You can find all the weekly news from Year 6 linked below.
This week, we had a visit from Transport for London, who talked to Year 6 about how to use buses, trams and the underground safely. Zip cards were explained, and the children were shown how to use one correctly. This is especially important as the children begin to become more independent and start venturing out on their own.
We have focused on Street Art this week and explored how it conveys a message. The children were set the challenge of creating a piece of Art that makes our world a better place. They considered plastics in the ocean, climate change, the need for peace, global warming, recycling, litter and many more issues. The results were thought-provoking.
This week was our second week this half-term of Music Tech with our specialist visiting teacher, Tom Stone from Sutton Music Service. So far, he has talked to the children about hip-hop and house music and they listened to various examples. He taught them about some of the key features and showed them how to compose their own piece in a similar style, using Sound Trap. This is the children's third term on Music Tech, as they begin this in Year 5 and have 2 terms of tuition.
In Year 6 this week, we have been developing our learning on evolution by testing Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection. We used Darwin’s theory of finches to test how a birds beak can impact the food they eat. We used different types of beaks (clothes pegs, toothpicks, scissors and spoons) to replicate the shapes of different beaks. We then timed ourselves to see how much different foods each beak could collect! From our investigations, we found out that Darwins theory was correct and Finchs had to adapt to their different environments based on the food that was available.
Which animals' opinions did you include in your first Star Write, based on 'The Great Kapok Tree'?
This week in Year 6, we have been looking at the six different biomes that can be found in Brazil. We looked at how some of these biomes cannot be found in North America and why these areas are important in Brazil. We also looked at where the people in Brazil mainly lived and why they lived in these particular areas.
WOW! Well done Year 6! A truly team effort, to put on such a fantastic show. After months of rehearsals and hard work, it all came together this week, with a fabulous final performance, which we will all remember for a long time. All the children stepped up and worked collaboratively to showcase their acting, singing and dancing skills as well as prop-making, ticket-design and use of various technological devices.
In Science this week, Year 6 have been finding out about how various nutrients affect the body. They used their Chromebooks to find out about a nutrient of their choice, and they could present their findings however they like. The results were varied and impressive.
In Science this week, Year 6 children made simple working models of the lung, to help them understand how they work. This is all part of our topic on the Circulatory System. It was quite fiddly, but they persevered and succeeded eventually.