Year 6

Key information for 2026/27 Year 6 parents:

Year 6 children are to arrive at school at 8:40 am. The end of school is 3:15 pm.
On a Monday and a Thursday please can all Year 6 children attend school in their P.E kit which includes their hooded jumper, this is the day they will have both sessions of P.E.
Reading books in Year 6 will be changed each Monday. Diaries are checked regularly throughout the week.
Homework is set every Friday and homework books should be returned the following Friday for marking.
Miss Heath holds a Homework Help Clinic every Monday at lunch time for anyone who requires additional support.

Our class teacher is Miss Heath and our classroom support assistant is

Mrs Forrest.

D&T in Year 6

A GREAT first week in Year 6!

What a superb few days we have all had in Year 6 this week. The children should be extremely proud of how well they have settled and what a great first impression they have made! Well done everyone. We are already looking forward to Monday :)

Year 6 Cricket Workshop

Year 6 had great fun this morning taking part in a cricket workshop with Coach Ben.

D&T Automata Toys

SCIENCE WEEK 2026

HAPPY EASTER

B R E A K T H E R U L E S D A Y

RED NOSE DAY 2026

Year 6 Spring 2 Artwork

Drawing: Expressing Ideas

Mental Health Week in Year 6

This week, Year 6 have been thinking about the importance of 'BELONGING'.

It is important for us to feel a sense of belonging because when we belong we feel:

Included
Nurtured
Valued
Loved
Safe
Happy

Year 6 feel a sense of belonging in many different places including:

Home
With family
Sports clubs
School
With nature
With friends

On Wednesday, Year 6 took part in the Picture News Children's Mental Health Live Assembly! We continued to focus on what it means to belong and have somewhere we can call 'Our Place'. The children enjoyed listening to a story based on belonging and looking after our mental health.

SAFER INTERNET DAY 2026

Year 6 have thoroughly enjoyed investigating the world of AI today. We took part in the BBC Safer Internet Day AI live lesson and went on to further explore the benefits and the potential risks of both using AI and encountering AI technology in their day to day lives. The children created an AI top tips poster to inform other people about their findings; they analysed the use of AI in different scenarios and concluded the day by creating a class charter to ensure their own safe and responsible use of AI.

N - U - M - B - E - R D - A - Y 2 - 0 - 2 - 6

Year 6 have enjoyed celebrating Number Day 2026 by solving challenging ratio problems and playing a couple of games of exciting (and tense!) games of bingo!

Year 6 Investigate Adaptation

Art Calendars - February

Science - Evolution & Inheritance

Year 6 were excited to begin their new learning in Science this week. Our new topic is based on the theme, 'Evolution and Inheritance'.

This week, the children have been researching and learning all about 'variation'.

Variation occurs when there are differences in characteristics between individuals within a species.

Variation within a species occurs due to two reasons: environmental factors and inherited features. Some characteristics may be affected by both the environment and inheritance.

The children enjoyed working in their scientific enquiry teams to identify signs of variation in a variety of species. Well done, Year 6!

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S

F R O M

Y E A R S I X

DE S I G N & T E C H N O L O G Y

S T E A D Y H A N D G A M E

Y E A R 6 M U S I C

YEAR 6 GEOGRAPHERS

Year 6 have been working on six figure grid references today. Following this, they investigated population distribution and density across the world. Did you know that over 50% of the world's population live in Asia?

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

10 OCTOBER 2025

Children's Mental Health Day 2025

World War Two Experience Day

PSHE - R*E*S*P*E*C*T

This week, Year 6 have been discussing the importance of respect. We discussed that respect should always be regarded as a 'two-way street'. The children learnt the importance of mutual respect within all types of relationships. Take a look at the colourful bank of ideas the children created to show respect and how they expect to receive respect within a variety of relationships.

Science in Y6

What is an organism and how are they classified using the Linnaean System?

Great work in Science this week, Year 6!

The children thoroughly enjoyed our quiz lesson where they competed against each other to define the term 'organism', describe the work of Carl Linnaeus and organise their own diagram to show the Linnaean system - SUPERB SCIENTISTS!

Activism in Print

In Art this week, the children have been learning about Activism in Print. They spent time thinking about what matters to them and what message they'd like to share with the world. Using their carefully created stencil and a selection of paints, the children transferred their design and typography on to a canvas tote bag. We were incredibly impressed with their meaningful messages and artwork.

A Fantastic First Week in Year 6

We have been extremely impressed with all of the Year 6 children who have had a FANTASTIC first week in Year 6!

Well done Year 6. We are absolutely thrilled with you all and can't wait to see you all again on Monday. You should be very proud of yourselves. What a tremendous start to Year 6 you have made!

Welcome back Year 6!

We hope you had a lovely summer.

We are looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday.

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Geography Fieldwork Enquiry

Where is the best place in our school grounds for a solar panel?

Year 6 have been busy this week planning a full geographical enquiry investigation.

Firstly, they studied contour lines to fully understand what the brown lines and numbers on an OS Map mean. We discussed the importance of understanding contour lines when planning to find the best place in our school grounds for a solar panel.

The children said that,

'Higher ground is the best place to place a solar panel because there is less chance of shadows so the solar panel will receive the maximum amount of sunlight.'

Secondly, the children used Digimaps to generate an aerial photograph of the school grounds which they used to hep them draw a detailed sketch map of the potential solar panel locations.

Following this, the children considered the following questions:

* Which area in our school grounds gets the most sunlight?

* Are any shadows created in this spot?

