by Mrs Fraser | May 5, 2025 | Curriculum, Design and Technology, School News, Year Six
This half term in DT, we have designed, built and evaluated our own birdhouses. We began by finding out about the different kinds of bird houses and the birds that live in them. Mrs Fraser challenged us to design and build a birdhouse for a blue tit, great tit or...
by Mrs Fraser | Mar 27, 2025 | Curriculum, School News, Science, Year Six
In Science this half term, we are learning about light. Today we enjoyed an interactive workshop at the Centre for Life where we were able to take part in lots of experiments investigating light. First we learnt about Isaac Newton and how he was the first scientist to...
by Mrs Fraser | Mar 10, 2025 | Curriculum, School News, Science, Year Six
As part of our Light topic, we learnt about how light travels and how we see objects. After finding out that light rays travel in straight lines, we created a scientific model using a torch, a range of objects and string to represent the light rays. We discussed the...
by Mrs Fraser | Mar 9, 2025 | Curriculum, English, School News, Year Six
As part of St Aidan’s Book Week, we took part in lots of different activities to celebrate reading for pleasure. On Tuesday, we visited Dunston Library. We discussed how the library is organised and found out how to join the library if we were not already a...
by Mrs Fraser | Feb 18, 2025 | Art and Design, Curriculum, School News, Year Six
This half term, Year 6 have been learning about the Golden Period of Gustav Klimt. We began by looking at a range of his artwork. When we placed them in chronological order, we noticed that over time, Klimt’s artwork became less realistic and more mythical in style....
