Year 6
Welcome to Year 6 2023-2024
Leavers Assembly!
Wicksteed Park
What an amazing final trip for Year 6! Although the weather was a little wet, it did not stop us from having a fantastic time.
Year 5 and 6 Performance
The Magic Flute
What a fantastic performance! The children worked incredibly hard to perform this adaptation of the opera, The Magic Flute. Their singing was fantastic as was all of the narrating and acting.
STEM Session
Staff from GRAHAM construction and engineering company visited to deliver a STEM workshop with the students. They talked about the different roles within the industry such as: payroll officer, site manager, health and safety officer, project manager and many more. They then took part in a range of activities such as bridge building, sign making and tower building where they took on different roles and demonstrated great teamwork.
March Safety Zone
On Wednesday 5th June, we visited March Fire Station to take part in their Safety Zone session. There were eight workshops to help highlight how to keep safe in different scenarios. These were led by the police, Woodgreen Animal Shelter, Trading Standards and members of staff from the fire station. The children were given information about staying safe around water and near dogs. They were shown the stopping distances of vehicles at different speeds and explored reaction times. The children were taught about the importance of checking that smoke alarms are working and not leaving their devices on charge on soft furnishings. They also had to demonstrate that they knew what to do in the event of a fire and practised calling 999 and asking for the fire service. A member of the fire station also taught the children how to administer chest compressions. The police workshop discussed online safety and the laws surrounding this. It was a very engaging and informative morning!
The Playground
On Friday 24th, we visited The Playground for an action packed morning! We loved challenging ourselves and getting wet and muddy.
The Lion King
On Wednesday 22nd May, we travelled to London to the Lyceum Theatre where we watched The Lion King. It was such a wonderful experience!
Sports Day 2024
On Tuesday 21st May, we had our KS2 Sports Day. The children showed great sportsmanship.
Year 6 SATs
We are so proud of all of our Year 6 pupils. They have worked extremely hard and throughout their SATs tests they showed great determination and resilience. We now have a week of exciting events to look forward to: KS2 sports day, our trip to see The Lion King, helping with KS1 sports day and then a trip to The Playground.
Here are some photos from our post SATs celebrations on the school field.
Duxford Imperial War Museum
We had a great time exploring and looking at all the aeroplanes and other exhibits.
DT
Our DT unit was all about pulleys and gears. We found out about how both pulleys and gears worked and then used K'Nex to build models which used gears in different ways to create different movement. We made a crank fan using a spur gear system, a car window by converting rotational motion into linear motion and an egg beater using a crown gear system.
Police Visit
Today, Year 6 were visited by the local PCSOs to share a presentation about knife crime. The officers shared lots of valuable information about the laws surrounding carrying knives and the risks of carrying a weapon. The children were able to ask questions and the officers shared how they can report someone who they think way be carrying a knife.
Science Fun!
We have been learning about evolution and inheritance. We have found out about Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and his theory of natural selection. We have also learnt about DNA, genes and inherited characteristics. To help us with this learning, we used sweets to create models of DNA, we used Mr Men and Little Miss characters to show inheritance and we replicated Darwin's study of the Galapagos finches to see which of our 'beaks' enabled us to eat the most types of food.
Can street food save us?
In DT, we have learning about street foods from different cultures and these could provide healthier snack alternatives to those we consume. We made three different street food snacks: burritos, a traditional Mexican dish; pitta and hummus, often eaten in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries; and samosas, adapted from a traditional Indian snack. We used lots of different skills such as grating, peeling and frying and tried lots of new flavours. We must say a huge thank you to the PTFA for the new DT equipment which enabled us to do this.
Autumn Term Art
For our art unit, we closely observed fruit and vegetables and then experimented with using different mediums (pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolour, pastel and watercolour) to draw them. After this, we studied the work of Frida Kahlo and learnt how sketch correctly portioned portraits. We the sketched and painted self-portraits taking inspiration from Frida Kahlo’s work.
This is the final year of your primary education journey and what a year it is going to be! Alongside lots of new learning and hard work (by the bucketful), we will have fun and plenty of laughs.
We will add more to this page throughout year, sharing with you important information, The Knowledge sheets and photos of your experiences.
Key information:
* PE will be on Mondays and Fridays. Earrings must be removed: we cannot cover earrings with tape. Year 6 will be swimming this year and information regarding this will be sent home closer to the time.
* Children are expected to read for at least 20 minutes per day. This is not limited to school books. There are many different forms of reading materials and it is useful for your children to be exposed to lots of different styles and genres. Talk to your children about what they are reading. This doesn't have to be a set time but can take place during meal times, whilst out in the car or walking etc. This really will make a difference!