Blog by Mr Whitcombe

Well done Y6. This week in science we have been looking at:

• the effects of overeating on the body​
• the food groups that should not make up a large part of our diet
• the food groups we need to eat to maintain our health

Lots of 'food for thought'!

In history this week, Year 6 have focussed on "Why Britain went to war in 1939?"

We looked at all of the causes and effects which led to the beginning of the war.

We have also analysed the 'Battle of Britain'. We have discussed the phases of the battle, compared the relative strengths of the…

A lovely treat for Y6 today - we even let the Y6's have an ice cream too!

This week, Year 6 have started their 'Coding journey'.

They all have their own user names and passwords so that they can log in at home and continue their learning if possible. Today, we looked at 'variables' and 'conditional events' - well done - we might have some future gaming superstars on…

We have been looking at how to be SMART online:

We made some eye-catching posters to spread the word!

S - Safe

M - Meeting

A - Accepting

R - Reliable

T - Tell

These days it is more important than ever to keep parents/carers/trusted adults informed as to our online…

Well done Y6 for a brilliant effort this week for SATS week!

You had 100% attendance and 100% positive attitude and commitment to do your best - well done each and every one of you!

We enjoyed a Teacher v Y6 Pupil football match as a reward and look forward to a special lunch to…

ART! We have been MAKING MEMORIES! 

This week in art, Year 6:

• explored expressing themselves in a 'literal' and 'symbolic' way
• represented memories through shapes, colours and textures
• looked at real artists' work and discussed how they could use elements of it in their own…

Well done Y6 - we have looked at classification of animals using various sorting diagrams including branch diagrams. Before we began grouping different animals, we sorted and ordered some sweets to test the 'rigidity' of our questions!

We journeyed out of school to the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum.  We had lots of fun and lots of learning in our workshops today including:

• Magic of Chemistry
• Detective Science
• Road Markings
• Busy Bees

Well done all!

Y6 were faced with a Design and Technology challenge: to design and make their very own playground!

They had to:

• Create five apparatus designs, applying the design criteria to their work.
• Make suitable changes to their work after peer evaluation.
• Make roughly three different…

Today, Year 6 discussed the ever increasingly concerning world of social media. In particular, we discussed which information is 'okay' and 'not okay' to put online. Thank you all for a very honest and open discussion - I hope you all reflect carefully about the important subject matter we…

A super trip with the Year 6 children today. We went to Birkenhead Park - the blue-print for the world famous Central Park in New York City. We looked at all the features that make a great park. After half-term we will be using this as inspiration to design and make our very own playgrounds in…