Year 6

This week, Year 6 travelled inside the human body with the help of a pair of VR (Virtual Reality) goggles. We had a visit from one of Islington’s Computing Lead teachers, Donna Shah. Over the…

This week, the whole school celebrated equality and diversity by donning odd socks. Year 6 considered the impact of cyber-bullying as a way of exploring our differences. In Religion, the children have been using the…

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember…

This week started rather drearily – inverted commas on a Monday morning always goes down well. However, little did they know that later in the day Mr Ferry and Mr Groarke would be demonstrating how…

What is this life, if full of care We have no time to stop and stare? W.H. Davies I don’t know about you, but the past seven weeks have just flown by. The children have…

In English, the children have been developing their persuasive writing skills – apologies to all parents if your child suddenly becomes very good at winning an argument. The children produced excellent examples of persuasive writing…

It’s been another busy week in Year 6. On Wednesday, we visited another primary school in the local area to hear Eoin Colfer (author of Artemis Fowl) explain about his new book: Illegal. “This is…

Ok. Let’s just get this out of the way – without a doubt, the highlight of the week was the science demonstration in the hall on Tuesday. We were fortunate enough to have Dr Andrews…

Year 6 used a short film clip as a creative writing stimulus this week. The video showed a young boy who had learnt to fly and our children were given the task of describing what…

Week 2: Done. Wow, where is the time going? It has been another busy week in Year 6, with the children working hard on revising Place Value in Maths; inferring meaning from a still image…