Blog Author: Ian Morris

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!

Year Six had a great discussion in Jigsaw about their worries and dreams as they begin Year Six.

Year Six were all smiles during their first PE session of the year - focusing on team-building and orienteering around the hall (as it was raining cats and dogs outside!)

Year Six had the best day at Chester Zoo in the blazing sun! We loved the butterfly house and the jaguar house the most!

Year Six REALLY enjoyed learning about Taxonomy and classification using the Linnaeus system - probably because sweets were involved!

We have created classification keys with YES or NO questions to classify sweets into different classes based on their observable features.

We then discussed…

Year Six cracked on from the outset today with maths, reading, handwriting and finished the afternoon with science. We learnt about Carl Linnaeus and his system for grouping plants and animals.