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title: "Year 6 - Science - Fossils"
url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2022-10-04-year-6-science-fossils"
school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy"
---

# Year 6 - Science - Fossils

  ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/2828E9D5-90E3-4D29-9380-07615535A653.jpeg)   4 October 2022

Year 6 enjoyed our science lesson about fossils.  We explored a number of different fossils, and then learnt about why fossils are so important for the understanding of evolution.  We all agreed that we wished we could learn about fossils every day!

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