Mini Olympics at Whickham School
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

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Parochial News Bites
Year Six have been recording their own radio school news stories. Why don't you have a listen....
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Year 6 visit to Whickham Thorns Centre
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.

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'Les Animaux'

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
Emma and Rebecca's slideshow
Claire and Faye's slideshow
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Year 6 at Shipley Art Gallery
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.

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Adam Bushnell - fantastic storyteller!
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
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Year 6: CAD/CAM at CLC
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:
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Year 6 Science Activities
Class 6...why don't you follow the link and try these activities linked to our Science work about Light and Dissolving?
Light
How we see things quiz
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Visit to Gateshead CLC by Year 6
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...
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Year 6 Autumn Term topics
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.
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