Moss Park Primary School: Year 6: Blog items

6T - Bikeability, by Mrs Toft

Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 8:20am

6T loved Bikeability - here they are with their certificates and badges! Well done :-)

Working Scientifically - Does exercise affect heart rate?, by Mrs Toft

Date: 25th Nov 2022 @ 4:59pm

Y6 Trip to the library, by Mrs Toft

Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 1:28pm

Year 6 had a great time at the local library this week. We look forward to this yearly tradition every year! They became detectives and had to learn the layout of the library to find different authors and texts. Children with library cards were then able to withdraw some fantastic books out!

Matt Goodfellow Poetry, by Mr Lewis

Date: 20th Oct 2022 @ 7:46am

Following a poetry session from Matt Goodfellow, we wrote our own birthday poetry.

Blitz Poetry Reading, by Mr Lewis

Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 5:37pm

In English we have been learning and performing the poem 'Blitz' by Mary Desiree Anderson.

Year 6 - Making Digger Biscuits, by Mr Lewis

Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 4:08pm

As part of our History topic learning about the impact of WW1 and WW2, we discussed food rationing and made our own ration-friendly digger biscuits.

Year 6 Freddie Fit!, by Mr Lewis

Date: 14th Oct 2022 @ 4:06pm

Year 6 had a blast with Freddie Fit including activities like hula-hooping and limbo!

Imperial War Museum, by Mrs Toft

Date: 22nd Sep 2022 @ 8:21pm

Year 6 had an amazing trip to the Imperial War Museum today. We took two trams to get to Media City UK where we then walked to the museum. Throughout the day we explored the amazing exhibition space and got to enjoy a 'Ministry of Memory Magic' workshop.

Y6 PSHE, by Mrs Toft

Date: 21st Sep 2022 @ 3:47pm

Year 6 enjoyed working together to arrange food groups. We discussed the importance of a healthy diet and how it can affect our mental health.

Crucial Crew, by Mrs Toft

Date: 14th Sep 2022 @ 10:15am

Year 6 spent the morning at Cruciual Crew today. Crucial Crew is a multi-agency safety event aimed at Year 6 children (10 to 11 year olds) designed to provide children with life skills that will enable them to keep themselves and others safe. They heard talks from the transport police, travelsafe metrolink, learnt about CPR and lots more.

Y6 - Lacrosse!, by Mrs Toft

Date: 13th Sep 2022 @ 4:02pm

Year 6 had a fantastic first Lacrosse session today. They will be taking part in Lacrosse for the rest of the half term. After school Lacrosse club will be offered to Y6 only - limited spaces - don't miss out!

Blitz Artwork!, by Mrs Toft

Date: 8th Sep 2022 @ 9:49am

To kickstart our new History topic, Year 6 used acrylic paints, yellow and black card and white chalk to create some Blitz artwork.

Classification Keys!, by Mrs Toft

Date: 6th Sep 2022 @ 4:44pm

This week Year 6 explored classification keys using sweets!

R.E Day!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 18th Jul 2022 @ 8:33am

Year 6 had a great time making arty vocabulary posters on R.E day last week.

Y6 STEM week, by Miss Horvath

Date: 5th Jul 2022 @ 5:25pm

This week, Year 6 were taught by our digital leaders all about online safety and computational thinking. In the lesson, the children had to recap what they knew about online safety, work in teams to instruct each other through mazes and summarise their knowledge in a fun Kahoot quiz! Year 6 have also spent some time learning about 'Carbon Footprints'. In this lesson, they explored their own carbon footprints and decided on tips on how they can reduce their carbon footprints. Towards the end of the week, Year 6 worked in teams on a STEM activity involving creating their own miniature 'Titanic' boats. They had to try to adapt their 'boat' to prevent it from sinking. We timed the ones that lasted the longest and discussed how this was due to surface area, mass and buoyancy.

Ordering events in History!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 8:13am

Year 6 worked together to place events throughout time in the correct order.

Jubilee Party Day!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 22nd Jun 2022 @ 8:10am

Crucial Crew, by Miss Horvath

Date: 18th May 2022 @ 4:16pm

Year 6 spent the morning listening to a number of local agencies with 'Crucial Crew'. They explored how they can be safe in a number of areas, including: Railway safety (transport police), tram and bus safety (transport safety), keeping our belongings safe on the streets (police), road safety and first aid - the recovery position.

Sewing tapestries, by Miss Horvath

Date: 18th May 2022 @ 8:40am

Year 6 really enjoyed their previous Art topic - here they are sewing their own designs to create miniature tapestries.

Street Art - Lettering, by Miss Horvath

Date: 18th May 2022 @ 8:36am

Year 6 enjoyed practising their lettering in our Street Art unit this week. They explored different tones, light and shadow and the shape of the letters often used in graffiti. They also learnt that names on graffiti are often referred to as 'throwies'. Even Mr Boyer and Miss Horvath got involved!

Ice Cream!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 16th May 2022 @ 8:10am

Year 6 enjoyed an end of SATs week treat on Friday - Ice cream!

Ancient Greece day!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 7th Mar 2022 @ 7:55am

To finish our last topic on Ancient Greece, Year 6 enjoyed a full day of activities including drama, theatre, dance, a clay workshop, games and much more!

The state of the planet!, by Miss Horvath

Date: 7th Mar 2022 @ 7:54am

We started our new Geography topic by looking at looking at the 2020 planet report. We then worked in groups to create our own planet reports to present to the class. In our reports we included the threats, causes and effects that we currently have on our planet and any solutions that people can take to prevent further devastation.