Year 6

Digital Footprint Detectives

Digital Footprint Detectives

We are continuing our learning about online safety by analysing data about applicants for a position of leadership. We took a digital footprint quiz to test our knowledge of Unit 2, Lesson 2.

Preparing for the writing process 

Preparing for the writing process 

Before planning our own non-chronological reports, we are preparing for the writing process by collaborating to identify features which will be useful in our pieces. We are a team of wildlife conservationists writing for a website called Animals First aiming to raise...

Physics – Light

Physics – Light

We investigated which objects and their materials were opaque, translucent or transparent. Can you make links between properties of objects and the jobs they do or uses they have?

Adam Briscoe

Adam Briscoe

It is important to learn and know about great artists - we had the opportunity to work with local artist, Adam Briscoe. During the workshop, we explored our Barnsley heritage through Adam's explanations of the historical and cultural development of his art forms. We...

Diary Writing

Diary Writing

We read Victor Frankenstein's dairy to practice our reading fluency then collaborated to spot features we might use in our own dairies.

Antarctica

Antarctica

Our learning questions today; On a map of the world, show where Antarctica is. Where is the South Pole? Why is Antarctica a continent? What do you know about Antarctica?

Map Skills

Map Skills

After a discussion about human and physical features we located our school and our homes on a map of our local and surrounding area (Cudworth and Barnsley). Do you know how to find points using a grid reference? We found Margery Hill using the Peak District (Dark...

Map Skills

Map Skills

After a discussion about human and physical features we located our school and our homes on a map of our local and surrounding area (Cudworth and Barnsley). Do you know how to find points using a grid reference? We found Margery Hill using the Peak District (Dark...