Blog by Tag: Whales

In Writing, we have started our new class text entitled ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’. For our first independent write we shall be writing a setting description of pre-war Beirut. In one of our lessons this week, we explored a range of vocabulary we could use to describe Beirut pre civil war and…

This week in History we learnt about two of Alexander the Great’s battles. We learnt all about the Battle of Issus and the battle at Gaugamela. Y6 were really engaged in this lesson and are eager to find out what happened next between Alexander the Great and King Darius…

This week, Y6 have completed some further work on algebra. At first, algebra can feel like a really tricky part of Maths however Y6 have showed their determination and excellence to persevere in our lessons this week! Well done Y6, you are all amazing!

For our piece of creative writing this week, we are going to be writing an informal letter as a survivor of the Titanic. Y6 have really enjoyed learning all about the Titanic and have produced some amazing pieces of work this week! Well done Y6, I look forward to reading your final independent…

This week in Science, Y6 have started a brand new topic entitled ‘Living things and their habitats’. For our first lesson, we used clues to try and classify a range of animals. Did you know a turtle is classified as a reptile and a bat is classified as a mammal?

As Y6 prepare for their SATs, we have recapped some tricky pieces of punctuation. We have focused on semi-colons, colons, dashes and hyphens. I was really impressed with how well Y6 have developed their understanding of these tricky pieces of punctuation and how they have applied their knowledge…

This week in History, Y6 have completed their topic entitled ‘Persia and Greece’. The focus of this week’s lesson was the Greek and Persian Wars. We learnt about 3 wars that happened between Persia and Greece and found it surprising that the Greek city-states were not conquered by the Persian army…

Take a look at these fantastic Marble Run Bridges Y6 made in DT this week! I was so impressed with how stable these structures were and how well the children had applied the joining methods to connect the 2 vertical towers to the bridge in the middle!

This week in Maths, Y6 have learnt how to reflect shapes in both the x and y axis. This is a tricky skill that requires precision however, Y6 worked hard to produce some fantastic work. Well done Y6!

In our History lesson this week, Y6 explored the two Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta. We showcased our learning through drawing the key elements of the Greek city-states and annotating our drawings identifying the different buildings and areas that would have been found in each of the…

As part of World Book Day, Y6 completed an Art task based on the book ‘Art & Max’. We used paint to create the dot designs on our lizards inspired by the characters from the text. I’m sure you will agree that the children did a fantastic job of them!

Year 6 have been using their iPads to work though Maths problems with their teacher. Using our technology means that all children are engaged and taking an active role in every lesson.