Yesterday ,Year 6 finished their 3d model of the heart. The children had to paint and add detail to the hearts to make realistic representations. Why don’t you ask your child to discuss their science and explain to you the functions of certain parts of this very important organ?
During science on Thursday, Year 6 were observing and dissecting a sheep’s heart. The children had previously studied anatomical drawings of human hearts and how they worked. They were able to look at the heart and identify the valves and arteries. The children really enjoyed this practical observational activity and finished the lesson with a detailed report of the activity.
During Science week, Year 6 were investigating which ingredients made a difference to the size, shape and texture of a bread roll.
Children had to use their mathematical skills to accurately weigh and read scales in order to make this a fair test.
The children carried out their fair test and changed only one variable (Ingredient). They recorded their findings as a comic strip and were able to note that in order for bread to rise it needed a raising agent, Yeast.
On Friday 3rd February Year 6 visited Cannock Chase Museum as part of their World War II topic. This was a very enjoyable day with the children experiencing life as an evacuee through role play. Later in the morning, the children took part in a simulated Air Raid. Suffah had the role of Air Raid Warden and made sure we all got into our Morrison Shelters safely.
The children visited the Museum where they handled artefacts from the War and were able to see how people lived during the war.
This week in Science we have worked collaboratively to produce a classification for living things. Some groups had to classify butterflies others birds and one group had to classify bumblebees.
In order to do this successfully the children had to ask suitable questions, observe characteristics of the species and classify accordingly. The results were then presented to the class.
In Year 6 we are studying World War II. This week the children have been designing and making Anderson shelters. They had to use a variety of methods to join and assemble the materials together.
The children remembered how the people disguised their shelters underground by growing flowers or vegetables on top.
Have a look at the plans and the finished shelters.
In RE Year 6 are learning about eternity ,including the Christian perspective on this. The question to be discussed was Does anything last forever? The children worked in groups and had statements to debate. The statements were: What lasts forever, What they would wish to last forever and In their life time what has lasted forever. This proved to be an interesting and lively discussion with many valid statements and justifications.
We have been learning about shadows are formed.
We made reindeer shadow puppets, we had to carefully cut out our puppet and attach it to an art straw.
Using a light source (a torch) we investigated how shadows were formed. We investigated what happens when the object (the puppet) was put nearer or further away from the light source.
We found out that a shadow is formed when an object blocks the light.
As part of our topic, The Victorians, Year 6 have been looking at a famous artist, William Morris. We noticed that his designs are repetitive and have different aspects of nature in them, including lots of flowers. He inspired us to do our own designs in our sketchbooks. Have a look in the Key Stage 2 corridor and see if you can spot them.
We turned these designs into clay tiles. We will be painting them as soon as they dry!
During PSHE this week, Year 6 looked at ‘How to keep our bodies healthy’. We discussed as a class what we thought was needed to keep our bodies functioning and healthy. As the lesson progressed, we created our own menu’s of what we would usually eat at different times of the day and discussed how we could make these meals healthier.
