The second half of Autumn term we have continued to work hard.  Below is a small selection of what we have learnt about.

History – Maya civilisation
We’ve studied the regions where the Maya lived, timeline of the period and some of the significant influences they have had on our lives.

D & T – sewing pencil cases
The unit was about designing, sewing and decorating a pencil case with a fastening.

Maths – Bar model
We have used the bar model to help us solve maths problems.

​Writing – Narrative Writing
We wrote horror narrative extracts linked to Cogston House and used AI to create an image of our descriptions.

Computing – Websites
We designed our own websites.

Science – Light and Electricity
We studied how light and electricity work, the people who discovered and explained key ideas and we use them today.

PE – Gymnastics
We created and performed a series of gymnastic movements (canon, unison, mirror) to a piece of music (Bohemian Rhapsody).

Oh and we completed many jigsaws.  Here is our Harry Potter 1000 piece jigsaw .

​The first half of Autumn term we have been studying hard.  Below is a small selection of what we have learnt about.

Year 6 had a fabulous day at Crucial Crew today www.lifewise999.co.uk/ learning from 8 different scenarios that they might experience as they grow up.

Water Safety: how to stay safe around water and get help if needed

Road Safety: the importance of crossing the road safely and how long it takes cars to stop

House Fire Safety : looking at what might cause a fire in the bedroom and what to do in an emergency

Child Criminal Exploitation: explaining the dangers of children an be targeted by gangs to carry out criminal activity

Knife and Hate Crime: looking at how we can judge people from how they look and the dangers and crimes involved in carrying weapons

Court Case: experience a magistrates court and what a prison cell looks like

Bus:  how to catch and use a bus safely, how to behave sensibly and how to get a 
zoom travel pass

Arson:  the implications of committing arson and the dangers involved

Recently, 6BCCL performed their class assembly to parents and carers to showcase their learning so far this year. Take a look at the photos to see how amazingly they did!

Thank you to all the parents who attended this morning and we are sorry for those unable to watch.  
The class shared lots of writing, art, science, poetry and geography, and even sang a few songs.

Goodbye and good luck to all our Year 6 Leavers today.  We saw an amazing collection of talent: sporting achievements, sketching, dancing, singing, gymnastics, football skills, drumming, poetry, keyboard, guitar playing and even a few comedy routines. Many memories.
Thank you to all Parents and Carers who came along to see their final Wellgate performance.

The Year 6 pupils had an amazing time at Barnsley SuperBowl on Monday to celebrate their time at Wellgate. Take a look at the photos to see what they all got up to.

In D&T, Year 6 have been learning about textiles and have designed their very own pencil cases. 
First, the children needed to create a design criteria for their chosen audience- 10 year olds transitioning to secondary school. Then, the children needed to create designs that appealed to that audience and were functional and appealing. After practicing their whip stich, back stich and blanket stich, children then used all they had learned to create their pencil cases. 

In Year 6 this term, children have been combining their computing and D&T learning to create fairground rides that are controlled by a computer program. 

In computing, children have been using Crumbles to explore the concept of selection in programming. They have used a microcontroller (Crumble ) and learned how to connect and program it to control components ( e.g. lights, motors, buzzers).

The children then designed, wrote the code and then assembled a working model of a fairground ride.