This week, Year 6 have been carrying out their Food and Nutrition STEAM project. The children have worked in small groups to design, make and evaluate a savoury scone. To begin, the children explore the ingredients list of a variety of recipes; they saw the...
Key words/phrases for this half term are: Week 1 - ¿Puedo ir al baño, por favor? Can I go to the toilet please? Week 2 - Necesito ayudo, por favor. I need help, please. Week 3 - ¿Te gustaría jugar? Would you like to play? Week 4 - ¿Cómo estuvo su fin de semana? How was your weekend? Week...
This week in art, Year 6 have been creating some masterpieces, based on developing the skills and techniques used to create collaged images that represent their identity. The children took inspiration from British artist, Sonia Boyce, who is of Caribbean heritage and lives in North...
This week, Year 6 began their new geography unit by carrying out some fieldwork in the local area. The children thought carefully about what it means to be a 'geographer' and how they could apply their geography skills to make observations and collect data from...
In science this half term, Year 6 are learning all about evolution and inheritance. In this week's science lesson they explored the key question: 'Why do I look similar, but not identical to my family?' The children began by defining key terms like offspring and inheritance,...
This half term in RE, Year 6 are continuing to learn about Christianity, focusing on the key question: How has the Christian message survived for 2000 years? In today's lesson, the children began to unpick texts from Acts 1 and 2 in the bible, which spoke primarily...
This week in Diverse Britain, Year 6 have been learning about The Mangrove 9 - they are an activist group, who used a peaceful protest to stand up for their rights after the Metropolitan Police constantly raided their restaurant and pushed its customers away. The Mangrove restaurant was set up...
This half term in Spanish lesson, Year 6 have been learning all about 'la comida' (food). The children were able to build on their prior learning from previous units of work and now have access to a wide range of vocabulary. They also explored foods that...
This half term, Year 6 have been taking inspiration from Macbeth; A Shakespeare Story by Andrew Matthews and Tony Ross. Last week, the children wrote descriptions to convey the character of Lady Macbeth at different point throughout the storyline. Here is a snippet of some...
This week, Year 6 have been learning about ways to keep themselves healthy, in both science and PSHE lessons. The children explored the 5 sections of an 'eat well' plate and thought carefully about how their diet is reflected in each food group. They then went...