Within our art lessons this half term, Y6 have been focusing on creating depth and accurate proportions through the use of one-point perspective drawing techniques. In this particular lesson, we practised drawing the Humber Bridge thinking about the ‘vanishing point’ and how to ensure everything led to the one-point perspective. Great work year 6!
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Our writing focus in English at the moment is ‘balanced arguments’ and Year 6 have been enjoying to opportunity to consider positives and negatives relating to a range of topics. We have also had the opportunity to take part in verbal debates and the children were fantastic at voicing their opinions and backing up their arguments with evidence and statistics to help justify their viewpoints.
Year 6 have been studying the continents of North and South America and have been locating the countries, using atlases, which form these continents. We were amazed by the sheer size of these continents and how far reaching they are to the north and south of the globe! We then used digimap online to investigate levels of precipitation, average temperature, and population density of different regions within these continents.
What a fantastic day we had in Year 6 at Sledmere house for our geography school trip! The sun was shining and it was a perfect setting to learn all about farming, food produce, plants, trees, and nature. A real highlight of the day was the ‘Deer Safari’ which allowed us to travel on a tractor wagon and get up close with hundreds of deer – some which were tiny babies and had only been born minutes before! We fed them and enjoyed watching them come up to the trailer to say hello.
We also saw a sheep being sheared, a first for many of our pupils – and learnt about how wool is such a versatile product that can be made into many various items and clothing.
All children also planted a broad bean in a hand-made plant pot to take home!
During our migration topic this term, Year 6 have been learning about how different groups of people have migrated to Britain for various reasons. The United Kingdom is so diverse and inclusive, made up of millions of people from all different backgrounds and beliefs. This week, we have been learning about citizens from the Caribbean who were encouraged to migrate and come work in Britain to help rebuild our country after WW2.
We took part in an online Zoom session with Floella Benjamin who spoke about her experiences as a migrant to Britain travelling from Trinidad and how sadly, back then, she faced lots of racism. It was a great opportunity to learn about the challenges migrants faced and how Britain has come a long way in treating everyone with the respect they deserve.
Year 6 have loved exploring Tinkercad and developing their 3D modelling skills in our computing lessons this week. The children have already grasped how to use the workplane grid for sizing references and how to modify their shapes colours. We have also practised using the duplicate tool and are now even able to hollow out shapes! Great practise ready for when we use our 3D printer in a few weeks time within our DT project.
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- Exploring tinkercad
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- Experimenting in adding 3D shapes
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- Resizing and moving them
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- Adding text
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- Creating personlised name badges
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- Playing with colour changing
Year 6 have worked incredibly hard studying British crime and punishment through the ages within our history lessons this term. We have covered so many time periods, including Anglo-saxon and Vikings, Normans, Tudors, Victorians, WW2 Britain and modern day Britain.
We have really developed our enquiry skills by studying a range of primary and secondary sources of evidence and carrying out independent research.
As we have now finished our history unit of work, we competed in a Kahoot! quiz to check how much we had remembered from this term and then completed a ‘double page spread’ to showcase our knowledge.
The top scorers on Kahoot! along with the 3 of the most impressive double page spreads won themselves an Easter egg for their great efforts! Well done Y6.
Year 6 have been thinking about how they can improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
By the end of the lesson the class were expected to make links between physical and mental wellbeing and know how we can look improve them.
The children were then set a challenge. They were asked to come up with suggestions someone else might use to improve their physical and mental wellbeing . Here are some of their suggestions :
Individually they are all brilliant pieces of advice.
Collectively, the messages are stronger!!!
Year 6 have enjoyed getting stuck into our ‘Ancient Maya’ history focus so far this year. Today, we focused on archaeological findings to deepen our knowledge and understanding about their way of life. Children were set their assignments on Google Classroom and were able to conduct independent research, watching videos and browsing reliable websites, to study what the archaeological findings can teach us about these fascinating people.
What a lovely end to a busy term of English in Year 6! Children worked hard to create joyful and uplifting festive poetry incorporating figurative language and a rhyming pattern throughout their stanzas. They used their senses to describe seasonal scents, noises, textures and sights as they transported their audience into a winter wonderland. Mrs Marson enjoyed judging the poetry and chose an overall winner who was Tuloula H. Fantastic work!
Tuloula’s winning poem!
A selection of more brilliant poems from Y6