Year 6: Blog items

Year 6 - Tasting and Evaluating in DT

Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 3:37pm

Today, we continued our Design and Technology food journey by tasting and and evaluating savoury cheese products. The next step will be to make our own savoury scone to a recipe of the children's choice. 

Year 6 - Forest School

Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 3:10pm

Today we had our first Forest School session of the year. It was a veyr hot day so we made the most of the tarpualins and made plenty of shelters to keep out of the sun. Whilst we were down there, some of us made jewellery using elder branches, some of us finger knitted and some of us explored the pond and surrounding area, where we saw lots of tadpoles and even a couple of frogs. We are looking forward to our next session.

Year 6 - Handball

Date: 13th Jun 2023 @ 7:56am

Today we began our new PE unit of handball with Alan Williams, our local sports coach. With the weather being extrememly hot, we definitely worked up a sweat!! We practised our throwing and catching skills using the official balls, which are smaller than we are used to. Over the session, we became more accurate and powerful with our throws. By the end, we were able to hold small 3 v 3 games to practise and demonstrate our catching, throwing and dodging skills. We can't wait for our next session!

Year 6 - Le Week-end

Date: 25th May 2023 @ 11:23am

Year 6 have done some brilliant work in their French lessons this half term. Our unit was called ' Le Week-end' and focused on activities that the children might do at the weekend. We learned the correct vocabulary for each activity, language to give opinions and how to tell the time to the nearest five minutes. As always, our lessons covered listening, speaking, reading and writing activities and the children produced great work in each. 

Year 6 - The Human Circulatory System

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 1:07pm

Our Science unit this half term is focusing on the human body and how to stay healthy. We started by looking at the function of the heart before learning about the circulatory system. This week we have learned about diffision and osmosis  - the way that nutrients are moved between cells in our body. Although it is a complicated concept. the children conducted an experiment using potatoes to demonstrate how osmosis works, which really helped to deepen their understanding. 

Year 6 - Fishers Farm

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:47pm

Today are children were treated to a visit from Fishers Farm. The children met a variety of farm animals and learned lots about each one. We all had great fun spending time with the animals and stroking them. A lucky few managed to groom some of them too!!

Year 6 - Gymnastics

Date: 19th May 2023 @ 3:48pm

In gymnastics this week we used a variety of equipment to practise our counter-tension and counter-balance. We ended the session by linking some of our balances together with movement.

Year 6 - Manchester Museum Visit

Date: 18th May 2023 @ 4:15pm

Today Year 6 went on a trip to Manchester Museum to support their learning so far. This involved areas such as:

Fossils

Dinosaurs

Ancient Egypt

Classification

Evolution

Archaeology

The children had a wonderful time bringing their learning to life and being given the opportunity to observe artifacts from a range of periods of time.

Year 6 - Computing

Date: 4th May 2023 @ 3:01pm

This week in Computing we completed lessons 2 and 3 of our variables in games unit. This involved adding sprites to the program and adding variables for each one so that when they were clicked their values either increased or decreased. We also improved a pre-made game and added a score variable to add up points.

Year 6 - Counter Balances and Counter Tension

Date: 3rd May 2023 @ 2:41pm

In this week's PE lesson, we continued with our gymnastics unit. We focussed specifically on counter balances and counter tension. Working with a partner, we learned that counter balances use a pushing force to create a stable balance. Counter tension uses a pulling force to create stability. We created various holds and learned how to safely support our partner. 

Year 6 - Variables in Games lesson 1

Date: 26th Apr 2023 @ 3:35pm

Today we began our Computing unit of variables in games. This involved using Scratch to explore how to add variables to different sprites. We experimented with adding the variable of score and practised changing the scores of different sprites when they were clicked.

Year 6 - gymnastics

Date: 26th Apr 2023 @ 3:23pm

Today we began our gymnastics unit of counter tension and counter balance. We spent the session experimenting with balancing on the floor and benches using bodily points and patches. Over the unit we will develop our balancing skills to create sequences with others.

Year 6 - Computing

Date: 20th Apr 2023 @ 10:33am

Today we completed our final lesson on Tinkercad. We used everything we have previously learned to design and make our own 3D structure. We think our final products are brilliant and use lots of appealing features.

Year 6 Visit to the Church

Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 8:11am

As part of their learning about Christianity in RE, Year 6 have visited St. Marks Church to understand more about the events of Holy Week in the run up to Easter. 

