In science, year 6 have continued their learning around light and worked towards answering their big question, ‘Why can’t I see around corners?’ This week they focused on investigating how shadows change when a light source is closer or further away? They used light sources...
Year 6 are loving their class reader, Goodnight Mister Tom, especially as we are coming to the last parts of the story. They’ve been focusing on finding “phrases” this week, remembering that this means a group of words. For example, What phrase shows us that...
The children who didn’t go to Kench Hill had a wonderful week at school. Their highlight was when they took to the water to help clean up the River Lea. In canoes, the children searched the banks of the River Lea for litter. They were...
In year 6, they have been taking inspiration from their class text, ‘Goodnight Mister Tom,’ to help them write a 5 plot-point narrative based on being evacuated from the city to the countryside because of the Blitz. To help prepare them for their writing they...
Year 6 have showcased some of their fantastic writing skills. This week they were focusing on using topic sentences, with conjunctive adverbs, to link to previous concluding sentences. Conjunctive adverbs are cohesive words or groups of words that connect one sentence to another. They can be...
Year 6 had a fantastic trip to Hackney Museum as part of their Black History learning. They learnt about Ethiopian coffee ice cream, called Buna Gelati, and looked at different materials from Kenya. They discussed the colours and patterns seen in the fabrics. ...
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed their science workshop all about evolution. They examined an extensive collection of fossil specimens through eight different prehistoric time periods and discovered how life on earth changed over time. They had the opportunity to record their findings through observations and shared...
In reading, year 6 analysed the poem, “The Language of Cat” by Rachel Rooney. They all now know what the word saunter means. They ended the lesson performing the poem to their partners. They focused on their oracy skills when performing and their partners gave...
In year 6, they have been exploring the conductivity of different materials in their science lessons. Did you know that the salt in salt dough actually makes it a conductor? [gallery ids="6526,6527"]...
Year 6 have been using Cuisenaire rods to represent additive and multiplicative problems. Firstly they looked at different calculations represented by the Cuisenaire rods and identified relationships they could spot. Then they represented different valuations using different coloured rods. Finally they wrote their own word problems...