Willow Tree St Helens

Rounding off our week of maths with a recap of short multiplication and proving our products are correct with expanded and area methods of multiplication.

Well done to our Re-Play Rangers, who tested out some of our new equipment and helped to create 3 golden rules for Re-Playing sensibly.

What an amazing introduction to martial arts for year 6!

It's palm oil proposals for year 6 today. We are making suggestions for our school leadership team to consider - how can we use palm oil in school more sustainably?

What an incredible day at the zoo. Thank you to the staff for their work today and the sessions in school over the past few weeks. Year 6 had a blast! 🐘🦍🦧🦩🦬

Today is our fluency session in reading. We read the opening of Skellig, focusing on our use of pauses to develop meaning.

How do you prepare a pharaoh for the afterlife? Follow the year 6 guide to underworld preparation! #tenstepsofmummification

OAA for our year 6 PE. We put our map reading skills to the test to complete a treasure hunt.

It seems we have some healthy lifestyle gurus in year 6. Great work giving two adults some sensible advice on diet, exercise and sleep! 💪🫀👟

"Gimmie all your loot!" Year 6 have begun our final writing piece of the half term, developing a 'Kissin' Kate Barlow' prequel to the book 'Holes'. Today is all about generating vocabulary.

What piece has made the washing line? Year 6 will be building a portfolio of their best published work across the year. A great way to look back at our writing progress!

Session 3 with Chester Zoo. Excitement is building for our upcoming trip to the zoo. We have started by playing palm oil charades.

Year 6 are getting creative after our Kindness Workshop. We are reflecting on how being kind helps us inside and outside. #bekind

In our OAA PE session, we worked in teams in various tasks, developing our communication skills and strategic thinking.

Science and PE combined this week in Year 6 to explore how different forms of exercise impacted heart rate. 💜💚

Year 6 were working on their fluency with the poem 'The Malfeasance'.

Thanks to Leon for our fantastic session in year 6, exploring the animals of the rainforest. 🌳🌧️🦍🦜

A warm welcome to the staff at Chester Zoo, helping to launch our major project with them, looking at deforestation and palm oil use.

It is lovely to see when children continue their learning outside the classroom. Well done year 6! #circulatorysystem 🫀🕵️

In science, year 6 explored the path of blood in the circulatory system.