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Year 6 Blog

March 2024

  • Latest news in Year 6

    Published 15/03/24, by Andy Mari

    This week we have been occupied with our Mock SATs. Some of us sat in the hall and in other rooms so we could experience what the real thing would be like.

    In science, we cut open a lamb heart to study its chambers and veins. We then studied the blood by making a blood soup: adding Plasma (orange juice), Red blood cells(food dyed cheerios),White blood cells(white chocolate chips) and platelets (rice) into a jug. In DT, we have been studying different animal enclosures and what features are needed before we make our own.

    During PE, we played rapid fire cricket, which is like cricket, but you hit 3 balls between the two players in the same team, and they run until the fielders have put the equipment back to normal. Lastly, in computing, we have started a new topic about text adventure where we make a storyline to make a game.

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  • Latest news in Year 6.

    Published 02/03/24, by Andy Mari

    In mathematics, we have started using ratio and using it with measurements e.g. a recipe of 4 pizzas to 2 pizzas. In our English, we started a non-chronological report about Mount Everest. We had an Experience day where we  wrote about a climber’s gear if they climbed Everest. On the 8th, we had to be in our P.E kit and do an activity: Spotty dogs; Mountain climbers; Push-ups and Star-jumps. Also, our new computing unit we are learning about Text Adventures. We started off by following some choices to navigate through a story. We are soon going to be designing our own chosen story. We started a new Science unit this week which is about the circulatory system and we learnt about how the blood pumps around the body to our organs.

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