6P - Miss Parry: Gallery
Date: 14th Mar 2024 @ 3:46pm
A brilliant afternoon dissecting hearts for year 6, we learnt lots about keeping a healthy heart and then we dissected the parts of the hearts we have been learning about!
Date: 12th Mar 2024 @ 10:59am
6P had a great visit from the NSPCC today learning all about how children can stay safe and different types of abuse.
Date: 6th Feb 2024 @ 10:34am
Today we had a live lesson all about Gen AI. We learnt what it is, how to use it and how it is being used to help people. We also learnt all about technology jobs and how technology will change the future.
Date: 30th Jan 2024 @ 9:08pm
Another great day out for 3 more children who went to London today to visit the Houses of Parliament !
Y6 - Gears & Pulleys Junior Stem
Date: 25th Jan 2024 @ 9:40am
Year 6 were lucky enough to be visited by Nick from Junior Stem on Thursday. They investigated gears and pulleys as part of their DT Topic. They used motors, controlled via iPads, to create their own mechanisms and note how the gears and pulleys were working.
Date: 23rd Jan 2024 @ 7:25pm
A fantastic day in London for the children who attended the Houses of Parliament trip!
Year 6 Paul Lavelle Foundation Visit
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 10:09am
Year 6 had a class visit from The Paul Lavelle Foundation. The children learned about how the charity came to be & discussed a range of issues and dilemmas to keep them safe and in balanced relationships.
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 2:44pm
To launch our new History topic all about Black Civil Rights, today we had a session with the National Archives all about Black Victorians, we used Census information to find out lots about historic people.
Date: 23rd Nov 2023 @ 9:57am
11 Year 6 pupils attended a debating competition at Calderstones Park this week. The children had practised their skills in a workshop last week and had the opportunity on Wednesday to debate a wide range of topics against pupils from other Rainbow schools. The topics included ‘Should violent video games be banned?’ and ‘Should children be able to vote?’ The pupils were impeccably behaved and impressed the judges massively - we returned with several medals and a trophy as well!
Date: 20th Nov 2023 @ 2:21pm
Today we had a History session with a real Historian from the National Archives. We learnt all about the suffragettes and studied historical sources from the archives.
Date: 7th Nov 2023 @ 10:15am
To celebrate National Chemistry week year 6 joined a live zoom with Chemistry 4 Change. We learned all about what Chemistry is and heard from lots of working Chemists and how they are using Chemistry to change the world. For example, chemists who use Seaweed to help with sustainability. We also spoke to 2 chemists live from a lab!
Date: 31st Oct 2023 @ 12:27pm
Exploring and testing how light travels in a straight line.
Food Bank Charles Thompson Mission Charity
Date: 11th Oct 2023 @ 4:10pm
We have been blown away by the amount of food that the families of Townfield have generously donated to Charles Thompson Mission charity! When the donations were collected on Tuesday, the volunteers from the charity said that our school had provided the biggest harvest that they had received this year! We thank you all very much for your ongoing support and generosity. You have helped so many people in need this harvest season.
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 3:41pm
Year 6 had a great DT lesson cutting up existing materials to examine stitching and look at patterns of materials.
Date: 18th Sep 2023 @ 11:51am
We are continuing with our diary writing topic. Today, we were analysing images from our book 'Rose Blanche' and considering how Rose's feelings and emotions have changed throughout the story. This will help us with our planning this week.
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 2:28pm
We enjoyed a visit from Mabel during our History lesson today! We taught her all about the Industrial Revolution
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 2:27pm
We have started our new Science topic and we have been learning all about Electricity and voltage whilst building circuits.
Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 2:26pm
Well done to class 6P who are TTROCKSTAR winners this week. A fantastic effort from everyone!