Year 6: Blog items
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 11:13am
Today we took part in the activity 'What's Under Our Feet?' This involved digging up a 30cm square section of earth and looking inside the soil to see what lives there. The purpose of this was to see the variety of living creatures available for birds to eat. We found earthworms, spiders and grubs in the ground. We also measured the earthworms to see if there were different types/sizes.
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 10:22am
In Reading into Writing this half term we have linked our writing to Black History Month. We were given the slave trade and Harriet Tubman to look at. We decided our piece of writing was going to be an autobiography written by Harriet Tubman. We researched all about her life and made lots of notes. We then drafted our autobiography and made edits based on teacher feedback. To finish the journey we completed a hot write - a final best version without all the mistakes.
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 11:05am
Shadows were our area of investigation for this week's science lesson. We were presented with four key questions and various equipment that we could use to investigate them. We were asked to consider how shadows are created, waht creates the shape of a shadow and how you can make a shadow smaller or larger.
A journey through the the Mayan World
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 10:51am
We finished our History topic for the half term with a journey through the Mayan World using our 'Now Press Play equipment'. We were transported into the ancient civilation, met a Mayan king, heard about drought and sacrifices to the gods. It was a great opportunity to consolidate our learning.
The end of the Mayan Civilisation
Date: 19th Oct 2021 @ 7:33pm
Today in our history lesson, we have been considering how the Mayan civilisation began to decline. After hypothesising ourselves, we were presented with various pieces of evidence, which we had to consider. We grouped the evidence into different categories and learned that drought, poor soil conditions, rivals, revolt and disease all had a part to play in the fall of the great civilisation.
Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 11:20am
Jenny and Matt from The Church Army visited one of our RE lessons this half-term. They explained the meaning of ‘Sin’ as anything they ‘think’, ‘say’ or ‘do against God’s law. We discussed what constituted a sin and the meaning of ‘salvation’. Salvation means being saved, rescued from sin and being forgiven. Christians believe salvation from sin was the purpose of Jesus' life, death and resurrection. Thank you to Jenny and Matt for sharing your knowldege and experiences with us.
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 5:02pm
In Science today we have been learning about refraction. We turned out the lights and used prisms and torches to investigate how light is split into spectrum. We then created our own colour wheels. Spinning the wheels had the opposite effect and the colours appeared white.
Boundary's Football Team - Back in Action
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 9:13am
As part of the EFL Kids Club / Blackpool FC Community Trust Partnership, our school team played in their first tournament with other local schools (for what seems like years...and it has been!) this week. They were able to reach the semi finals after topping the group with 5 wins and 1 draw. Unfortunately we were beaten in the semi finals but it was great to be back in action.
Well done to all who took part, we are very proud of you all!
Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 8:37pm
This week, we have been exploring French grammar based around nouns. We learned how to use a French dictionary to determine a noun's gender, how to make singular nouns plural and how to select the correct definate article depending on whether the noun is masculine, feminine, plural or begins with a vowel.
A day with no pens.....but plenty of discussion!
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:38pm
Tuesday 5th October was No Pen Day. Pens and pencils were removed from tables and we had a whole day of discussion, problem solving and debate. The aim of the day was to improve our communication skills. We started by working in groups to solve mental maths problems, before moving on to talk about the slave trade as part of Black History month. We considered various dilemmas, talked about how to control infection in PSHE and debated the importance of various foods in our History lesson on the Mayan civilisation.
Date: 4th Oct 2021 @ 2:33pm
On Thursday 30th September, it was our school council election day. Candidates from Year 6 presented their maifestos to the rest of the class, outlining the characteristics that made them a suitable candidate and how they would help to improve the school. We discussed democracy and how it is one of the British values, before voting in a secret ballot in the hall. Congractulations to Tilly and Emily, who were been elected as school councillors for Elder and Oak classes.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Date: 29th Sep 2021 @ 8:36pm
In Year 6 we have completed our first Reading into Writing journey: News Articles. Our journey involved reading through lots of examples of news articles so that we could identify the features. We also did lots of GPS work based on direct and reported speech so that we could learn how to use quotes accurately in our writing. We also took part in teacher model and shared write sessions to help us understand exactly how to organise our writing. Finally, we used our trip to PGL to write an article about the experience.
