Year 6: Blog items
Year 6 - Titanic Science, by Mr Lewis
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 4:49pm
Year 6 have been exploring the Titanic as a focus for our science. Today we looked at bouyancy and what makes objects float and sink, then made our own boats and tested how much weight they could hold.
Year 6 - Wonderdome, by Mr Lewis
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 4:31pm
Year 6 had an amazing time with out planetarium experience, learning about the solar system and space exploration.
Year 6 - Food Technology, by Mr Lewis
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 4:27pm
Year 6 have been researching, designing and making a famous British desert: Fruit Crumble!
Year 6 - Engineering, by Mr Lewis
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 4:15pm
Year 6 have been acting as engineers, designing and building towers to be as tall and strong as possible.
Y6 - Spanish Culture Day, by Mrs Toft
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 5:14pm
Year 6 had a great day tasting Spanish food - olives and tortillas and creating their own Las Meninas!
Year 6 - Food Tasting, by Mrs Toft
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 4:52pm
Year 6 enjoyed tasting and testing different fruits this afternoon ready to make their fruit crumbles.
Y6 - War Memorials, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 4:54pm
For part of their History topic about the world wars, Year 6 walked to St Matthew’s Church to explore the war memorials outside and inside the building. They recorded names and key dates of fallen soldiers from both wars and further researched the impact that World War I and World War II had on our local area.
Year 6 Ice Cream & Hoodies!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:24pm
Year 6 enjoyed a post-sats ice cream and some extra outdoor time today. They also recieved their leavers hoodies!
Y6 - TingaTinga Art, by Mrs Toft
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 5:03pm
This half term Year 6 are exploring a range of African Art. Today they made their own TingaTinga art pieces inspired by Edward TingaTinga.
Y6 - Circuit Components, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:54pm
Y6 - Eid Party, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Apr 2024 @ 3:49pm
We had a great Eid Party today! Eid Mubarak!
P.E indoors, by Mrs Toft
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 3:09pm
This week the weather effected our usual lessons so we set up classroom table tennis!
Y6 - Science Investigation, by Mrs Toft
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 2:50pm
This week Year 6 explored Darwin's theory of 'survival of the fittest' and carried out an investigation looking at how bird beaks have evolved to suit their environment/food source.
Christmas Party - Y6, by Mrs Toft
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 4:49pm
Some pictures from our Christmas party - we had a great day!
Sporthall Athletics, by Mrs Toft
Date: 18th Jan 2024 @ 4:47pm
19 pupils represented our school at a Sportshall Athletics competition this week - we came second within our heats losing by only 12 points!
Recycling Trip!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 9:22am
We had an amazing time on our trip this week to the Recycling 4 Greater Manchester site today! We learnt so much about the recycling process and how important it is to recycle properly at home.
D.T - Night lights, by Mrs Toft
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 1:01pm
Year 6 have been making night lights this week combining their Science and Design Technology topics together. They have had to create a working circuit with a switch and attach it inside their own night light which they individually designed. They used glue guns, craft knives and much more to create their wonderful lights.
Circuits, by Mrs Toft
Date: 1st Mar 2023 @ 4:53pm
In Science, Year 6 are learning all about electricity and circuits this half term. They started the topic by exploring the components that make a basic circuit and using sweets to represent those components.
Fire Safety Talk, by Mr Lewis
Date: 1st Mar 2023 @ 8:50am
Year 6 had the fire service in to talk to the children about how they can stay safe and help prevent fires.
Ancient Greece Day, by Mr Lewis
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 5:19pm
To round off our topic on the Ancient Greeks, we held a full day of exciting activities. We looked at how Sparta and Athens compared and had to make up our minds if we would rather live in Sparta or Athens. We also performed our own Greek play!
Haystack Paintings, by Mrs Toft
Date: 20th Feb 2023 @ 5:14pm
Year 6 enjoyed recreating Monet's 'Haystack' paintings.
Monet Landscapes!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 16th Jan 2023 @ 5:17pm
Year 6 painted Monet inspired landscapes this afternoon. We think they are fantastic!
Sale Sharks come to MPJS!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 12th Jan 2023 @ 12:23pm
This half term Year 6 have the amazing opportunity to explore Rugby with coaches from Sale Sharks. Today they also had a surprise visit from professional players Jono Ross and Asher Opoku-Fordjour!
Claude Monet and the Impressionists, by Mrs Toft
Date: 10th Jan 2023 @ 8:39am
Year 6 started their Monet and the Impressionists topic off by researching Claude Monet. We explored a number of his paintings and loved the style he used - impressionism.
Geography BIG Finish!, by Mrs Toft
Date: 4th Jan 2023 @ 11:14am
We made some fantastic stop-motion animations all about our Geography topic on South America.