Dec 6, 2023 | Humanities Activities, Year 6
On Tuesday Year 6 were visited by Richard, that history bloke, who came into school to do a session all about Ancient Greece. We started off with an Ancient Greek quiz, to see what we already knew about the Greeks. 1. Greece was a country- FALSE It was made up of city...
Dec 6, 2023 | Science & Technology Activities, Year 6
This week we put our circuit skills to the test and had a go at building out own circuits. We started with a simple circuit using wires, a power source and a bulb. We set up our circuit and ‘tinkered’ with it (using some of the ideas we had previously explored) if it...
Nov 24, 2023 | PHSE & Citizenship Activities, Year 6
On Thursday Year 6 spent the morning at Safety Works. We took part in 5 different workshops/activities all related to keeping us safe. We learnt about water safety with the RNLI We thought about keeping safe when using the metro and at train stations. We looked at...
Nov 21, 2023 | English Activities, School News, Year 5, Year 6
Year 5 & 6 visited Gateshead Library this week to celebrate the Northern Children’s Book Festival. It is the festivals 40th birthday this year and they had a very special guest – Steve Skidmore! Steve is a hugely successful author, having written 266 books – wow!...
Nov 21, 2023 | Arts Activities, Year 6
Last half term Year 6 created some fantastic pieces of art ‘Making their voices heard’ using symbolism and chiaroscuro to design a piece of artwork. They took inspiration from various artist including Diego Rivera to create patterns that represented...
Nov 21, 2023 | Arts Activities, PHSE & Citizenship Activities, Year 6
On Friday we celebrated children in need. We had a day full of fun Pudsey activities. As part of the day we used the art skills from our ‘Make my voice heard’ topic in particular using symbols to express ourselves to produce a piece of Pudsey art. We also...
