Year 6 experiencing what it would be like to be a child in India making paper bags to earn a living after our unit in RE understanding why different faiths have founded their own charitable organisations.

Our Year 6’s have really enjoyed their electricity topic in science and problem solving with different electrical circuits.

Year 6 have been enjoying The Dreamsnatcher. From mysterious adventures to magical forests, the story has really captured their imaginations. They’ve been diving into discussions, making predictions, and exploring the vocabulary in the book.

Yesterday afternoon, our Year 6’s really enjoyed listening to Tom Palmer talk, in a virtual workshop, about being a professional author and to have the opportunity to ask lots of questions. It was great to hear about how he became an author, about some of his books and the inspirations behind them. Thank you, Tom.

Year 6 brought the energy and teamwork to their PE lessons as they learned the traditional Māori haka, embracing rhythm, movement and cultural expression. A great display of energy and enthusiasm.

Our Year 6 children have been thinking about form and function in their design and technology lessons to create their own steady hand games. The project combined creativity, problem solving and electrical know-how. The children worked hard to design, build, and wire their games. Check out the pictures to see their designs and electrical skills in action.

A small group of our super Year 6 pupils attended a writing workshop at Wolverhampton's Art Gallery today based around the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The workshop, hosted by Wolverhampton Council's CLL team, taught the children about using sentences of varying length, different cohesive devices, purposeful vocabulary and circular endings to a story. The children loved looking at the wonderful wildlife photos and all chose one to base their own writing on. A

Our talented STEM Racing Club members brought festive fun and creativity to this year’s Christmas Fair by running their own stalls! Visitors enjoyed exciting activities like ‘Bouncy Ball or Brussels Sprouts’ and Christmas bauble decorating, while browsing a selection of crochet, baked goods and balloons. Thanks to their hard work and enthusiasm, the club raised an amazing £101.81! All proceeds will go towards costumes and materials for the upcoming STEM Racing Regional Final.

In their English lessons, the Year 6 children have been writing persuasive speeches to persuade the Headteacher that Saturday school must not go ahead. They worked in teams to write a speech and presented it to their classmates. They delivered powerful and convincing speeches, which were wonderful to hear. Well done Year 6. Let’s hope our weekends remain untouched!!!

Year 6 took part in a Now Press Play experience all about the Maya civilisation. Through storytelling, they explored Maya culture and achievements, bringing History to life.

As part of a local authority initiative ending on Children in Need day, a group of our Year 6 pupils have worked incredibly hard to produce a wonderful collaborative piece of writing based on a proverb from around the world. The children chose the proverb "A single bracelet does not jingle" and have crafted an excellent written piece around this, which also includes an array of higher-level sentence structures and punctuation. We are extremely proud of the children's efforts.

The Year 6’s have loved learning about the amazing digestive system and enjoyed (well, most of them!) looking at how food travels through the digestive tract. We hope you enjoy the photos!

Year 6 have been learning keyboard skills this half term. Identifying the notes and playing part of the song ‘Friday’ by Riton x Nightcrawlers, which you may recognise from a certain car advert.

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To mark Remembrance Day, Year 6 pupils created stunning oil pastel pictures of poppies. They explored blending techniques to achieve rich, vibrant colours and smooth transitions, bringing their artwork to life. We are so proud of their creativity and effort! Take a look at some of their beautiful pieces below:

Year 6 used TinkerCAD to design a building that would improve the lives of people in their community. They thought about how the building would look, what smart or environmentally friendly features it might have, and how it would be used. We entered our designs in the TechStars Digital Design Competition, where the children were judged on their creativity and their use of digital design tools. Have a look at their designs. Well done to Luca, who won the competition with her P

A team of Year 6 children took part in the What on Earth! quiz today, run by What on Earth! magazine. Each heat included three rounds of multiple-choice questions for the team to work through. We were really proud of our team of four and will await the results!

Maya "chocolatl" refers to the ancient Maya’s spiced, bitter chocolate drink. It was consumed in ceremonies and was considered a sacred gift from the gods, used for energy, and even as currency. Unlike modern hot chocolate, the original beverage was unsweetened and often very spicy. Today, Year 6 tasted some Maya hot chocolatl as they were learning about the history of chocolate. As you can see from the photos, some children enjoyed it, but most did not!

Year 6 have been linking their art work to their Ancient Maya history topic. They designed pendants based on Maya engravings and then created them from clay. Have a look at what they made. Can you guess what any of the symbols mean?