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Year 6 had a fantastic morning at Wednesfield Academy, taking part in an exciting DT session. First, Year 6 settled into the DT classroom – which was an experience in itself! The room was filled with new equipment and machinery. The lesson started with a health and safety talk, which included partner discussions. Next, began by designing and making paper rockets, thinking carefully about a message to send into space before constructing their designs. The rockets were then lau

Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in exciting athletics games led by Wednesfield Academy. The activities helped to develop their fitness, coordination, and teamwork skills, while ensuring they had lots of fun.

As part of our “Global Warning” topic, the children have been exploring important global environmental issues such as waste and pollution through a geography-focused project centred around sustainability and eco-literacy. This exciting project challenges pupils to apply their learning by designing and creating their own educational board games. Working collaboratively in groups, the children will research environmental issues before planning, designing and producing games tha

Our Year 6 scientists stepped back in time this week as they explored the fascinating world of fossils and rock layers! The children investigated how fossils are formed and discovered how they can be found hidden within different layers of rock. They learned that these layers build up over millions of years, with each one holding clues about life on Earth long ago. Working brilliantly in pairs, the children created their own 3D models of layered rocks. Each layer represented

It was wonderful to see so many smiles, laughter, fun, and fantastic dance moves from everyone involved.

A huge well done to our Year 6 children for completing their SATs this week! We are incredibly proud of the determination, resilience and positive attitude they showed throughout the tests. The children approached each day with confidence and worked extremely hard — they should all be very proud of themselves. To celebrate the end of a busy week, the children enjoyed a well-deserved picnic together along with some refreshing ice lollies. It was wonderful to see everyone relax

Year 6 had an afternoon of exploring a heart. They observed what it looked like to begin with before getting their hands on it and dissecting it! By dissecting it, this helped them to observe the different components and then they discussed the features of these using fantastic scientific vocabulary. Well done Year 6!

A fantastic team effort from our Cross Countey team who took part in a long distance race at Rakegate primary school. The boys ran first, with Finley (Year 6) and Callum (Year 4) leading the way, followed closely by Ryley and Tomiwa (both Year 6) a fantastic team and supportive team run! The girls ran second with Shareen leading the way followed by Neve, Olivia, Bella and Jess (All Year 6). Clear determination shown by our five girls. Thanks for the parents that came to watc

Both parents and children from Year 5 and 6 were invited to an online safety session with Patrick Flynn yesterday which was tailored to our school specifically, based on the results from the survey that the children took part in. Thank you to parents for attending the session as we know how informative this was and how it will help you to keep our children safe online.

For Year 6's current topic, 'Wars of the World' they have been looking at both World War One and World War Two. In small groups they chose one of the wars to research into further, focusing on a specific area such as: women's roles during the war, evacuation, weaponry, rationing etc. Their presentations were very informative and they did a fantastic job using the software sway to make them look professional. Well done Year 6!

What a fantastic Christmas Jumper Day Year 6 had! They began their morning, celebrating with their families, drinking hot chocolate and enjoying board games! They then performed their Christmas song to them - which they were brilliant at! In the afternoon, they dug into their Christmas dinners and enjoyed it so much!

Year 6 had a WONDERFUL day at Blists Hill Museum where they travelled back to the Victorian era and really got a feel for what life was like back then. They began the day by taking part in an Intaglio Printing workshop, using the printing machine which was many years old! For the rest of the day, they explored the exhibitions and looked at key landmarks at the museum. They asked the demonstrators fantastic questions which helped them understand and compare what life was like

Year 6 have had an absolutely amazing day, celebrating Children in Need and raising money for a FANTASTIC charity! They took part in a 25 minute scavenger hunt, where they had to find hidden Pudsey bears around school! Miss Louca had a list of clues which were given 1 by 1 to each group and they worked together as a team to hunt them around school. The children had so much fun doing this and what a great way for them to raise money! Well done Year 6!

All children across school took part in anti-bullying week and we kicked-started the week with everyone wearing Odd Socks to show how we are all individual and unique! This years theme was 'Power For Good' which was introduced in assembly to all children on 'Odd Socks Day'. The children were fantastic at recognising how 'power' could mean lots of different things and we discussed in assembly how the theme for the week was using our power for good, to prevent bullying. Each cl

Year 6 had the most fantastic day with Mr Ashton from Engagedu, building games using the software Scratch! The main focus was looking at variable changes and the children did a fantastic job at applying a range of skills to build a successful game!

Year 6 have blown us away with their creativity during their project for their thematic learning in 'A World of Bright Ideas'. They have...

Year 6 have started their new English unit - Balanced Arguments! They've completed some research to gather reasons that are for people...

A warm welcome to our new Team Captains and their vice captains! We know that the children will do a fantastic job of representing their...

Year 6 absolutely loved their visit to Wednesfield Academy! The focus was Design and Technology, looking specifically at CADCAM. They...

What an incredible 3 days on residential that Year 6 had! They were put to the test with stepping out of their comfort zones on numerous...