Year 6

Year 6 Blog:

Curriculum / School News / Year 6January 11, 2019
Talented artist in Y6!Tremendous pencil sketching by this talented artist in Y6. “I look for points of reference and these help me. I practice a lot and love drawing!” Incredible! 😊... Read more...
Science / Year 6December 13, 2018
Demonstrations in Y6Science Demonstrations Pupils in Year 6 demonstrated their scientific skills after school when parents were invited in to take a look at our new resources and find out about what we’ve been doing lately in science. Parents and carers were asking many questions as the children confidently demonstrated two experiments. Miss Boardman spoke about how some of the new resources work and invited parents to get hands-on with them.... Read more...
Science / Year 2 / Year 6December 12, 2018
Science ClubThis week we used the following equipment to create some a Christmas science: ~ Plate ~ Whole milk ~ Cookie cutters ~ Food colouring ~ Liquid dish soap We poured a thin layer of milk into a shallow plate and then arranged the cookie cutters in their dish of milk. The children squeezed a few drops of food colouring onto the milk within the cookie cutters and then put a drop of liquid dish soap into each cookie cutter. The colours spread out like little fireworks, but stayed within the cookie cutters. We watched the colours mix and churn. When we were ready, we lifted the cutters and watched the coloured milk burst through its old boundaries and then they began to mix together. The Science Part First, all liquids have a property called surface tension, which refers to the way the molecules on the surface of the liquid bind together tightly. Surface tension is what makes liquids form a dome on the top and what makes liquids form into little individual droplets. Food colouring floats on top when it is added to milk. Once dish soap is added, the dish soap molecules bond with the milk molecules, breaking the surface tension. The molecules on the surface spread out, creating the firework or marbled effect.... Read more...
Year 6December 6, 2018
Superb Maths in Year 6... Read more...
Science / Year 2 / Year 6December 3, 2018
Candy Cane ScienceWith it now being December, we were feeling rather festive during our Science Club this afternoon ⛄️🎅🏻Using our understanding of the composition of a candy cane, the pupils predicted what they thought would happen when they were placed in five different liquids: cold water, hot water, soapy water, oil and vinegar. We made the test fair by keeping the amount of liquid the same; we measured and weighed the candy cane to ensure they were equal in size. After just eight minutes, the candy cane in the vinegar, cold water and soapy water had begun to dissolve, however the one in the hot water had significantly dissolved and was removed of its stripes. The oil seemed to have very little effect, but we are going to leave them over night and observe what happens tomorrow! The next day… The oil (in the middle) had preserved the candy cane and acted as a barrier. The water and vinegar had completely dissolved the candy cane (whilst the detergent had kept the water clearer on the far right, with the sediment lying on the bottom).... Read more...
Year 6November 30, 2018
Writing in Y6Pupils in Year 6 have loved rising to their challenge this week – to write riddles about various Christmas items to be shared as a festive family game. The children had three Learning Centres to be involved with: Language Techniques; Similes and Metaphors; Christmas Item Descriptions. Some fantastic riddles have already been written and we will be composing more next week.... Read more...
Science / Year 2 / Year 6November 26, 2018
Science ClubThe pupils in Year 6 have joined with their younger counterparts in Year 2 after school on a Monday for Science Club. Collaboratively, the pupils discuss, plan and carry out investigations. This week we created catapults; the pupils thought about the variables they could change in order for their contraption to have greater impact. Using gummy bears, paper and coins as ammunition proved to be such fun!... Read more...
Science / Year 6November 23, 2018
Researching Endangered SpeciesChildren in Year 6 were so interested in learning about Natural Selection and how this can lead to the extinction of species that they decided to find out more. Using our understanding of the concept, we delved further into other reasons why animals can become extinct. The children used the Chromebooks to find answers to their very own scientific questions they had asked.... Read more...
Year 6October 19, 2018
Excellent writing in Y6!I had the pleasure of meeting these three boys this morning and looking at their books. They were delighted to share their diary writing with me and the improvements they could show me in their writing and presentation was amazing! Before: After:... Read more...
Maths / Year 6October 19, 2018
Unpicking Errors in Year 6The children were given a problem in maths today and they had to unpick where the children, who had previously completed the calculations, had gone wrong. They explained their methodology thoroughly and demonstrated a secure knowledge of long multiplication.... Read more...
PE / Year 6October 12, 2018
P.E in Year 6Year 6 have loved tag rugby. Today we played a few games before showcasing some excellent rugby passes in groups of three.... Read more...
Curriculum / Year 6October 9, 2018
WW2 Baking!Our wonderful pupils in Y6 have been busy baking WW2 cakes, demonstrating how rations impacted the lives of those who witnessed the war. We are about to taste the cakes this afternoon (although the boys have warned us they aren’t as tasty without the use of eggs which were sent as a priority to the soldiers for protein!)... Read more...
Science / Year 6October 9, 2018
Y6 Science HomeworkThe children in Y6 have been putting a lot of effort into their homework. These two children did a sterling job of explaining how animals adapt to their environment.... Read more...
Science / Year 6October 8, 2018
Space Sand in Y6Year 6 have been celebrating World Space Week (4th – 10th October). The children got involved in an experiment whereby they found out the difference between space sand, which is likened to the sand on Mars, and ‘earth’ sand. We found that one sand is hydrophobic (dislikes water) whilst one was hydrophilic (likes water) – can you guess which one is which?... Read more...
Science / Year 1 / Year 2 / Year 3 / Year 4 / Year 5 / Year 6October 8, 2018
Science Ambassadors 2018-19Last week, we recruited some new Ambassadors for Science. The children had to apply for the role; some of the applications were amazing with so much effort being put into them. From Y1 to Y6, the pupils will be shining examples during science lessons, when they will don their lab coats and goggles whilst helping their classmates and teacher with the set-up, procedures and lesson content. We will meet every few weeks to discuss all matters scientific.... Read more...
Science / Year 4 / Year 6October 8, 2018
Year 4 World Space Week HomeworkThe pupils in Year 4 delighted Miss Boardman and Year 6 with their homework. The children were asked to research their favourite aspect of space and they put so much effort into their work that their teacher asked them to come and share their findings. Well done to all the pupils 😁✨... Read more...

