29
Nov
Year 6 Into Film Festival Cinema Trip
This week, Year 6 headed to the cinema to watch ‘Wicked 2’ as part of this year's Into Film Festival....
Year 6
21
Nov
Emotive Monologues in Year 6
In Writing this week, we explored the protagonist’s thoughts and feelings - from the film ‘The Little Freak’ - and expressed them through an emotive monologue. We then performed our monologues using expressive voice and intonation....
21
Nov
Year 6 Class Trip to The National Gallery
Year 6 took a trip to The National Gallery, to explore the artistic techniques and composition of paintings dating from to the mid 13th century all the way to 19th century. Children then completed an observational sketch of Claude-Joseph Vernet’s Shipwreck in Stormy Seas....
16
Nov
Making 3D Mazes in Year 6 Design Technology
Year 6 have been designing and making three dimensional mazes in their Design Technology lessons - they have been engineering cardboard and other materials to great effect and we look forward to showing you how their brilliant projects look when they are finished!...
16
Nov
Year 6’s Brilliant Assembly Performance: Heal The World
Year 6 treated us to a brilliant performance of Heal the World last week, which they had learned and sang beautifully in their class assembly....
16
Nov
Year 6’s Class Assembly: Taxonomy, the Science of Classification
In their sharing assembly, Year 6 shared the fascinating contribution of Carl Linnaeus to the scientific world. Linnaeus invented the modern classification system for plants and flowers during the eighteenth century, revolutionising taxonomy! Year 6 shared their knowledge about taxonomy with us in a well-presented...
14
Nov
Year 6 Science: Microorganisms
This week in Science, we have been learning about microorganisms. We looked at their individual characteristics and explored why the largest group of living things on our planet can be both harmful and helpful for human beings....
10
Nov
Climate Action Event Trip
Last week a group of Year 5 and 6 pupils spent the day at UCL's Climate Action Event, learning about how we can make sustainable choices and create a more sustainable school. We looked at our school's climate action plan and thought about how we...
09
Nov
Speedy Mathematicians in Year 6
This week in Maths, Year 6 worked together in groups to compete in a game that involved speedily multiplying and dividing decimals by 10s, 100s and 1000s....
16
Oct
Year 6 Debate: Recognising Tenzing Norgay’s Importance
In writing this week, we carried out a debate on whether we felt Nepalese sherpa -Tenzing Norgay- deserved the same recognition as British mountaineer -Edmund Hillary- for being the first to summit Mount Everest in 1953. We explored both sides of the argument and prepared...