Year 6 Mrs Murton's Class 2022-2023

The children had a fantastic afternoon at Crucial Crew. They were given practical advice and support to ensure that they know how to keep themselves safe.

The children produced some amazing abstract art today. They used various tools and techniques and were impressed by the finished product.

This week, following on from looking at the features and functions of the heart, the children looked at the body's circulatory system. Building on from that, they looked more closely at blood. Through making artificial blood, they were able to understand its component…

What better way to engage the children with our new topic 'Blood Heart', than to have them handling a pig's heart and watching it being dissected! Everyone loved it! They were surprised by how it felt and how heavy it was.

They also labelled a heart and were able to explain its features and…

The children thoroughly enjoyed watching the pantomime, Cinderella, in school this morning. They all joined in enthusiastically with the singing and responding, and some staff were roped into some dancing too! Fun was had by all!

The children began the week reading the Story of Buddha. They then created a comic page re-telling the story.

Next they found out about Buddhist symbols and what they represent. From this, they produced beautiful fact pages.

Linked to this, the children drew lotus flowers, representing the…

What a fantastic variety of topic homework we have had this term. Well done everyone!

This week the children have been creating Blitz pictures. A combination of oil pastels and silhouettes with black paper gave a great effect!

Mrs Fox (Harry's granny) came to talk to us about her experiences during the war. She was only small but she remembered helping to build an Anderson shelter in her garden and being in it during raids. She talked about the bombing in Middlesbrough, rationing and what it was like at school. It was…

This week, the children have been designing and making Anderson shelters. There was a lot of careful measuring, cutting, sticking and creating. Great teamwork everyone!

This week we have been finding out about how the Germans attacked our cities, ports and factories. The children created these beautiful fact pages all about The Blitz.

The children have been finding out all about propaganda during World War Two. Propaganda was deployed to encourage people to economise, make do and mend, avoid waste and obey rationing. They then recreated their favourite posters and used watercolour to give them colour. They look…