6S
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Spring Term
Please find attached our curriculum newsletter for this term, as well as the homework grid for this half term:
Curriculum Newsletter - Spring
28.03.25 - Centre for Life Trip
The children had a fantastic time at the Centre for Life. We completed a workshop on circuits, looking at renewable energy such as wind and solar energy to power a lightbulb circuit. We then went into the planetarium and looked at constellations above Newcastle that we may be able to see on a clear night. The children then watched an exciting experiment show to demonstrate some physics and chemistry! Finally they explored the Wow, Brain and Creation Zone.
19.03.25 - Darlington Library History Visit
In preparation for the Year 6s new History topic, our local area in the Victorian Era, the children caught the train into Darlington and visited Darlington Library. The children were fortunate enough to explore the library and the books it had to offer, look at old photographs of the town to find similarities and differences to modern times and then had a walk around the town using a map to identify monuments, special buildings and Victorian landmarks.
The children then had a lovely walk to South Park where the children enjoyed some free time playing on the field and reading their books.
31.01.25 - Ian Bond - Ecologist Visit
6S have enjoyed a visit from Mr Ian Bond this morning to learn about science in the work place.
Ian Bond is a local ecologist and chatted to the children about their current science topic: classification.
The children had some fantastic subject knowledge and could recognise many different species in the local area!
27.01.25 - Dragon Ball
The children had a very exciting, introductory session to the ball game Dragon Ball. The children had to work as a team, focus on their passing and catching, attacking and defending skills as well as pay attention to new rules and scoring system.
22.01.25 - WizeUp
The children had a fantastic morning with Wize Up, a financial literacy programme that will be running for the next four weeks. The sessions will focus on strategy, budget, trading and financial planning.
This week, the children focussed on first impressions and what makes a good impression before working as a team to create an outfit from a bin bag! They had amazing fun whilst working on some valuable skills!
16.12.24 - Science Experiment
As part of Year 6's Science topic, Electricity, the children set up several electrical light circuits to compare. First, we looked at 6 circuit diagrams and predicted which we thought would be the most bright to the least bright. We discussed our predictions and the children explained why they had ranked the circuits the way they did. Below are images of the children setting up the circuits and investigating whether their predictions were correct or not.
10.12.24 - STEM Workshop - Lego
Wow what an absolutely fantastic morning 6S have had working with Mr Ainsley!
The children explored Lego equipment in order to build electronically motorised lorries! The children were given a brief of a motorised lorry with a detachable trailer. It was brilliant to see so much problem solving, designing, repairing, team work and resilience as part of the process.
Some brilliant photos below of what we engineered and the finished products.
14.11.24 -
The class welcomed some special volunteers from Hope Town Railway Heritage Project today to help celebrate the upcoming 200 year anniversary since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825.
The children were asked to decorate 2 special Christmas decorations, wooden trains – one was for the Community Christmas Tree in the Horse market in Darlington Town Centre to go on display to the public as part of the Christmas trail and one to take home for themselves.
The children had great fun using, glitter gel pens, sequins, felt tips, glitter and much more to create some lovely tree decorations.
Hello,
Here is a copy of autumn spellings and this term's homework grid. A copy will also be posted to Dojo and the children will be sent home with a hardcopy as well.
Hello,
Here is a copy of autumn spellings, a curriculum overview for this term and this term's homework grid. A copy will also be posted to Dojo and the children will be sent home with a hardcopy as well.
Hello and welcome to our 6S Class Page. Here you will find updates on the children's learning, some key information and documents and photographs of the children and their learning. I am looking forward to welcoming the children back and ready for a successful year ahead!
Miss Parkington
Hello,
Below are the spellings for this half term. The blank column is for a random 10 spellings using spelling patterns learned over the course of the year. To prepare for this, please revisit previous spelling tests and the different spelling patterns learned this year. For homework, revision booklets will be sent home for the children to complete rather than the usual homework grid.
Attached below, is the Curriculum Newsletter for this Summer Term. This gives an idea of the topics we will be studying and exciting things coming up.
Thanks,
Miss Parkington
Hello,
Here is the spelling list for Spring Term. A spelling test will take place every Thursday. The spellings are also posted to Class Dojo as well as being sent home in green spelling books.
Spring 1 SpellingsAlso posted below is the new homework grid, again this will be posted to Class Dojo as well as being sent home in homework books.
Finally, I have posted our new Curriculum Newsletter for the Spring Term. This shows the topics we are covering this term and some of the exciting things planned for the children.
Thank you,
Miss Parkington
10.10.24 - Science and Faith talk
A great morning with Reverend Anthony and Dr Eline talking about their faith and their scientific understanding of the world as astronomers and archeological scientists. Well done for 6S for thinking of some very interesting questions for our visitors!
21.06.24
Arts Week has taken place throughtout St George's this week. Year 6 were visited by university lecturers Jayne, Joe and student Sophie, who taught the children to screen print on to t-shirts using pigment and then design their t-shirts using appliqueing. They all had a brilliant time and are extremely proud of their creations.
04.06.24 - Railway Safety Visit
A fantastic trip to Locomotion for the Year 6 children today. It was a great experiencing catching the train from Dinsdale to Shildon where lots of different organisations put on a brilliant event to teach children how to be safe on and around trains. It was particularly fun speaking with the Transport police workers, getting arrested being put into the van, trying on the uniforms and sounding the sirens! We also were able to explore some of the older trains and look at how things have changed regarding transport and even spoke with Network Rail to find out what their jobs entail.
