
Maths revision treasure hunt
Year 6 took advantage of the lovely weather once again, to get outside and practise their mathematical skills. They had to work out the answers to the word problems, then use their answer to help them locate the next question. Quite a challenge!

Y6 drama taster session
This afternoon, Y6 enjoyed a drama taster session. We could show off our speaking and acting skills.

SPAG orienteering
Year 6 took advantage of the sunshine this morning, to revise their SPAG knowledge in preparation for next week’s SATs. As well as practising our grammar and punctuation, we also got to work on our map-reading skills and had some exercise at the same time!

Year 6 investigate food miles
We have been busy collecting labels from food and other products which have been bought by our families. Today we used Digimaps to help us calculate how far these products have had to be transported before reaching our local shops. Some had travelled thousands of miles, whereas others were sourced…

Tag Rugby Tournament
A team of 8 Year 5s and 6s went to the interschools tag rugby tournament this afternoon. After a tense couple of play-off matches, we ended up second in our pool. All our games were very close scores. Unfortunately we lost our semi- final match, but came 3rd overall. The whole team worked really…

Year 6 find out about Eucharist.
Today Year 6 took a walk in the sunshine to visit church. Reverend Catherine explained to us how a Eucharist service at St. Paul's is carried out. We discussed the symbolism of some of the items used and explored the links between the Jewish Passover, Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples and the…

Bikeability 2025
The sun shone every day for Year 6 as they spent much of the week outside, honing their cycling skills, with the help of the Bikeability instructors. They practised various skills in controlling their bikes before learning how to signal and turn safely. After finding out about the rules of cycling…

Year 5 and 6 Intra-sports
We went out in the sunshine to take part in our Intrasports competition this afternoon. Thank you and well done to the Year 6 Sports Captains for organising our activities.

Year 6 take World Book Day to Ashton Manor
Year 6 began their World Book Day celebrations with a return visit to Ashton Manor residential care home. We enjoyed an afternoon of sharing some of our favourite books with the residents, chatting about books they enjoyed reading as children and they even helped us with a book character quiz.
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Investigating time zones
This afternoon in geography, Year 6 have been learning about time zones and how they relate to the lines of longitude (including the prime meridian which runs through Greenwich in London). We found out what time it is now in other parts of the world and enjoyed looking at live webcams to see what…

Experimenting with Garage Band
This afternoon, Year 6 had their first taste of “Garage Band”, a music composing app which we have on our iPads. We had great fun experimenting with the sounds and rhythm patterns!

Researching the countries of the Americas
Now we have finished our individual projects on the countries of North and South America, we have spent some time reading each other’s projects. We looked out for the most interesting or surprising physical and human geography facts. We certainly learnt a lot from each other this afternoon!
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