Walnut Blog - Year 6

Friday 15th May 2026

Friday 8th May 2026



Tuesday 14th April 2026

We used large maps of Abbots Langley to complete our Geography fieldwork; we identified human and physical geographical features in our local area. We then used this information to identify the land use in Abbots Langley - including residential, commercial and open space. 

 

Thursday 26th March 2026

Walnut Class hopped their way round the daily mile track this afternoon raising money for the school!

 

Thursday 5th March 2026

Walnut Class threw themselves into World Book Day with huge enthusiasm, celebrating imagination, creativity and a real love of reading. The day began with The Wonder by Faye Hanson, sparking thoughtful conversations about the power of a vivid imagination and why it’s so important to nurture this part of ourselves. The children then explored a range of activities designed to unlock their creativity, from writing free‑verse poems about their dream rooms to experimenting with different art mediums to produce vibrant imagination-inspired artwork. The celebrations ended with an energetic workshop from Bookman, the superhero who once again called on Tanners Wood to help defeat his arch‑nemesis, Mr No‑Imagination. A joyful day all round and a brilliant celebration of books, stories and the magic of reading.

 

Friday 13th February 2026

The children have worked really hard in DT this half term to design, make and evaluate a WW2 rationing soup.

 

Monday 19th January 2026

Walnut class had an unforgettable day at Bletchley Park today, stepping straight into the world of the WW2 codebreakers. As they explored the historic grounds, they learned about the extraordinary men and women who worked in secrecy to help secure Allied victory. The class discovered how the intelligence produced at Bletchley Park shaped key moments in the war, including the success of the D‑Day landings.

One of the highlights of the trip was an interactive workshop where the pupils became codebreakers themselves, collaborating to decipher Enigma messages so they could brief Prime Minister Winston Churchill on German troop movements. 

It was a day full of curiosity, teamwork, and awe; bringing history to life in the most inspiring way.

 

Wednesday 14th January 2026

This afternoon, Walnut class travelled to Parmiter's School to take part in the Year 6 athletic competition. All the children displayed determination, sportsmanship, resilience and kindness - it was a delight to observe. A special congratulations to the Walnut boys who came in 1st place!

Athletics 2026 - Walnut

 

Tuesday 6th January 2026

Our first day back of the new year was a creative day which involved working together to create a display board for the school hall. We read 'The Lost Thing' by Shaun Tan and discussed the themes: belonging, kindness and celebrating difference. Using a range of art mediums, we worked collaboratively to recreate illustrations from the story.

Creative Day 2026 - Walnut

 

Friday 19th December 2025

This week has been full of festive fun in Walnut Class. From Christmas card and calendar making, to our Christmas party, film quiz and Christmas jumper day - a lot of fun has been had!

 

Friday 5th December 2025

The Christmas fun has started in Walnut Class today with our annual visit to the Christmas Fete! Thank you to the Friends of Tanners Wood for all the fun activities and prizes!

 

Friday 7th November 2025

Congratulations to the Walnut Class news reporters for their informative announcements this morning, all about their learning so far in Year 6. From escaped wild animals in Abbots Langley and geographical discoveries in Scandinavia, to fascinating animal adaptions in the Sahara Desert, children swinging through the trees at PGL and inspirational artist work! You all delivered your lines eloquently and with confidence - well done! 

 

Monday 3rd November 2025

Walnut class began their new history topic on WW2 today; we explored and discussed a range of primary and secondary artefacts and historical sources. Maggie, very kindly, brought in some photographs and medals which belonged to her great grandfather, who fought during WW2 as part of a Scottish regiment. 

 

Thursday 16th October 2025

Walnut had a lot of fun during our gymnastics session this afternoon. We experimented with using a range of equipment whilst performing mirroring movements.

 

Thursday 16th October 2025

A huge congratulations to all the Y6 children who put themselves forward for House Captain this week and presented their speeches in assembly. Miss Reynolds and Mr Biswell were so impressed. Whatever the result of the vote is, you should all be incredibly proud of what you have achieved. Good luck!

 

Wednesday 8th October 2025

It may have rained during our final PGL morning but nothing stopped us from having one more archery target practice, zip-line and swing through the trees. We can’t believe the trip has come to an end. Miss Reynolds and Mr Biswell are so impressed with our gratitude, politeness, courage and resilience. A lot of fears have been faced (and not just escaping the thousands of ladybirds!) We are all packed up and ready to leave, just need to head for some lunch first. See you soon parents! 