22.05.24 - Pickleball
Thank you to Meg from the Go-Well Team today for a fantastic introduction to pickleball. The children in 6S loved learning a new sport and new skills. In the session, we were challenged by balancing the ball in the centre of the racket, bouncing the ball up and down on the edge of the racket and then we played a great game where we had to balance the ball on our own racket while trying to knock other people's off!
14.03.24 - British Science Week
6S had a brilliant time joining the farmers in Cheshire to learn about a vet's role on a farm. The children were lucky enough to witness a live birth of a calf and learned the calf would be on it's feet and walking within that first day. We also looked at how farmers ensure cow's hooves are well looked after to prevent infection. 6S then completed a life cycle loop comparison activity where we thought carefully about the stages in different animal's livecycles.
07.03.24 - World Book Day
A brilliant effort from the children today to celebrate World Book Day. The children enjoyed several activities and even had the chance to visit the younger children and read to them. Here are some photos of our fantastic costumes!
27.02.24 - Author Visit - Toby Glover
Year 6 were joined by a very exciting visitor today, author Toby Glover. Toby Glover is a published author of children's books such as the 'Mark Shark' series, 'Bad Dolphin' and 'The Egg That Fled'. Toby sat with the children and talked about becoming an author and discussed the plot and features of some of his books. Year 6 then had the opportunity to listen to Toby read his book 'Kenny, The Squirrel with a Nut Allergy', and 'It's a Pug's Life'. The children thoroughly enjoyed the visit and Toby's enthusiasm when reading.
15.02.24 - Science Experiment
Year 6 have been studying microorganisms in our Science topic this half term. We have been looking at the different types of microorganisms and the environments in which they grow and spread. We have identified a lot microorganisms are helpful and can be used in medicine and food but some can be also be harmful.
To explore the environments we see microorganisms grow, 6S have conducted a Science experiment to see how fungi grows on a slice of bread and observe the change in mould developing in the different locations we place a slice of bread over the 3 weeks. We have also put one damp slice of bread one dry to see if that effects the fungi as well. Here are some photos of us setting up the experiment and the places we selected to test. Watch this space to see how we get on!
13.02.24
Priest Anthony Smith, visited school to talk with the year 6 children this morning. The year 6s have been studying as part of their RE topic, how a church can serve the community and it's people. Anthony told us stories and talked about he became a priest and then spoke about what the church does to try and help the community and the different roles Anthony carries out within his job as a priest.
07.02.24 - YOGA
6S had a great introduction to Yoga this afternoon. The children practiced different poses and worked on their core strength and stretching different muscles.
We are looking forward to the next 5 weeks and developing our skills.
Miss Parkington
15.01.24 - Scientist Visit
11.01.24 STEM Workshop
Today the children were joined by a team of engineers from a company called RED. The children learned about their career paths and how they became engineers. The children were then tasked with creating a house, with an LED light, powered by a solar pannel. 6S had great fun building and applying their knowledge from their Science topic circuits. We had great success after some problem solving and teamwork.
Miss Parkington
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24.11.23
6S were once again joined by Pam from GMI Construction Company for a brilliant STEM challenge this afternoon.
The children were given cups, a body of water and some sheets of paper. They needed to create a bridge that could withstand weight and hold gems. The children were then challenged to use less cups or try and cross a larger body of water. The children worked together to communicate ideas, problem solve and use elements of science and maths to successfully complete the challenges.
24.11.23
6S and 6G have worked together today to study the artist ‘Henry Moore’ and have looked at how he created atmosphere and mood in his art, using light and dark. The children have created gradient boxes of shading to practise their pencil control, have created 3D objects using shading and have looked at perspective using miniature mannequins. The children have then practised using charcoal.
Eventually, the children will be creating their own art inspired by Henry Moore.
11.11.23
For Remembrance Year 6 have been paying their respects to fallen soldiers and efforts made during the war. The children have completed black-out poetry using extracts taken from War Horse and have then looked at poetry from the perspective of those affected during that time. The children then completed their own poems.
We then created collage poppies as these flowers are a symbol of the war and the lives lost.
Hello everyone,
Here is the homework for Autumn 2. Please try to complete at least 4 of the tasks and hand in the week of 11.12.23.
Thanks,
Miss Parkington
Homework Autumn 2
Hello everyone,
Here are the spellings for Autumn 2. The first spelling test will be the first Tuesday back - 7th November.
These will also be glued in to green spelling books as well as posted on here and the school website class pages.
Thank you,
Miss Parkington
6S had a great time investigating shadows and how distance from the light source can affect their size. The children needed to measure the size of the shadow after increasing the distance from the light source by 10cm at a time.
We also wanted to show a visual representation of how light travels and how we are able to see things in a mirror's reflection. We used string to represent the straight lines and direction light travels in.
Year 6 had a fantastic morning spent on Zoom with an educator from the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Nottingham. The children listened to Sam, the museum employee and learned all about what life was like just before World War 2 broke out. We followed the story of Leo who was a 10-year old during Hitler's take over in 1938.
We learned about propaganda and how Hitler turned so many people against Jews using posters and the news reels.
The year 6s also saw a video from a Holocaust survivor who spoke about their experience during 'The Night of the Broken Glass.' - Kirstallnacht (The November Program). The children heard about people breaking in, raiding and stealing from Jewish homes. Many were killed and many more injured. This resulted in Jews not feeling welcome and having nowhere to live.
Hello everyone! A warm welcome to 6S. The children have had a fantastic first day, learning lots of new information and settling back in to school routine.
Below is this half term's spellings, homework and curriculum map. All information needed is attached to each document. The curriculum map gives some information about what we will be learning about in all topics this term.
Thank you,
Miss Parkington
Summer Term
Year 6 Curriculum Newsletter - Year 6
Spring Term
Autumn Term
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