It’s been a busy week in Year 6 as we finish our first half-term. We began the week with a wonderful African Dance workshop to coincide with Black History Week. The children learned a dance…
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Year 6 Making Waves with Watercolours
This week in Year 6. the children have been creating watercolour paintings inspired by their Geography topic of Coastlines. In preparation for their final piece they spent lessons practicing sketching the key features we had…
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On Thursday 6th October, we celebrated National Poetry Day in Year 6. The theme this year was Play. We read the poem Skateboarding by Joseph Coelho as inspiration for our own play-themed poetry. We also…
Read MoreUnbe-leaf-able Classification in Year 6
This week in Year 6, we continued our Science topic of Classification by survey the plant life of our school. We inspected the various trees and bushes on our upper site, photographing them and identifying…
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This week in Year 6, we have continued exploring the story of Hermelin, the detective mouse. The children took on the role of Hermelin and considered his feelings upon being invited to a party in…
Read MoreWhat a great week in year 6!
Today, our Year 6s played in their dens for the last time, then said a fond farewell before they were dismantled ready for the start of next week. Here are the last photos. The children…
Read MoreHomeward bound – day 5
A beautiful day to end our wonderful Year 6 trip to the Isle of Wight. After a hearty breakfast (one of many amazing meals this week), the children headed out for the last activities of…
Read MoreYear 6 on target – day 4
Archery was the main activity today where the children were expertly coached on how to use a bow and arrow safely. After their initial instruction, the children had a chance to compete against each other…
Read MoreAmazing Activities in School for Year 6
What an exciting week our Year 6 children are having at school! We shared our interests and created animated PowerPoints about these. Then, we used our fantastic imaginations to build dens from classroom furniture and…
Read MoreHere there be dragons! Y6 – day 3
Battling winds and rain, Year 6 boarded “dragon boats” this morning to find out which team could work together and beat the other boats in a race. The staff at PGL keep a close eye…
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