We have been learning about how Holy Communion represents the blood and body of Christ in some denominations of Christianity, and how it becomes Jesus' body through transubstantiation in the Catholic Communion. 

We met with Father Matt and Alison who lead us through the events of Holy week and we asked questions to further understand why Christians believe that Good Friday is a Good day. 

Year 6 - Art and Activism

Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 1:05pm

This half term, Year 6 have been focussing on acitvism and art. We have explored the idea of activism and why people protest. We also discussed words and vocabulary linked to activism. Then, throughout our journey we have experiemented with collaging, printing, letter formation in order to create our final piece of work. We put together everything we have learned to create a placard linked to activism. I think you'll agree that our end products are amazing!

Whole School Art Day 2023

Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 11:21am

On Thursday all the children fully embraced a whole school art day. From Nursery to Year 6 you could hear the sound of paper being ripped and cut as the children created collages of different things you can find in their home town of Blackpool. From transport in Year 3 to famous landmarks in Year 5, from trees and flowers in Year 1 to collaged signs in Year 6. The children have created some superb pieces of artwork and these are all going to be displayed together to create a whole school mural.

Key Stage 2 Boccia Team - Regional Finals!

Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 9:02am

Congratulations to our Key Stage 2 Boccia Team who yesterday travelled to Greenbank Sports Academy in Liverpool to compete in the KS2 Boccia Regional Finals!?

 
We competed magnificently against some fantastic schools across the North West, finishing 5th out of the 9 schools participating. In order to feature in the regional final, our Boccia team had to win 2 previous finals, so a huge achievement to get there and compete the way they did.??
 
#BoundaryBelieves!?

Year 6 - Art Day

Date: 23rd Mar 2023 @ 2:47pm

Year 6 had a day filled with art and collage. We looked at different art work created using collage before experimenting in our sketchbooks with different types of collage -  including ripping and cutting paper. In the afternoon, we worked collaboratively to create collage art work based on famous Blackpool landmarks. The finished pieces are brilliant!

Year 6 - Tinkercad

Date: 22nd Mar 2023 @ 2:28pm

Today in computing we have used all that we have learned so far to create name plaques and pencil pots. To do this we had to learn how to resize objects as well as creating holes in objects to allow items to be placed inside. We are really enjoying this unit of work and are looking forward to creating more in the next couple of weeks.

Key Stage Choir perform at Choir of the Year!

Date: 21st Mar 2023 @ 7:55am

Wow! What an experience!
We are very proud of our choir who performed at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. A big thank you to Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Pope for all of their time and effort given to the children, and to all of the other staff who attended tonight.

Year 6 - Fossils and Evolution

Date: 20th Mar 2023 @ 5:54pm

In today's science lesson we considered the key question: What can fossils tell us about extinct species? We first examined several fossils and then learned how they are formed. We moved on to think about what fossils can tell us about evolution before learning about what is missing from the fossil record. All the children in Year 6 showed great participation and were able to remember lots from our previous lessons. 

Key Stage 2 Panathlon WIN!

Date: 20th Mar 2023 @ 5:24pm

A huge congratulations to our Key Stage 2 Panathlon Multi-Skills team who WON this morning's tournament at Blackpool Sports Centre! They completed a variety of challenges, including target throws, football, curling, bowling and tennis slalom, accumulating points in each event that was added together at the end of proceedings. Our children scored highly in each event, showed great respect for coaches and organisers and loved competing for their school.
Well done to all involved, you've done Boundary proud!

Year 6 - French (school subjects)

Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 3:04pm

This half term we have been learning about school subjects in our French lessons. We started by learning the French names of the subjects and the correct definite article for each. Then we moved on to express opinions and used connectives to explain the reason for our opinions. Today we have learned how to tell time to the nearest hour so we are able to discuss the school day. 

Year 6 - Dan Worsley assembly

Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 3:01pm

Today we were treated to an assembly from Dan Worsley. Once again, he discussed what it takes to be an author and why he enjoys writing books so much. He then read a story from one his 'Impossible Tales' books, all about a boy with magical snot! Let's just say we were all pretty grossed out by it!

Year 6 - Space Dome

Date: 10th Mar 2023 @ 3:52pm

As part of Science Day, all classes had a 20 minute session in the space dome. We learned about stars and glaxaxies, along with the planets of the Milky Way and space missions to the moon. It was an incredible expereince and all children (and staff) had a brilliant time.

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