Image of Year 6 Orienteering PE
19 Jun

Year 6 Orienteering PE

In our PE lesson we have started Orienteering. We had to follow both visual and written instructions, either by copying our partner with the physical route they took around the map or by following the written route that they have made for us.

Image of Year 6 English: Researching Chester Zoo for a Persuasive Advert
19 Jun

Year 6 English: Researching Chester Zoo for a Persuasive Advert

This week in English we are writing some adverts, persuading people to visit Chester Zoo. We used the Chester Zoo website to find out as many amazing facts about the zoo as we could! For example, did you know that Chester Zoo has over 35,000 animals?

Image of Year 6 Chip Party!
13 Jun

Year 6 Chip Party!

Year 6 joined a Zoom call yesterday in preparation for our Leavers Service at Blackburn Cathedral on July 2nd. Chip Kendall, who will be hosting the event, taught us some songs for the service and then we had some chips!

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13 Jun

Year 6 English Debate

We created a 'line of continuum' to debate whether Mrs Ramsbottom in the poem is a good mother or not. At one end was 'strongly agree' and at the other was 'strongly disagree'. We had to justify where we stood with reasons for our choice. We then used the arguments made in our writing, a short discussion text debating both points of view.

Image of Year 6 PGL - Raft Building
23 May

Year 6 PGL - Raft Building

The rain hasn’t stopped us today! The children have shown fantastic teamwork, participating in raft building. Poor Mrs Meagher ended up wet through as she fell in!

Image of Year 6 PGL - The Climbing Wall
23 May

Year 6 PGL - The Climbing Wall

Today, Year 6 definitely lived out our value of courage as they had to face the climbing wall! The children were pushed out of their comfort zones, climbing as high as they could. We are extremely proud of their effort and determination!

Image of Year 6 PGL - Abseiling
23 May

Year 6 PGL - Abseiling

What goes up must come down! The next challenge for Year 6 was abseiling, and yet again they did us proud! Many of us faced our fears head on and our courage and perseverance shone through!

Image of Year 6 PGL - Archery
22 May

Year 6 PGL - Archery

Year 6 are having a fantastic time at PGL, their first activity was archery. We were very impressed with their aiming and shooting skills!

Image of Year 6 Picture News
16 May

Year 6 Picture News

In Year 6 this morning we had a special Picture News based on a poem about the SATs tests and how they don't test our real worth. The children had some amazing thoughts about what else the SATs don't test, like our love for our families and living a good life!

Image of Year 6 Last SAT Paper
16 May

Year 6 Last SAT Paper

Year 6 have worked hard all week in their SATs tests and we couldn't be more proud of each and every one of them.

Image of Year 6 Science: Investigating Electrical Circuits
15 May

Year 6 Science: Investigating Electrical Circuits

Year 6 investigated what would happen to a lightbulb if they increased the number of cells in a simple electrical circuit.

Image of Year 6 RE: What Do We Learn About God From the Words and Actions of Jesus?
15 May

Year 6 RE: What Do We Learn About God From the Words and Actions of Jesus?

We discussed the question "What do we learn about God from the words and actions of Jesus?" and then wrote an answer to the question. The children used pictures of Jesus' actions and the words from the sermon on the mount as prompts to help with their writing.