Year 6

The Year 6 Stratford Residential 2023

The Year 6 pupils and staff enjoyed three glorious days in sunny Stratford-upon-Avon last week. The children were a credit to the school, learnt lots about Shakespeare (and chocolate!) and made lots of happy memories.

Maths Y6 Competition

4 of our fabulous mathematicians gave up their Sataurday morning to attend a Maths Conundrum at Westbourne School. The children completed against other Y5 and Y6 pupils from across Sheffield. Team work was essential, inaddition to a fluid and deep understanding of maths. The team were great ambassadors of Dore Primary School.

Y6 – SATs Week

The Year 6 team, as well as all the adults at Dore Primary School, would like to congratulate the Year 6 pupils for the manner in which they conducted themselves during SATs week. Children approached the tests with great maturity and displayed calm, purposefulness and resilience throughout the week. Well done!

Y6 – Art – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sculptures

In Art, Year 6 have been creating clay busts of characters from the play we are studying this year: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Children experimented with using wire frames within their clay sculptures to support the structure where required and the finished sculptures have also been painted. Can you tell which character each sculpture is?

U11 Sheffield Schools’ FA Yorkshire Cup Winners

A huge well done to two of our Y6 boys, who were selected to play for the Sheffield Schools U11 team through being nominated by school for trials last summer. They’ve clearly had a great first season in this team, winning the Yorkshire Cup by beating Barnsley in the final. Something to be very proud […]

Y6 – English – WW2 Air Raid Writing

In English this half-term, Year 6 have been learning about World War 2 and have focussed in their writing on the experiences of British families during The Blitz. Children have focussed on writing to entertain using a mixture of action and suspense as well as choosing vocabulary specifically for effect. Hopefully, the reader will also […]

Y5/6 Bouldering – Sheffield Championship Finals

Our Bouldering Team has had a great result at the Sheffield Bouldering Championships, held at the Mini-Climbing Works. The Children had already qualified amongst the top ten schools out of over 700 children who had attempted to reach the finals of the competition. The team took second overall in the team event and we had […]

Y6 – Computing – micro:bit

In Computing this half term, Year 6 have been learning to use the micro:bit. This small but powerful circuit board is packed full of interesting hardware and computational power. So far, children have explored the basic inputs (e.g. buttons, movement) and outputs (e.g. LED lights) and have experimented with adding external components such as a […]