During the Spring term, Year 6 have been studying the history of civil rights and civil rights movements in America, in particular from 1950 onwards. We looked at famous events, rules, laws, attitudes and people. We learnt that America was very different during the 1950s, and that it took Read more
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, Year 6 looked at learning, writing and performing a range of poems to celebrate reading. We also designed front covers for the class novels which have inspired our reading and writing this year. All of our activities have helped contribute Read more
This morning, Year 6 had a visitor, Reverend Kirsty who came in to task about Ash Wednesday. The children took part in lots of discussions where they had to decide how sorry they would be for a particular incident. Ash Wednesday is all about how Christians confess their sins and Read more
This week, Year 6 were lucky enough to have the chance to watch a fantastic performance of ‘Blurred Lines’, which discusses and explores the topic of child criminal exploitation (CCE). The child watched a video and discussed issues based on a work pack provided to support their understanding of Read more
As part of our transition to high school, we created rivers to symbolise our journey through primary school. After this, we transformed our rivers into boats and took them to Queen’s Park. We then let them set sail down the River Roach to show that our journey continues, even Read more
Unfortunately, the Year 6 Banner service couldn’t be held at the cathedral this year, however resources were sent so we could hold our own service in school. Rev. Kirsty led the service for us and the children shared songs and prayers they had written themselves.
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
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
This week, the whole school have been helping to raise money for Children In Need. Each class have been completing the ‘Act Your Age’ challenge in their PE lessons with our PE coach Mr Tomkins, and today came to school in their pyjamas. Mr Tomkins is amazed at how well Read more
Parents: As part of our WW2 topic, Year 6 wrote a letter, describing what it was like to be evacuated. They had to talk about the journey to, and arriving at, the station, what their host family was like, and how much they were missing you. The children have Read more