Year 6 were lucky to have a workshop with the Rochdale Pioneer Museum. We were able to build on all of our prior knowledge from our Industrial Revolution unit in History. We looked at living conditions, working conditions in factories, and how Rochdale was a key boom town during the Read more…
Today year 6 took part in a workshop delivered by Rochdale Pioneer Museum. The workshop consolidated all their knowledge from our topic this half term. The children focused on key vocabulary such as: Victorian Era, Industrial Revolution, agriculture, trading and cotton. The children took part in games, role play and Read more…
This morning Year 6 were lucky to attend Crucial Crew event at Rochdale Football Club. The children took part in various actitivies looking at ways they can keep themesevles safe in the community. The range of fun interactive workshops were from Greater Manchester Police, British Transport Police, Your Trust, Travelsafe, Read more…
Year 6 have been sharing their interests and favourite book recommendations during our social reading time. We use it as a time to read together, talk about the books we like and suggest books for each other to read.
Year 6 looked at answering questions on the painting ‘Gassed’ by John Singer Sargent. We looked at the story behind the image and looked at who the people were, where they were and what they could be thinking and feeling at that moment. We then looked at a specific aspect Read more…
Year 6 looked at how we can best analyse a famous painting. We looked at how artists tell stories or show feelings through their artwork. We interpreted the painting by trying to suggest its meaning, and looked closely to try and identify and notice small details, describing them after sketching.
Year 6 have been looking at ‘working together’. Although they did a fantastic job of this at PGL, today they also worked brilliantly in different teams. The focus of todays lesson was to look at the importance of working as a team implement various strategies to make ‘the best bridge’. Read more…
As part of our online safety unit, we looked at digital footprints, and how they can affect employability, the impressions we get of people, and future prospects. We assessed candidates based on their experiences and digital footprints across social media. From this, we looked at the information that would possibly Read more…
This half term year 6 are focusing on online safety. In today’s lesson, we looked at ‘our digital footprint’. The childre defined the meaning of a digital footprint and started to understand how and why people use their information. They also looked at appropriate online behaviour and the impact they Read more…
