Year 6 (2016 to 2023) ARCHIVED

We were lucky enough to be fantastically entertained by our Year 6 classes in their productions of Bugsy Malone last week. Here are a few photos of them in the dress rehearsal last Tuesday.

Georgia (Y6) had incredible success this year at Crufts, competing with her dog, Tilly, in the Agility section. Our Sports Crew interviewed her to find out all about it:

Q: How did you feel going into the Crufts Arena?

A: I got very nervous at first, but then I got excited.

Q: Was it…

Last term, Year 6 pupils designed and produced relief prints inspired by their topic of Darwin and evolution. These prints have been made using a number of prepared printing plates. The backgrounds are collagraph (collage) prints (printed from fabric attached to a cardboard base with PVA glue) and…

The one where Year 6 came to Forest School...

We started off with our fire safety, remembering the fire triangle : heat, oxygen and fuel -and we prepared our veggie pizzas. The children had to wash and cut the vegetables and the techniques of emptying tomato puree were hilarious to watch. We…

Last term, Pupils in Year 6 explored electrical circuits within their science and DT lessons. Within DT, the majority of pupils designed and made dolls houses with lights and sounds; a small group made dancing toy birds.

With a flick of a switch, the birds dance, vibrate and spin around.…

Earlier in the term 4, six wonderful artists in Year 6 worked together after school to create a ‘Coronation Bench’ design to be entered into an art competition run by The Tower of London.

Well done Alfie, Melita, Stella, Poppy Mae, Finley and Lily! From more than 1,500 bench designs, our…

Interview with Georgia (Y6) following winning Dog Agility competition

Q: How long have you been doing Dog Agility for?

A: I have been doing it for two years now. I started training for one year, and then I started doing competitions.

Q: How long did it take to train Tilly?

A:…

In term 3, Year 6 designed and made sculptures depicting the human figure in motion. To begin the project, pupils explored the proportions of the human figure and drew from wooden mannequins. They then attempted to sketch from movement on film (sporting imagery).

As a class, we studied…

Merry Christmas Everyone!

After a brilliant term learning Christmas music on the guitars and ukulele’s, on wed 14th December, year 6 travelled to Simon Langton Girls Grammar school where they performed ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ with talented musicians from SLGGS. (Some of them ex-bridge…

The long awaited Year 6 chairs are here! The children finished making them on the penultimate day of term 2 – all day DT!

Throughout this project, Year 6 have: learnt about strong shapes and forces; explored materials, techniques, joins and structures; made initial designs inspired by…

On Thursday 24th November, Bridge Girls football team played a match away against Aylesham. All the girls played brilliantly in a tough, but very exciting match. It culminated in a 0-0 draw and both teams were very satisfied with this. There was sterling work in defence from Amelie and Mattea and…

Before beginning to construct their final chairs later this week, Year 6 were privileged to be visited by an architecture lecturer today! Robert Nice, one of our parents, works at UCA in Canterbury teaching architecture; he generously gave up his time to come into school and chat with pupils about…