Year 6
2018-2019
May- We can Build It.
Year 6 had great fun this week building tents, gazebos and other shelters. They worked hard in teams and enjoyed problem solving to work out how the shelters went together. They are then going to use this knowledge of how the structures are constructed to create their own models of bird hides, using wood, paper and card.
March
We had a smashing time at this year’s World Book Day. The pupils of year 6 really outdid themselves with there was a large variety of fantastic costumes. With the ultimate winner dressing as famous author Jane Eyre. The children created books inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories using the ipads and we had an excellent version of ‘How the Wolf got its Howl’ created by pupils in Jupiter class.
February
On Wednesday 23rd January, Year 6 embarked on their trip to the zoo. It was a cold day but that didn’t stop them, they still had a fabulous day. They managed to see lots of animals and carrying out some work on adaptations. Though out the day, the children discussed the conditions of the animals, their environments and the care that they were having. The day was excellent and the children immensely enjoyed the experience.
December- Stadium Trips
Over the last few weeks, each child in year 6 was took part in the annual Year 6 visits to the stadiums that represent the house that they are in. These consist of Twickenham (The Home of Rugby), Lords (The Home of Cricket), Wimbledon (The Home of Tennis) and Wembley (The Home of Football). The children were all able to take part in stadium tours finding out many interesting facts about the venues. They were also able to take part in educational workshops and look around the museums finding out about the history of the sport. All the children behaved extremely well and were a credit to the school, we look forward to visiting again next year.
October
Earlier this half term, some year 6 pupils went on their annual residential trip to Blacklands Farm. They were away for two nights and over the three days took part in a range of activities including: crate staking, archery, den building and rock scrabbling. The pupils were a credit to school and a huge thanks go to the staff who supported this trip, who are looking forward to attending next week.
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2017-2018
Spring 2018
This Half term, year 6, have been busy learning about dinosaurs. The children really enjoyed their wow science lesson where they got to learn about trace fossils; within the lesson they created their own, using footsteps in paint. They then had even more fun, digging around in ‘real’ dinosaur poo (coprolite) discovering that the animal was a carnivore and also must have been quite small as the bones they found.
January
Spelling Bee
Our Year 6 children have taken part in a whole school spelling bee. The children were given the year 5 and 6 words to learn over the Christmas holidays. In each class, there was a competition to find a class champion. Each of these class champions then competed in assembly to find an overall winner for year 6. This year 6 champion will go on to compete against the year 6 champions from other schools.
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Year 6 Champions
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Year 6 winner!
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It was a fast paced competition!
Wimbledon House trip
At the end of November all the year 6 pupils in Wimbledon house had the opportunity to visit Wimbledon grounds.
The children learned a lot about their house and had a great day.
Wembley House trip
All the year 6 pupils from Wembley also had the chance to visit Wembley stadium. They had a great day and learned about the maths involved in creating a football team.
Year 6 Science
For the last term, year 6 have been looking at Dinosaurs within their science lessons. They had great fun exploring the ‘coprolite’ (dinosaur poo) discovering that a lot can be learnt from trace fossils.
Twickenham House Trip
On Wednesday 9th November, year 6 children from Twickenham house were lucky enough to visit the amazing Twickenham stadium. All children enjoyed taking a tour of the stadium and looking at the incredible history of rugby in the stadium museum.
The children found it incredible that even though the stadium holds over 80,000 people, it only takes 5 minutes to empty at the end of a game or in an emergency.
Lords House Trip
On Wednesday 9th November, year 6 children from Lords house had the opportunity to visit the incredible Lords cricket ground. Children were lucky enough to get to practise some of their cricket skills and have a tour of the grounds itself.
October
The year 6 children had a fabulous time on their residential trip, to Blacklands Farm, they were able to experience a number of new experiences including rock scrambling and archery. They worked extremely well in their teams and made the most of their time away, enjoying late night hikes and some yummy food.
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Year 6 are working on their art skills this term and have been practising colour mixing, tints, tones and hues.
September
Year 6 are busy preparing their House captain speeches ready for key stage 2 children to vote. All of the children in key stage 2 will attend assemblies for their houses and listen to the nominees speeches.