Year 6

This week, Class 16 researched different life cycles. 

These included ducks, frogs, mammals and fish. 

Children then presented their research to the rest of the class, and we summarised the information, thinking about the listening ladder and the physical strand of our oracy framework.

In computing club, we used the online Blooket quiz website to test pupils’ knowledge of Microsoft Excel in an engaging and interactive way. 

The quiz included questions on key skills such as using formulas, creating charts, and understanding spreadsheet functions. 

Pupils answered questions…

In computing club, we have been using Excel to plan and manage the budget for our end‑of‑year school party.

By creating spreadsheets, we’ve been able to organise our ideas clearly, listing expected costs such as food, decorations, and entertainment while also tracking how much money we have…

Year 5 and Year 6 pupils continued developing their Excel skills in Computing Club, focusing on formulas and calculations to work out totals. They applied these skills to a real-life task, calculating the cost of petrol for visiting different attractions across the UK, which helped them understand…

A pupil from class 15 spent sometime in the nature garden with Mrs Best fixing the greenhouse from storm damage and fitting 2 water butts to make watering our plants in the warm weather much easier. 

He did a great job and was a real help.

This week as part of our art topic on the artist Andy Warhol class 16 learnt the skill of tracing that we will use in the coming weeks to be able to transfer and image onto a tile to print.

In our first week at computing club, we introduced the basics of Microsoft Excel. 

The children learned how spreadsheets are organised using rows, columns, and cells, and how these work together to store and display information. We also explored how to fill series, showing pupils how Excel can…

Year 6 children from class 14 enjoyed some time in the wildlife garden. 

They were learning about how plants have adapted to their environments over time. We looked at the cactus and how it has evolved to conserve as much water as it can. 

The children used items from around the garden to…

What a fantastic experience.

The children had a stadium tour and the opportunity to play two new sports.

Well done to the tag rugby team.

They won 3 out of the five matches.

There were some fantastic tries scores and they worked together well as a team.

Well done!

She won a book of her choice and got a hot chocolate treat cone.

Children in Class 15 completed an Oracy lesson in PSHE in which children looked at risks involved for pupil X, who was a pupil asked to carry items across an estate by an older group of children.   

Children discussed risks involved with all scenarios and appraised each other’s points of…