Blog by Mrs Gladwin

Today in RE, Year 6 found out about the Jewish festival of Passover. They then used clay to make their own versions of a Seder plate.

Today we have been finding out what the heart does and how it works. This is Lucie's diagram showing the parts of the heart.

Exploring making a zip line using their knowledge of pulleys. 

Year 6 exploring the 10 plagues sent by God in their second 'Walk through the Bible' session.

The orange represents the world, the red ribbon around the middle represents the blood of Christ. The 4 cocktail sticks represent the 4 seasons and the candle represents Jesus - the Light of the World.

The Co-op in Preesall kindly donated the oranges for making the Christingles for our Carol Concert.

In our light topic, Year 6 have been exploring how light travels.

As part of their Science topic on light, Year 6 have been exploring how shadows are formed and also why the shape of a shadow changes through the day.

We made play dough using different ingredients and then explored them in our circuits. The play dough containing salt and cream of tartare allowed electricity to flow through it as it is a conducting dough. We found the dough made with sugar to be an insulating material.

Year 6 were fabulous last week in the dance competition and got great comments from the 3 judges. It was also good to watch performances from the other schools. Well done to the children who took part!

Our student teachers, Miss Hadley and Miss Williams have helped Year 6 pupils to design and make a piece of pottery for a special occasion which is coming up very soon. (Watch this space!)