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Year 6 Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Year 6

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  • 29/11/24

    Friday 29th November

    This week Year 6 participated in a CO workshop!  Children were able to get a better understanding of what carbon monoxide is and how to detect it through symptoms on the body. They were then able to create a news report to demonstrate their learning. 
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  • 22/11/24

    Friday 22nd November 2024

    This week in Science, Year 6 learnt about scientific circuit symbols.  First, the children discussed the purpose of a circuit before identifying parts of a circuit and their scientific symbols.  They were then able to practice drawing scientific symbols before drawing a scientific cir...
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  • 14/11/24

    Friday 15th November 2024

    This week, Year 6 went to PGL at Windmill Hill. The children participated in 3 days of adventurous activities! This included rock climbing, survival skills, Aeroball, Jacob’s ladder and many more! We are very proud of year 6 for their bravery and overcoming their fears! Well done! 
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  • 08/11/24

    8th November 2024

    In English, our new core text this term is called Phillip Pullman, Fairy Tales from the Brother Grimm. We have focused on the fairy tale ‘Cinderella’, which has an unexpected plot twist! This week we were discussing and harvesting vocabulary from the text. We discussed the meaning of eac...
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  • 25/10/24

    25th October 2024

    This week in Science, year 6 worked in groups to create a working periscope to solidify their understanding of reflection. 
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  • 17/10/24

    18th October 2024

    For Black History Month, year 6 have been learning about the life of Mary Prince.  On a post-it note, each child wrote a statement about what the word ‘Freedom’ means to them.  We then looked at the features of poetry before writing a short poem about Freedom. 
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  • 11/10/24

    11th October 2024

    This week, year 6 had their reading for pleasure lesson in the school library. Children were able to pick from a variety of books to read whilst finding a comfortable spot to enjoy their reading! 
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  • 04/10/24

    4th October 2024

    This week in year 6 we have been reading our class book ‘Lamb to The Slaughter’ by Roald Dahl. We have been exploring our emotions and worked individually to act out different emotions which we will use in our writing.  In math we have be working on long division as well as co...
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  • 27/09/24

    27th September 2024

    In Art this term, children will create a sculpture linked to their History learning on the Ancient Greeks. This week, year 6 took a closer look at some of the Ancient Greek sculptures before sketching and designing their own sculpture in their Art books. Later in the term, they will use their sketch...
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  • 20/09/24

    20th September 2024

    This week in English, year 6 started reading their core text, ‘Lamb to the slaughter’.  The children were able to develop their understanding of the story and the characters in the book through drama. In groups, they rehearsed their scene before performing for the rest of the cla...
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  • 13/09/24

    13th September 2024

    This week in Maths, children were exploring numbers up to a million on a number line.  In groups, children used a number line to create numbers with a start and end point.  They then explored different strategies in finding missing numbers on a number line by working out the difference bet...
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