Local Area Fieldwork

Local Area Fieldwork

In Geography this term, the children in Year 6 have undertaken an independent fieldwork enquiry. As a class, the children decided to investigate the question, ‘Is there a link between graffiti and litter in our local area?’ Before carrying out the fieldwork, the...
Steady Hand Games

Steady Hand Games

In DT, the children in Year 6 have been using their knowledge of electrical circuits to design and create steady hand games. The children choose a theme to base their ideas around and created a challenging wire shape. In order to play their games, they created...
Creating Circuits

Creating Circuits

In Science, the children in Year 6 have been learning about electrical circuits, including identifying components from their symbols, creating circuit diagrams and predicting and testing circuits. They have then used this knowledge to investigate if the number of...
Terrific Tennis

Terrific Tennis

In PE this half term, Year 6 have had the opportunity to receive coaching from Oli, who is a sports coach from Newcastle United Foundation. During the sessions, the children have been developing their tennis skills and have worked hard to improve their agility,...
Exploring Function Machines

Exploring Function Machines

In Maths this week, the children in Year 6 have begun to formally look at algebra for the first time by exploring function machines. The children learned the meanings of the terms input, output, function and rule. First, the children calculated the output then they...