Year 6
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On Friday, we completed our STEM Week with an exciting visit from Subject Revolution. KS1 and EYFS travelled around an amazing new world working together in practical maths challenges to help Prince Lunimo tidy up for the Queen. The children worked to pass through each maths challenge zone, undetected by the invading […]
Today the children were put into mixed-age groups named after scientists, and worked together on a range of STEM-related activities. During the course of the day the children learned about how to care for the chicks, created a house of cards, made pictures out of perfect squares, built towers from […]
Year 6 investigated different sauces that could be eaten with burgers, and explored types of bread suitable for a burger bun. They worked hard to follow recipe instructions to create salsa, tzatziki and barbecue sauces. They then tested the sauces in order to evaluate which sauce and bread they might […]
It started with Booky Breakfast – thank you to everyone who was able to join us! And then Toucan Class visited Halsead Library and WHSmith. They learnt all about what the library does and how we can use it. At WHSmith they spent their World Book Day tokens. They all […]
In DT we are looking at the strength needed for bridges.The class tested different bean designs in order to work out which design had the most strength and therefore supported the bridge better.
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. This is the last of the six videos posted daily in the run up to Christmas. As always, this work […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, this is the penultimate daily video between now and Christmas. As always, this work has been devised, […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the three remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the four remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. Six in total, there’ll be one for each of the five remaining days between now and Christmas. As always, this […]
As is now a Holy Trinity Computing tradition, Year 6 were given a media project to create a Christmas video using the multimedia hardware and software we have in school. There’ll be one for each of the six days between now and Christmas. As always, this work has been devised, […]
On Sunday Miss Todd and children from Year 6 represented the school at the Halstead Remembrance Service in the Public Gardens.
Year 6 had a taster session of Ancient Greek Olympic food. After limbering up they got to taste food such as olives, feta cheese, and dried fruits. It’s fair to say that not all the children would have enjoyed their pre-competition sustinence in the time of the Ancient Greeks but […]
Raven Class were put into groups and given 1 hour to make their floor robots do amazing things. Here are the (speeded up) results.
Kestrel Class were put into groups and given 1 hour to make their floor robots do amazing things. Here are the (speeded up) results.
This week we were delighted to welcome poet Matt Abbott to school to write poetry with children across the school. On Wednesday he worked with Year 6 and they have written a collaborative poem which will soon be shared in video form and be put on display in the school. […]
This afternoon we welcomed the children who will be starting at Holy Trinity in September, and so Giraffe Class teamed up with Raven Class for a joint computing lesson. It was lovely seeing the two year groups working together – such patience, kindness and enthusiasm from them all. Our children […]
As part of our topic on the the circulatory system Kestrel Class made blood to help us remember the components that make up our blood, and the functions of each of them. We calculated the percentage blood parts we would need to represent: 55% Plasma , 44% red blood cells […]
Kestrel Class investigated how refraction changes the direction in which light travels. We completed two different experiments which showed distorted images due to light being refracted.
Our Year 6 pupils have been using Micro:bits since Easter to practice their coding skills with some physical equipment. Last week they created some basic games and sent messages to each other using the Micro:bits inbuilt radios. This week they’ve been creating step counters – programming them and then testing […]
Kestrel Class worked in groups to research different natural wonders of The Americas. Each group had to present their research and persuade the rest of the class that their chosen wonder was the best. The class voted and the winner was…..Death Valley! Here are some photos of their notes…
Well done to the High 5 netball team for successfully competing at the Level 1 tournament at Ramsey. And well done to all the cross country runners for competing in the Level 2 competition at Tabor Academy. Superb performances all round.
As part of our ‘Amazing Americas’ topic Kestrel Class designed and made their own fabulous Dream Catchers.
For Red Nose Day 2019 the children did funny things for money and came to school dressed in red! There was also a parent-led cake sale after school. You were all amazing! Sponsorship is still coming in (all back by Monday 1st April please!) so we’ll not have a total […]
Well done to all the children in Key Stage 2 who competed in the Level 1 cross country competition at Ramsey Academy today. Amazing performances throughout, and a particular well done to the Year 3 and Year 4 girls and boys teams who all qualify for the finals later this […]
Tag Rugby – Well done to the tag rugby team competing in the Level 2 Finals at Witham Rugby Club. A brilliant and hard fought effort from all the players, Well done! Athletics – Well done to the indoor athletics team who finished 2nd at the Level 2 Finals held at New […]