Last week, some of Year 5 took part in a science competition called the Phizzi Olympics. We were split into several groups with other schools and completed 5 investigations, we received points dependent on where we placed and all the points were added together to find a winner, one of Read more…
Yesterday morning the children from Year 5 and 6 took part in a rounders tournament and everyone played brilliantly! There were some amazing rounders scored and the fielding was outstanding from both teams. The final score was so close, with Year 6 winning by just 2 rounders!
Today Year 6 went on their final school trip as Heap Bridge pupils 😢 and it’s safe to say everyone had a ball! The day began with bowling and laser tag and finished with an absolute feast at Pizza Hut…everyone ate so fast that we didn’t even get any photos Read more…
This week, as part of their DT topic, Year 6 designed recipes and made a starter, main course and dessert. The theme was Greek food, as they have been learning all about Ancient Greece in History. Everyone worked well as a team and behaved sensibly with the kitchen equipment. The Read more…
Year 6 absolutely love their new leavers’ hoodies…thank you to all the parents who organised them! Only 3 weeks to go…
Yesterday, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, Year 6 took part in a range of activities. To start the day, the children became party planners and had to plan a fake jubilee party using their maths skills to stick to a budget- it was much harder than it first looked! They Read more…
Year 6 have worked incredibly hard this year in preparation for their SATs and they are finally done and dusted! To celebrate, the children started off the day with sausage and bacon sandwiches and then decorated the Greek pottery which they made earlier in the week. Everyone then went outside Read more…
As part of this week’s Book Week, Year 6 joined the children in Year 2 to do some paired reading. To begin with, Year 6 listened to their Year 2 buddies do some fantastic reading, then each pair explored some of the Year 6 texts together. The Year 6 children Read more…
As part of this week’s Book Week, Year 6 used various texts to explore the theme of ‘Refugees’. The children discussed the current situation in the Ukraine, then used both their Bookflix picture book ‘The Arrival’ and the famous poem ‘Refugees’ to create their own reverse poems. All of the Read more…
This term in Geography Year 6 have been learning all about South America. To consolidate their learning each child created a double page fact file all about the continent’s landscape, human geographical features, exports and climate. Everyone really enjoyed the topic and produced fantastic fact files…have a look at some Read more…
Today Year 6 took part in a SCARF (Safety, Caring, Achievement, Resilience and Friendship) workshop based on what they have been learning about in their PSHCE lessons. They participated in activities and discussions relating to health, lifestyle, relationships and wellbeing. The session was very helpful in consolidating the children’s knowledge Read more…
For this year’s Safer Internet Day, Year 6 produced and presented some Google slides surrounding the theme of ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online.’ Everyone created informative and mature presentations- some pairs even gave us a quiz!
This afternoon Year 6 took a trip to Rochdale to take part in Crucial Crew- an event which aims to raise awareness of safety issues for children. The children engaged with various people who work in the community, including police officers, the British Transport Police, Metrolink officers and local council Read more…
Today in Science, Year 6 investigated the effects that increasing the voltage in an electrical circuit can have on its components. We had a great time completing our experiment and almost all of our predictions were correct!
This afternoon in Art we practised creating our own digital photomontages based on a theme of our choice. The app was a little hard to navigate at first, but we persevered and produced some great pieces!