 

Tuesday 7th October 2025

We have had another fun-filled day of PGL activities today - with the added bonus of no sign of any rain! From canoeing, archery and laser tag, to jumping in the lake and swinging through the trees - we are having such a good time and can't wait to tell you all about it! This evening we roasted marshmallows and sang songs around the camp fire. See you tomorrow!

 

Monday 6th October 2025

WOW! What a start to our PGL adventure! Today has been full of sunshine, smiles and a lot of laughter as we have climbed, leaped and zip-lined into our first full on day of fun! 

 

Monday 21st July 2025

Year 6 have been enjoying making memories during their last couple of days of primary school! 

 

Thursday 17th July 2025

Congratulations to all of Year 6 for taking us back in time and performing a truly fantastic production of Rock Bottom. From the singing, dancing and acting to the technical and backstage skills, we were in awe of your professionalism and performance skills. Well done!

 

Sunday 6th July 2025

Congratulations to the Year 6 children for successfully running their own mini enterprise stalls at the summer fete on Sunday. The weather remained (mostly) dry and the preparation paid off as each team worked together to ensure their stall was a success - which they all definitely were! 

 

Friday 27th June 2025

Walnut Class welcomed the opportunity to sprint, stack, jump and dribble their way through their final ever sports day event at primary school - all whilst cheering their peers along! 

 

Friday 13th June 2025

We can’t believe our trip has come to an end - we have all had the best time! The sun is shining, our suitcases are packed and we are ready to return to Tanners - but not without one last leap, climb and abseil! See you soon!

 

Thursday 12th June 2025

After a much needed night's sleep (after some fantastically energetic dance moves at the disco yesterday evening), we filled ourselves up on the breakfast buffet and headed out for our second day at PGL. Today has been full of zip-lining, raft building, abseiling, climbing, fire-making and a LOT of laughter (particularly when falling into the lake!)

All the adults are so incredibly proud of our team work, resilience, communication, kindness, determination, politeness, enthusiasm and general positivity. We are having so much fun and can't wait to share all our memories and stories with you tomorrow evening. 

We are currently relaxing by the lake and eating some sweets while we wait for our evening activity - tonight we are taking part in the PGL tournament!

 

Wednesday 11th June 2025

Silent disco time!

 
Wednesday 11th June 2025

We have all had a fantastic, busy and fun-filled afternoon at PGL. The sun has been shining throughout day one and we have taken part in a range of activities from archery tag and survival skills, to crate stacking and Jacob's ladder. We were all pleasantly surprised with the dinner options and have all eaten really well - so please don't worry Mums and Dads! It's time to get ready for the silent disco!

 

 Wednesday 11th June 2025

We have arrived at PGL Liddington! We have had some lunch by the lake, met our team leaders and are all very excited for our first activity!

 

Tuesday 10th June 2025

Another fantastic day of 'Taskmaster' style activities which involved us working as a team, problem solving and having lots of fun!

 

Monday 9th June 2025

Walnut class have had a fantastic start to our Y6 activity week this week. We spent our Monday morning taking part in a range of 'Taskmaster' style activities led by Mr D. These included: protecting our group's water balloon, building spaghetti and marshmallow towers, travelling across the world and separating sweets with our elbows. The rain held off and we were able to take a walk down to Leavesden Country Park, where we enjoyed a picnic and a range of activities with our friends. 

Activity Week - Y6 - Day 1

 

Tuesday 3rd June 2025

Despite the downpour of rain, Walnut class kept their spirits high as we competed in a Dynamo Cricket tournament today. Everyone displayed excellent communication and comradeship - well done to all!

 

Wednesday 21st May 2025

Thursday 15th May 2025

Walnut class have officially completed their SATs examinations!! 
Miss Reynolds couldn’t be prouder of you all for your hard-work, determination and resilience! You are all amazing and should be SO proud of yourselves!

Monday 12th May 2025

We made periscopes to explore how mirrors reflect light. The mirrors inside the periscope reflect light to enable you to see around a corner or over the top of an object. 

Periscopes

 

Wednesday 7th May 2025

VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations at Tanners Wood. We remembered those who sacrificed so much during WW2.

