Although things are a little different this year, Y6 still wanted to share in the traditional Easter egg hunt with their buddies in Reception class. So, each member of Y6 carefully decorated an egg with their buddy’s name on it. They then hid these in the Reception...
Year 6 have returned to school after the half term break....with a bang! Our new topic this half term is ‘Bravery, Courage and Strength’ with a specific focus on World War Two. The children have been hooked by this topic and have been asking a wealth of challenging,...
Year 6 had a great day on Friday, preparing vegetables and making soup for CAFOD Family Fast Day. This is a long standing Year 6 tradition at St Columba’s. Usually, we invite all the parents and staff to join us in the Year 6 classroom. However, this year, like many...
Just some photos from last week. I hope it's not too long until we're all together again and we can end our time in Y6 properly.
I promised you an update on the art we've been doing in Y6 to prepare for the Y6 Passover meal for children & their families which will, very sadly, now not take place. Nonetheless, the children worked with great skill and co-operation to produce an absolutely...
On Monday we went to visit St Dominic's in Byker and learned about the work done there to support homeless people in Newcastle. We made cakes and biscuits which would be used in St Dominic's cafe the following day. We had a nibble ourselves and jolly fine they were...
As promised, here are some examples of the art work Y6 pupils are producing for our Passover display. Spectacularly good, I'm sure you'll agree. On Friday we celebrated World Book Day. It was Y6's assembly and we reminded our audience (young and old) of some...
Once the subject of a 1950s Hollywood blockbuster modestly entitled "The Greatest Book Ever Written", and more recently brought to life by Dreamworks Studios' "Prince of Egypt", Y6 have been learning about the Old Testament story of the Exodus. This will culminate in...
Y6 pupils have been learning about the lines on the globe: what they are called; what they show; why they are there. We've learned about time zones and discovered which cities in the world celebrate New Year first and last. Did you know that China (for all its vast...
This week's challenge in Science was a technological one for the mighty brains of Year 6. Could they (with minimal help from the teacher) make that old fairground staple from yesteryear: a steady-hand tester. Not only did a bulb have to light whenever an unsteady...
The Keilty Challenge has been a feature of Y6 from time immemorial. Points are awarded for many praiseworthy actions: kindness, brilliance, achievement, progress, exceptional intelligence, clever vocabulary etc. The class aim to earn - between them - over 32 points...
New year, new science topic. This week the intrepid Y6 scientists have been getting to grips with the intricacies of circuits, cells, switches and sockets as they have started a unit of work on electricity, arguably the most important invention ever in the history of...