Year 6

Year 6 blog

In Year 6, the children have really enjoyed learning about the Mayan civilisation. They have done some fantastic story writing using direct speech and relative clauses. They have also learned about how the Mayans were the first civilianisation to use chocolate in an interesting folk tale called ‘The Chocolate Tree’.  In the enquiry lessons, the… Read more…

Well done Bankwood! We have raised a fantastic £270 for the Sheffield Children’s Hospital “Bears of Sheffield” fundraiser. We have enjoyed seeing all the children in their festive outfits!

We were extremely lucky to have a very special visitor this week! Children in FS and KS1 were lucky enough to meet Santa when he visited our school. The children had an opportunity to talk to Santa, and he gave all the children a small gift. Santa also had a flying visit around the KS2… Read more…

Year 6 have begun exploring the enquiry question ‘Why is Sheffield known as the Steel City?’ We have explored the geography of Sheffield by using a range of different maps. From studying these maps, we have learnt that Sheffield is surrounded by rivers and has a range of natural resources which can all be used… Read more…

It’s been a beautiful week and we’ve made the most of it…