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Science- we will be consolidating and extending our understanding of what happens when a variety of solids dissolve.
Design and Technology- Roll up, roll up at the fair! We will be examining a variety of rotating fairground rides before designing and making our own.
PE- we are very lucky to have a hockey coach coming in to take 6 lessons to help us learn and improve our hockey skills.
Year 6 have also been given an exciting project this term by Northern Rock! We are to develop a range of exciting and healthy fruit smoothies that not only taste great but provide us with our '5 a day'. These will be then sold to children in our school.

What a busy first half term for year 6! We are now one week into the second half of the Autumn term and have got to know our Reception partners very well. Year 6 have been making educational games for their partners and have also made an alphabet powerpoint for them too.
Our Science topic this half term is 'Interdependence and Adaptation' looking at a variety of plants and animals in a local habitat. We will be learning about food chains and how they begin with a 'producer'. We will be constructing food chains according to convention.
Our design and technology topic is 'Shelters' and we will be learning about structures- that they can fail when loaded and the use of techniques for reinforcing and strengthening structures. The main outcome will be the design and construction of a framework type shelter.
We are also quickly heading towards Christmas so we will be thinking about gifts to make for the Christmas Fair!

Year 6 have settled into their new class and will be having a very busy term.
Mrs. Wallis will be teaching the History topics. We will be finding out about the Indus Valley civilisation, focusing on the study of Aztecs.
Science is all about 'micro-organisms'. Through this topic, we will learn that there are many very small organisms called micro-organisms which feed, grow and reproduce and which may be harmful or beneficial. We will be visiting the Centre for Life in October to further our scientific study into micro-organisms through 2 amazing workshops!
Our art topic is all about 'People in action'. We will be looking at how the idea of movement is shown in different kinds of art, such as illustrations, cartoons, paintings and prints-we certainly enjoyed being models for each other last week!
PE will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays with the opportunity to be involved in golf lessons in the near future!

Year 6 had an action packed day at Whickham Thorns Outdoor Activity Centre on Thursday 24th June, where they all 'had a go' at snow tubing, climbing, the assault course and fun problem solving activities.

On Wednesday 23rd June, Year Six pupils had a fun time in the heat at the Mini Olympics competition, representing Australia.

Well done to seven of our Year 6 girls who represented the school in a mini tournament at Whickham School this afternoon.

Kim Inglis, a freelance journalist who you may recognise from local television news, visited Year Six class today and gave an inspirational talk about her life and career, motivating the children to take steps in their own lives to fulfil their future ambitions. Kim also answered questions from the children.

Congratulations go to Abbie in Year Six, who took part in the British Aerobatic Gymnastic Champsionships in Stoke. Abbie was part of a trio who were ranked a brilliant 7th in Britain! Well done Abbie!

Year 6 visited Heworth CLC on Friday 5th March to create a soundtrack to the animation of 'Jonni Starr'. The tasks involved teamwork and the class made a great effort and impressed the specialist music teacher at the centre. The drumming group and singing group worked particularly well, while adding sound effects and writing and performing an effective theme song. Year 6 will return to the centre in June to learn about 'Garageband'. Exciting stuff!

Year 6 had a great time at the Centre for Life on Thursday 11th February. The children had a lesson in the lab about 'How We See Things', which involved searching for clues using mirrors, torches and periscopes. The class also enjoyed screaming and squealing on the thrilling dinosaur themed 3D motion ride. This was followed by an 'Animals on Ice' theatre show, a trip to the Planetarium and, of course, eating sweets on the bus journey home!
Staff at the Centre for Life commented on how well-behaved the children were during their visit. Well done Year 6!

'How We See Things' Lifelab

Why not try some of these activities at home to practise your skills, Year 6?

Key Stage 2 Bitesize

After a snowy start to 2010, Year 6 are settling in well to the new term. The children will be working very hard in Literacy and Numeracy lessons in particular as we move towards SATs in May. In Science, the topic is 'How we see things' and will hopefully involve a visit to the 'Lifelab' at the Centre for Life. The class will visit Gateshead CLC soon to gain some skills in computer aided design and manufacture. This will tie in with design and technology lessons in which the theme is 'Shelters'. In ICT, the children are learning how to include action buttons in 'Powerpoint' slideshows, and will move on to using spreadsheets to present and calculate data. The class are continuing to study the Aztecs in History, and Sikhism in RE lessons, with Mrs Wallis.

You might find this website helpful to practise mathematics skills:

Mathematics

I really enjoyed my trip to Robinwood, my favourite activity there was the zip wire. The activity I think needed the most teamwork was the pirahna pool, we had to work together to find the clues and solve the puzzles and a lot of encourgement was needed. I volunteered to go last across the pool, but I made it across 2 seconds before the pirahnas were let out "Phew!" By Ethan C Year Six

Year Six have just returned from three exciting, action-packed days at Robinwood Activity Centre, near Alston. The children had a fantastic time, experiencing activities including the Zip Wire, the Giant Swing and the infamous Piranha Pool! Mrs Saint and Mrs Stapleton reported that the behaviour of the class was excellent...well done!

