Blog Author: Ian Morris

Year Six learnt about Black History Month - why we study it and why it's important to recognise black history. We studied Nelson Mandela, and discussed discrimination, segregation, unity and anti-apartheid movements in South Africa. We also discussed more recent political movements which address…

Year Six have enjoyed coding their Space Invader game using iLearn2 and Scratch! They build the background and their character, followed by directional instructions.

Year Six have been learning about population density, and the factors behind locations increasing or decreasing in population over time.

Year Six have been discussing how we spend our time online, which apps and devices we use, and how we can strike a healthy digital balance.

We also noticed that we spend more time online of a weekend!

Year Six have been investigation how certain conditions can promote rapid fungi growth. We have selected our conditions and have observed the changes that have occurred in our slices of bread...with some interesting and yucky results!

Year Six have been developing their programming skills using Scratch. We started by developing a stage, then a sprite to create the beginnings of a Space Invaders game!

We have some enthusiastic historians at DS! We've looked at British military medals and started designing our own using clay. We found that a lot of them are cross-shaped, to emphasise Britain's Christian heritage and the cross as a symbol of hope, peace and courage.

Despite the rubbish weather, Year Six had a blast just playing board games, playing snap and even twister with each other! Oh how we've missed these days!

Year Six have been planning a science investigation into how microbes grow, and how we can alter the conditions that fungi can grow in.

We discussed the possible conditions we could subject fungi to, and then set out our constants and variables.

We'll check back on our investigation over the…

Year Six, once again, really enjoyed their outdoor PE session - filled with orienteering, team-building and trust exercises.

Year Six had a blast learning about micro-organisms and the various types of microbes around us!

They particularly enjoyed creating and naming their own microbe, and designing them using typical shape features of bacterium, viruses and fungi.

Year Six enjoyed designing their bunting to represent their dreams for the year and beyond. Look at the concentration!