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
Light Fantastic! Workshop at Centre for Life
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...
Science – How do we see things?
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...
Book Week in Year 6
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 member....
Altar Servers
Reverend Hannah came into school today to train the children who have taken their First Communion to be altar servers. Reverend Hannah explained what this role would entail; serving her at the altar during our Eucharist services. The children were taught the different...
Visit to Armstrong House
The school councillors were recently invited to visit Armstrong House to talk to the residents about a project they are working on. The residents are remembering some of the technology they have used in the past and some of the clothes they wore when they were...
Artwork inspired by Gustav Klimt
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....