Blog by Tag: Year 6

This afternoon we welcomed Mr Needham into Year 6 for the first of our sessions on nutrition and healthy eating. We had a general overview of what makes a balanced diet and got to sample some fruit and vegetables that contain a large proportion of water.

Year 1, who have been busy writing alternative versions of The EnormousTurnip in their literacy lessons this week, came up to share them with their Year 6 buddies this morning. In return, Year 6 read the same story to Year 1 - but in French!

We had written our own version of ‘The Enormous Turnip’ for example ‘The Mega Carrot’. We read them to our buddies. The Year 6’s also read ‘ The Enormous Turnip’ to us but in French !!

After much discussion and anticipation, this year’s Shakespeare play was finally revealed today. We began by acting out what life might have been like on a ship sailing the Mediterranean when a storm suddenly began to overwhelm it, casting the crew and passengers onto a seemingly deserted island. 
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Scotforth St Paul’s are Indoor Athletics League Champions! What a fantastic season! What a fantastic team! I am so proud to see the resilience, the team work and the commitment all season. 
Thank you to Lancaster and Morecambe College for being wonderful hosts. Thank you to our amazing parents…

Year 6 combined SPAG revision with orienteering skills today as they worked on our recently installed new orienteering course. They had to use a map to find their way to specific control points before answering  SPAG question at each one. what a fun and healthy way to revise for SATs!

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The sun shone for Year 6 today as they walked down to the Maritime Museum to take part in the slave trade trail developed by “Facing The Past” and some local teachers - including our very own Mrs Walsh.

Once we arrived at the Maritime Museum, we met our guide, Eleanor, who lead us round some of…

In RE we have been finding out more about who Jesus is, including learning about some of the different names used for Jesus either in the Bible or by Christians generally. We used these names to create our stunning Easter cards.

Everyone inYear 6 has had the opportunity to take part in Bikeability training this week, making sure we have the knowledge and experience to ride our bikes on the road safely for ourselves and other road users. This involved two full days of practice with instructors from Go Velo. We began on the…

As the culmination of their geography work on world trade, Year 6 used all their knowledge to help them understand the supply chain involved in chocolate production. They were shocked to find that from the £1 retail price of a bar of chocolate, the cocoa farmers in Ghana only receive 8p! Through…

What a glorious day for planting trees! The Eco-group donned their wellies and gardening gloves this afternoon and went down to the school field with their spades and trowels. Hilary from the Friends of Dorrington Woods joined us there to show us how to plant different types of saplings - potted…

To celebrate World Book Day, Year 5 and 6 got together this afternoon to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate (other drinks were available!) and a pastry.  It wasn't just about food and drink though - we each chose a favourite book to write a review of and shared these with the other children on our…