September / October 2023

The Year Six children have had an extremely busy start to the term!

Below are some pictures illustrating what we’ve been up to.  

During English, we have been recapping numerous language features from prepositional phrases and subordinate clauses to cohesive devices within and between paragraphs. All these important language features will be helping the Year Six children plan and write a newspaper report about a crime that has taken place … the missing Maya masks. We have been using our detective skills to work out the culprit, but the mystery is still unsolved!

We have also been conquering fractions. The children have shown resilience and ambition during some challenging mathematical concepts, which has been wonderful to see.

On top of this, we have been learning about the circulatory system in science. The children have been using their knowledge of healthy eating to create posters. We will soon be using this information to design and carry out an investigating about exercise and our heart rates.

The children should be extremely proud of their achievements this term!

The Evolutionary Biology of the Peppered Moth

As part of our work in science, we have been learning about 'evolutionary biology'. An example of this can be found in the peppered moth. Below is Bella W's explanation of what she learned during our lessons. 

Zooming In

 We are currently taking part in the annual Microscopes4Schools (M4S) Competition. 

A creative afternoon in Year Six!

We are having such a creative afternoon in Year Six! So much learning in a hands-on way!

6MR - Design &Technology - Lego fairground rides

6DA/LM - Art - 3D Maya masks

6MHP - Science - Blood soup (components of blood)

6CH - Science - What is the heart?

This Week in 6DALM

 Charlotte's science poster:

Ezmee's artwork:

Emily's artwork:

Jessica's artwork:

Kasia's artwork:

Marshal's writing:

Morgan's reading task:

Matthew's artwork:

Matthew's reading task: 

Matthew's book review:

Nathan's artwork:

Sidney's reading task:

This Week in 6BH

 Ella's writing:

Kai's writing:

Niamh's science:

This Week in 6DALM

 Bella's French:

Reece's Writing:

Thomas' Heart Diagram: 

This Week in 6MR

 Anna's maths work:

Bethan's heart diagram:

Luca's postcard:

This week in 6BH

William's diagram of the heart:

Lucas' Online Safety Work:

Katie W's Reading Task:

The Evolution of the Peppered Moth

The evolution of the peppered moth is an evolutionary instance of directional colour change in the moth population as a consequence of air pollution during the Industrial Revolution. We've studied this as part of our since learning. These comics (by Bella, Jessica and Marshal) were created by children whilst working from home:

Learning about inheritance in Year Six

 During the first lesson of our first science module, Evolution and Inheritance, children learnt about what inheritance meant. 

They discussed what features, in humans, are inherited and which are influenced by the environment. They then applied this knowledge by observing different animals with their offspring and noting features the young had inherited from their parents. 

The children loved being outside, discussing inheritance and noting down observations! 

Pictures of the children in action below:

#30DaysWild #RandomActOfWildness Mia's Bug House

Austin's Science