Year 6

CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a good quality education.

CRC Article 17 – All children have the right to access reliable information. 

At the start of our new Science unit of work on the human circulatory system, Year 6 had the opportunity to experience a heart in a very different way. During this session, we actually got to touch and investigate the heart of a lamb.

For the first part of the lesson, we shared our previous knowledge on the heart and the circulatory system. We also discussed how we need to be respectful when handling the hearts as an animal lost their life so that we have this experience. We also discussed how a lamb’s heart is classed as food and how they were all ordered from a local supermarket. We even looked at the cooking instructions on the back of the packet.

The pupils worked in pairs, with a heart, to investigate how it felt and smelt. We also investigated the different parts of the heart such as the chambers that we had learnt about in a previous guided reading session.

Article 17 – All children have the right to access information

During one of our reading sessions, we learnt about the Northern Lights. The children were fascinated with the vibrant colours they create, so we decided to use different coloured chalks to create our own Northern Lights artwork. This linked in to our previous art unit where we looked at shading.

Article 28 – All children have the right to a quality education

During English, we have been learning about a poem called ‘The Visitor’ by Ian Serraillier. Over the week we studied the different vocabulary in the poem, and then tried to sequence it without actually seeing it based on our predictions. Towards the end of the week, the children learnt the poem and then performed it to the rest of the class.

CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a good quality education

During our Computing lessons, we have been using Code Monkey to input and debug code. The aim of the game is to work through increasing levels of difficulty by inputting code to enable the monkey to get his banana. If the monkey did not reach the banana, the children had to debug the code to correct it.

CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to a quality education.

CRC Article 14 – All children have the right to freedom of thought and religion.

CRC Article 17 – All children have the right to access reliable information.

Year 6 visited St. John’s Church in Shildon to take part in an interactive Life Exhibition. This was a multi-media experience where pupils used iPads to learn about the life of Jesus. They also learnt about the story of ‘The Good Samaritan’.

Pupils visited four different interactive tents led by four different adults and at the end, the pupils took part in an interactive quiz to show what they had learnt.

Thank you St. John’s for this great learning experience.

CRC Article 29 – All children have the right to develop their personalities, talents and abilities to the full.

English: Performance Poetry

VIDEO coming soon…….

PE

We have been learning to perform the poem ‘The Visitor’ using expression and actions.  The videos below show the children performing their retelling to the class.

CRC Article 31- All children have the right to rest, relax, play and to take part in cultural and creative activities.

CRC Article 24 –  All children have the right to be healthy. 

CRC Article 19 – All children have the right to be safe.

Dance Coaching: We have been learning how to dance in a Bollywood (Hip-Hop) style with the help of Jasmine, our Dance Coach.

The video below shows the final performance of the dance we learnt, including our own group sections that we choreographed ourselves.

VIDEO coming soon………

Hockey: We have been learning to hold the hockey stick correctly, to dribble the ball with control and to pass accurately.

Computing

CRC Article 29 – All children have the right to develop their personalities, talents and abilities to the full.

We studied what a network was and how our computer network in school worked.  We created network maps in groups to show this and examined the different wired and wireless connections.

 

We have continued to enhance our coding skills, this time using CODE.org and their Minecraft simulations.  We learnt how to use loops to simplify and streamline our code blocks and avoid repetition.

Science

CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn.

Classification – we have been learning about how animals and plants are grouped and their different features.  We learnt how to use and create keys to help identify or sort living things.  We have also studied micro-organisms and tested the conditions that were best for growing mould on bread.

RE

The Easter Story: We have learnt about the Easter Story and have tried to consider the key events from different people’s perspectives.  The photographs show us having a class debate about whether Jesus deserved to be crucified or not.

CRC Article 14 – All children have the right to their own thoughts, opinions and religion, but this should not stop other people from enjoying their rights. Parents can guide children so that as they grow up, they learn to properly use this right.

We have also visited the ‘Life Exhibition’ at St John’s Church, which was all about Jesus’s life and death.

Special Events

CRC Article 19 – All children have the right to be protected from violence, abuse and being neglected by anyone who looks after them.

CRC Article 28 – All children have the right to learn.

NSPCC Number Day

World Book Day

English: Performance Poetry

Article 29 – Children’s education should help them fully develop their personalities, talents and abilities.

We have been learning to perform the classic poem ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ using expression and actions.

P.E.

Article 31- Every child has the right to rest, relax, play and to take part in cultural and creative activities.

Article 24 –  All adults and children should have information about how to stay safe and healthy.

Football Coaching: We have been learning how to control and dribble the ball and developing our team-working skills.

Gymnastics: We have been learning to apply straddle, tuck and pike positions to our sequences of movements both on the floor, with a partner and on apparatus.

Music: Happy by Pharell Williams

Article 31- Every child has the right to rest, relax, play and to take part in cultural and creative activities.

We have been learning how to sing the song ‘Happy’ and to play an accompaniment with musical instruments.

Computing

Article 29 – Children’s education should help them fully develop their personalities, talents and abilities.

We learnt to input, change, order and sort data in a spreadsheet on the laptops & we have been learning to code using Scratch on the iPads.

Science

Article 29 – Children’s education should help them fully develop their personalities, talents and abilities

Light – we have been learning about how light travels in beams, can be reflected and can be blocked to make shadows.  We have done lots of practical investigating.

R.E.

Article 14 – Children can choose their own thoughts, opinions and religion, but this should not stop other people from enjoying their rights. Parents can guide children so that as they grow up, they learn to properly use this right.

Rituals: We have learnt about some of the features of important rituals from some of the main faiths and religions such as The Eucharist, Salah and Passover.  Here the children are trying out some of the foods in the Pesach (Passover) meal.

Special Events

Article 24 – Children have the right to the best health care possible, clean water to drink, healthy food and a clean and safe environment to live in. All adults and children should have information about how to stay safe and healthy.

Article 19 – Governments must protect children from violence, abuse and being neglected by anyone who looks after them.

NSPCC workshops-November, Odd socks for Anti-Bullying Weeks and Children in Need Day & Show Racism the Red Card Day.