Year 6 are outstanding writers. This year, they have constantly blown me away with writing which is  both creative and interesting to read. We have had a huge focus on making purpose and audience our priority and have adapted our vocabulary, formality and tone to suit our chosen audience. We have explored a wide range of genres such as: non-chronological reports on our own mythical creatures, creative, thrilling narratives written from the depths of the ocean to haunted funfairs, letters to the ministry of magic written from different character perspectives and interesting balanced arguments fuelled by our own interests and research (just to name a few!). In writing, we always publish our work to give pride to the creators seeing the finished piece but also to reinforce that all writing should be written for a purpose. Here are some of our favourite pieces below!

And here they are! These are the finished clay tiles the children have been working on during our art lessons. They have worked really hard to bring their ideas to life, choosing specific colours and painting techniques in order to create their desired effect. I think they have all thoroughly enjoyed making them too!

In DT, we have been working on designing clay tiles which link to our topic 'Blue Planet, Green Planet' with a theme which includes the different layers of the ocean. The pupils have worked hard to gather resources and ideas to design their own 'under the sea' themed clay tile, carefully selecting the materials they needed for their designs. Here are some photos from our first practical lesson. The clay was messy (as we soon discovered!) but just look at some of the detail the children were able to manipulate using various tools!