Year 6 - Purple Class and Turquoise Class
Spring 2
Spring 1
This term Year 6 got to grips with their cookery challenge in DT called 'Come Dine with Me'. Different groups had to research, plan and prepare either a starter, main or dessert ready for judging at the end of the day. The children worked really hard and produced some excellent dishes using a wide range of skills and techniques. Feel free to have a look through the photos below to see what the children managed to create.
In their history work, the children set out to answer the question: who was the most blood thirsty Tudor monarch? Using a range of different sources, children compiled evidence for each monarch which helped them reach their final conclusion of who they believed was the most barbaric king or queen. The children also used this historical knowledge in their English lessons as they completed a Tudor style portal story which saw their character sent back to the court of Elizabeth I in 1588.
Autumn 2
Autumn 1
What an incredibly busy and eventful start to the year in Year 6!
In the first Autumn term our topic was World War II. In English we used our class novel 'Code cracking for beginners' as our inspiration when writing a story set in the London blitz. Following on from that, we tried to imagine what it was like to be an evacuee and created our own diary entries describing being sent far away from home to a strange new home in the countryside.
As well as Art week (see the blog post below), the children also spent time with their buddies in Reception class and performed for them in our Harvest celebration assembly.
In our history lessons we had a more in depth look at the causes of the Second World War and then moved on to looking at what life was like on the home front. Our 'fantastic finish' gave the children a chance to become evacuees as we held a World War II activity day in school. The children and staff came to school in period costume and instead of learning maths and English had lessons in code breaking, ration book cooking, 1940s music and blitz first aid instead.
Art week 2023
Year 6 studied the work of architect Edwin Lutyens, who is famous for building war memorials. The children used oil pastels and charcoal to create effective silhouette artwork of his memorials. They also used wax to create Henry Moore-style pictures of the London air raid shelters, and collage to create striking pictures of the Blitz. As homework, they also created stunning models of air raid shelters including some made out of cake, which were absolutely delicious!