Friday 2nd May 2025

Due to a week of fabulous sunshine, we enjoyed book club outside this week!

Tuesday 22nd April 2025

As part of our science learning around light, we used torches and mirrors to understand the law of reflection. We learnt that the angle of incidence is always equal to the angle of reflection. 

Friday 4th April 2025

We have made it through our final mock SATs week and to the end of Spring term. Miss Reynolds and Miss Parmar are very proud of everything we have acheieved this term! We celebrated the beginning of the Easter holidays today with an Easter egg hunt, made Easter cards and watched a film! 

Monday 24th March 2025

Walnut class have been busy scientists, investigating the amount of microorganisms on our mobile phones. We swabbed our mobile phone screens and then wiped the swab on agar gel within a petri dish. We left the dishes for 6 days and then used microscopes to observe the microorganisms. It is safe to say we all wanted to wipe our phones with antibacterial wipes haven observed the results! 

Friday 7th March 2025

Walnut class have had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day 2025! From dressing up, to creating a ‘perfect pet’, sketching a failed project animal and taking part in a workshop with Bookman! We have loved celebrating all things books! 

WBD 25 WALNUT

 

Wednesday 5th March 2025

Walnut classroom door is ready for World Book Day celebrations later this week! 

Monday 3rd March 2025

History Learning - Black History 

Friday 7th February 2025

As part of our DT cooking project this half term, we have designed a soup recipe based on WW2 rationing. We washed, peeled, cut and sliced our vegetables, before cooking and blending our soups using slow cookers. We tasted and evaluated our own soup - before trying everyone else’s!

Thursday 6th February 2025

Walnut class showed their skills, determination and team work today whilst using the ropes in indoor PE.  

Monday 3rd February 2025

Scientists at work in Walnut class!

Monday 27th January 2025

Within our classification science learning, we have been working as taxonomists to classify living things. We learnt that scientists classify living things into groups based on similar characteristics. We classified a range of animals into different classes. 

Wednesday 15th January 2025

We spent this afternoon at Parmiter’s taking part in the Y6 indoor athletic competition. We showed teamwork, determination and resilience whilst taking part in a range of field and track events. Well done to everyone involved and a special congratulations to Spruce girls for achieving 1st place and Walnut boys for achieving 2nd.

ATHLETICS WALNUT

 

Monday 6th January 2025

Walnut class returned to school today and enjoyed a whole day of creativity. We started the day by reading the story ‘The Night Gardener’ by The Fan Brothers and discussed the themes within the story: kindness, belonging, helpfulness, happiness and topiary (a new word for our vocabulary). The children experimented with a range of mediums to recreate the topiary illustrations and once they’d decided on their favourite, they collaboratively created their final designs. Look out for the full display in the school corridor soon! 

CREATIVE DAY Y6 2025

 

 Thursday 19th December 2024

Year 6 have been incredibly busy designing, making and evaluating some FANTASTIC cushions!

 

Wednesday 18th December 2024

Our annual Christmas lunch was just as delicious as always! 

Wednesday 18th December 2024

The Christmas fun has begun in Walnut class!

Friday 13th December 2024

A huge thank you to the Friends of Tanners Wood for another fantastic Christmas Fayre! We loved playing all the games and winning lots of prizes. Merry Christmas everyone!

Thursday 28th November 2024

We were lucky enough to spend the day discovering the incredible secrets of Bletchley Park during WW2. We learnt all about what happened at Bletchley Park and the impact of their successes; code breaking played an imperative role in the Allies winning the war! We took part in a D-Day Landings code breaking workshop, explored the sights at Bletchley and touched an actual enigma machine! 

 

BP 25

 

Monday 25th November 2024

Anti-Bullying Week - 11th-15th November 2024

Friday 8th November 2024

A huge well done to the Walnut Class news reporters for their informative announcements this morning. From escaped animals in Abbots Langley to fascinating adaptions in the Sahara Desert, you all delivered your lines eloquently and with confidence - well done!

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Thursday 19th September 2024

Walnut class were lucky enough to take part in a Stay Active hockey session today with our local Sports Partnership. We showed off our fantastic dribbling and passing skills.

Stay Active 19.9.24

 

Wednesday 17th July 2024

Congratulations to all of Year 6 for a truly fantastic production of Ali Baba and the Bongo Bandits. From the singing, dancing and acting to the technical and backstage skills, we were in awe of your professionalism and performance skills. 

