Science - Heart Dissection
In biology today, the Y6 pupils experienced a heart dissection. Miss Baker was very brave and dissected a sheep's heart (as this is the closest to a human heart) with the pupils. It was a memorable science lesson with all children learning something new.
"I now know how many chambers the…
Messy Maps
Year 6 have started looking at the significance of the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer as to where rainforests develop. Pupils worked in groups to study one continent that has a rainforest looking at the physical features and the positioning on Earth.
The maps they…
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Den Building Day
In order to raise money to help the people of Nepal rebuild their lives and homes after the 2015 earthquake, the children had a go at building their own dens. We imagined what is would be like to have everything around us destroyed and to be forced to live in a makeshift shelter. Plus it was lots…
Den Building
In order to raise money to help the people of Nepal rebuild their lives and homes after the 2015 earthquake, the children had a go at building their own dens.
We imagined what is would be like to have everything around us destroyed and to be forced to live in a makeshift shelter. Plus it was…
Outdoor Art Exhibition
This year we have been promoting outdoor learning across the curriculum. The children have been working hard to create a piece of outdoor art for our exhibition. Thank you to all the parents who popped in!
Year Six Handball
This half term, Year 6 have started their handball training in PE.
Mrs Smith is helping us to learn the important skills of throwing, dribbling and handling the ball. The children have really enjoyed the game but realised how fast paced it is.
We were all exhausted!
Bird Nesting Boxes
The bird boxes that the children in KS2 made, are up and about in the school grounds. Keep your eyes open for any comings and goings as bird nesting season is from February until August. I hope the birds like our boxes and have a safe home to lay their eggs.
Let's see what types of birds we can…
Woodland Trust Silver Award
Well done to everyone! We have now achieved the Woodland Trust Green Tree School Silver Award! To achieve this we have been taking part in lots of outside learning. We all visited our local woodland area, showed we cared for our environment and the Outdoor Club have been completing lots of outdoor…
Pupil Prime Minister
Pupil Prime Minister
As a snap election was called for by Theresa May, we have been learning about the British Parliamentary system. We all believe that democracy is vital to create a fair society. Although year six pupils are unfortunately too young to vote, we decided to create our own…
North V South
This week we started our new topic of 'North V South' where we will be studying the continents of North and South America.
Today we started by learning about the states of North America. We then had a competition as to which group could name and locate the most in only 6 minutes.
Well done…
Outdoor Club Photography
During outdoor club this week, we became photographers. Using the new iPads, we decided to take photos of some of our favourite natural things from different perspectives.
This made for some very interesting pictures.
Take a look at our work.
SATs Party
Well done to all our Year Sixes. You have worked so hard to show what you can do this week. I am very proud of you all.
On Friday afternoon, we celebrated by having a party. Lots of fun was had and not a SATs paper in sight.
Have a fun weekend! You all deserve it!