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1 October 2021

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.

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30 September 2021

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!

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29 September 2021

Year Six Science Investigation

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…

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27 September 2021

Year Six PE

 

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

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23 September 2021

Year Six create micro-organisms!

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.

 

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17 September 2021

Year Six Jigsaw

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

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10 September 2021

Year Six Jigsaw!

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

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10 September 2021

Year Six Team-building!

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!)

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7 September 2021

Year Six Chester Zoo trip!

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

 

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3 September 2021

Year Six Taxonomy

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…

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2 September 2021

Day One in Year Six!

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.

 

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