Year 6 News

The reaction to our History lesson about equality for women and how this had increased since 1945, produced some passionate responses from our children. One of the pillars of our curriculum is Fairness for All, and it was encouraging to see that the children in Year 6, who are nearing the end of their primary education, could recognise inequality and are so determined to eradicate it in the future.

In Maths this week, we have been exploring the volume of solid shapes. The children used cubes to explore the concept and were able to count them and then work out the formula for themselves. They enjoyed investigating various questions using the cubes too. The use of manipulatives always underpins our Maths teaching and helps us with our understanding of concepts. 

In Science this week, the children have been exploring what happens when white light hits a prism. They have made colour spinners to try to replicate how the colours blend together to form white light. It was tricky to be able to spin their spinner fast enough, but with perseverance, some did manage to get the colours to begin to blend. The children also watched a video, showing it happening,

World War Two Day today, has been hugely exciting, with many children making a fantastic effort with their costumes. We have seen a lot of evacuees, land army girls and some soldiers in class today. The children have learnt about and experienced evacuation as well as trying some rationed food, along with seeing Ration Books and ID Cards. As well as being a real highlight of our year, the children have begun to consider the devastating impact of war on society as a whole.

Today saw the long-awaited DT 'Come Dine With Me' project, where the children prepared either a starter, a main course or a dessert, which was then judged by another group. They had researched this and organised themselves for this before Christmas and were very excited to be finally seeing their plans come to fruition. Whilst some were cooking, others were finding out about how their 'hero ingredient' (either peppers, salmon or pineapple) travelled 'from farm to fork'. Also, each child has contributed a favourite recipe to the online Class Cookbook. A great day!

To end our topic on the Maya, we have been considering the various aspects that led to their demise as an entire civilisation. The children were surprised to learn that the Maya do still exist, but they have had to integrate into society in Central America. The children were also shocked to hear that the Maya can sometimes face racism. One of our learning pillars is Fairness for All and the children were quite vocal with their opinions about how very unfair this is. It was encouraging to see them passionate about wanting to make our world a better place.