There are more photos in the Photo Gallery.

Have a look at the website : www.robinwood.co.uk

Year Six are settling in well to their new classroom, routines and responsibilities! Mrs Wallis teaches the class History and R.E. on a Tuesday morning, when they are learning about world exploration and Sikhism. In Science the class have begun a topic called 'Interdependence and Adaptation', which will be followed by 'Micro-organisms'. In ICT the children have started to improve their skills in multimedia presentation, which will involve making an alphabet slideshow for a Reception child. The topic is 'People in Action' in Art, and the class will be producing pictures of figures in motion.
Year Six are enjoying PE lessons with professional coaches Billy, for basketball, and Kevin, for tag rugby.

And of course the class are thoroughly looking forward to working with their Reception partners AND visiting Robinwood Centre in October!

Year 6 wrote anti-racism raps as part of a competition organised by the Newcastle United Foundation. Kyle's rap was selected as the winner for our school. Kyle won a pair of tickets to watch the Newcastle United game against Everton on 22nd February 2009. You can read Kyle's fantastic rap here:

KICK IT OUT O8.doc

Developed by Cambridge University this super site which is for 9 to 11 year olds has games to play about light, sound and forces.

Science Games >>>

Year 6 benefited from a session of CAD/CAM using ProDesktop program at the CLC, with Mr Mullen as their expert teacher. The children learnt to create high quality 3D images on screen, and to apply different effects to their designs. They will return to the centre next week to use the laptops to produce their own designs for shelters.

Year Six have been writing and recording their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Why don't you listen to some of their spooky spells...?

Kyle and Tom's Spell

Nathan Mc and Matthew F's Spell

Alice S and Keira's Spell

Michael and Thomas' Spell

Sophie and Nicola's Spell

Navraj and George W's Spell

Alexandra and Mollie H's Spell

Daniel and James' Spell

Mollie T and Alexander's Spell

Olivia and Charlotte's Spell

Matthew C and Nathan J's Spell

During World Week Year 6 focused on Germany. They learnt some German words and phrases and a song. The children also enjoyed tasting some German food, such as sausages, rye bread, cheese, biscuits, Kinder chocolate and delicious sauerkraut (pickled cabbage)...yum!

Are you enjoying the sauerkraut, Daniel?

Year 6 enjoyed an exciting visit to the Centre for Life on Thursday 6th November. They had a great time in the Life-Lab learning about micro-organisms with Nicola, where they made green slime! The children also enjoyed the 3D motion ride, The Dome, 'The Really Rotten Show' and, of course, the gift shop!

We had four football league games at Lobley Hill Primary School this week. Our first game was against Fellside and we drew 0-0, our second game was against Lobley Hill which we won 1-0. Robert scored. Our third game was against Dunston Hill and we drew 0-0,our fourth game was against Clover Hill which unfortunately we lost 1-0. Our last game was against Front Street which was a draw 0-0.
Well done to : Nathan J, Matthew F,Michael N,Robert O,Nathan MC,Kyle U and Thomas M (the team).

by Nathan Mc and Matthew F

The year six football team took part in an annual competition. The football team included: Daniel S, Michael N, Ross P, Robert O, Matthew C, Kyle U, Nathan Mc, James T and Thomas M.
There were two leagues , and two teams out of each team would go to a final league. We reached that final league.
Our results were Dunston Hill 0, Whickham Parochial 1. (Thomas M scored the goal.)
Front Street 0, Whickham Parochial 0.
Clover Hill 1, Whickham Parochial 1. (Matthew C the scorer.)
All together we came 2nd with a goal difference of only one!
The winner was Clover Hill who went through to the Durham semi-finals.
Well done lads!

By Matthew C and Daniel S

Year 6 have been creating multimedia slideshows to help Reception children understand the alphabet. Take a look...

Slideshow by Nicola and Alice O

Slideshow by Emma and Alice S

Slideshow by Daniel and Matthew C

Slideshow by Mollie H and Alexander

Slideshow by Ben and Thomas

Slideshow by Bethany and Sophie

Photos of Year 6 at the Summer Disco in July...goodbye and good luck!

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...

Faye's Slideshow

Claire's Slideshow

Sarah's Slideshow

Kate's Slideshow

Sophies' Slideshow

Year 6...have a look at these websites to help you revise for the SATs tests...go on, you know you want to!

Science

Literacy

Mathematics

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

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:

Primary French

Follow the links to the BBC Bitesize revision activities for key stage 2:

Bitesize English

Bitesize Maths

Bitesize Science

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

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?

Food Chains

Food Chains Quiz

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'.

Listen to Shaun's Spell

Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Listen to Faye's Spell

Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Listen to Harriet's Spell

Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Listen to Jonathan's Spell

Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Listen to Hannah's podcast

Class Six have been writing their own spells, inspired by the witches' spell in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

Listen to Podcast

Class 6...why don't you follow the link and try these activities about Micro-organisms?

Micro-organisms

Micro-organisms Quiz

Mrs Williamson teaches Class Six.
She is the Special Educational Needs and Mathematics co-ordinator.

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.