Swimming, Skeletons and Science Adventures for Year 6!

Miss Deakin • January 9, 2026

Swimming, Skeletons and Science Adventures for Year 6!

Miss Deakin • January 9, 2026

A brilliant start to the term with swimming, immersive science and new learning topics.

TL;DR:

  • Started swimming lessons and showed great endurance.
  • Visited Gosport Museum for an immersive science experience.
  • Assembled skeletons, examined organs and explored taxidermy specimens.
  • Learned new science skills ahead of the “Healthy Bodies” topic.
  • Began fresh English, maths and humanities units for spring term.

In Year 6 we have already had a fun and exciting week back!


We had our first swimming session Tuesday where all the children worked and showed that true value of endurance.


Then on Wednesday we had a school trip to the Gosport Museum where we took part in some self-led activities, a trip around the museum, got to see The Lord of the Rings exhibition and lastly take part in a super exciting immersive experience. During this we had to help Dr Bones get into her lab as Dr Moans had locked her out.

We put a whole skeleton body together and unlocked the door.

The next room we took part in activities such as looking at x rays, sticking vital organs onto each other, looking at how muscles work and identifying different joints! Onto the last room which had taxidermy specimens, bones, insects under the magnified glass and skeletons of different animals. It was a great day we all learnt lots and we look forward to using this information when we do our science topic this term!


Our topics for this term:

  • English – character and instructions
  • Maths – composing shapes, multiplication, division, and area, perimeter, position and direction.
  • Reading - Once
  • History – Ventnor and Victorian Britain
  • PDL – Stealing and zones of regulation
  • Art - Photography
  • French –My class
  • RE – Kingdom of God.
  • Science – Healthy bodies – animals and humans

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