Wednesday 17th July 2024

Walnut class have had the BEST day!! A huge thank you to the Friends of Tanners Wood for all our treats today!

17.07.24

 

Friday 12th July 2024

Today was a PE, French and Geography curriculum enrichment day celebrating all things olympics!

Sunday 7th July 2024

Congratulations to the Year 6 children for another successful year of running their own mini enterprise stalls at the school fete. Despite the miserable weather, the children filled the room with positivity, laughter, team work and some fantastic tunes (thanks to DJ Oscar!) 

Friday 14th June 2024

We are on our way!

Friday 14th June 2024

We can’t believe the week has come to an end! We are all packed up and ready to return to Tanners - but not before one more swing, climb and leap! The sun has returned and we’ve been busy all morning - what a fabulous end to a fantastic week.

Miss Reynolds and Mr Biswell are beyond proud of each and every one of the children. They can’t wait to tell you ALL about it! See you soon!

PGL FRIDAY

 

Thursday 13th June 2024

DISCO FUN!

PGL DISCO

Thursday 13th June 2024

Have a look at some more photographs of what we’ve been up to today!

PGL THURS CONTINUED

Thursday 13th June 2024

Our final full day of PGL carnage has been packed full of activities! We’ve completed an obstacle course blind folded, jumped for our lives in leap of faith and even targeted the teachers in archery tag. We may have had some light showers this afternoon but nothing has stopped us having fun! We are loving every minute and can’t believe tomorrow is the last day.

Disco outfit preparation has officially began! 

PGL THURS MORNING

 

Wednesday 12th June 2024

Day 3 is well under way and the sun is shining down on Liddington. From climbing up giant ladders, to swinging through the trees, we are having a day FULL of adventure! We can’t believe we are half way through the week already!

PGL WEDS

 

Tuesday 11th June 2024

Campfire fun!

Campfire

 

Tuesday 11th June 2024

PGL Tues Continued

 

Tuesday 11th June 2024

This afternoon has involved even more fun and laughter! We displayed excellent team work and impressive communication to work together to build a buggy - and even rode it down the hill! With helmets and life jackets fitted, we absolutely LOVED our canoeing session! From bumping into each other, playing a game of water polo and even capsizing (for some of us!) - our smiles were huge and our giggles could be heard around the camp. 

PGL Tues Afternoon

 

Tuesday 11th June 2024

We have had an excellent morning - made even better with the rain holding off! After filling ourselves up at the breakfast buffet, we headed into the woods for bushcraft and zip lining. I bet you could hear some of our screams (especially Freddie W and Amiram’s) as we flew down the zip line. Some of us were even pushed off backwards! Our adults are really proud of how so many of us are facing our fears; we have shown determination and resilience all morning. Our bellies are rumbling so we are off to lunch - today is burgers!

PGL TUES

 

Monday 10th June 2024

We have all had a fun-filled afternoon of archery and climbing within the beautiful woodland surroundings! Dinner was fish fingers or pasta and we were all really impressed with the salad bar and fruit infused water on offer. Everyone ate well so don’t worry Mums and Dads! Our dorm rooms are really cool and we have all settled into our bunks. This evening we have managed to swap the quiz with a game called ‘Passport to the World’ - a scavenger style game running around in the sunshine. 

Monday 10th June 2024

PGL 2024

We have arrived at Liddington, eaten our lunch and are enjoying the sunshine! We all have an activity before dinner - either archery or climbing! 

Friday 7th May 2024

Walnut Class welcomed the opportunity to sprint, stack, jump and dribble their way through our annual sports day event - all whilst cheering their peers along! 

Monday 20th May 2024

Magistrates in the Community Workshop.

Today we were visited by two magistrates who taught us about how the Judicial System works. We took part in a mock trial to decide whether the verdict should be guilty or not guilty.

 

Thursday 16th May 2024

A huge congratulations to Walnut Class for completing their SATs this week. We are so proud of the determination, resilience and hard work shown by each and every one of them.

Once the exams had finished, we burnt off our excited energy on the daily mile track. We programmed code into micro:bits to create pedometers. We then took to the daily mile track to see who could achieve the highest number of steps on their pedometer. We’ve never ran around the track so fast! 

