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  • 04/04/25

    COOKING IN YEAR 6

    Our learning experience in cooking has been amazing. We have made pretzels, chow mein and many more exciting dishes. During cooking lessons, we each get a role: for example, some people had to knead the dough for our pretzels. Every dish had different roles but most of the roles involved chopping in...
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  • 25/02/25

    CODEBREAKING AT BLETCHLEY PARK

    On Monday 10th February, Year 6 visited Bletchley Park – home of the codebreakers during World War 2.
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  • 19/12/24

    YEAR 6 TOY BUILDING

    This week, Year 6 having been making their own cam toys, just in time for Christmas!
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  • 21/10/24

    AMAZING ARTISTS IN YEAR 6!

    Our art lessons in Year 6 began by creating a self-portrait. We first looked at sketching techniques and then moved on to creating a self-portrait, considering proportion and realism. After we had completed the portraits, we evaluated our pieces. 
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  • 23/09/24

    CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS - TAXONOMY

    Within science this term, we have begun our unit of work on Taxonomy. Taxonomy is a branch of biology concerned with classifying all living things.
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  • 05/07/24

    YEAR 6 RESIDENTIAL TO BRYHER

    Last week, we went to Bryher: a subtropical island in the Atlantic ocean. It is a member of the Isles of Scilly, which are a group of islands off the coast of Cornwall.
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  • 01/07/24

    Cooking, art and DT at Goldington Academy ​​​​​​​

    This term, we have been on a trip to Goldington Academy. On this trip, we got to do different fun activities: cooking, art and DT.
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  • 14/06/24

    GOLDINGTON ACADEMY VISIT

    This term, we have been on a trip to Goldington Academy. On this trip, we got to do different fun activities: cooking, art and DT. It was amazing to see the size of the secondary school and to do our lessons in different rooms.
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  • 03/05/24

    UNIVERSAL STUDIO MEETING!

    As Head boy and girl, along with Mrs Whitehead, we were invited to a meeting with the developers of the proposed Universal Studios. 
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  • 08/03/24

    BLETCHLY PARK

    On Friday 16th February, the last day of the previous half-term, Year 6 went on a trip to Bletchley Park.
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  • 09/02/24

    READY, STEADY, COOK!

    This week, Year 6 started their DT cooking unit.
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  • 29/01/24

    JANUARY IN YEAR 6

    We have enjoyed our first few weeks back at school, learning about new units of work in each subject. In art, this term, we have been looking at some famous artists such as Banksy, Beatriz Milhazes and Salvador Dali.
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  • 19/12/23

    CAM TOYS

    This week, Year 6 have made their own CAM toys. A CAM is a special moving part that turns rotatory motion into linear up and down motion.
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  • 20/11/23

    A BUSY TERM IN YEAR 6

    In school, we have been very busy in Year 6.
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  • 30/10/23

    OUTDOOR LEARNING

    On Wednesday 19th October, El Capitan had their first outdoor learning morning session of the year.
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  • 28/09/23

    SEPTEMBER IN YEAR 6

    We have enjoyed our first few weeks back at school. Our first week back was full of different activities: teambuilding, games and setting goals for the year ahead. Since then, we have been finding out what we are going to learn about for the rest of this term.
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  • 21/07/23

    ASH NEVILLE VISIT

    On Wednesday 19th July, Ash Neville, a Tottenham ladies football player (number 29) came in to talk to us about her career.
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  • 13/07/23

    YEAR 6 RESIDENTIAL TO BRYHER

    This year, we went on a 9 day residential to a place called Bryher (in the Isle of Scilly). We travelled on a coach over night; then we went on a boat called the Scillonian III and finally we went on our second boat called the Firethorn to the island of Bryher. We arrived at around 2 o’clock i...
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  • 26/05/23

    NSPCC WORKSHOP

    On the 24th May 2024, 6R and 6P were lucky enough to have some visitors from the NSPCC. They came to our school to give a talk about staying safe and what we should do if we, or someone we know, are being mistreated.
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  • 02/03/23

    EQUALITY

    This week, Year 5 and 6 had workshops delivered by Equaliteach
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