Year 6: Blog items
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 3:55pm
Today we held our first Spelling Bee of the year. Each house was represented by the best spellers from Year 2 - Year 6 and the children were tested on spellings they have been learning in Autumn 1. We are very proud of all the children for being their house representative and spelling some very tricky words in front of the whole school. The over all winners were Bathurst, who managed to spell 14/15 spellings across all 5 years groups.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 12:38pm
Our unit this half term has been the Ancient Maya. We have learned all about the ancient Maya, a civilisation that lived in the rainforests of Mesoamerica and spanned over 300 years. We have learned how their people used the resources at hand to make tools, weapons and places to live. We have learned about what they ate, what they wore and how they entertained themselves. We have really enjoyed learning all about this ancient civilisation.
Date: 7th Oct 2024 @ 8:35am
This week Boundary Primary School celebrated Harvest Festival. Year 6 led the celebration assembly together with our special guest, Reverend Peter. We talked about being thankful for the food we eat, our good health and the life we live. The children and their families helped by donating food to Vincent House.Thank you to everyone for their support.
Year 6 - Investigating Refraction
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 8:26pm
Year 6 has a great Science lesson this week. The children were amazed by the illusions created by refraction. We learned that refraction distorts images and can even reverse them!
Year 6 - Investigating Shadows
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 12:42pm
Our science lesson this week was all about shadows. After recapping on our learning from previous weeks, we were set the challenge of investigation various questions such as what material creates the darkest shadow and how can you make a shadow smaller or larger.
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 5:38pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 4:41pm
Today we celebrated the European Day of Languages by holding a special assembly. We talked about why it is important to know about other languages and cultures and how this might help us when we grow up. We discussed the characteristics that you need to learn a language including enthusiasm, curiosity, perseverance and self motivation. We ended with a languages quiz and learned a greeting song in French.
Year 6 - Investigating Light in Science
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 10:25am
Our Science topic this half term is light. After recapping on our learning from Year 3 and discussing the vocabulary that we need to know, we learned that light travels in a straight line. We conducted an experiment to prove this.
Year 6 Computing - Introduction to Spreadsheets
Date: 18th Sep 2024 @ 3:41pm
Today we began out Computing unit on spreadsheets. The first lesson included learning about how to input data into cells and how to format cells to change the size, colour and style of text. We also began to look at how to add a formula to specific cells in order to add together numbers.
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 12:41pm
This half term, Year 6 will be learning about grammar in their French lessons. We started by looking at indefinite articles - un and une, the French words for 'a'. We recapped on the fact that French nouns have a gender and that un is used for masculine nouns and une is used for feminine nouns. We used French dictionaries to find the gender of nouns.
Date: 11th Sep 2024 @ 1:04pm
Today we began our unit on Invasion Games. We discussed different types of sports that invloved working as a team for a common goal. We then looked at dribbling in basketball and footbal and practised both of these skills.
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:55am
To begin the year we have all been thinking about our goals for the year ahead. We discussed what a goal is and how we can achieve them by breaking the goal down into small achieveable steps. We are all going to be working hard this year to achieve social and academic goals.
Date: 6th Sep 2024 @ 8:48am
This week we started our Music unit looking at soul music. We listened to and appraised the song 'Do What You Want To!' and discussed the elments of music surrounding the song: tempo, dynamics, texture, lyrics etc.
Year 6 - Sports and Picnic at Stanley Park
Date: 19th Jul 2024 @ 10:40am
Today we took our Year 6 children for a fun-filled morning of sport at Stabley Park. The rain just about held off enough so that we could enjoy ourselves. A picnic together rounded off the great morning!
Date: 19th Jul 2024 @ 10:32am
Our Year 6 Disco went down a treat with the children! A perfect way to celebrate a great year and to say goodbye to each other.
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 2:57pm
Today we had a visit from a local farm and we had a great time. We got to see and pet a range of farm animals: goats, sheep, cows, chickens, rabbits and a pig! We were told how to safely pet/handle the animals and were allowed to groom and brush some of them.
Boundary Choral Speaking competition
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 2:46pm
This week we held our annual Choral Speaking competition. From Reception to Year 6, year groups learned poems by heart and performed them to the rest of the school. Once again, the standard was extremely high and we are proud of all the children for taking part. This year's winners are Year 3, who will represent Boundary at the Blackpool Choral Speaking competition on Friday.
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 7:58am
For Year 6's Heritage Day we looked at the history of LGBTQ+ in the town and how Basil Newby has played such an influential role in the growth of the town.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 7:43am
Today we were visited by the coastguards who gave us a talk on water safety and how to stay safe when we are at the beach. Advice included what to do if we find ourselves in trouble in the water and what to do if someone we are with finds themselves in trouble.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 3:40pm
Year 6 have really enjoyed their latest Geography unit - a local area study of Blackpool. We have learned how our town and region fit into the wider world, identified key physical and human geographical features on maps and asked how our region might meet the needs of people. Finally, we used field work to answer the question: Is Blackpool still a fit place for people? The children produced some excellent work and were really inetested in finding out more about where they live.
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 1:27pm
Year 6 had a great afternoon of sport. The sun was shining and everyone had a super time. Events included archery, obstacle races, hockey dribbling and speed bounce. The event was well attended by parents and carers. Thank you to Mrs. Webster for organising sunch a great event.
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:43pm
We had a great day learning about mark making and different shading techniques. We practised techniques in our sketch books before creating a self portrait.
Date: 18th Jun 2024 @ 2:27pm
Year 6 had a great session this morning learning how to ride a skateboard. The session covered safety, how to stand, ride in a straight line, turn and we evenb attempted a trick or two!
Date: 17th Jun 2024 @ 4:06pm
We continued our 'Mechanical Systems' unit by finding our more about pulleys and gears. We learned how pulleys an gears can be used in mechanical systems before experimenting making different gear chains. We also made pulleys from wooden dowel and cotton reels.
Year 6 Computing - Variables in Games
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 4:06pm
Today we began our coding unit of variable in games. We used Scratch to code different sprites to either increase or decrease in value when clicked. Some of us went further and added backdrops and sound.
