we have had some frogspawn arrive in Reception. We have all had a chance to examine the frogspawn and look at them close up. It was very interesting seeing real frogspawn! We have been learning about the life cycle of a frog and we are all very excited Read more
Computing
Beat, band, boogie
This week we have been making music using purple mash and we have been on a sound hunt around school. We went on a walk around school and around the school grounds. We loved working outside in the lovely weather this week.
Science
Observing Live and Dead Specimens
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
Geography
Darwin’s Journey
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.
Art & Design
Building Bug Traps!
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
Science
Aliens have landed!
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
Design and Technology
Our healthy breakfast bars were Scrumdiddlyumptious!
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!
Art & Design
What is blood and is it all the same?
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