This week, Year 6 had the exciting opportunity to delve deep in History during their ‘Viking Day’ on Monday. The children immersed themselves into the world of the Vikings with a visit from The History Squad, giving the children an opportunity to explore artefacts and weapons from the Viking era. We have also continued with our revision in preparation for our final Mock week before SATs next week!

Spellings: Words containing the suffix ‘-ibly’. For example: legibly, forcibly, responsibly, horribly

Year 6 kicked off the brand new school term with their penultimate assessment week of the year! All of the children should be incredibly proud of their dedication and success throughout the week. One final push before SATs! We also commenced our new History topic: Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - Crime and Punishment where the children had the opportunity to conduct their own historical enquiry through analysing a range of sources and devising questions based on their findings. 

Spellings: We have revised our Year 5 and 6 spelling words.

This week Year 6 has had a busy week during Moc Week! The children spent time revising their key skills before completing their paper - they worked incredibly hard throughout the week and should all be proud of what they have achieved. We also spent the week finishing our Science topic ‘Animals including Humans’ - conducting an experiment, using skittles and water, to study and observe how nutrients are absorbed and transported around our bodies.

Spellings: We revised our Year 5 and 6 spelling words.

Year 6 have had a fantastic first week back after half-term; we have been busy diving into our new and exciting topics. In Literacy, we were introduced to our new Power of Reading text, ‘The Curse of the Maya’ where we wrote a detailed letter predicting what we think will unfold! In Science, we began exploring the human body and what it can do - we will focus this half-term on the circulatory system. 

Spellings: Words containing the suffix ‘-tial’. For example: substantial, potential, spatial, torrential.

Year 6 have had a fantastic final week of term! On Tuesday, all of the children embraced ‘Safer Internet Day’; engrossing themselves in a range of activities linking with staying safe online. We also took part in an engaging live lesson - providing us with fascinating information about AI technology. In Literacy, we have finalised our own interpretations of ‘Macbeth’, ensuring to build atmosphere and suspense through advanced description as well as integrating dialogue.

Spellings: We have continued our spelling of words containing -cial after the vowel.

This week, Year 6 worked extremely hard in their latest assessment week! All of the children should be incredibly proud of how they tackled the week and the hard work they put in. In DT, we have continued to plan and create our Shadow Puppet Theatres - using a range of tools and materials to develop our skills. We look forward to sharing these at the Expo! In Science, we have continued to explore ‘light’, in particular investigating how light only travels in straight lines and cannot bend.

Spellings: We have revised our Year 5 and 6 spelling words.

This week, Year 6 have continued to delve into their Power of Reading text: ‘Macbeth’. The children have had the opportunity to write a detailed report of ‘The Battle of Ellon’ - integrating a range of hyphenated words to extend their description as well as integrating dialogue to advance action. In Maths, we have consolidated our knowledge of multiplying fractions by integers and fractions as well as dividing. In Geography, we have explored the biomes that make up our world, what features each biome contains as well as how these biomes are being destroyed due to increasing climate change.

Spellings: Words with ‘unstressed’ vowel sounds. 
For example: environment, secretary, jewellery, reference.

Year 6 have had a fantastic full week back after the Christmas break and have enjoyed getting straight back into their new and exciting learning. On Monday, the children were able to fully immerse themselves in our new Power of Reading text: ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. We spent the day carrying out a variety of activities such as: experimenting and creating our own Witches’ potions, using a variety of ‘disgusting ingredients’ for our concoctions; a drama workshop which allowed the children to act out a range of scenes from the play and perform these to their peers and finally a music class comparing the music in Shakespearian time with modern day, using the plot of Macbeth to create their own versions.
Spellings: Words with origins from other countries. For example: bungalow, blizzard, hoist