Y6: hop, skip and jump for charity
Well done Y6 - despite the weather, we managed to get out of the classroom to 'hop, skip and jump' our way round our daily mile just before Easter for a very important local cause, raising money through sponsorship for the Hospice of the Good Shepherd. Thank you for your efforts!
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Y6 Online Safety - Challenging Gender Stereotypes
Y6 have examined how the media play a powerful role in shaping ideas about girls and boys.
We discussed gender discrimination and how the media have an important responsibility to avoid promoting stereotypical messages.
Y6 Google Earth Computing Project
Year 6 were given the task of creating their own 'Virtual Tour' of the Galapagos.
We 'created paths', 'dropped pins' and made our tour 'interactive' . . . . you too can now take a tour of the Galapagos from the comfort of your own home!
Click below to view one of our virtual tours!
Birkenhead Park Y6
As part of our ‘Design and Technology’ unit (Making Playgrounds) and in the interest of ‘Cultural Capital’ – Year 6 visited the historic ‘Birkenhead Park’.
A Brief History of Birkenhead Park
1847
On Easter Monday, Birkenhead Park was officially opened by Lord Morpeth…
Y6 Science - Evolution, Adaptation and Inheritance
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…
Y6 PE
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!
Y6 PSHE
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…
D&T: Y6 Playgrounds
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…
Y6 Locational Geography
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…
World Book Day - Reception and Year 6
Well done Y6 for being such fine role models for our brilliant Reception class for today's World Book Day!
