--- title: "Year 6" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/category/year-6" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Year 6 7 May #### [Investigating whether light travels in a straight line](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-05-07-13-29-00-investigating-whether-light-travels-in-a-straight-line) Our new science topic is ‘Light’, and we have been devising an investigation to prove or disprove whether light travels in a straight line! 7 May #### [Collaborative Timelines](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-05-07-13-27-00-collaborative-timelines) Today Year 6 are working collaboratively to create timelines sequencing 8 chapters of our book, which tells the story of the events of one night! 29 Mar #### [Palm Sunday Stones Art](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-29-13-32-00-palm-sunday-stones-art) 15 Mar #### [Mayan Art and DT: Jaguar Knight Masks and Mayan Stick Drums](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-15-13-33-00-mayan-art-and-dt-jaguar-knight-masks-and-mayan-stick-drums) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/File_000-7.jpeg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-10-13-34-00-team-building-lego-challenge) 10 Mar #### [Team Building Lego challenge!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-10-13-34-00-team-building-lego-challenge) As part of our welcome back week, Year 6 spent yesterday morning doing some team building challenges. Here are some photos of us all after we made our lego models. We had 30 seconds to look at a model, then had to go back and tell our partners how to recreate it! I think they did really… 3 Mar #### [Charley Marie's Probability Dice Game!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-03-13-38-00-charley-marie-s-probability-dice-game) In Computing we have created spreadsheets to show the probability of a certain number thrown on a dice. This is Charley-Marie’s example… Which number did she throw the most? Would that always be the same? Do you think everyone in the class threw the same number the most? What would be… 1 Mar #### [Shakespeare's Animated Tales: Macbeth](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-03-01-13-39-00-shakespeare-s-animated-tales-macbeth) Today we watched the opening scene of Macbeth, after practicing our best witches voices to read the lines of the play together! 10 Feb #### [Sophie's fantastic hygiene leaflet!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-02-10-13-51-00-sophie-s-fantastic-hygiene-leaflet) [Embedded content](https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9Mzc4NDI1MCZzZz1mNmZlOTY0YTkwMzZlMDU3Zjk0MjY3ZmQyZWNmNWM1NQ==) 10 Feb #### [Ella's beautiful collage!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-02-10-13-49-00-ella-s-beautiful-collage) Our art lessons this term have been focusing on the work of Gustav Klimt, and we have been creating collages based on his paintings. This is Ella’s beautiful artwork. Well done Ella – you have done an incredible job! ![](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/images/images/File_000-3(1).jpeg) 10 Feb #### [Delightful Digital Collages!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-02-10-13-48-00-delightful-digital-collages) Some of Year 6 chose to use 2Paint a Picture on Purple Mash to manipulate photographs of themselves digitally to create a collage effect. I think they are fantastic! Can you tell who is who? 10 Feb #### [George and Sam's Incredible Webpages!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-02-10-13-45-00-george-and-sam-s-incredible-webpages) [Embedded content](https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MzkyMjY3NCZzZz04N2M3NTA4ZTMzODMzMWUyNzUzZGFiNWQ3OGIwZDk5Yg==) [Embedded content](https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MzkyMjkyMiZzZz04MWM4NGFiNjY4OThkNGQ3NzM1NzI1NTNjYmNmYWExNg==) 10 Feb #### [Heroes and Villains](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/blog/2021-02-10-13-40-00-heroes-and-villains) Collaborating on ideas about heroes and villains for our new English topic! ### Sam’s Recipe for a Hero [Embedded content](https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9NDAwNjM0MCZzZz04ZjFmZTFiZDRlNTFlY2ZiODQ3NjdmYjMxY2U4MDIyYw==) ### Natasha’s Recipe for a Villain [Embedded content](https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9NDAwNzE4NCZzZz01MDliMmFhM2IwZGIyNjk3MzBjNTk3N2YxNTdkMWZjNQ==) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)