Spring 1 - Hackney Junior Citizens Workshop

Year 6 were lucky to take part in a workshop at Hackney Youth Centre this term. The children met with police officers, transport officers, road safety experts and even fire fighters to help build their independence.

The focus on transport was really helpful preparation for September as many children will be travelling to their new secondary schools independently. They also looked at how to practice mindfulness, look after their teeth and health and conduct themselves in emergencies.

Spring 1 - Re Topic - Buddhism

In Spring 1 our RE focus was Buddhism. We looked at the story of Buddha and how the religion started. We looked at beliefs and customs of Buddhists and we took part in meditations and relaxing activities to help us clear our minds. We learned about the symbols of Buddhism, including the lotus flower, and we made lotus flowers using origami to celebrate our learning.

Autumn 2 - Visit to RAF Hendon

Chestnut Class had a fabulous time on our trip to the RAF museum in Hendon. It was a great day, even if it did take a long time to get there! We saw many different aircrafts and were amazed to see how big some of them were in real life; even more surprising was the size of the bombs! We got to look at some interactive games where we designed our own planes which was great fun. We took part in a brilliant workshop which allowed us to experience the festive period during wartime. Chestnut Class were fantastic throughout the whole day!

Autumn 2 - Science

This term we have been looking at the wonders of electricity. What it is, how it works, why we need to be safe with it and how it can be used. For our working scientifically exercise we had to pose our own investigation question and then plan an experiment to help us find out the answer. For example: what will happen to my bulb if I keep on adding buzzers to the circuit? You can see us carrying out our investigations below.

Autumn 2 - Forest School

It’s fair to say our Autumn 2 visit to Forest School was a very different experience compared to our warm, sunny visit during Autumn 1. Chestnut Class braved the chill and the rain and went exploring for worms, they built shelters, the dug holes, created woven materials and had a great time. At one point we were even visited by local police officers who were keen to join in with all the fun!

Autumn 2 - DT

For our design topic this term we looked in depth at Anderson Shelters (which ties in to our WW2 topic.) The children had to design and then make their shelter and try to ensure it would withstand three dangerous tests:

  1. We dropped ‘bombs’ on them… (water bottles!)

  2. We rained on them… (also water bottles!)

  3. We had to ensure they were able to accommodate a human ( Lego man.)

Autumn 1 - Local History Week

Chestnut Class looked at refugees and immigration for Local History Week. We discussed what it means to be an immigrant or a refugee. We looked at how our current media is unfortunately creating quite a toxic and negative view of refugees while forgetting their humanity and the fact they have their own rich life stories just the same as anyone else. We decided to take photos of refugees and reinvent their portraits in a positive light to show our support for those fleeing their homes to stay safe.

Autumn 1 -Hear Our Voice Project

Year 6 have been lucky enough to be involved in three workshops looking at the Holocaust. We learned using art, drama and music and considered our own identity and what it means to lose one’s sense of self.

Autumn 1- WOW Day!

We began learning about WW2 and to kick our topic off to a great start the children in Year 6 packed a suitcase with all their formal documents and some personal items too. We thought about what items would remind us of home if we were evacuated to the countryside for safety. We used the drama technique of freeze frames to recreate stages of the evacuation process and understand the emotions of this time. Throughout our wow day, sirens would go off during our lessons and we had to climb under our tables to be safe!



Summer 2 - PGL

Year 6 had a fantastic time at PGL’s Osmington Bay site in June! We conquered our fears and tried all sort of activities: climbing, sailing, the giant swing, dragon boat racing, aeroball and many, many more!

Summer 1 - Hackney Museum & St Augustine's Tower

We visited Hackney Museum and climbed the oldest building in Hackney! The view from the top was amazing and we learned a lot about Hackney’s history and who has moved to Hackney when and why.

Summer 1 - Dragon's Den.

Year 6 took part in a project after SATs where they designed, planned and presented an invention to our very own team of Dragons! We are sure you will agree that they all looked the part and their ideas were amazing!

Spring 2 - Speeches

We wrote democratic speeches and performed them to the class!

Spring 2 - Art

We have been working incredibly hard revising in Y6 but have found plenty of down time to relax and enjoy more creative lessons - art has been a favourite of ours!

Spring 1: Forest School

We love our half-termly trips to Forest School and this half term was no exception!

Spring 1: Ancient Greece Wow Day!

As an introduction to our Ancient Greece topic, Year 6 held the Potato Olympics!

The first known Olympics were held in the summer of 776 B.C. at Olympia, a site in southern Greece where people went to worship their gods. In fact, the Olympics were created in honor of ancient Greece’s most famous god: Zeus, king of the gods. Athletes prayed to Zeus for victory and left gifts to thank him for their successes.

Scroll through our photos below to meet the athletes and see how they got on celebrating the opening ceremony, competing in various events and finally to see which team were victorious and won the 2023 Potato Olympic trophy!

Spring 1: RAF Hendon Trip

Chestnut Class finally got the the RAF Museum to finish our World War Two topic (after some drama with tube strikes in November!).

We had a great time exploring the museum, we experienced life in a wartime classroom and were completely in awe of some of the amazing planes in the hangars!

Autumn 2 - Computing

The Year 6 children at Berger Primary School engaged in an exciting Computing project last half-term. They had to design a new app for young people that aimed to solve an existing (social) problem.

To arrive at this point, they had to work collaboratively to research existing apps, brainstorm existing problems young people face, design the home and other landing pages for their apps, formulate a PowerPoint presentation to explain the app and design an app logo.

Finally, they had to pitch their app idea to a panel of young people