Year 6 Spring 2022-23
Yoga
One of our P.E units this term is yoga. Year 6 are enjoying learning that yoga improves strength, balance and flexibility. Slow movements and deep breathing increase blood flow and warm up muscles, while holding a pose can build strength. This lesson we practised our relaxing sitting pose and performed a range of movements known as the ‘Sun Salutation.’
NSPCC Assembly
This term the school council are supporting the NSPCC. In the coming weeks we will be having a workshop led by the NSPCC, but before this Mrs Reynolds completed a short assembly with us. We learned about what a charity is, what the NSPCC does, types of abuse, what to do with our worries and the number to call if we need someone to talk to about our worries.
National Number Day 2023
On Friday February 3rd, it was NSPCC National Number Day. We had great fun working through mathematical number investigations. We explored finding decimal equivalents of fractions through division and also completing inverse calculations through Roman Numerals. Well done Year 6!
Children's Mental Health Week
This year's theme for Children's Mental Health Week was 'Let's Connect'. We discussed what a connection was, good connections, bad connections and who we had connected with so far that day. We also talked about different ways of connecting and how on a weekend or evening we may connect more using technology. As part of our lesson we learned how to build good strong connections with people and created these fantastic wordles about connecting with others.
Football Snowmen
Year 6 made the most of the snow we had! Working as a class team, we sculptured two snowmen playing football. It was of course Sunderland vs Newcastle It was great to see how much effort the class made into perfecting the sculpture. Well done; a great team effort!
Ancient Greece
Our history topic this term is the Ancient Greeks. Using our atlas skills we located Greece within a map of Europe; investigated the climate; used our geography skills to look at the climate and position to the equator and tectonic plates. Using our research skills, we found out about the ancient Greek city states and then marked them on a map. Year 6 are looking forward to learning about this interesting period of ancient history.
Designing Clay Pots
Using the the theme of animals within our art lesson, we carefully devised a plan for our clay pots. We thought carefully about the use and audience of our product. We were able to apply our sketching skills to produce some excellent designs.
Developing our Control of Tools and Techniques
We used plasticine to practise and refine our techniques for creating our pots. We carefully used a range of tools to build a plasticine pot which included plaits, coils, swirls and patterned design.
Putting Practice
We really enjoying practising our putting during our P.E golf sessions. We played a range of games to improve the pace and direction of the ball.
World Book Day
Year 6 loved sharing stories with our brilliant Year 2 children.
Ukuleles
In Music, we have begun to learn the ukulele. We first looked at the different parts of the ukulele and labelled them. Next we learned how to hold a ukulele and do a basic strum. Finally, for this lesson, we learned the chord C. We learned where to hold down the A string on the 3rd fret and practised playing a song with chord C. It was a lot of fun.
NSPCC Number Day - Multiplication Tournament
As part of our NSPCC Number Day 2023, Blackfell competed in the national Times Tables Rockstarz event. We had an hour through out the day to correctly answer as many multiplication questions as we could.
Safer Internet Day
Since this year’s theme was ‘Want to talk about it?’, Year 6 discussed all the things they enjoyed about the internet. We started by completing an Alpha-Net of all the positives we find in the online world. Next we looked at the inappropriate or worrying things we come across online. Year 6 had lots of great ideas. Finally we discussed the importance of sharing our worries with a trusted adult.
Clay Pots
We really enjoyed making the final version of our clay pots. We adapted our designs as we worked and painted them when dry.
Chipping Practice
It was great to be back on the school field practising our chipping skills with the golf irons. We worked on controlling the height of the ball and the accuracy of our shots.
