This afternoon, KS2 also enjoyed a performance all around bullying with a focus on cyberbullying. It was great fun with lots of fun songs and acting but full of meaningful content. We were also super surprised when Mrs Fitz made her acting debut!
This morning during crew, we walked to the Pentecostal Church to donate some spare school uniforms to their charity shop. It felt rewarding to know that something as simple as giving away old uniforms could help others in our community.
This week, Year 6 have been learning all about Charles Darwin’s fascinating theory of evolution, focusing on his famous studies of finches from the Galápagos Islands in South America. To build their background knowledge, the children explored how Darwin discovered that the finches’ beaks had adapted over time to help them eat different types of food. They then became scientists themselves, using a range of equipment to mimic different beak shapes and testing how effective they were at picking up various “foods” such as rice, elastic bands, and pasta. By comparing results, the children concluded which “beak” worked best for each food type, just as Darwin had observed. To finish, they sketched drawings of the finches beaks, recording the type of beak and the food each bird ate—bringing Darwin’s discoveries to life in a fun and hands-on way!
This week in RE we talked about happiness and contentment. We discussed what makes us happy and when we feel content. As part of the lesson we enjoyed listening to music and thought about about how the songs made us feel. We finished the lesson by creating a happiness tree.
Yesterday in both reading and science, we were active learners doing read and hunt around the room activities. In reading we read sentences from this week’s texts on ‘The Gunpowder Plot’ and ‘How fireworks work’, then made sensible attempts on the meaning of given words using the context to help us. In science we gathered facts from around the room about the adaptations of different plants and animals from the rainforest. We went on to teach a partner about an animal we had researched.
This morning, Year 6 learnt all about the Festival of Diwali and how it is celebrated. They went on to enjoy making their own Diwali wreaths.
Year 6 have been learning all about plant reproduction this morning. To build their background knowledge, the children explored informative videos, engaging reading materials, and class discussions about how flowering plants reproduce. With their curiosity sparked, they then had the opportunity to dissect lilies and carefully identify and label each part of the flower. Everyone worked together to deepen their understanding. Fun was had by all, and the pupils demonstrated excellent learning attitudes throughout the activity!
This morning, we have been busy learning all about reproduction of plants. We even managed to dissect a plant and identified the different parts of a plant. Well done Y6 awesome work today!
This half term we have learnt about the rites of passage in Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and then this week Christianity. Today, we explored the differences and similarities been infant baptism, believer’s baptism, confirmation and Holy communion. We used the videos linked below to help develop our knowledge.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/zm32nrd
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/articles/z7xhy9q
It was so lovely to receive this wonderful letter about our Year 6 children. During the transition event at Axholme Academy, the maths department had a guess the number of sweets in the jar competition. What a surprise that one of our children was the closest in their guess! Carter has gone home today with a bag of sweets, certificate and a copy of the letter. Well done!
