Year 6 Blog 23.2.24

Date: 23rd Feb 2024 @ 3:15pm

In maths this week, we have been working on perimeter and area. We have worked on rectangles, triangles and squares. We have worked out their perimeter and area. We have also been looking at the height and the base of a triangle.

In English we have been reading a book called Freedom, we have also been writing about it as well.The book is about a boy called Nathaniel Barratt who was born into slavery and the book is set in 1783 he is travelling to London on a boat.

In guided reading we have been looking at The Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is about what life was like being a slave and what slaves have been through.

 In DT we have been working on a playground model that we have created. We have been making the playground out of lollipop sticks,glow sticks,paper straws, etc.

In PE we have been doing dodgeball we have been working on our throws,our strategies,our footwork,etc. We have also started to look at handball, working on our passing and dribbling skills.

In art we have started looking at Activism art and thought about expressions and statements which mean something to us.

This week's blog was written by Emily and Sophia in 6H