Year 6 began their ‘Electricity’ unit in science this week, learning how objects become charged and an imbalance causing static electricity. They used a balloon to see if they could create static in their hair and move paper with the force of static electricity....

This week, Year 6 recapped their learning of different verbs by playing ‘Link Up’, where they found someone with the same verb type, and ‘Spot the Verb’ in the picture. They demonstrated an excellent understanding of regular/irregular verbs, verb phrases and phrasal...

As their final visit of the school year (and ever at BW), Year 6 visited WWT Washington to learn about adaptations in birds and other creatures. They took part in pond dipping, the feeding of otters and flamingos and explored the wildlife from the hides with their binoculars. They were lucky enough...

Year 6 attended this year's STEMFest at the Vertu Motors Arena, Newcastle. They visited the stands hosted by many local manufacturing businesses and took part in hands-on activities relating to a range of STEM careers.

Year 6 have been exploring what life was like as an evacuee in WW2; they demonstrated their new learning by writing a diary entry as one and displayed it in a their own ‘secret envelope’.

This morning, Year 6 took part in a ‘Story of Earth’ workshop ran by the Street Scientists of Newcastle University. They witnessed, and took part in, a range of mini experiments which represented key points in the story of how Earth came to be as it is today!