Category: Year 6

On Friday the 22nd November, Year 6 visited Experience Barnsley at Barnsley Town Hall as they had a special Barnsley in World War II exhibition. We travelled on the service bus (as you can see below)…

At the museum, we saw all kinds of amazing things, such as: artefacts from the 1930s and 40s, gas masks, military outfits and even a 1940s kitchen (complete with a wireless)! We learned some sad stories; a couple were engaged to be married, however he was killed in action and the museum had many of their love letters. There were also funny stories, like the one about “Sgt Stubby” – the only ranked dog in the army! In the Town Hall showcase, we saw medals and a tin bowl made by a soldier who had been caught and become a prisoner of war.

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We are super-proud of this talented young lady, who has only gone and won the Teaching Personnel Halloween Poetry competition. She has won some super books for our class as well as some sweets for all her friends.

Big congratulations!

On Wednesday 23rd October, Year 6 visited the Lifewise Centre in Rotherham for Crucial Crew.

We learnt all about safety as we are getting older and have more independence.

We discovered what to do if there was a fire and we were in our bedrooms, such as assessing the dangers, blocking up areas where smoke could get in and calling for help.

We found out the consequences of arson..

We learnt how to travel safely on public transport – and met the lovely Dougie!

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We also learnt about child criminal exploitation and what to do if it happened to us or our friends.

St John’s Ambulance taught us how to put someone in the recovery position and  basic first aid.

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Timmy had been knocked off his scooter and we became the investigating officers! We looked for clues to see who had caused the accident.

We found out about the dangers of hate and knife crime and acted out a court situation, where Sam had been accused of stealing some beer. This ended by us having a look in the cells underneath the court building. We wouldn’t like to end up there!

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All in all, we had an enjoyable day and learnt a lot of new information.

This half-term our Year 6 Science topic has been concentrating on how the body works. We have learnt about the digestive system, the circulatory system, the skeletal system and the muscular system.

The heart is part of the circulatory system and we wanted to have a closer look…

Mr Rudkin helped us to dissect and identify the different parts of a pig’s heart, such as veins, arteries, tendons, ventricles and the aorta. You can tell the left side of the heart as it is heavier and more muscular and the right side is more jelly-like.

We found this experience very interesting and exciting, although some of us were a bit squeamish!

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Year 6 are enormously proud of these two superstars – for creating such a realistic pencil sketch of a World War II Wren and for being a fantastic mathematician when it comes to anything angular! Well done girls! 

Year 6 had a great day out and about at Eden Camp, War Museum in Malton. We found out about the Blitz, The Great Escape and The Blackout. Each hut told us about a different aspect of the war. One of our favourite parts was the U-Boat, which made us feel as though we were underwater. We also enjoyed the old-time music hall puppet show, featuring Vera Lynn and George Fornby.

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Year 6 really enjoyed participating in our wonderful celebration service. We wrote and read some lovely, thoughtful Harvest prayers.