Year 6

Science - Animals Including Humans - Heart Dissection  

During our current Science topic, we have been learning all about the hear. We looked at the role to heart plays in the circulatory  system. We also looked at the role of blood vessels, arteries, veins and capillaries. To conclude on learning on this topic we got to experience a real life lamb's heart. We had the opportunity to feel a heart and dissect it so we could see the four chambers that we had previously learnt about. 

Visit to the library

As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we visited Smethwick Library. Lots of us got a library card and we are looking forward to visiting in our own time and taking books home to enjoy. Also during our visit, we were treated to a story teller  Daniel Morden who has written ‘The Adventures of Achilles’ and ‘Dark Tales of the Woods’.We thoroughly enjoyed our session where he retold us a story based on the Brothers' Grimm and we inputted our ideas to make the story our own.  Thank you Smethwick library. 

Art - Stephen Wiltshire

Here is our Art learning journey. The children worked incredibly hard to replicate a city scape of Birmingham in the style of Stephen Wiltshire. We looked at the artist and some of his work. We then practised drawing intricate detail and persepective. Before finally bringing all the skills together to create our own artwork that includes some of Birmingham's iconic buildings. 

English

In English, Year Six have been studying the book Town is by the Sea  by Joanne Schwartz

Illustrated by Sydney Smith. We have really enjoyed studying this text and we wrote some excellent poems comparing below the ground with above the ground. We used imagery and abstract nouns to help us to build a picture in the readers mind. 

Cards for Amelia.

The children in Year 6 decided to help a local girl, Amelia, to break a world record - to recieve 8000 birthday cards. You can read more about Ameila's story here.   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv71xe14kno

The children designed their own cards and wrote lovely, heart-warming messages. 

Take a look at some of our finished cards. 

Thematic

 In Thematic, we are learning about The Mayans. We have studied North and South America in Geography. Here are some maps that we completed. We identified where the different countries are in North America and created fact files for the countries of our choice. 

English

In English, we studied the poem 'The Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll. We read the poem first and then thought about how the Jabberwock could be described. We used expanded noun phrases and prepositional phrase to add detail to our descriptions. After, we collated our sentences to complete a WANTED poster and to warn people about the danger they may face. See below for some wonderful examples. 

ART WEEK - BANKSY.

In Year Six, we have been inspired by the street artist, Banksy. We researched current issues in the world and have designed relevant thought-provoking pieces, just like  Banksy. We then created our stencil first by cutting it out and spraying with spray paints of our choice.