Mar 18
On the Tuesday 18th March, we went to Knebworth House as part of our Tudors topic in history. Firstly, we went through the scenic gardens to get to the house. We were greeted by our guides who were dressed up in Tudor costumes as part of the tour. We sat down in the banqueting hall whilst …
Feb 04
Evolution On Tuesday 4th February, we were visited by Dr Helen, a palaeontologist from Palaeoquest, who visits schools to teach children all about ancient life forms, evolution and inheritance. During our first set of workshops, we focused on evolution. We learnt all about the formation of fossils and looked at the layering of sedimentary rock …
Dec 06
Class 6 invited their parents in to help build their gingerbread houses which was the final stage of their design and technology (D&T) project. The class worked on a number of D&T skills, including; measuring accurately; weighing ingredients; following a recipe building structures and following a design criteria. Class 6 also enjoyed decorating the houses …
Jul 17
This term in Design and Technology, Class 6 have been working on creating a moving fairground ride. This has been a fun yet challenging project. Class 6 have used their knowledge of circuits which we revised last year and building structures to design and build their own ride. We were challenged to use a circuit, …
Jun 11
Class 6 went to Knebworth House on Tuesday 11th June. We were taken on a tour of the house and found out so much about how the Tudors lived, including: what they wore; where they slept; what they ate and much more. We also found out how the family welcomed Queen Elizabeth I – the …
Mar 28
This term, in art, Year 6 have been exploring the work of protest artists like: Luba Lukova, Kate de Ciccio and Faith Ringgold. We used their work to inspired our own mixed media piece which focused on something that was important to us. Some of the class chose issues about animal cruelty, fast food prices, …
Mar 12
Linked to our work in geography (world biomes and climates) and Science (evolution and adaption) Year 6 took a trip to Kew Gardens in London. Although it was a wet day, the children learnt so much about what it is like to be in different climates – most agreed that a tropical rainforest was too …
Feb 06
We started off by doing an activity where we had to identify different fossils and write them down on a sheet. It was really cool that there were some real fossils that were hundreds of million years old and we were allowed to touch them. After this, we had our second activity and it was …
Dec 20
Class 6 have really enjoyed their art project this term. The title of our project was flat yet sculptural. We looked at Lubauna Hind who creates sculptural large scales paintings. We used negative pace and the grid method to enlarge drawings of animals. Class 6 loved working on a big scale and were really proud …
Nov 08
To inspire our writing, Class 6 watched an amazing performance of Romeo and Juliet by the Young Shakespeare Company. The actors and actresses helped us understand the plot and some of the Shakespearean language. In our English lessons we have worked on developing the writing skills needed to write our own version of the tragic …