European Day of Languages 2021
Date: 27th Sep 2021 @ 2:00pm
Today we celebrated the European Day of Languages. We began by taking broadly about the continent of Europe and some of the countries that make up Europe. From that we began discussing the different European languages we knew. After that, Oak and Elder classes were given a specific country to focus on: Poland and Latvia. We then used Google Translate to find out what some key words/phrases are in Polish and Latvian. We also found out some other key facts about the countries, such as populaiton, countires that they border with and traditional dishes. We enjoyed finding out about other countries.
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 9:13pm
Oak!! It was another crushing defeat Elder!! You've really got to get logged in and do some serious work is you're going to beat Oak!!
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 11:00am
This week in our Science lesson we continued to learn about light. We learned that light travels in straight lines and that lightwaves bounce or reflect off of an object and into our eyes. This is how we see things. We worked in groups to create a model of this using string as the light wave.
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 2:50pm
What a brilliant time the children (and staff) had on our annual residential to PGL. The children were absolutely amazing and a real credit to Boundary. They worked so well as a group and took part in a range of activities, showing resilience and determination. We hope the children had a great time - they have made memories that will last a lifetime!!
The winners for TTRS this week are...
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 2:38pm
Oak! Well done Oak you smashed it this week. Elder, you need to up the stakes next week and see if you can beat Oak!
Times Tables Rockstars battles!
Date: 10th Sep 2021 @ 9:51am
Each week, children in Year 5 and 6 will take part in a weekly times tables battle. There will be battles between:
- Year 5 and 6
- Oak and Elder
- Hawthorn and Rowan
Every Thursday we will publish on the class pages which class/year group are the winners. The more you go on TTRS at home the better your class/year group will do. This will also help you all to learn your tables and be able to recall facts quickly. Good luck everyone!
Date: 8th Sep 2021 @ 7:33pm
This half term we will be learning more about French grammar. We started by learning about indefinite articles. In French, indefinite articles are the equivalent of our English words a and an. We learned that the French have two indefinite articles - un and une - and that nouns are either masculine or feminine. You use un when the noun is masculine and une when the noun is feminine. As part of the lesson, we also used bilingual dictionaries to find nouns and their gender.
Why do we study the Mayan civilisation?
Date: 7th Sep 2021 @ 6:22pm
This half term, we will be learning about the Mayan civilisation in our history lessons. Today, we started our History topic by thinking about why the Maya were so important. We looked for clues around the playground and used our critical thinking skills to decide what made the Maya so special.
An introduction to spreadsheets
Date: 7th Sep 2021 @ 4:01pm
Today we began our new unit in Computing - Spreadsheets. We discussed what a spreadsheet is and why people use them. We were also introduced at the following key vocabulary that we will be using through the unit:
- Data
- Cell
- Input
- Output
- Format
Our task today was to first have a practise at inputting simple data into cells and then add borders, changing text colour and adding colour to cells. We were then taught how to add add formula to cells in order to add, subtract, multiply and divide inputted numerical data.
Date: 6th Sep 2021 @ 7:48pm
What a great first day back we have all had! Our WOW this afternoon was all based around teamwork - we discussed as classes the importance this year of working together and the characteristics we need to demonstrate in order to achieve our goals. Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Jones planned a series of orienteering courses for us to work through as teams; the aim was to show our teachers just how well we can work together and communicate. It was tricky at times but most of us managed to finish the 8 courses through good teamwork and collaboration.
Date: 6th Jul 2021 @ 7:54am
As we're approaching the starting line for our move to high school, we had the pleasure of speaking to Matt and Jen from the Trinity Parish about transitioning from primary school to high school. We had a great discussion about what worries we had and what we were most looking forward to. It was good to discuss and listen to what other people felt about their move to high school!
Date: 1st Jul 2021 @ 2:03pm
It was the last of our activities! Who will win? Your guess is as good as ours! We took part in more team games: over and under, side to side, elbow passing and speed bouncing. There wasn't a particular team who won all of the games so this means it must be tight between the winners! We can't wait to find out which team takes the Number 1 spot! Fingers crossed it's your team...
Date: 29th Jun 2021 @ 1:33pm
What a brilliant Sports Day Year 6 have had! We competed in lots of different events:
- Relay race
- Team work races
- Shot put
- Javelin
- Hurdles
- Sprint
As well as encouraging our team mates, we also cheered our entire year group on! We showed many characteristics during our afternoon: resilience, team work, tolerance, paitence, kindness, confidence, self-control, respect, fair and supportive. We worked hard in our teams (Chepstow, Bathurst, Elston and Rodwell). We wonder who'll win! Stay tuned...
