Year 6
Summer Term 2025
Thursday - PGL
Our penultimate day of PGL was the hottest yet as we braved temperatures of 30 degrees. The children kept their water levels maintained with regular stops to the water fountains and enjoyed refreshing oranges from the canteen. They enjoyed another wide range of activities - including the brand new archery tag- where archery meets paintball. Their climbing skills were tested on the vertical challenge and some of us worked on our survival skills, building camps and lighting fires. The children are tired, smelly and looking forward to a good night's sleep, but they have had a wonderful holiday and made many memories.
Please note we will inform the office when we have left and they will keep you informed with our estimated time of arrival.
See you later tomorrow!
Wednesday - PGL Day 3
Children needed a little extra rousing from their bed this morning following an adventure-packed Tuesday! Soon we were all enjoying a delicious breakfast and heading off for more activities- including the eagerly awaited canoeing in the picturesque lake. The weather is gloriously warm and so many of the children took an opportunity to jump in too! We have also had groups learning to fence, working as a team to scale Jacob's Ladder and testing their nerves on the giant swing. We ended the day taking part in a giant game of Cluedo! We are now all looking forward to archery tag tomorrow...
Tuesday - PGL Day 2
The children slept really well and woke up refreshed and ready for another exciting day ahead. Starting with a delicious cooked breakfast, we were ready to face another day full of exhilarating activities. Some headed straight to the crate stack, while others explored the site in orienteering and sped through the treetops on the zip wire. We ended the day with a fun activity, trying to protect water balloons. Some of the children jumped at the opportunity to be a water balloon target too. All is quiet in the bedrooms... we think we tired them out!
Monday - PGL Day 1
Our Year 6 pupils have made a fantastic start to their PGL adventure! The first day has been full of energy, with a brilliant mix of excitement, laughter, and collective team spirit already shining through. After a short coach journey, we arrived and were lucky enough to go into our rooms straight away! After our packed lunch in the sunshine, it was time to set off on our first two activities of the week! Some of us built buggies, whilst others exercised their communication skills in a problem-solving activity. We all tackled the ten-meter climbing wall too. Dinner was a great success - who knew that flavoured water could be so exciting?!
We’re currently working through a few iPad issues (not to mention how slow the WiFi was for this upload), so our apologies if you haven’t yet spotted a photo of your child - we’ll continue to update the gallery as the week progresses. Thank you for your patience and support! Look out for more tomorrow.
From all of us at PGL.
Spring Term 2025
WW1 Workshop
The children had a wonderful day learning all about WW1 from an expert. They had the opportunity to handle artefacts, re-enact the causes of The Great War and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. We completed quizzes, tried on uniforms and learned all about Morse Code too.
Conscientious Objectors
Children have been working on persuasive writing and created speeches to persuade men and boys not to go to war. Can you spot our rhetorical questions, repetitive phrases, use of personal pronouns and our emotive language? Has it worked?
CLICK for Persuasive speech 6FB
Year 6 Autumn Term Updates!
Living Rainforest
To link with our Geography topic, we had a year group trip to the Living Rainforest. We explored the glass houses, on the lookout for incredible plants and creatures that we had started to learn about. We saw some incredible reptiles and birds and eagerly sought out the elusive sloth, who was hiding up in the canopy when we visited. Particular highlights were the blue poison dart frogs and the fascinating armadillo! We were able to identify how plants were adapted to their environment, from having vast surface areas, to cleverly designed ‘drip tips’ to ensure water flows smoothly off their surfaces. Everyone had a wonderful day and it is amazing to experience ‘Amazon-like’ conditions without leaving England!
Brazilian Dance Workshop
We discovered that we have some wonderful dancers in year 6! Our Brazilian Dance workshop gave our children the chance to celebrate a different culture. We learned all about carnival and samba rhythms, creating our own choreography as well as learning some traditional movement.
Christmas Fun!
The Year 6 Christmas party was a great way to end 2024. The snowman game was an opportunity for groups of friends to create a human snowman using toilet roles, sellotape and a few scraps of paper. As you can see- the children were very creative. We also played word games, a balloon relay and even enjoyed a game of sleeping lions (much to the teachers’ delight!).
Science
We have already covered a range of topics in science, most recently putting our electrical knowledge to practical use. We designed electronic games that used our knowledge of circuit building. By answering the questions correctly, the players can complete the circuit to successfully light the bulb.
