Autumn Term Enquiries
How do we learn?
Linnaeus and Darwin - how are they connected?
How are lives saved?
Spring Term Enquiries
Who were the greater engineers -Victorians or the Ancient Britons?
Where does our food come from?
Summer Term Enquiries
How big is your footprint?
Science
Electricity & Light
As part of our enquiry ‘Linnaeus and Darwin: How are they connected?’, Year 6 have been learning about the process of natural selection and how this can eventually lead to the evolution of different species. In order to understand this complicated process, the children played ‘The Natural Selection Game,’ where they took on the roles of four different variations of crabs on the fictional island of Tamalu.
Here are some photos of them trying to capture their prey using their different variations of claws – which variant do you think was the most successful?
At the beginning of term, Year 6 looked at the work of the pop artist Roy Liechtenstein. He was inspired by the comic strip and used this in many of his most famous works. His pictures have what is known as a hard edge: this is thick black outlines which give the work clear definition. He also liked to make use of geometric shapes, bold colours and dots.
Year 6 have created self portraits in the Pop Art style. Can you see anyone that you recognise?
Year 6 have been reading the book ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. Using this as inspiration, they have written non-chronological reports about the yellow-spotted lizard, a deadly reptile which is found in the deserts of Texas. Read on to find out more about this venomous creature…
Teachers | Teaching Assistants |
Miss C Morgan (Year 5/6 Team Leader) | Mrs E Oliver |
Ms S Taylor | Mrs C Wills |
Mr C Taylor | |