2 years ago
Posted on 28th Jun 2024 by Miss Jenny Darmanin

Rounders Winners!

The Class Six rounders team competed in the initial round of a local primary schools competition.

We are very proud of their outstanding sportsmanship, positive attitude and great teamwork!
To top it off, they also won all of their matches and are through to the final!

Well done Team Hodnet!

2 years ago
Posted on 27th Jun 2024 by Penny Lyall

Rounders win!

Well done to our rounders team who won the small schools round on Wednesday evening. They played very well and were exemplary in their behaviour and sporting attitude. We are very proud of them.

They are through to the finals, which will be played on Monday 15th July, we wish them all the best!

2 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2024 by Miss Jenny Darmanin

Fire safety at Forest School.

Year Six spent some time learning about how to safely light a fire, during an afternoon of Forest School.

‘After learning about being safe around fires, we were all split up into little groups of five and were equipped with a tin bowl, twigs, sticks, cotton wool and flint and steel.
We each had a go with the flint and steel and then we lit our fires. We learnt how to keep them alight. After that, we roasted marshmallows around the fire! It was a great afternoon!’ Freya (Class 6).

2 years ago
Posted on 18th Jun 2024 by Miss Jenny Darmanin

Introducing Microbits in Year 6.

On Thursday, we started our unit on Micro:bits – something we had been looking forward to doing! We learnt what the different parts of the Micro:bit were for and then put them together. Whilst we used the Make Code, app, we also had to use the skills learnt in Scratch. We were able to create coding to turn the Micro:bit into a name badge, alarm clock and even a dice. Bethan ( Year 6)

en a dice.

2 years ago
Posted on 14th Jun 2024 by Miss Jenny Darmanin

Science week: investigating DNA.

During science week, we spent time learning about DNA and the work of Francis Crick and James Watson, who with help from Franklin and Wilkins, discovered the double helix structure of DNA in 1953. We then attempted to extract DNA from a banana which was a fantastic investigation.

Year 6 were fascinated to learn that:

About 99.9 percent of the DNA of every person on the planet is exactly the same. It’s that 0.1 percent that is different that makes us all unique.
If you unravelled all the DNA molecules in your body and placed them end to end, it would stretch to the Sun and back several times.

2 years ago
Posted on 14th Jun 2024 by Miss Jenny Darmanin

Maths madness.

We have had a great time revisiting some previously taught maths. We used our tables as giant wipe boards to draw shapes.

We then spent time measuring angles, finding the perimeter and area and also converting units of measure. The children then worked in pairs to check each others work.

We then learnt about radius, diameter and circumference.

2 years ago
Posted on 23rd May 2024 by Penny Lyall

Gadget shop spending!

Children thoroughly enjoyed spending their cash on science themed gadgets this week. A huge thank you to Miss Evans for organising the shop and to the Y6 pupils and other staff members who enabled it to run successfully.

2 years ago
Posted on 16th May 2024 by Penny Lyall

Science Gadget Shop

Next week is our school Science Enrichment week. We are running the science gadget shop again this year as it has proved highly successful in previous years. Children can bring a small amount of money to purchase science related toys and games. Most items are between 50p and £2.50. Miss Evans, our science coordinator, will run it during lunchtime on Wednesday and Thursday.

Parents are asked to send a small amount of money in with their child, in a named envelope, to enable them to visit the shop. All profits from the gadget shop will go towards new school science equipment.

2 years ago
Posted on 20th Mar 2024 by Penny Lyall

Oakerwood Experience Day!

A fantastic time had by all so far at Oakerwood. A few pics from Mrs Lyall’s groups today (20.3.24) More to follow. Today Mrs Lyall took the remaining Y6 staff and a pupil, ensuring that the full compliment were together again. A great day pizza making, completing the escape room challenge, low ropes, shelter building, obstacle course and even a blindfold obstacle challenge – fantastic team work.