Year 6 had a fabulous WBD! We have taken part in a range of activities such as drama, art and design, poetry and writing all linked to ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. Our favourite was acting out the plane crash scene from the book!
Year 5 and 6 have been enjoying their tennis unit in PE, learning and practising lots of ball and racket skills. Over the past couple of weeks children have developed their ability to hit the ball with increasing accuracy and change of direction and speed, as well as...
Year 6 have started a new text. It has a very intriguing opening that sent shivers down our spines! We used this opening to inspire our own book ideas. What do you think? Would you be tempted to read these books?
In our topic this term, Animals Including Humans, we have been investigating the circulatory system, how the hearts works and what effect exercise has on our heart rate. We have also been finding out about the blood and what it transports through the body. Did you...
This week, during the 'Let's Connect' campaign for children's mental health we have been talking about the things that we can do to keep ourselves mentally healthy. There are lots of ways to help us including, exercise, eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of...
Today in year 6, we explored what it would be like to live as a Mayan. We looked at how geography impacts on different settlements and made a list of pros and cons. We made lists for settlements in the mountains, rainforest, the coast or a cenote.
Well done to our fantastic basketball team who finished as runners up at the Thorp cluster tournament! Everyone worked amazingly hard in all of the games and supported each other tremendously well. There were some awesome skills on show and even better shots! We came...
6B showed off their creative brains on Friday at Forest School! We made dens, a 'launcher', a rope swing (this was very popular!) and also some great bird feeders. There was also a dancing session! At either end of the session, we played two games of 'Sharks and...
Today in Art, year 6 started the process of making their own Mayan masks using paper Mâché and balloons. The technique was modelled to them before starting their own. Children ripped up pieces of kitchen roll and carefully dipped it in the glue before layering...
Today, we created our own 'Readers Theatre'. We took parts and wrote lines for our characters. We chose our language so carefully.
