Blog by Tag: Year 6

Dear Y6,

I would like to take a moment to congratulate you on completing your SATs tests this week. You have all worked incredibly hard, and your efforts have not gone unnoticed. We are all very proud of you, and your accomplishments are a testament to your dedication and perseverance.

As…

Here are our very worthy winners of the Reader of the Week certificate.  Well done everyone!

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.

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!

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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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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.