Year 6 (Class 17) - Design Technology - Moving Toys

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Class 17 have worked really hard on their moving toys this half term.

They have learnt how different shaped cams can change the movement of their toy.

They planned and made their toys independently and showed great resilience and problem solving skills to iron out any small problems they…

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 16) - Design Technology - Cams, Cogs & Levers

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Class 16 have been looking at cams, cogs and levers.

With this knowledge, we built small rotating toys that showed the principles of them.

When they were finished, year 2, class 5, came to play with them give a review.

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Design Technology

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Science - Tin Foil Boats

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Well done to class 17 who made tin foil boats, designed to be streamlined, so we could investigate the effects of water resistance.

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Science

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Geography - The 3 Gorges Dam

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Well done class 17 for a lovely debate about the building of the 3 Gorges Dam in China.

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Geography

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Year 6 (Class 16) - English - The Highway Man

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Class 16 have been reading the poem ‘the highwayman’.

Today we sounded out the syllables and then put them to a beat by either clapping or tapping the table.

There were lots of sore hands by the end of the lesson!

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English

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Year 6 (Class 15) - Christmas Reading Area

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Class 15 enjoying reading in the Christmas reading area.

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English Reading and Phonics

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Year 6 (Class 15) - P.E - Mountain Biking

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Class 15 braved the weather today and were fantastic on the bike trails. 

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Physical Education

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Year 6 (Class 15) - PSHE - HMP Not for Me

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Class 15 really enjoyed taking part in the HMP not for me day. 

They learnt a lot about making the right choices and about not being influenced by their peers.

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PSHE

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Year 6 (Class 15) - Science - Mechanisms

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Class 15 have been learning how different mechanisms can help with day to day life.

We learnt that lever, pulley system and cog mechanisms can help us to complete day to day tasks much easier than by hand. 

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Science

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Year 6 (Class 16) - PSHE - Government Survey

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Class 16 enjoyed learning about the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza and her role making sure the government listens to children when they make decisions.  

Children recapped over the seven main areas of Care, School, Community, Health, Better World, Jobs and Skills,…

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PSHE

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Year 6 - Maths - Maths City Trip

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This week, some Year 6 children got to visit maths city in Leeds Trinity shopping centre.

They got to solve mathematical problems practically.

Year 6 had a great time and were very enthusiastic about going back! 

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Maths

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Year 6 (Class 17) - Science - Mechanisms

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Class 17 have been learning about mechanisms and how pulleys and levers can help make tricky jobs easier.

Tino and Brian had fun demonstrating how the sack wheels work.

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Science

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