Year 6 were lucky enough to be invited to Joseph Swan to carry out some Forensic science work. They didn’t feel quite so lucky when they were told they would be carrying out tests on the teachers’ ‘urine’ to see who had stolen all of the biscuits. despite this, the children enjoyed using chemicals t
Our choir meet with Mrs Reynolds every week. They have been practicing the following songs: ‘Try everything’ ‘One in a Million’ ‘No wars will stop us singing’ ‘Remember Me’ Their enthusiasm and singing talent is fantastic and the sound of their singing brightens up our school on Thursday lunchtime
Our fantastic musicians meet on a Wednesday lunchtime to practice guitar. Mr Nicholson enjoys working with the group and they have learnt many new tunes over past few months.
Some Year 5 and 6 children are continuing to learn to play the violin. They meet weekly on a Thursday lunchtime. Great work everyone!
In English, Year 6 have been reading ‘Friend or Foe’ by Michael Morpurgo. In the story, two evacuee children called David and Tucky see a plane crash on the moors which nobody else notices. We carried out a Newsround style report by interviewing the boys, the Home Guard and the farmer who was lookin
Kids R Fit have been working with the Year 6 children to prepare them for life as Playground Buddies. Staff from the company came into school and worked with the children who had applied for the positions to help them to understand their role and to know some games that they could lead. The children
In P.E. lessons, Year 6 have been learning the rules of tag rugby. They started off by spending a lot of time understanding the need to pass backwards and then started to be introduced to ‘tagging’ as a way of tackling. The children are now enjoying playing some small-sided games where they are usin
In dance lessons, Year 6 have been learning the Haka. This is a traditional, tribal dance from New Zealand. It is performed by the All Blacks before a rugby match and is meant to intimidate the opposition. The children have have great fun learning the routine and coming up with their own scary addit
Year Six had a visitor in school today from the RAF to launch their ‘Peacekeepers’ topic. Corporal Michael Galvin came to talk to the children about his experiences and why he had signed up for the role. The children enjoyed asking questions and handling some different items from Corporal Galvin’s w
Year Six have been learning about semi-colons this week. They had to match up independent clauses that could be joined together by a semi-colon and then write sentences of their own. It was fun matching up the parts of the jigsaw. The teachers were really impressed with how well the children did and