Our learning connector in the Autumn term is CONFLICT. All of our work this year will be linked to this theme in order to encourage the children to make connections and transfer learning across all subject areas. We hope that this will allow both and learning and teaching methods to become more creative and open while still encompassing all aspects of the National Curriculum. We encourage the children to become independent learners and to think for themselves and this new approach will promote children’s confidence and prepare them for the future equipped with the skills they need. Any thoughts you have on what is important in learning and in life will ALWAYS be most welcome! During the Spring term we discuss ENDURANCE and the quality of perseverance. We will look at the film Shackleton and the novel ICE TRAP. In the summer term, all children are involved in an end of year performance, and we try to really focus on some child-led learning.

Learning in Year 6:

As part of our learning we are looking at Phantom of the Opera, Shakespeare’s Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The children will be exploring Micro-organisms and Forces as our science focus. The children will engage in ‘Dragon’s Den’ style activities designed to refine presentation and group work skills as well as numbers and calculation.Their books will also include any map work and investigative ICT.

Home Learning:

Instead of lengthy homework tasks (which can cause undue stress on Sunday nights!) we will ask the children to talk to you about their week and carry out small investigative tasks linked to their current topics. The home task book is aimed at maintaining consistent dialogue with you so that we can monitor your feelings about your child’s progress, as well as ours. You may like to tell us about your child’s interests and talents outside of school (e.g. dancing, acrobatics, art, writing etc.) Any information like this is invaluable. It basically serves as a home—school learning journal that will be looked at by staff every Monday morning—we invite you to write in it anytime!

Year 6 Staff:

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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat	26-06-2018	Download Preview
Y6 Booster Sessions	08-03-2018	Download Preview
Y6 Meet the Teacher Powerpoint	26-09-2016	Download
Y6 Suggested Books	26-09-2016	Download Preview