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  • What will your group be cooking in the 'Come Dine With Me' DT project in January?

    Published 16/12/25

    The children have been very excited about planning their cooking project for January 9th this week, when each group will cook either a starter or a main course or a dessert. The 'hero ingredients' are peppers (starter), salmon (main course) and pineapple (dessert). They have also been organising the additional ingredients each child will need to bring in so they can prepare and serve 2 plates of their chosen recipe. We are all looking forward to cooking and then tasting their finished products!

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  • What caused the end of the Maya as a civilisation?

    Published 10/12/25

    To end our topic on the Maya, we have been considering the various aspects that led to their demise as an entire civilisation. The children were surprised to learn that the Maya do still exist, but they have had to integrate into society in Central America. The children were also shocked to hear that the Maya can sometimes face racism. One of our learning pillars is Fairness for All and the children were quite vocal with their opinions about how very unfair this is. It was encouraging to see them passionate about wanting to make our world a better place.

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  • How successful was your group's part of the Maya village?

    Published 03/12/25

    On Tuesday afternoon, the children had great fun working collaboratively, to build an element of a Maya village. They had already researched and designed what they would be creating, so they could use their plans to bring it to life! They worked very well together and were pleased and proud of their final achievements. A definite highlight of our topic about the ancient Maya.

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  • Which aspect of the Maya village are you creating next Tuesday?

    Published 26/11/25

    After learning about everyday life for the Maya, the children were set the challenge of designing then building at least one, if not two, structures to be included as part of a whole-class Maya village. They will be creating this on Tuesday next week, so they need to bring in the cardboard boxed tec that they have planned to use.

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  • What excited you most about the country you have been exploring for 'Round the World' Week?

    Published 19/11/25

    As part of 'Round the World' week, each Year 6 class has focused on a different country. We have looked at map skills, found out about the country, surrounding countries, nearest oceans, population, language, currency, history, culture, physical geography, food, music, art and a whole wealth of other information too. We are very keen to share this on Monday 24th November at 3.15pm with families, as part of the Round the World Showcase. Do come along and visit each classroom across the school.

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  • What does this image tell us about the significance of chocolate to the Maya?

    Published 12/11/25

    Food eaten by the Maya has occupied our thoughts in History this week. The children experienced Bartering as a means of acquiring the food they needed for a Maya family to eat, which proved by good fun and showed us some potential candidates for The Apprentice! Their negotiation skills were impressive! We also looked at the importance of chocolate to the Maya. The children were able to try some hot chocolate with chilli if they wished – with predictably mixed reactions. They also sampled some plain chocolate which was more similar to the chocolate eaten by the Maya. Again, this split opinions in the group.

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  • What surprised you about some of the different Maya gods?

    Published 05/11/25

    As part of our new History topic about The Maya, we have begun to explore the significance of their religious beliefs and the effects on everyday life. The children were fascinated and shocked in equal measure by the amount of blood that was spilled as part of regular worship. They enjoyed researching some of the different gods and finding out about the areas of life over which the Maya believed each one had power.

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  • What did you learn at Junior Citizens?

    Published 23/10/25

    Our visit to Junior Citizens was a great way to end the first half term of Year 6. Taking place at Sutton Libary, representatives from Sutton Police, Transport for London, Southern Railways, London Ambulance Servce and London Fire Brigade, spoke to the children about being safe. As the children become more independent, it is vital that they know what to do in various situations and they interacted well with the representatives. 

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  • After our visit to RHS Wisley, how would you describe nature?

    Published 16/10/25

    We have had an amazing day at RHS Wisley, where the children in Year 6 explored many different types of plants linked to our Science and Geography topics. The autumnal colours were truly glorious. They found out more about how plants adapt to their environment, which has been our Science topic this half term. They also began learning about Classification, which is our topic after half term. Visiting the glass house inspired some very detailed sketching to take place and all of the children enjoyed drawing a variety of different plants from different biomes all over the world. Of course, the tropical zone allowed the children to experience a little of what the rainforest is like, which forms a large part of our Geography topic about Brazil. Each child also was able to take a cutting from a rainforest plant, plant it then take it home, as an added bonus. A great day!

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  • What evidence helped you to draw a conclusion in our Science experiment?

    Published 08/10/25

    As part of our exploration of the topic of Evolution in Science, this week Year 6 carried out an experiment using different equipment to simulate the shape of birds' beaks. They had a range of 'bird food' and saw how much of which type of food each 'beak' could pick up in a minute. Then they used the results to write their own conclusions. 

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  • Why is Deforestation a controversial issue?

    Published 01/10/25

    As part of our Geography topic about Brazil, we have been considering deforestation and the many reasons why it happens. We have looked at the global impact and the need for sustainability. The children are working hard to present their findings in creative ways, as they discuss and consider how important rainforests are.

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  • Which feature on Sound Trap do you personally find the most interesting to utilise?

    Published 24/09/25

    This week, children in Year 6 had their second lesson with Tom, our specialist Music Tech teacher from Sutton Music Service. These continue from their Music Tech lessons in Year 5, still using Sound Trap to create their own tracks, mixing various sounds and rhythms. We were very impressed with just how much they could remember from their Year 5 learning and soon put it into practice, as they quickly began confidently composing their own music.

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