St John the Baptist CE VA Primary School Year 6

This week, we explored how air resistance affects the way that a paper spinner falls to the ground.  We worked scientifically by making sure that we only changed one variable.  Some of us were surprised by our results but we discovered that in general larger spinners fell more slowly because they have a larger surface area and are more affected by air resistance. 

To finish off the half-term we played some team games in the hall to get our hearts beating fast.  We have a very competitive class!

On Monday, we carried out an investigation in Science to discover which shoe was the grippiest on carpet and which was the slippiest on the wooden floor in the dining room.  We used a Newton meter to measure the friction exerted on each shoe. 

In Computing we used Make Code to programme Micro:bits.  It was fun creating different flashing patterns and downloading them to see if they worked.  Some groups were very creative.

We are investigating forces in Science and this week we started to investigate how the grips on our shoes use friction to stop us slipping.  We organised ourselves in a line from what we thought were the slippiest shoes to the grippiest.  Next week, we will be planning and carrying out an investigation to see if we were right.

In Art, we created repeatable motifs inspired by the work of William Morris which was often based on nature.

On Friday, we celebrated the 59^th birthday of our school (good practice for our 60^th birthday celebrations next year) by creating bunting and playing some party games.

It’s been another busy week in Year 6!

In English we have been learning how to punctuate dialogue and use it to move the story on and develop characters.  We started by using drama to help us decide what the characters would say and then moved on to write sentences using colour coded paper to show the different parts of the sentence.

In Art, we have learnt different techniques like mark making, contour, cross hatching and stipple which can be used when sketching.  Mrs Egan was very impressed with the results.

We have started improving our defensive and attacking skills in PE and this week put them to use in mini tag rugby matches.

Year 6 have had a great start to the new academic year and settled into new routines well. 

In Maths, we started our place value unit with a game in which the children took it in turns to roll the dice and place a digit to see who could create the largest number.  They were very competitive!

Our first Science lesson saw us making models using cardboard tubes, split pins, elastic bands and paper clips to demonstrate how gravity works. 

We also kicked off our Victorians history unit by studying three different portraits of Queen Victoria and being history detectives to discover what they might reveal about her.