* Is this area safe enough to erect a solar panel?

* Which direction would the solar panel face?
Who would be able to see the solar panel?

* What do those people think about the prospect of a solar panel being positioned in their view?

* Would the solar panel disturb wildlife?

After a walk and close inspection of their potential sites, the children decided to conduct an interview to gain the opinions of those who may be affected by the solar panels.

Standon Bowers

Spring Term 2025

R E D N O S E D A Y 2 0 2 5

W O N K A W I N N E R S

Congratulations to our lucky Wonka chocolate bar winners - Lois, Leonardo, Leo C and William.

We thoroughly enjoyed our hot chocolate treat and are looking forward to our own clothes day next week!

Y E A R S I X S T E M W E E K

Year 6 have had a fantastic week this week taking part in exciting STEM activities!

At the start of the week, the children completed a D&T project where they created their own Steady Hand Game!

The children were able to:

Explain simply what is meant by ‘form’ (the shape of a product) and ‘function’ (how a product works).
State what they like or dislike about an existing children’s toy and why.
Learn about skills developed through play and apply this knowledge in a survey of one or more children’s toys.
Identify the components of a steady hand game.
Design a steady hand game of their own according to their design criteria, using four different perspective drawings.
Create a secure base for their game, with neat edges, that relates to their design.
Make and test a functioning circuit and assemble it within a case.

We used our scientific knowledge of circuits and components and applied this knowledge to make a functioning toy. The children relied on their buzzer component in the circuit to alert the player when he/she had created a complete circuit by touching the metal handle with the metal wire shape.

Take a look at our toys!

On Tuesday, we took part in a wonderful workshop led by Dr Phil and the team from the Royal Stoke Stroke Unit.

Our session began with a talk from Dr Phil, where he taught us about the brain. Our brains are responsible for our memory, thought processing and controlling and co-ordinating everything that our body does. Our brain is made of 86 Billion brain cells! Unlike other parts of our body, the brain can't store energy so it requires a constant blood flow to survive. If the blood flow to the brain is stopped, it cannot function and the body suffers from a stroke.

Following our informative and interesting talk, we were able to gain some hands-on experiences as we made our way around a carousel of practical activities delivered by our expert scientists.

How the brain is affected by stroke

Following a stroke, some people suffer from visual neglect. This can make people eat food from only half their plate or shave only half their face because they are unaware of the other side. Therapy and rehabilitation can help retrain the brain to recognise the neglected side and people normally recover fully over time. The children were taught how to recognise if someone had suffered a stroke using the FAST acronym.

Imaging

To diagnose a stroke, a patient requires an MRI scan. This scanner takes images of the brain using a magnet that is more powerful than the Earth's magnet! As a result, the children learnt that you cannot go into an MRI scanner wearing anything that is made of metal. The children were fascinated by the MRI scans that they were shown. They were able to identify the blood clot on the various brains by identifying the white area. The other expected features of the brain are displayed in colour on the images . We were intrigued to learn that the red parts of the image showed brain tissue that had died and could not be saved whereas the green areas showed tissue that could be saved following a stroke if the team acted quickly. A clot can either be treated using medication known as 'clot busters' or by removing the clot with a catheter.

Occupational Health

This team help people recover physically from a stroke. We had an incredible time:

* Getting dressed using one arm

* Playing pool-noodle and balloon chair tennis - this helps to strengthen muscles, improve co-ordination and reaction times as well as promoting mental wellbeing

* Walking-aid obstacle race

Neuro orthopaedics

This team treats the various musculoskeletal dysfunctions caused by a stroke. The children were amazed to watch the NeuroTrac machine in action, as it stimulated the nerves in the arm causing them to move. This will improve the patients movement and strength.

Nursing Team

Following a stroke, some patients struggle to swallow food. The team of nurses showed us how a feeding tube would be inserted into a patients stomach. This gave the children a great opportunity to revise their knowledge of the digestive system.

What an amazing opportunity for our children to be a part of. We would like to say a huge thank you to Dr Phil and his wonderful team of expert scientists for opening up this field of science for our children to learn about.

Next up was our much anticipated 'Parent and Pupil Tower Challenge'. The children were organised into teams and provided with a short list of resources which they were required to complete the STEM challenge with.

'Build the tallest but strongest tower that you can in just 30 minutes'

Easy?

Not when the tower was required to be strong enough to hold a 400g tin on top for a whole 60 seconds!

Did our children and parents rise to the challenge? YES!

Did our children and parents demonstrate bucket loads of resilience, competitiveness, teamwork, problem-solving skills, engineering skills, mathematical thinking, technology and scientific knowledge? YES!

Take a look at the amazing towers that our 'engineers' constructed during the challenge.

Congratulations to Paige, Millie, Zack, Jack and the parents for their impressive 142cm tower that held the 400g tin without even the slightest wobble for well over the requested 60 seconds!

S A F E R I N T E R N E T D A Y 2 0 2 5

Y6 have thoroughly enjoyed learning all about internet scamming during our Safer Internet Day. The children designed their own posters using the acronym S-C-A-M to inform people about how to avoid being scammed online. The children took part in the BBC Safer internet live lesson as well as a Scam Knowledge Quiz which they all exceeded in. Well done Year 6! A very useful and informative day!

Art - 2D Drawing to 3D Making

This week, the children have worked extremely hard during our Art afternoons. The children have used the grid method approach to enlarge a 2D drawing. Following this, the children manipulated their image to create a three dimensional object - a tiger sculpture.