ARCHIVED Year 6 Blog 2024/25

After learning that our circulatory system is responsible for moving a range of very important things around our bodies, and that it consists of three parts; the heart, the blood and the blood vessels, today we focussed down on the heart.  The children produced some amazing sketches of a human heart from their own research! They are excited for dissection at the end of the unit, to see how close their diagrams are!

 This week the children began playing a game of ‘Where in the World’, then they recapped different countries found in different climate zones from last lesson.  Moving on, the children were excited to begin learning about earthquakes as they recapped their knowledge from year 3:  different layers of the Earth and the three types of tectonic plates. After watching a clip which explained the features of the layers the children completed their first activity. Then, they watched a clip of an earthquake in Turkey (2023). Using this stimulus they looked at what they could, hear and see. This prompted many questions about how earthquakes are measured and if we have had an earthquake in  Britain. Together they looked at the Richter Scale and the effects at each level as well as identifying the focus, epicentre and seismic waves.  Some amazing questions today, well done year 6. 

It’s been a great first week in year 6. The children have more than risen to the expectations of being top of the school and the responsibilities that come with such status. Friday saw both classes write their completed letters applying for leadership roles in the school community. Interviews will take place before the big announcement on Friday as to who has been successful.  

   During French this week,Year 6 started creating a fact file about France. We also found out that no fuel was used to create the Paris 2024  Olympic flame. Instead 200 jets of water and warm LED lights were used to create the flame effect.  We also watched a clip from the Opening ceremony: the Minions in Paris, which the children enjoyed. The Minions were included in the Olympics because the original animators are a a French Company, Illumination. The children then started their fact files. 

 Welcome back year 6 to your first Geography lesson.  This week the children were  introduced to their new journey.  Then, they recapped their knowledge of the lines of latitude by labelling them on a map. From there they completed a ‘sticky knowledge’ question from the previous years learning and played where in  the world? - recapping counties, flags, human and physical icons. Children then used their knowledge of climate zones to locate different countries and the climate zone they can be found in. Finally, they looked at a climate graph and discussed the temperature and precipitation for the climate zone as well as discussing other data.