You can find all the weekly news from Year 6 linked below.
This week, the children have been exploring 2d and 3d shapes, with particular focus on using the correct terminology accurately. It has also been an exciting challenge to draw their own nets correctly, using protractors and rulers.
The children have been enjoying Personal Bests Week in PE this week, where they have experienced a number of physical challenges in a range of different PE skills. Working as a year group also allowed them to collaborate with children from other classes.
As part of our PSHE lessons, we have been exploring the importance of hygiene in the prevention of the spread of germs and bacteria. Lavender Class found out that washing your hands for 20 seconds with soap, can help to stop the spread of 'infection'.
This week, in Science, the children carried out an experiment which they planned last week. They worked hard to anaylse the results and write high quality conclusions.
In English this week, we have been revising Passive Voice, in preparation for our next Star Write linked to Macbeth. We made a 'human sentence' on whiteboards to rearrange the subject, the verb and the object, to help the children understand how this creates a more formal sentence.
In Maths this week we have been linking our learning of area and perimeter to volume and the equpiment has helped to understand the 'hidden' cubes and to formulate the rule to calculate the volume.
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In Art this wee, Year 6 have been exploring Dadaism and the artist Hannah Hoch's work. They have created their own 'nonsensical' photomontage.
We have had a variety of different number -based learning opportunities in Maths today, as part of Number Day. One group have been practising for the team event in the UK Maths Challenge. Others have been competing in a competition outside, which involved solving number-based clues to find a secret phone number, which would then solve a puzzle.
Our Science topic this half-term is all about light and the children had an enjoyable time exploring the shadows they could make with torches this week. They were also asking fantastic questions, such as 'What happens to the size of the shadow if we move the torch away from the object?' showing their ability to experiment, enquire and explore - all great scientific skills.