Another busy fortnight for year 6, who are, as ever, working their hardest in their lessons - and on their burgeoning acting careers, as we rehearse for our end of year production.
In science, the children have taken their understanding and knowledge of evolution and adaptation and begun their own scientific investigation on how these theories apply to plant life. Using baby spider plants, we decided to change one key variable on sustaining plant life to see how this could impact growth. Some children have decided to change how much light the plant will have, some to change the amount of water, some the temperature of its environment - and some the type of soil. We are hugely excited to record our findings scientifically - against our control - and challenge our own initial predictions. The knowledge the children have taken from this unit is hugely impressive, and they should all be immensely proud of their scientific working skills.
In reading, we have stepped into the fascinating world of ‘The Nowhere Emporium’ - this wonderful tale of magic and mayhem has us all gripped, and the children are showing their trademark curiosity when encountering new characters, new settings - and new vocabulary.
Our Amazing Places topic has set the year group on a virtual world tour! They are so fascinated by different countries - and this has expanded into learning more about culture, language…and building general knowledge about capital cities, continents, and famous landmarks on a daily basis. We are sure they would ace a round on MasterMind.
Even in their free time, the children are busy around the school - helping with sporting events, creating pieces of breathtakingly beautiful art, devising games for their younger school mates….and, as you can see from the below, helping harvest a very impressive crop of radishes from the school allotment!
Well done, as always, year 6 - what a positive week you have all had.
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