Author: Miss Prankard
Art Day Year 6
Our schools had a federation-wide art day inspired the theme 'Under the Sea'. Year 6 were set the challenge to respresent both sharks and plastic pollution by incorporating elements of plastic to our pieces. We began our projects by learning the technique of marbling, mixing powder ink and oil…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 23 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
Exploring Angles
We spent a lesson exploring angles and developing our own generalisations. The children worked incredibly hard, they demonstrated focus and determination to make sure their measurements were precise and conclusions were well-formed.
Posted by Miss Prankard on 20 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
Fairtrade and Poetry
We consolidated our learning from the beginning of the year about Fairtrade products during Fairtrade week. We participated in a range of discussions and then at the end of the week applied this information to create powerful and persuasive shape poetry.
Posted by Miss Prankard on 14 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
Living Things Launch Day
To launch our new science topic, living things and their habitats, we enjoyed some time in our outdoor area. In small teams, we looked and listed all the living things we could observe living or could be living in our outdoor classroom. We then tried to organise these living things into groups…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 12 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
A Midsummers Nights Dream
Along with the rest of Key Stage 2, Year 6 enjoyed a fantastic performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. We thought the play was hilarious and loved how the actors made what can be quite a complicated play really easy to follow and engage with mostly because of how interactive the…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 8 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
World Book Day in Year 6
Class 6 relished their day exploring new vocabulary. We began the day listening to the story of the 'Word Collector', then used it to discuss the power of words and what impact words can have on one another. We played a brilliant game of splat and used our game 'popcorn' to show off our outfits…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 8 March 2019
Tags: Class 6
Year 6
A collection of our photographs from our incredible residential! What a brilliant week!
Posted by Miss Prankard on 15 February 2019
Tags: Class 6
Internet Safety Day
As part of our school's internet safety day, Class 6 prepared debates on whether the minimum age for social media should be lowered. The thoughts and opinions put across were interesting and thought-provoking and arguments were presented beautifully.
Posted by Miss Prankard on 5 February 2019
Tags: Class 6
Testing Circuits
We tested the volume of buzzers using a decibel meter based on experiments the children independently planned and set up. There were a range of theories being tested including what happens when; an additional buzzer is added to the circuit; additional voltage is added to the circuit; additional…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 4 February 2019
Tags: Class 6
Chinese New Year
We celebrated Chinese New Year by trying some typical Chinese foods as well as writing some fantastic stories about the legend of Nian.
Posted by Miss Prankard on 28 December 2018
Tags: Class 6
Year 6 enjoying the Christmas Cafe!
Class 6 loved going to the Bramham Christmas Cafe! It was a superb opportunity to look over our books for the term (with a cake), and reflect on just how much progress we have made! Some of us were able to share it with parents as well as each other, Ms Richards and Miss Prankard. We are so very…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 4 December 2018
Tags: Class 6
Thwaite Mills 2018
Class 6 visited Thwaite Mills last week. We had a brilliant day filled with fantastic workshops learning about World War 2 on both a national and local scale.
The day started at school and we were back in our evacuation outfits ready to start the day! Once at Thwaite Island, we were divided…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 4 December 2018
Tags: Class 6