Y6 and Reception share stories together for World Book Day 2023
Y6 spent a lovely afternoon with our Reception children sharing books and special stories. Our Y6s read to the younger children with real expression and enthusiasm. They enjoyed juice and a biscuit to round off a fantastic World Book Day.
Printing in Y6
Y6 have been learning how to make their own printing tiles by engraving patterns into them and then experimenting with layers of colour and different designs.
Y6 Rum Story and Whitehaven Harbour
Y6 had a great day out discovering more about the history of slavery and the sugar trade at the Rum Story. They learnt about the wealthy Jefferson family who traded from their office in Whitehaven and used the sugar which was farmed by slaves on plantations in Antigua to make rum. After looking…
Y6 and Reception celebrate Children’s Mental Health Week
Reception and Y6 shared a playtime today to celebrate the end of Children’s Mental Health week. The theme this year was “Let’s Connect’’ and our oldest children loved connecting with some of our youngest!
Y6 Healthy Choices Workshop
Y6 were joined by Leah from CADAS for a healthy living and choices workshop. They learnt about the importance of making sensible choices as they get older despite being tempted by peer pressure. Leah played games with the class which meant they had to make certain choices about different…
Y6 St Bees Science Fair
Year 6 were invited to St Bees private school to take part in a Science Fair. Throughout the meowing the children studied the structure of a cell using a microscope. They were shown how a Van Der Graff generator charges things up creating static electricity. In the labs, the children carried out…
Times Tables Rock Star NSPCC Challenge
KS2 took part in the NSPCC Times Table Rock Star challenge today. They all tried very hard to be the winning class with the highest number of correct answers per pupil. The speed and recall of some of the pupils was very impressive! A huge well done to everyone.
Y6 Gymnastics Balances
In their gymnastics lessons, Y6 have been learning how to use their bodies with a partner to create balances safely.
Y6 Investigate Refraction and Reflective Materials
Year 6 completed their unit of learning on light by planning and carrying out an investigation to discover ‘What surfaces make the best reflectors?’. They set up an investigation that had a controlled variable, independent variable and dependent variable. They predicted and carried out the…
Y6 make samosas in Design and Technology
Y6 finished their learning about Street Foods from different cultures by making vegetable samosas. They used a range of important skills to perform this task including chopping, dicing, peeling and folding the delicate pastry into triangles with the vegetable filling tucked neatly inside. Everyone…
Y6 D&T Pitta Bread Making
Year 6 are enjoying their current Design and Technology theme of “Can Street Foods Save Us?” This week they made pitta bread to try with hummus. They learned the skills of kneading and stretching the dough to develop the gluten in the flour. They also considered why yeast is such an important…
Ghost Launchers STEAM Challenge
Year 6 took part in a STEAM ( Science Technology Engineering And Mathematics) challenge. Their goal was to create a catapult to launch marshmallow ghosts as far as possible. They worked in teams to create plans considering: the materials they had available, how they would know the catapult was…