Year Six
Welcome to Year 6!
Our teachers are Mrs Fraser and Mrs Lishman.
We hope you will visit our page regularly to see what we have been up to.
Year Six Blog Posts
Rounders
This half term in PE, we have focused on striking and fielding skills in cricket and rounders. We have explored fielding techniques including throwing with accuracy and power and the importance of communication. As a group we have taken turns at each role and enjoyed...
British Science Week – Should we flush it away?
Today Year 6 completed our British Science Week investigation: Should we flush it away? In groups, we investigated which materials change and break down easily in water so that they can be safely flushed away by submerging different materials in water and shaking them...
80th Anniversary of VE Day
Last week, St Aidan’s marked VE (Victory in Europe) Day. We found out that it had been 80 years since peace was declared in Europe at the end of the Second World War, and enjoyed looking at photographs and videos of celebrations at the time. We thought about the...
Women in Science
This half term in Science, we have thoroughly enjoyed researching a range of female scientists past and present such as Ada Lovelace, Mae Jemison, Marie Curie and Jane Goodall. We worked in groups to find out about their inspirational lives, what scientific...
Building birdhouses
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...
Going for Green Shop
Over the past couple of years, we have been working very hard to improve the attendance and punctuality of pupils at St. Aidan’s. This has significantly improved, and we thank everyone for working with us and supporting us. Good punctuality is linked to good...