Y6 Science - Evolution, Adaptation and Inheritance

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We have had great fun this week in Year  6 learning about Evolution, Inheritance and Adaptation.

We have played games and simulated experiments in order to prove (or disprove) our own hypotheses and predictions.

We have played:

Camo-creature - a game which shows how animals have adapted…

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Y6 PE

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Another busy term of PE. 

Year 6 have been playing netball and rounders this half-term.

We were also tasked with 'coaching' and 'leading' our own games. 

Exciting news -  we will be getting expert cricket coaching after Easter!

 

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Y6 PSHE

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Well done Y6 - we have just completed our PSHE course on Safety and the Changing Body. Lots of maturity shown and some extremely important 'life lessons' discussed.

 

Our lessons included:

Lesson 1: Alcohol To begin to understand the risks of alcohol

Lesson 2: Critical digital…

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Down Syndrome Awareness

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We have had a informative and interactive assembly from Steve at Down Syndrome Cheshire this morning.  He explained all about World Down Syndrome Day and how we can support it. 

 

World Down Syndrome Day is 21st March each year.

 

To raise awareness, children are invited to come to…

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D&T: Y6 Playgrounds

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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…
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Year 6 Design and Technology - Designing and building a playground

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World book day reception and year 6

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We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters today for World Book Day.  We especially loved sharing our favourite books with our Year 6 buddies. 

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Y6 Locational Geography

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Y6 have been learning how to locate places of interest all over the World . . .precisely!

 

We have even plotted Charles Darwin's journey around the world including his famous island hopping adventure in the Galapagos! 

 

VOCABULARY: 

Longitude, Latitude, Tropics of Cancer, Tropic…

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World Book Day - Reception and Year 6

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Well done Y6 for being such fine role models for our brilliant Reception class for today's World Book Day!

 

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Reader of the Week

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Y6 Water Cycle Animations

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KNOWLEDGE: We created an animation that demonstrates the water cycle.

SKILLS: We used the internet to learn about the water cycle, navigating between and evaluating a range of websites.

VOCABULARY: Animation, Transition, Import background, copy frame

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Reader of the Week 13.2.23

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Congratulations to our very worthy winners of the Reader of the Week certificate.

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