Class Updates

Year 6 Enterprise project

Class 2010-2016 on July 6th 2016

There is a real buzz in year 6 this morning as children prepare for their stalls at the summer fair. We have real live entrepeneurs who are making and selling their products. The children have been working in groups and they each received a £10 loan from the school to...

Nordic Walking

Class 2010-2016 on June 16th 2016

The children in Year 6 absolutely loved learning to "Nordic Walk".

Victorian Pharmacy- Boots

Class 2010-2016 on June 14th 2016

The Year 6 class really enjoyed learning how pharmacists have changed from the Victorian Era to now. The class had a presentation from two local Boots pharmacists, created their own medicine, rolled their own pills and even designed their own packaging.

PTA SATs Treat @ Mill Adventure Base

Class 2010-2016 on June 10th 2016

Thank you to the PTA for kindly funding the Year 6 SATs treat to the Mill Adventure Base. The children absolutely loved the day and were a credit to Abbey Gates.

Cross Country Success

Class 2012-2018, Class 2011-2017, Class 2010-2016 on March 1st 2016

Success came to the Abbey Gates Cross Country team, when they won the “Ken Bilton” Trophy. Twelve representatives from the school have been competing in four rounds throughout the year. With seven schools in each race, Abbey Gates finished level first with Bleasby (the previous winners) !! Skye, Alice,...

Severn Trent Workshops

Year 6, Class 2012-2018, Class 2011-2017, Class 2010-2016 on February 23rd 2016

KS2 loved the Severn Trent Workshops. They learnt lots of interesting facts about where our water comes from and how to be a WATER SAVER !

Science

Class 2010-2016 on January 21st 2016

Light http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/edison/lightbulb.shtml Who invented the light bulb? http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/domestic/content/energy-efficient-lighting Follow this link for a useful site with information about energy saving light bulbs http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zyntsbk Video clip of two demonstrations of...

Investigations

Class 2010-2016 on January 14th 2016

Maths Detectives http://nrich.maths.org/6928/index?nomenu=1 Light the Lights http://nrich.maths.org/7035  Connect Three http://nrich.maths.org/content/id/5865/PrimaryConnectThree.swf

Theme Parks

Class 2010-2016 on January 11th 2016

Have a look at the fantastic Theme Park Creative Homework projects that the Year 6 created ! History of Rides https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfa/researchandarticles/fairgroundrides https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfa/researchandarticles/fairgroundrides Frederick Savage http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gee-bee/savage/buttons.htm

PGL

Class 2010-2016 on October 23rd 2015