Wednesday 20th March 2024

Friday 15th March 2024

Friday 8th March 2024

WORLD BOOK DAY!

Tanners Wood celebrated World Book Day today and Walnut Class celebrated in style! The range of costumes and innovative ideas blew us all away - the children looked incredible! 

We had a full day of activities celebrating all things BOOKS! We paraded our costumes during assembly, read more of our class book ‘Freedom’, created an acrostic poem about what freedom means to us and designed a new front cover for the book using oil pastels and chalk. We even had the opportunity to read alongside Holly Class! 

Thursday 7th March 2024

Walnut classroom is ready for World Book Day 2024!

Thursday 29th February 2024

To celebrate World Book Day, we took part in a whole school poetry project today led by Chris. Each year group created two rhyming couplets based on a popular book character and created actions to go with their lines. Year 6 selected BFG and performed their section of the poem during a whole school assembly.

Friday 9th February 2024

Soup Day!

As part of our DT cooking project this half term, we have designed a soup recipe based on WW2 rationing. Today we washed, peeled, cut and sliced our vegetables, before cooking and blending our soups in slow cookers. We tried and evaluated our own soup before trying different soups from different groups. 

 

Thursday 8th February 2024

Safer Internet Day

Thursday 1st February 2024

This afternoon, Walnut have displayed excellent sportsmanship, resilience and determination whilst taking part in an indoor athletics event. We have all lost our voices from cheering each other on!

Athletics

 

Thursday 25th January 2024

As part of our WW2 soup DT project, we completed some market research and tried FIVE different soups this afternoon. Many of us were really brave and tried soup for the first time.

Tuesday 19th December 2023

It’s that time of year again - Christmas cards have been made by Walnut Class.

Monday 18th December 2023

We spent our morning making some fantastic colour wash calendars!

Friday 15th December 2023

Walnut Class loved visiting the Tanners Wood Christmas Fair for the FINAL TIME! Thank you to all the PTA for organising all the games and fun prizes. 

Thursday 14th December 2023

After weeks of planning and practising, Walnut Class are super proud of the cushions we have made! 

 

  Wednesday 13th December 2023

Walnut Class absolutely loved their Christmas lunch today! Thank you to everyone involved in the organisation. 

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 (13th-17th November 2023)

Walnut Class have been taking part in lots of mature discussions and important activities to understand and encourage the message of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week: ‘Make a Noise!’

Wednesday 15th November 2023

We were lucky enough to spend the day discovering the incredible secrets of Bletchley Park during WW2 - the sun even managed to come out for us! We learnt all about what happened at Bletchley Park and the vitality of the work they completed; the code-cracking played a large role in the Allies winning the war! We were able to wander around different parts of the site and experienced the D-Day landings exhibition. We explored how the enigma machine code was cracked and even had a go at cracking codes ourselves!

Thursday 9th November 2023

We took part in a workshop today with a member of Hertfordshire Police. We learnt about knife crime, county lines and online safety. We’ve learnt that we have criminal responsibility for our actions from the age of ten. 

Friday 3rd November 2023

Congratulations to the Walnut Class news reporters for their informative announcements this morning, all about their learning so far in Year 6. From escaped wild animals in Abbots Langley to fascinating adaptions in the Sahara Desert, you all delivered your lines eloquently and with confidence - well done! 

Thursday 12th October 2023

Walnut class have been working really hard and have created a fantastic art display inspired by the work of Nigerian artist Ijeoma Ogwuegbu.

 

Monday 9th October 2023

Today, Walnut class were incredibly lucky to meet British olympic gymnast Steve Frew. He spoke to us about the importance of determination and resilience in order to achieve our goals and dreams. He took us through his experiences leading up to winning a gold medal for Great Britain.

Friday 15th September 2023

Walnut class enjoyed our first Book Club of the year outside in the sunshine. 

Tuesday 18th July 2023

What a way to celebrate our final week at Tanners Wood!

Tuesday 11th July 2023

A huge ‘well done’ to the incredibly talented Walnut and Spruce classes, who wowed their audience during the Y6 production of ‘Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies’. The children presented a hilarious adventure through the medieval mayhem of Merry England and impressed everyone with their singing, acting, dancing and technical expertise. The Year 6 teachers were incredibly proud of each and every one of you. We definitely have some actors and actresses in the making!

