Year Six STEM week - challenge 1
We started STEM week by discussing how towns are designed, and how Skelmersdale was designed as a new town.
We discussed which features we’d expect to find in a town, and which amenities and transport links should be in place. We then designed our first draft of a town plan.
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Y6 STEM WEEK - Town planning
Year Six kicked off their STEM week learning by learning how engineers and mathematicians help to plan the towns we live in!
We discussed how to provide ample space, amenities and recreation opportunities for a town like Skelmersdale, and took inspiration from our own town's…
Year Six Sports Day
Year Six had an absolute blast during their sports day. Relays, obstacles, egg and spoons - they had a great time!
Year Six Investigate Light
Year Six have been investigating how light travels, and finding ways to prove how light travels in straight lines. We really enjoyed ourselves!
Year Six Inheritance
Year Six really enjoyed learning about inheritance, and how characteristics - both physical and behavioural - can be passed to offspring. In this case, used dogs and their inherited traits to try selective breeding for specific owners. Next, we'll cross-breed our dogs to see which traits will be…
Year Six Jigsaw
Year Six enjoyed using Seesaw to add their responses to key questions around being healthy and taking responsibility for their health.
Year Six PE
Year Six are showing off all the skills they've learnt over the past few weeks in gymnastics. First step? Stretching those muscles!
Year Six English
Year Six started their latest writing topic by identifying features of a newspaper report. Finding the shape of the text - we discussed the layout and order of a newspaper and which features a reporter would use to 'hook' in their reader.
Year Six Evolution
Year Six #evolved as we learnt about evolution of mockingbirds and finches. We tested different tools as bird bills and investigated their effectiveness at gathering food.
Year Six P.E
Year Six rounded off a great week of school with a gymnastics session and developing their balancing skills.
Year Six World Book Day
Wow! What a day Year Six have had! We've had the Knave of Hearts on trial, role-played a courtroom drama, wrote dialogue and then got creative with some collage 'playing card' artwork.
Year Six Arts & Culture Day
Year Six had a lovely first day back to school with Arts & Culture Day! We created a self-identity piece - inspired by Frida Karhlo. We used pastels and collage work to create our backdrops, before collaging our portrait photographs over the top. We then collaged floral designs over our…