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
Forest School Fun!
On Thursday morning, Year 6 enjoyed another sunny morning at Forest School with Phil from Muddy Monsters. We learnt how to safely chop some kindling to build a fire and how to light it with flints. We focused on fire safety and how to move safely around the fire when...
Science – How does blood get around our body?
This half term in Science, we are learning about the circulatory system and how blood gets around our body. This afternoon, after looking at diagrams and reading about the different parts of a mammal's heart, we enjoyed dissecting hearts to take a closer look! We were...
Muddy Monsters After School Club
Every Thursday after school, Phil from Muddy Monsters is holding a Forest School club for children in Key Stage 2. Usually, the children would be exploring Forest School in our school grounds, however, because of the weather in Gateshead today, it put a stop to our...
Geography – How does Gateshead Town Centre meet the needs of people who live here?
In Geography this afternoon, we revisited the different needs that people, families and communities have such as employment, education and shelter. We enjoyed a walk to Gateshead town centre to carry out a fieldwork study to investigate how our local area meets the...
Football
In year 6 this half term, our topic in PE is football. The children have focused on keeping control of the ball and dribbling at different tempos to get free from a defender. They have identified the correct shooting technique to use in different situations and worked...
Year 6 Collective Worship
This morning, Year 6 led the whole school and Year 6 parents in collective worship, focusing on new beginnings and the Christian value of hope. The Bible tells us that hope is an attitude of mind that we develop through faith in God and each other. Desmond Tutu said...