Over the last few weeks, Year 6 have been using drama to support their writing. The photos show the children reenacting the moment Zoe (the main character from our class book: Floodland) escaped the island of Norwich, having been chased by desperate gang members. 

Year 6 were treated to the Rocket Girl workshop, courtesy of funding from Thomas Alleynes academy, and looked at the way in which jobs were stereotyped for either girls or boys. The children spent time discussing skills and attributes common to a range of professions then decided which gender was best suited to this type of job.

Year 6 have made a start on learning about business and enterprise and have started to develop the skills required to develop simple products and services that they can sell to customers. Developing designs for marshmallow towers has shown them the importance of planning out and working together as a team to achieve a target.

Year 6 spent the afternoon at Barnwell School taking part in a number of Science and Technology activities, ranging from designing a carriage that had to carry a ball, stomp rockets, guessing a variety of different chemical smells and finding out what conditions live maggots preferred to be in. Many thanks to the Year 9 students for putting on an enjoyable afternoon of activities.

Year 6 enjoyed an afternoon on tour, with Stevenage Sporting Futures last week. Competing in a variety of different events the children the children threw themselves into the challenges knowing that they were competing against other Year 6 classes in a virtual competition, the results of which we will be told of later in the year.

Well what a day. With the elements against us, cold and very wet with a bit of wind thrown in, both groups “manned up” and leapt into the day’s first activities.

Careful driving in side by side was the order of the day, with all children in both groups managing to safely navigate the extremely wet and muddy course. After this the children challenged themselves with Jacobs ladder, with some excellent teamwork in navigating the very wet and tricky ladder. Notable performances from group M was Jamie who managed to get to the top and Kiera who managed to get to the 5^th rung! Both groups then braved the elements at the front of the site to build shelters using the natural resources that were surrounding them. Some great effort from everyone, although there was some flagging when the wind picked up.

After a refreshing lunch of fish fingers, spaghetti and chips, all groups spent time out of the weather indoors. Group M spent time scaling heights in indoor climbing whilst group N lit each other up in the laser tag.  The activities ended with indoor climbing for group N and some personal triumphs with most children achieving their goals and three children managing to reach the top of the wall, whilst group M enjoyed archery and were introduced to the tradition of shooting for cutlery. The evening entertainment saw the class dance the night away with into the spotlight.