24 Jan

Heroes & Villains.. Our Dance Unit!

In dance this term, we have been thinking about what it is that makes someone a hero- both fictional heroes and those in real life. During our warm ups, we have been striking superhero poses, responding to the music as we move and thinking of new and creative ways of making contact and moving…

24 Jan

Lancaster Fire & Rescue Service- Safety Talk

Year 6 were very lucky to meet Kenny, who came by to see us this afternoon to teach us about keeping ourselves safe, especially with our transition to Secondary School in mind. We recapped fire safety from previous years and looked at various aspects of Road Safety, including for pedestrians,…

21 Jan

Circuit Repairs!

Click the links below to take you to the virtual circuit building labs!

 

Wirers

http://www.echalk.co.uk/Science/physics/circuitBuilder/circuitBuilder.html

 

Repairers

‪Circuit Construction Kit: DC - Virtual Lab‬ (colorado.edu)

 

Here are the children having a go at being…

18 Jan

Fruit Crumbles & Desserts

As an added extra this week, the children have been asked if they'd like to cook a crumble at home with their families using fruits, linking to our learning in DT. Despite it being an optional activity, it's great to see our children and families already eager to give this a go! Some children have…

17 Jan

'Great British Dishes' Week 2: Eton Mess!

After learning about traditional British savoury dishes last week, we took a look at sweet dishes in our second DT lesson! When considering how healthy different desserts were, we learned about nutrition and RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) and how many shop-bought meals and puddings have lots of…

17 Jan

iCell!

Year 6 worked hard during their first lesson of iData where they were introduced to spreadsheets. The children learned how data is inputted into spreadsheets via cells and practiced navigating through spreadsheets, solving problems and cracking codes!

17 Jan

Year 6 Knitting Club!

The children who attend Knitting Club each week are very excited to be starting their new project. They are eagerly already making teddy bear hand puppets for next year's Christmas Shoebox appeal! Well done Team Knitters!

It really seems as though Max has caught the knitting bug also... After…

10 Jan

Anyone for a Ploughman's Lunch?

For our first lesson in out DT unit (Great British Dishes) we learned about what the term savoury means and discovered a range of Britain's traditional savoury dishes. Whilst we have cooked cottage pies at home, in school we conducted a taste analysis for the three main parts of a Ploughman's…

9 Jan

Showing off our culinary skills... Week 1- Cottage Pie!

For this term's DT unit 'Great British Dishes', we will be learning about and cooking a range of national dishes. During the weeks where we will not be cooking in school, the children are being asked to safely follow a recipe at home with their families and share the meal they produce…

6 Jan

Teamwork makes the Dream Work!

Today in PSHE, Mrs Ventress set us the challenge to build a bridge which spans 30cm and could hold the weight of a toy car. Our aim was to use negotiation and compromise to work together efficiently to complete the task. Afterwards, not only did we test the bridges, but we evaluated our efforts at…

14 Dec

A time for sharing...

Year 6 have really enjoyed our worship and assemblies so far this week!

On Monday we listened to some very talented children from different classes across the school perform pieces on the instruments they have been learning within school, and then on Tuesday we had the pleasure of listening and…