Year 6 have had a fantastic time this week, using our Diverse Britain lessons to explore a WW2 Role Model: Noor Inayat Khan. First, we explored what it means to be a role model. We wrote our own definitions and chose our own role model...
This week, Year 6 have been very busy in their STEAM lesson. We have been investigating different electrical alarm systems and came up with some design criteria for our own Tsunami Alarms: they must be durable, waterproof and aesthetically pleasing. In pairs, we worked hard to...
Year 6 had a very exciting school trip this week! We travelled to The Youth Hub in Dalston to participate in the Junior Citizenship Scheme. Here, we engaged in a multitude of workshops: fire safety, dental hygiene, TFL training, first aid training, wellbeing activities and...
In our STEAM lessons, we have been exploring alarm systems. We had a look at existing models around school and decided what type of activation system they used. We then explore the pros and cons of each, with children explaining their understanding clearly. We now...
This week, Year 6 were introduced to a CAD (computer aided design) software. We now know that software can be used to create models on the computer which can then be translated into real life. We talked about the pros of using CAD and it’s...
This week, Year 6 were treated to a drama workshop delivered by Immediate Theatre. To celebrate Black History Month, Immediate Theatre introduced us to some powerful and influential black historical figures. We explored their stories and, in groups, we unpicked the key information. Our job...
Year 6 have had a great half term. We are working hard in lessons to get lots of our ideas down and demonstrate our learning. We are also becoming increasingly independent and resilient- great skills to have in life. We have worked hard to design and...
Year 6 have had an exciting week this week! On Monday and Tuesday, we were lucky to be visited by Bethany from the Anne Frank Trust. During the workshop, we learnt about different social groups and how they could be discriminated against. We took part...
In our next writing cycle, we are going to be retelling the events of the Nazi invasion from the perspective of Joseph’s youngest daughter, Bronia. We drew our own story map to ensure we were clear about the key events within the chapter. We added...
In Year 6 this week, we have been working hard in writing to create dramatic setting descriptions, describing the fictional camp of Zakyna from our story 'The Silver Sword' by Ian Serralier. The descriptions we created focused on using expanded noun phrases with prepositions to...