This week in PE, cartwheels have been the focus of our gymnastics program. Starting from scratch in many cases, the children examined how experts completed the cartwheel, step-by-step, before attempting the movement by themselves. Those who felt comfortable were challenged even further my including a hurdle step prior to their cartwheel, increasing the speed and power of their movement. Top effort by all!
Category : Year 6 News
Passionate about Pictionary!
Flexible Friday featured a spot of inter-crew Pictionary to end what has been an extremely busy and productive week in 6CC!
Order it, compare it, simplify it, add & subtract it!
In Maths, fractions have been our focus for the majority of Spring term so far. This week, the children have been deepening their understanding of finding a common multiple to help them compare, order, add and subtract fractions.
Intent on mastering fractions, half of the class mentored their peers in finding the common multiple so they could order fractions. Excited by the thought of using their own ‘teacher equipment’, they embraced the opportunity to support and challenge their classmates. Top notch, 6CC! 👍🏼😁
Why did the leopard hate playing hide and seek? Because he was always spotted!
6CC thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Yorkshire Wildlife Park today will all the children captivated by the wide variety of animals prowling about the grounds. Old classics such as the roaring lion prides, majestic Amur tigers and towering polar bears were a spectacle to behold; new inhabitants of the park such as the Harar hyenas and Californian sea lions were also on show, adding to the diversity.
However, the workshop with a wildlife expert introduced several of Earth’s most well known species and how they faired in terms of their Red list level – the rating of endangerment. An eye opening experience educating the children about why the population of certain animals is declining and what is being done to help save the species.
Overall, a fantastic day out for our expedition. Well done, Crew!
A busy week in 6CC!
Balance! Now hold it…
Last Wednesday, both year 6 enjoyed their first gymnastics lesson where they explored the two different types of balances: point and patch.
Through communication, cooperation and a great deal of effort, each pair classified a range of solo and paired balances into the two categories, making sure to hold their balances for at least five seconds.
To conclude the session, each group were asked to create their own sequence complete with two patch and two point balances. The audience then critiqued the performers based on their synchronisation, variety of balances and showing a clear beginning and ending to their sequence. Awesome effort from all groups!
More teachers, more learning! Fractions Edition
A challenging week focusing on fractions didn’t frighten 6CC as they in their student-teacher pairs. Complete collaboration on show as the pupils and mentors threw themselves into the task, the aim being to consolidate our learning: simplifying fractions, finding equivalent fractions and comparing fractions.
¡Hola Sudamérica!
From the snowy peaks of the Andes to the green grasslands of the Pampas fields in Argentina; through the dense canopies of the Amazon Rainforest to the vast, aridvexpanses of the Atacama Desert in Chile, 6CC have put their knowledge of human and physical features to the test by exploring the various biomes in America’s southern continent.
Year 6 will now look to uncover the mysteries of each biome in South America and how the climate of each unique biome affects the life of flora and fauna within their region. Until next time, adios! 🇧🇷🇦🇷🇨🇷🇪🇨🇦🇲
… And on the second day, 6CC designed their own landforms! 🌎
Last week, year 6 explored human and physical features of the geographical landscape and identified features in their local environment around Norton and Askern that could be classified into each category. They then explored how the physical features of the landscape influence the human features, such as roads running alongside rivers rather than creating bridges and tunnels that may incur increased costs.
Building on their knowledge of geographical features, 6CC began studying settlements and investigating how physical features (rivers, woods, mountains etc) affect human settlements. In mini crews, each crew designed their own unique landform using classroom equipment and a sheet – most opted to include a mountain or hill region in their design.
With each successive stage of the challenge, groups added a forest, a river, human settlements, livestock/crops and a road, whilst thinking carefully about where to position each individual aspect and what they may need.
At the end of the challenge, a spokesperson/ spokespeople were nominated to present their design to their peers where they explained why they positioned features in specific places before receiving praise for their ideas and wonders to provoke further thinking regarding some of their design choices. Great effort, Crew! 👍
We will claim this land as our own!
This week in Geography, Year 6 have been investigating how the physical features of a landscape affect the human land use. We created our own landscapes and thought carefully about where would be the best places for human features such as roads, bridges, towns and cities.
🌎Tropical Triumph!
Rocking Rainforest
6CC finished their immersive rainforest display this week, giving the full effect of a dense and diverse environment. All the children worked in groups to collectively create a bright canopy layer for our class animal: the Glaucous Maccaw.
Feeling hot! Hot! Hot!
Diving into the canopy, year 6 have begun exploring the equator and the tropics and how they provide the optimum conditions for growing rainforests. Wednesday featured a research lesson where 6CC learned about the accelerated water cycle of the tropics and the role they play in hydrating the Earth’s rainforests.
🌎 Why should we help our planet survive? – Hook Week
Thrown into the vast and dense Amazon Rainforest, 6CC have answered the call of planet Earth’s SOS to learn about the importance of this natural beauty and the to raise awareness of its vital role in regulating our world’s climate.
This week, years 5 & 6 have been introduced to several of the endangered species inhabiting ‘the lungs of the world’ and where they belong in this complex eco system. 6CC have produced wonderful piece of split artwork through teamwork and determination, as well as creating their own plea to stop deforestation via a group made news report. 📽️