YEAR 6 (SILVER)
Mrs Lightley (Covering for Mr G Dempsey)Welcome to Class 6D’s Blog!
I am Mr Dempsey and I am the class teacher for class 6D.
On this page you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 6 over the course of the year,
Visit our blog Check in regularly for photographs, homework and revision links, sport’s scores, diary dates and many other fun features.
Please feel free to make comments on photographs and interact with our blog. The class would love to hear what you think about their fantastic work and achievements.
Happy blogging!
Mr Dempsey
Our Class Blog
Tasting foods
We tasted different foods without being able to see them and guessed what the foods were. We then found out what they were and discussed whether they were salty, sweet, bitter, sour or umami. Some foods were tastier than others!
Families
We have started learning about different types of families in the world. We discussed what our families at home are like and how they compared to how other people may live. We worked together to find a family of different animals at the start without talking to each...
Mystery Reader
We enjoyed welcoming a mystery reader into our class today, listening to how all the different crayons felt on how much they were used when someone colours. We loved guessing who it might be and then listening to the story. Thank you!
Shall the crow travel to the sun- a conscience alley?
Beat 1 Tag
We played Beat 1 Tag in Music today, moving only on the first beat of 4 around the room to tag each other. It took us a bit of practice but we really enjoyed it and we’re counting in 4 to the music together.
Branching Databases
The children have been learning how to create branching databases in computing and they have spotted them in other subjects too like science when they have been identifying rocks.
Investigating light
The children were investigating how reflective the surface of materials were. They thought about the properties of those materials and what made them reflective. They recorded their observations on a table and were surprised with some of their results.
Pretzel Party
As part of Design Technology the children were learning about food around the world. They made some tasty pretzels. It was really interesting to see how the yeast reacted when the water was added which created lots of discussion. They had to follow the instructions...
Easter Egg Hunt
Our Decorated Egg Competition Entries
Physical computing
Physical Computing with Crumbles - final design. Our final lesson in Physical Computing with Crumbles was to use all of the skills we have learned to create a moving Carousel. We connected our crumble and created an algorithm, which allowed the motor to spin the...
