Mathematics
Year 6 have had a lovely time outside with our mascot ‘Motty’. They played lots of games in teams focusing on decimals and fractions. Well done all.
Science
Electricity science show
Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed watching the science show this afternoon focusing on electricity. It was brilliant to see how much knowledge the children had retained since learning about electricity in year 5. A scientist came to school to shows lots of demonstrations, the children had to make predictions about Read more…
Drama
Crossing the Line
Year 6 had the opportunity to take part in a workshop and monologue performance of Crossing the Line. It addresses the issues surrounding child criminal exploitation and gives the children the tools and understanding needed to identify and deal with these issues. We first watched the video, which explains the Read more…
Learning for Life
Crossing the lines
This afternoon, Year 6 have watched the film ‘Blurred Lines’ by Parvez Qadir. The film aims to tackle the topic of organised crime and county lines. During the film, we stopped and answer questions relating to specific topics: stranger danger; healthy friendships; peer pressure; grooming; keeping secrets or who to Read more…
British Values
Reflective Friday
For our reflective Friday, we read the story of one of our inspirational people – Harriet Tubman. We looked at how she managed to escape slavery in the southern states and then spent 11 years fighting to rescue other slaves. We looked through the window to see how her Read more…
Computing
Computing – Creating Spreadsheets
As part of our Purple Mash unit, we had to create a spreadsheet to record the results and probabilities of rolling dice. We recorded the totals and results, and used these to create graphs. We were able to use basic formulae to total our results automatically.
Science
Thermal Equilibrium
As part of our Science topic , Heat, we looked at carrying out investigations to show the process of thermal equilibrium. We placed our hands in both ice water and warm water. Then, after 1 minute, we transferred our hands to a tray with room temperature water. We found that Read more…
Christian Values
Who do I Trust?
This half term’s Christian value is trust. We looked at how the disciples trusted Jesus when he walked on water. We looked at who he trust the most in our lives and why. We drew around our hands and listed the 5 people we trusted the most.
Year 6 - Rowan
Year 6 Christmas party
Today year 6 have enjoyed their Christmas party. They have played games and busted some moves. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all the staff.
Computing
Analysing Fieldwork Data
Year 6 had taken part in a traffic survey on Queen’s Park Road, tallying the amount, colour and types of vehicles travelling to and from Heywood. To be able to understand the data better, we created a range of graphs to display our results visually, as a Geographer would Read more…