Year 6

2023-2024

March

World Book Day Author Visit
Cath Howe, author of books such as ‘My Life on Fire’ and ‘The Insiders’ visited Scott Wilkie to talk to the students about being a writer. She even did some workshops with the classes. 

February

Year 6 visited a local Buddhist temple to broaden their understanding of places of worship within our community.

Anthony Glenn was back…This time to tell the story of Macbeth – Year 6’s next Writing topic.

January

As part of Citizenship Week, Year 6 visited the Tate and Lyle offices to learn about local community services and how to be a good citizen in the community.

November

Year 6 visited West India Quay to carry out some ‘fieldwork’ to support their Geography topic, The Changing Docks. As part of their visit, they also visited the Museum of Docklands to further enhance their knowledge of the docks in the past and how it has changed. 

October

Year 6 have had a fun-filled, thrilling week at Fairplay house creating memories and having new experiences.

Anthony Glenn was in with our new Year 6’s hooking them into their upcoming T4W unit, Oliver Twist.

2022-2023

March

Anthony Glenn, the one man show, was with Year 6 to teach them the story of Macbeth as a hook in to their next Talk for Writing unit.

January

The children of year 6 had the opportunity to explore some community services that are available to them. The workshops consisted of a 10 minute interactive discussion based around a particular service. The children had to complete each workshop and answer questions to collect points as a group. 

The workshops were about:

  • ​Police force
  • Fire brigade
  • Water safety
  • Gangs
  • TFL
  • Social media
  • Newham recycling ​  
At the end of the full session, the points were counted and a winning group received medals. 
 

October 

In Literacy, year 6 have been focusing on sensory poetry. As our unit for the term is about Oliver Twist, we decided to compare Victorian London to modern London. 
We then created a sensory poem all about modern London. 
Here is a poem by Kofi in year 6. 
 

2021 – 22

June 2022

Outstanding writing from Adam in Year 6. Go ahead and have a read!

Adam’s Lady Macbeth Letter

March 2022

Heart Dissection Workshop​

Year 6 children had the opportunity to learn about the structure of the heart but dissecting a real lamb’s heart!  Despite being initially a little squeamish, all the children soon got stuck in and thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  They used their hands and forceps to investigate the different parts and texture of the heart.
 

February 2022

Anthony Glen Workshop

Year 6 children enjoyed taking part in a workshop with Anthony Glenn as a hook for their Literacy Topic.  The children were learning about the story of Macbeth, ready for their Talk for Writing Unit.  They took part in a performance of the story and enjoyed acting out key scenes in order to deepen their understanding of the characters.
 

December 2021

Y6 pupils conducted the online survey with a selection of children from Reception to Y6.

October 2021- Visit to Fairplay House

The children in Year 6 had an amazing time when they attended Fairplay House. They took part in high-adrenaline activities designed to push them beyond their comfort zones.​  All of the children showed incredible resilience and bravery.​

September 2021 – Anthony Glenn Workshop

Year 6 children enjoyed taking part in a workshop with Anthony Glenn as a hook for their Literacy Topic.  The children were learning about the story of Oliver Twist, ready for their Talk for Writing Unit.  They took part in a performance of the story and enjoyed acting out key scenes in order to deepen their understanding of the characters.

September 2021 – Spirit Animal Artwork

Year 6 children learned about the Native American tradition of spirit animals.  They carried out research in order to identify their spirit animals and then drew their spirit animals using small steps to gradually build the picture.  The finished artwork was extremely impressive!​