Category: year6

That’s a Wrap on Day 2! What a long and very wet day! We have to hand it to the children though—they rarely stopped smiling and soldiered on, making the most of every activity on offer. Coracle building certainly provided plenty of extra water, with many children ending up wetter than the weather itself could …

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What a first day! After tucking in to our yummy packed lunches, it was straight off to the activities: fencing, archery, team building, climbing wall, Jacob’s Ladder and aeroball. Almost all the children agreed that the dinner of pasta bolognese, garlic bread and chocolate fudge cake was a perfect way to refuel before fun and …

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It feels like it’s been a nice calm week in Year 6.  The mood is positive, ahead of the SATs next week and we are really proud of how the children are approaching the tests.  In Science, which closely links to our English topic, the children enjoyed researching an endangered animal and creating a series …

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This week in English, we read a poem by William Blake – The Tyger – written in 1794.  Inspired by his words, the children wrote poems, in a similar style, about endangered animals.    We continued with our maths revision work books this week, working hard to practise key skills and everyone seems to be doing …

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It has been a lovely week in Year 6 – not least because of the sunny weather!  Back in class, we have enjoyed writing persuasive speeches about endangered animals.  Drawing on lots of techniques, the children chose an endangered animal and wrote some fantastic speeches, which included information on how or why the animal is …

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Year 6 had a brilliant trip to the RAF Museum in North London on Wednesday.  We couldn’t think of a better way to conclude our studies of World War 2.  We spent time on a self-guided tour around the hangers, spotting and noting down all of the planes used by the allies and axis during …

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This week has mostly been taken up by our mock SATs practice, which the children approached in a very positive manner – we couldn’t be more proud of them.  As a reward, there will be no homework this week! In science, we explored types of energy, both renewable and non-renewable and the advantages and disadvantages …

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We continue to enjoy our class book – Boy in the Tower.  This week, we have started writing our own suspense stories in a similar style.  We will complete these before Easter to find resolutions to some of the terrifying threats that have been identified.   Over the last 2 weeks, we have been revising and …

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World Book Day dominated this week.  We had a lovely day enjoying all things book related. Following a thoroughly enjoyable quiz – delivered by the one and only Mrs Bland, the children made some brilliant bookmarks, created their own book covers and read with children lower down the school. We also got to experience a …

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