Year Six Bowling Event
Year Six children attended a Crown green bowling event on Friday and made us very proud with their performance and team work! One Y6 even won the 'Spot Prize' for their attitude and performance during the event!
Year Six - Martin Luther King Jr
Year Six ended their Black History Month learning by studying the famous 'I have a dream' speech by Martin Luther King Jr.
We discussed the meaning of key moments in the speech and the struggles that Luther King refer to.
We finished by scrapbooking a collection of thoughts with our…
Year Six French Day!
Bonjour tout le monde! Year Six have learnt loads of new language in today's French Day! We've played Simon says to learn classroom commands, had duels to shout out days of the week in French, learnt months of the year and learnt high street vocabulary...phew! Au Revoir!
Year Six swab for microbes!
Year Six had a fab time taking swab samples as part of their investigation into microbes. They then applied their swabs to petri dishes filled with agar. Next...we wait! Exciting times!
Year Six - Black History Month
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 code a game!
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 learn about population density!
Year Six have been learning about population density, and the factors behind locations increasing or decreasing in population over time.
Year Six Digital Balance
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 Fungi Investigation
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 Computing
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!
History Club
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.
Year Six Wet Break!
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!