Year 6

Aeronautic Engineers of the Future

Inspired by the Perseverance Moon landing, Year 6 were challenged to make their own cardboard NASA rovers. The results were impressive!

Planetary Bookfest Success

Maya’s entry to Wimbledon Bookfest’s Young Writers’ Competition was inspired by the planet Mars. It was awarded a Commendation.

My Name Is Mars

The peach sphere. The fiery red ball. My name is Mars but you might also know me as the Red planet. I used to have some of the biggest volcanoes in the solar system but these have been inactive for millions of years. Now I have a rocky surface and am covered in craters and dust. Although this might sound like an ordinary planet, I’m not.

On my surface, there are crater-like parts which used to contain water (unlike other planets you might know). When some successful missions from Earth discovered this, an answer was sought: Was there ever life on Mars? Rovers named Sojourner, Opportunity, Spirit, Curiosity and, most recently, Perseverance were sent on discovery missions to me. Some of the jobs of these rovers are to see what living conditions on me are similar to Earth, to see what I’m made up of and, even more amazingly, if there is any microbial life! People are longing for life and I’m here to help, but can people survive on Mars? It’s an enigma, a question scientists want to solve.

Are you still wondering whether there is life on Mars? Well, I’ll let you into a secret... There used to be life living on me. Little aliens, as you might call them, used to live in my deep, carved out craters. Every week, they used to collect water from the lake as they could store it in their bodies in a special way. Although these creatures may sound very different to humans, there are some things that Earth and Mars have in common such as being terrestrial planets.

I think I’m a magical, special planet with my red dust that swirls around, my tumbling dust storms and my craters: some vast and some insignificant. My name is Mars, but you might also know me as the red planet, and there did used to be life on me!

Malham Tarn Residential

To round off their final Summer Term, Year 6 travelled up north to Malham Town for their residential. It was a wonderful experience for them to spend time together hiking and exploring the idyllic North Yorkshire scenery before they moved on to new pastures.

Taskmaster Challenge!

Mr Baalham became ‘Taskmaster’ at Spencer House, setting challenges for Year 6 in an event inspired by the well-loved TV game show. The girls had their wit and wisdom challenged as teams were set unique and ridiculous tasks to complete.

Anderson Shelter Architecture

As part of their history topic about World War Two, the girls created their very own Anderson Shelters out of card, materials and even pine cones. They loved learning about how the air raid shelters were built and the lifesaving role they played for Londoners in the 1940’s.

Laying

Pushing a melon up a slide using only breadsticks