Year 6

Year 6 Art Blog 🎨🏛️

This week in art, Year 6 learned about Victorian architecture and how architects often used styles from the past. We explored how the Houses of Parliament are influenced by both classical and gothic architecture, including symmetry, pointed arches, and detailed designs…

Maths + more maths = amazing mathematicians ➕📐

This week in maths, Year 6 have been developing their fraction addition skills. We followed our learning journey and built up our understanding step by step 🚗🛣️.

We learned how to add proper fractions and mixed numbers, starting with the same…

Year 6’s First Lesson on Electricity ⚡

This week, Year 6 took their first deep dive into the fascinating world of electricity in Science! The class learned that electricity can flow from one place to another, which is called an electrical current. They discovered that we can control this flow…

ITS CHRISTMAS!! 🌟

What an amazing first term we’ve had in Year 6! 🎉 The pupils have worked incredibly hard, not just in the classroom, but also in the wider school community. From tackling exciting challenges in our curriculum to showing kindness and teamwork around the school, Year 6 has truly…

Poem Analysis: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud 🌼

This week in Year 6, we studied the beautiful poem I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth. We explored the figurative language, including personification (like daffodils “dancing”) and hyperbole (daffodils “outshining the stars”)…

Artists in the making 🎨🏛️✨

In Year 6 Art, we learned that Brunelleschi designed Florence Cathedral and that Ghiberti created relief sculptures, including the famous Gates of Paradise 🚪✨.

Inspired by this, we designed our own relief tiles of Florence Cathedral 🖊️. This week, we modelled our…

Science -Lighting up our day!!🌈🔬

This week in Year 6 Science, we explored light through scientific investigation. We learned that the light from the sun is called white light, and although it looks colourless, it is actually made up of all the colours of the rainbow 🌈.

We investigated what…

💦🔧 Year 6 Class Blog: Water Wall Project! 💦🔧

On Thursday, Year 6 designed and built a water wall for our Reception pupils. We started by researching how water walls work and investigating pulleys and the Archimedes’ screw, looking at real-life examples to understand how they move water. We then…

📝 Year 6 Writing Blog: Would You Want to Live Forever? 🌟

This week, Year 6 have started an exciting new writing project inspired by our whole-class reading book, The 1000 Year Old Boy by Ross Welford. We are writing a balanced argument exploring the question: Would you want to live forever? We…

📘 Year 6 Maths Blog – Comparing & Ordering Fractions

This week, Year 6 have been busy using Can Do Maths to compare and order fractions. They used their core knowledge of fractions on number lines to spot which fractions were bigger or smaller—and explain why! ➗📏

Pupils loved plotting…

🎨 Learning About Linear Perspective 🎨

This week, Year 6 explored how Renaissance artists made their paintings look realistic. We learned about linear perspective — a technique that uses lines and shapes to show depth in a flat picture.

Famous artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael used…

Wow, Year 6 — we made it to half term! 🙌

You’ve all worked so hard this term, showing amazing effort, curiosity, and teamwork 💪. From learning about maps and global issues 🌍 to tackling tricky maths problems ➗ and writing fantastic stories ✍️, you’ve really earned this break!

Now it’s time…