Year Six took part in the Mini Olympic games at Whickham School today. The children dressed in yellow and represented Brazil. There was a very special guest at the school...Dame Kelly Holmes! Some of the children were lucky enough to meet the double gold medallist, and she even joined in with the sport.
Read Dame Kelly's diary entry here:
http://www.doublegold.co.uk/nsscdiary
Year Six have been recording their own radio school news stories. Why don't you have a listen....
Year Six had an extremely active and enjoyable day at Whickham Thorns Centre on Tuesday. They were able to have a go at snow tubing, archery, climbing and a challenging assault course. The children's behaviour was excellent, and the good weather helped them have a fantastic time.
Year 6 have worked extremely hard this week during their SATs tests - well done to you all! A special mention must go to Jack M, who persevered despite breaking his arm only two weeks ago, and to Amy, who had to struggle on whilst suffering from a virus. We look forward to the SATs results in July.
Harriet made a 'pinata' to celebrate the end of SATs, and the children thoroughly enjoyed whacking it until all of the sweets fell out!
Harriet and her pinata
Hitting the pinata!
Hurray! We've finished our SATs!
Some children in Year 6 have created slideshows about their time in France. Regardez...
Year 6...have a look at these websites to help you revise for the SATs tests...go on, you know you want to!
Children in Year 6 have been learning the French words for pets. They created some slideshows to show the new vocabulary that they have mastered. Why don't you have a look?
They have also recorded a rap...listen here:
Les Animaux Rap
Year 6 spent an enjoyable morning at Shipley Art Gallery on Thursday 6th March. They looked at an exhibition called 'Blueprint' which featured photographic portraits of artists and designers.
Adam Bushnell's visit was very exciting,especially when he told us some stories.The best story was The Furry Burger. It was great when Adam brought in some costumes and told a story with some of my class about The Sockburn Worm. When Adam was telling the stories he told them with lots of enthusiasm. He also showed our class two ways to plan a story: 'The Big Fat Sweaty Handprint' and 'The Story Board'.
Rachel C Year 6
Adam Bushnell was very enthusiastic when he was telling his stories. He was also extremely funny. Adam's stories were interesting and slightly out of this world. My favourite story was the ghost story. The best part was when some of my class dressed up as characters from Beowolf and acted out the play. Adam also told us how to use many planning methods such as the story board and 'The Big Fat Sweaty Hand Method'.
Claudia Y6
Along with the other classes in Key Stage 2, the children in Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed working with storyteller, Adam Bushnell, on Monday and Tuesday. He was extremely entertaining and gave the class some fabulous ideas for planning and writing exciting stories.
Adam's special chair for storytelling
Year 6 had an enjoyable time at the CLC on the afternoon of Monday 28th January. Mr Mullen was greatly impressed at how quickly the children picked up new and advanced skills. As the class didn't have sufficient time to complete their shelter designs, the children are looking forward to a return visit to the Centre next Monday afternoon (4th February)...let's hope it doesn't snow!
Here are some photographs showing the children designing 3D images using the laptops:
Salut! Follow the link to some Primary French activities on the BBC website:
Follow the links to the BBC Bitesize revision activities for key stage 2:
Class 6...why don't you follow the link and try these activities linked to our Science work about Light and Dissolving?
Please note, due to circumstances beyond our control, the visit to the CLC for Year 6 has changed from Friday 25th January to Monday 21st January (pm).
Year 6 have been learning how to use PowerPoint to create some fantastic slideshows. Have a look...
Sophie and Rachel's slideshow >>>
Claudia and Lucy's slideshow >>>
Jack and Jonathan's slideshow >>>
Claire and Faye's slideshow >>>
Matthew and Jonathan's slideshow >>>
Amy and Catherine's slideshow >>>
Hannah and Rose's slideshow>>>
Year 6 spent an afternoon at the CLC on Tuesday 20th November. They thoroughly enjoyed using the laptops there. They were taught some advanced skills of 3D design using ProDesktop program by Mr Mullen.
Have a look at some more photographs...
Class 6...why don't you follow the link and try these activities about Food Chains?
Eight of our Year 6 children represented the school at a basketball tournament at Whickham School on Wednesday, 14th November. They won two out of three of their games and were commended on their excellent behaviour and attitude.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.
Class 6...why don't you follow the link and try these activities about Micro-organisms?
Mrs Boath is a Teaching Assistant at our school.
Mrs Dillon teaches Class Six.
She is the ICT, Assessment and Modern Foreign Languages co-ordinator.
Mrs Dillon manages the school weblog and is Acting Assistant Headteacher.
Year 6 have made a welcome return and settled in well to their new classroom, routines and responsibilities. This half term Year 6 will be studying ‘Interdependence and Adaptation’ in Science, recognising how animals are suited to the habitat in which they live, representing feeding relationships in food chains beginning with a green plant and using keys to identify plants and animals.