Year 6 News
02/02/24
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Science This week the children have been exploring adaptation. We have been looking at Charles Darwin’s finches from the Galapagos Islands and finding out why their beaks were different shapes. The children conducted an investigation using a range of ‘beaks’ to find out which was best suited to certain types of food. Please see Read More
Year 6 26.1.24
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Women! Learn to make munitions This week in History we have continued our work on the Barnbow Lasses. Year 6 enjoyed researching some local history and finding out about the brave women who worked in the first National Filing and Munitions factory of WW1 located near Crossgates in Leeds. In groups the children made Read More
19/01/24
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A great full week back at school. We are having an early parent’s evening next week (Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th). Please make sure you have used the online booking system to request an appointment. Science This week we have started our new unit in Science, Evolution. We shared ‘The story of life’ with Read More
Happy New Year
12/01/2024 · No comments yet
Welcome back to Year 6! We hope that you have had a lovely break and feel refreshed and ready for the new term. English This week we have started our new text ‘The Arrival’ by Shaun Tan. This is a picture book and the children have had to use lots of inference and imagination Read More
Year 6 22.12.23
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Happy Holidays! We have had a wonderful first term in Year 6: full of learning and brilliant experiences. Thank you for your continued support at home. We wish you a restful and happy holiday season and look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 9th January 2024! Christmas Performance 2023 Here is a link to Read More
Year 6 15.12.23
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English This week saw the culmination of our work on War Horse with the children writing in role as soldiers describing the events of the Christmas Truce. We had some fantastic work with amazing language and vocabulary of the day along with evocative detail. Some children chose to be German and others British – Read More
Year 6 08.12.23
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RE This week Year 6 went on a trip to the Gurdwara. We were so lucky to be treated with kindness and learned a great deal about the Sikh faith. Gurmukh Singh Deagon welcomed us to the Gurdwara and told us about the golden temple in India. We heard a prayer from the Guru Read More
Year 6 01.12.23
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History Year 6 were lucky enough to have a very special visitor this week from Time Travel Education who brought World War 1 to life for us all. The children were first recruited into the army and put on the khaki and blue uniforms which were worn. They learned about Lord Kitchener and his Read More
Year 6 24.11.23
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History We have continued our learning on WW1 and this week the children looked at the role of the British Empire. We learned about one particularly brave soldier named Khudadad Khan who was the first Indian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross – here is a little more information about him: https://memorialgates.org/history/ww1/participants/indian-subcontinent/khudadad-khan.html The children Read More
Year 6 17.11.23
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English This week the children have begun to learn the techniques of persuasion. We will be writing in role as a character from our text War Horse over the next few sessions and this week played around with language and grammar in order to get Miss Jones and Mrs Dobkin to extend break by Read More
