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Year 6 - Science
Today in Science, the children created simple electrical circuits to investigate which materials act as insulators and which act as conductors. They worked carefully to build their circuits and made thoughtful predictions before testing a range of everyday materials. The activity helped them develop their understanding of how electricity flows and why certain materials are used in electrical devices.
Year 6 - Hockey
This week, Year 6 began their hockey unit, focusing on developing their passing and receiving skills. The children practised maintaining control of the ball while moving, using both push and slap passes to improve accuracy and teamwork. They showed great enthusiasm and cooperation throughout the lesson as they refined their technique and built confidence with the stick and ball.
Harvest Appeal
This morning we launched our Harvest Appeal for this year by hearing from Bishop Philip about his Pedalathon on 17th October where he will be cycling to visit and pray at a school or church in all 14 deaneries across the Diocese. We will be supporting Bishop Philip's Harvest Appeal for Christians in South Africa by joining in with his pedalathon over the next few weeks, including half term. We are encouraging our school family to cycle on bikes or scooters just like we did for the Big Lent Walk and we would love for you to send your photos in and the distance. Donations can be made on parent pay shortly. Our RotaKids are also supporting Darwen Asylum and Refugee Enterprise (DARE) and Darwen Rotary this Harvest by creating Winter Warmer boxes filled with toiletries, packets or tins of food and warm clothing for DARE families, the elderly, isolated, poor and vulnerable people in our community . They are also collecting winter coats for the homeless and poor through Darwen Rotary club. Please send in any donations and thank you in advance for your generosity. We then sang some of our Harvest songs for our Church Harvest Festival this Sunday 12th October at 11.00am- all welcome and our school Harvest Festival on Thursday 23rd October led by our WOW group and Reception, Years 1 and 2. All welcome.
Year 6 French
In French this week, Year 6 learned the names of the different rooms in our homes. They learned a song to help them remember the new vocabulary and then were tasked with labelling a diagram of a house. They also played a guessing game, where one child drew a picture of a room in a house and the rest of the class had to guess which room was being drawn and give their answer in French.
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Year 6 Art
Year 6 are really enjoying their current art unit: "Making Our Voice Heard." This week, the children continued their work on symbolic imagery, using names and symbols from the Maya Tzolkʼin calendar that the children felt were a representation of themselves and their personalities. They created two pieces of artwork using these names and symbols, one with charcoal and one with coloured oil pastels, using masking tape to create the lettering.
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Football Training
Today, the children continued with a game-based football practice, focusing on tactics and in-game coaching. They worked on positioning, decision-making and communication, applying their skills in match scenarios and showing great teamwork throughout
Year 6 - Striking and Fielding
Today, Year 6 completed their final cricket session in our striking and fielding unit, finishing with a series of fun and competitive games. The children demonstrated the skills they have been developing over the past few weeks, including batting, bowling, and fielding and showed great teamwork and sportsmanship throughout.
Year 6 Class Worship
Following on from this week's worship theme, today's class worship looked again at the story of Ananias and Saul. The children heard about how God has agents, to whom he gives the courage to complete important jobs for him. They discussed why God chose Saul to spread the word about Jesus, especially since Saul had been persecuting Christians. We learned about how Saul went on to become Paul and write many important sections of the Bible.
Year 6 Junior Jam - French, Music and Computing
Year 6 have enjoyed another fantastic morning with Junior Jam, today. In French, the children revised vocabulary relating to members of their family, verbally rehearsing and then writing sentences about who they lived with and where. In music, they learned how melodies in a song can portray emotions, writing and composing melodies of their own on the glockenspiels. Computing this week was all about web design, and the children were tasked with creating a new web page for Junior Jam.
Whole School Worship - Agent Ananias
We learned about a very special mission given by God this week in worship. God directed Ananias, a disciple in Damascus, to heal Saul of his blindness and baptise him. Despite Ananias's fear due to Saul's reputation as a persecutor of Christians, he obeyed the Lord's assurance that Saul was a "chosen instrument". Ananias laid hands on Saul, restoring his sight, and then baptised him, marking his dramatic conversion from persecutor to the apostle Paul, a key figure in spreading Christianity. We reflected on what we learned from the story and the children shared their thoughts, including that we should trust God’s choices, and that everyone has the ability to change.
Football Club
This week at Football Club, the children took part in game-based sessions, giving them the opportunity to showcase and refine their skills in realistic match situations. They worked on teamwork, communication, and tactical awareness, all in preparation for the upcoming league fixtures.
Year 6 - Investigating Circuit Outputs
This week in Science, Year 6 experimented with circuit building. The children investigated the effects that adding multiple bulbs has on a simple circuit, observing how the brightness of the bulbs changed as more components were introduced. They worked collaboratively to test their predictions, identify patterns and draw conclusions about how electricity is shared within a circuit.