I didn't realise that you can travel abroad as a firefighter and that you help out with disasters like earthquakes in other countries.'Īdam and Lucie - 'I liked finding out about different careers that I've not thought about before like being a rugby referee and flood management.'

I love that you can continue to learn there and do university courses with them.'Įwan - 'I love finding out about the firefighter's job. Jenson - 'I was surprised how many different roles there were in Mcdonalds. I am sure that all children are now inspired to start thinking about their own future careers!' Miss Hindley: 'The children thoroughly enjoyed this morning: they were able to meet lots of professionals and find out about a wide range of career opportunities including being self employed. The pupils valued and appreciated the knowledge they have gained from each professional. We would like to thank each one of them for giving up there time to come in and speak to them. We launched the start of our Careers Week by inviting a range of professionals into school to take part in a 'What's my line' assembly and a speed networking session. Pupils from Year 6 had the opportunity to ask them questions about their careers and the route they took to get there. All our year 6 pupils have engaged with at least 9 business professionals in the space of an hour and had their horizons broadened. For our homework, we’ve been set the challenge of creating our own biome using the information gathered in our lessons and the best one wins a prize! Head back over to our blog in February to see some of our finished projects.Īt Platt Bridge Community School, our Year 6 Careers Week aims to raise aspirations by helping children understand the link between learning in school and the world of work. We’re now aware of what characteristics make ecosystems and biomes and have looked, in detail, at specific biomes across the world: deserts, tundras, rainforests, grasslands and others. In science, we’ve been looking at ecosystems and biomes. We’re already looking forward to learning about all the gory punishments! Later on within the term, we’re going to be learning about crime and punishments throughout history and in particular, how the Victorians and Saxons dealt with such issues.

We’re excited to learn about our new topic, crime and punishment, and have already started our history lessons by looking at crime and punishment in the modern world already. For our homework, we were set the task of creating our own biomes using the information we had been taught and below are some images of these they’re amazing and everyone has put so much effort in to make them!Īfter a lovely, relaxing Christmas break, we’ve come back ready and raring to go for the spring term ahead. Last month, we learned all about biomes, researching the many types and their characteristics. We thoroughly enjoyed researching these animals and our final pieces look great in our books. We researched their unique adaptations for survival, their diet and appearance alongside unpicking example texts to discover the features of a non-chronological report to include in our own. In writing, we have been researching Arctic animals and have written a non-chronological report on these. We have put these in our reading corner for others to look at and there are some images of us creating these below. To celebrate World Book Day in March, we created book reviews on the text, including a character list, key summaries of the plot and a recommendation for others. We have researched and discussed specific vocabulary contained within the text, answered questions in our rapid retrieval quizzes and have been gripped by the trials and tribulations of the star-crossed lovers of Verona. During February, we have been reading Romeo and Juliet - which we have loved! We have read a chapter at a time, unpicking the many themes contained within the text to allow us to understand the storyline fully.

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