Year 6 have been busy during Maths week. We've kept going with our lessons on equivalent fractions and calculations involving fractions but we've managed to complete more creative maths-based activities. We were scratching our heads trying to make tangrams, measured angles in our initials and made amazing parabolic curves. A very busy week indeed! #year6 #MathsWeek

A Binary Number is made up of only 0s and 1s. 110100 is an example of a Binary Number. There is no 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in Binary! Find out more on the Maths is Fun website! As part of Maths Week Year 6 children have been learning all about binary by playing some binary code games. Click the link below to play. #Year6 #Maths #Computing

Several of our Year 6 children along with other representatives from other Darwen schools attended a special service in Darwen cemetery today to pay respects for the fallen this morning. #Year6 #History

We furthered our studies of Victorian Darwen today by visiting the Heritage Centre. We walked into Darwen following the town centre trail which looks at old buildings and what they were during Victorian times. At the centre, we learned all about the cotton mills of Darwen and how this industry allowed the town to flourish during the late 1800s. The children very much enjoyed looking at old photographs of Victorian Darwen and comparing them to what they look like now. The

Year 6 children have been looking at the work of British textile designer William Morris and have created their own fabulous wallpaper designs. Here are a few of them. #Year6 #History #Art #Computing

Last week the Year 5/6 football team completed the league at the Soccerdome. Overall, we won 10 out of 11 games and finished 2nd in the league. We showed great team work and played some great football - well done to all. #Year5 #Year6 #Sports

Year 6 were set extra homework during the holidays to create a project of their choice about the Victorians. We have very much enjoyed looking at the finished products including very creative ways of presenting the research. Well done to everyone who took the time to complete them and thank you for your support at home with this - it is much appreciated. We will share some of the presentations soon, watch this space! #year6 #History

Some children in Year 6 were really using their skills with BODMAS to solve a tricky problem solving activity: Using the number 4, 4 times with any operations, can you make each number from 1-20? It made our brains ache! #Year6 #Maths

Year 6 have been designing a 21st century 'space' for Christians. Take a look at some of their designs. #Year6 #RE

Absolutely fantastic football played last night. The team ‘smashed it’ against both St Edwards’ and St Joseph’s, with 15-2 and a 10-1 wins. Mr Clegg was super proud and said ‘This is the best I have seen them play so far this season and some of the goals were tremendous’. Well done to all team members. #Sports #Year5 #Year6

Year 6 children joined in the Live Mental Health lesson yesterday looking at recognising emotions, mindfulness techniques and a growth mindset. #Year6 #PSHCE

Year 6 children have been looking at primary sources in History and studying maps from the Victorian era to see the similarities and differences in Darwen during this time. #Year6 #History

Year 6 had a visit from the Money Management team on Tuesday. They have been learning about good and bad debt and financial risk. The children were very mature, took part in some really sensible discussions and asked some great questions. #Year6

We were looking timelines today in History and we placed events from the Victorian era in time order. #Year6 #History

Year 6 have been learning all about phishing emails and what to do to protect themselves from fraud. They have created their own examples of a phishing email. Dear Xbox User, Unfortunately, your Xbox Live account has expired! The money you’ve deposited into your account has not processed via the unexpected technical difficulties. The reason we need your account details is to repay your subscription. The transaction will go right to your subscription and if you do not pay in

Year 6 had a thought provoking visit today from the Peace Museum. There was lots of discussion, debate and sharing of ideas about the choices that we make and the consequences of those choices. #year6 #PSHCE #BritishValues

6J used their research skills to find out all about Queen Victoria as part of our History work on the Victorians. Did you know that she was 5 foot tall and had 9 children? #year6 #History

We used cubes and place value charts to help us read and write numbers up to (and a little beyond) ten million! #year6 #Maths

Year 6 have been enjoying the sunshine this afternoon during their P.E session with Blackburn Rovers. They are working on their attacking skills, playing games such as bench ball. #year6 #PE

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