Year 6

26Jan2024

Since coming back after Christmas, the children in Year 6 have been practising their performance skills in gymnastics. They have studied routines by famous gymnasts in the Olympics and discussed the different elements of travelling, balancing and jumping. Each week, they have then focussed on one of

19Jan2024

As part of the topic, ‘How Precious Life is..’ the Year 6 children have been learning about the history of coal and how important it was to the local area. To begin with, the children learnt about the significance of the coal mines in the North East. They considered what coal was used for as wel

19Jan2024

This term in our Forest School sessions we are preparing for our annual survey for The RSPB Big School Bird-watch. Year 6 are busy building bird-hides. The structure of their builds is linked to their RE study regarding the Jewish Festival of Sukkot. Trying to use the detailed guidance for building

12Jan2024

In English, we took the opportunity to use the outdoor area to launch our new text. We are reading Skellig by David Almond and at the beginning there is a description of a garage that houses a strange creature – who soon becomes the central figure in the story. The garage is in a state of disrepair

22Dec2023

Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been learning about the Jewish faith and have studied some of the important beliefs and celebrations. The children have learnt about some important festivals in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah ‘The Head of the Year’ celebrates the beginning of

22Dec2023

After a long half-term, Year 6 have enjoyed the final week of 2023 which has been full of festive activities and crafts. There has been the traditional Christmas party; making cards and calendars and decorating a bauble for the Christmas tree. It has been lovely to see the children being able to jus