Y6 | St. Mary's RC Primary and Nursery School

Science, Y6

Year 6 Science

29th January 2024

The class are currently learning about electricity and they have been using electrical equipment to make circuits. They have drawn diagrams of their own circuits and then made them to see if they work. More recently, they have investigated whether adding more batteries will impact the brightness of the bulb.
Design & Technology, Y6

Y6 Design & Technology

29th January 2024

The class made waist coasts for their teddy bears. This required them to design a waistcoat and then measure and cut their own material before sewing together the shoulders and the sides and then finally sewing on buttons.
Science, Y6

Y6 Science

29th January 2024

Year 6 researched the circulatory system.
News, Y6

Year 6 Coronation

5th May 2023

In Year 6, we have been learning about the life of King Charles III, retrieving information from a range of texts and developing our understanding of key vocabulary. We have also completed a Maths treasure hunt, learning key facts about King Charles III's life, whilst also practising our arithmetic skills.
English, Y4, Y6

Virtual Author

17th February 2023

Year 4 and Year 6 enjoyed a virtual author visit with Robin Scott-Elliot as part of Tameside's Ready Steady Read festival. The children enjoyed listening to what inspired Robin to become an author and found out about his latest release - Hide and Seek. They were even treated to an exclusive cover reveal of his future book - Sweet...
GIFT Team, RE, Religious Life, Y1, Y6

GIFT Team Advent Collective Worship

3rd January 2023

GIFT Team delivering their Advent collective worship to Year 1.
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Year 6 Advent

16th December 2022

Advent This week, we have been very busy in Year 6, with our preparations for Christmas. The children attended Mass with Year 2 on Wednesday - they read and sang beautifully and were a credit to our school. They have also made and delivered Christmas cards to the local community, which were very well received. Miss Johnson
RE, Y6

Y6 Advent

9th December 2022

Year 6 have written a report, reflecting on the importance of the Advent season. They have thought about how we prepare for Christmas. The children have also led a beautiful prayerful liturgy encouraging us to think about how we can welcome Jesus into our hearts.
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Y6 Christmas Jumper Day

9th December 2022
Art, Y6

Year 6 - Creating art illusions.

2nd December 2022

In Year 6, we have been looking at creating art illusions. The children have thought about perspective through their use of lines and shading to create an optical illusion and have created some fantastic pieces of art work. Well done Year 6!
Science, Y6

Y6 Science - Investigating shadows

24th June 2022

In science this week, we have been investigating how light travels and how shadows are formed. The children worked in groups to make short videos to explain how light enables us to see the world around us. They also created silhouettes to investigate how shadows change according to distance from the light source and why this happens....
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Home Learners

29th January 2021

In Year 6's Art lessons we have been looking at fashion, one of the lessons involved designing a hat, we looked at designers such as Philip Treacy, this was one of the super designs that was sent in from home. Year 6 have been studying 'The Amazon' in our topic lessons, Ellie produced this fantastic piece of Artwork at home,...
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Year 6 Video

23rd July 2020

The leavers video will appear here soon.
News, Y6

Ready to Roll

22nd May 2020

We are looking forward to welcoming our Year 6 children back into school on the 8th June (hopefully!). Following the safety guidelines set out by the Government, school has been prepared and is ready for the children to return.
All Pupils, Curriculum, EYFS, Nursery, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6

Home Learning

21st April 2020

Home learning for all year groups is now available on the class pages. Some of the work may need downloaded to look at but the majority should be able to be completed within the children's home learning books. For maths there are also links to both the Power Maths scheme of work which we follow in school and has been...
PSHE, Pupil Voice, Y6

Year 6: Peer Mediation

25th February 2020

Year 6 held an assembly to launch the 'Peer Mediation' scheme, after completing their training the Year 6's then explained in assembly how the scheme would work. Peer Mediation is a way of helping and supporting children to finding a resolution to any disagreements or conflict, the children are encouraged to explain their point of view and feelings about...
News, RE, Religious Life, Y6

Year 6 Talk from Sister Dolores about 'The Mass and how it evolved'

10th February 2020

Sister Dolores came into Year 6 to talk to the children about the Mass, looking at how it has evolved from 'The Last Supper' and then subsequently the Apostles meeting together after Jesus' death, into the Eucharistic Service we celebrate today. Sister was able to give the children lots of interesting information and explain the different parts of the...
Enrichment, PE, Sports, Y5, Y6

Football success

6th February 2020

Well done to our year 5/6 school football team who put in an outstanding performance to overcome Micklehurst Primary school and progress to the next round of the Tameside Milea Cup.
Enrichment, Music, RE, Religious Life, Y5, Y6

St. Mary's Christmas Concert

13th December 2019

Children from Years 5 and 6 were joined by children from St. Thomas More High School and St. John Fisher for the annual Christmas concert. Following performances by St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher it was the turn of St. Mary's children and they didn't disappoint. Following a beautifully read montage the children sang The Greatest Gift; followed...
English, Enrichment, House Captains, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6

KS2 House Book Quiz

5th December 2019

Our 4 houses at St. Mary's battled it out to become the Book Quiz champions yesterday afternoon. It was excellent to see the pupils' fantastic knowledge of books, characters, titles and authors so a big well done to everyone who took part. The competition was very close and in the end, all came down to a tie-breaker question between 2...