Sunday 2nd July 2023

Congratulations to the Year 6 children for successfully running their own mini enterprise stalls at the summer fete on Sunday. The weather remained dry and the preparation paid off as each team worked together to ensure their stall was a success - which they all definitely were! 

Friday 30th June 2023

Walnut class welcomed the opportunity to sprint, stack, jump and dribble their way through our annual sports day event - all whilst cheering their peers along! 

Thursday 25th May 2023

On the last day of half term, Year 6 headed up to Manor House and took part in a Dynamo Cricket tournament. Every member of Year 6 should be extremely proud of themselves for their teamwork, positivity and patience! TEAM TANNERS! 

Friday 19th May 2023

We are on our way!

Friday 19th May 2023

We can’t believe the week has come to an end!
We are all packed and ready to return to Tanners - but not before one last climb, swing and paddle! What a fabulous end to a fantastic week! Miss Reynolds and Mrs Johnson are beyond proud of every single one of us. We can’t wait to tell you all about it!
See you soon!

 

 

Thursday 18th May 2023

It’s DISCO time!!

Thursday 18th May 2023

Our final full day of PGL carnage has officially started. Big Ben / Dory (our group leader with ALL the nicknames) led us off to our first two activities. Some of us were blindfolded in the woods, others were splashing in the lake and rumour has it, Mr Roonan’s screams from the Giant Swing could be heard back at Tanners! 
Our tummy’s are rumbling so we are headed to lunch soon but excitement and outfit planning has already started for the disco tonight! 

Wednesday 17th May 2023

Day three is well under way - sun cream and Piriton galore! Another day full of adventure, exploring and fun! Some of us have even seen David Beckham’s house (you’ll have to wait to find out how!) 

We are all smiling and loving the experience; we can’t believe we are already half way through the week!

Tuesday 16th May 2023

This afternoon has involved even more fun in the sunshine! After filling ourselves up at lunch and reapplying the sun cream, we headed back out for our afternoon activities. We have all shown determination and resilience through facing our fears and excellent team skills whilst working within a group. We are heading for dinner soon (once our football game is finished and Mr D finally admits defeat) and then it’s time for the PGL quiz night! 

Tuesday 16th May 2023

We have had the BEST morning! We all filled ourselves up on the breakfast buffet before heading down to start our activities. From orienteering and archery tag, to zip line and raft building, our morning has been filled with adventure. We have all represented the school excellently and cheered each other on.

We are very ready for lunch (it’s burgers!) 

Monday 15th May 2023

We have (nearly) completed our first day at PGL and the sun has been shining for us! We have all happily settled into our dorms, sang Happy Birthday to Hannah (thanks for the cakes!) and have played lots of team games. We were all pleasantly surprised with the dinner options this evening and even more so with the large salad bar! We are just off to complete our evening activity with our group leader (Big Ben) - it’s the PGL tournament! 

 

Friday 12th May 2023

Congratulations to our amazing Year 6 children for completing their SATs examinations this week! You all displayed determination and resilience - well done! 

Friday 5th May 2023

We spent this afternoon learning about, understanding and celebrating the historical significance of King Charles III’s Coronation tomorrow.

Friday 24th April 2023

We combined our learning on Mayan symbolism and modern street art to create our own expression and message to tell the world. We used a range of mediums and created some inspiring pieces of artwork!

Friday 31st March 2023

We made it to the Easter break!!
As a treat for working so hard towards our SATs, we had a day of Easter fun today. 

 

Wednesday 29th March 2023

Today, we braved the cold weather and took part in the sponsored egg and spoon run!

Thursday 2nd March 2023

We absolutely loved dressing up for World Book Day 2023! Can you recognise the books our character costumes are from? 

Monday 27th February 2023

This morning was the start of our week long celebration of reading and books. We arrived at school to a fabulous door display promoting our World Book Week class book ‘Journey Back to Freedom’. We were also lucky enough to take part in ‘The Mighty Pen’ reading and writing workshop to inspire our writing for this week.

Thursday 2nd February 2023

Friday 27th January 2023

Congratulations to the Walnut Class time travellers who took us through time this morning to share different areas of their learning so far in Year 6. As we passed through the different centuries, the children spoke eloquently and delivered their lines with confidence. They completed their journey back to 2023 with a beautiful song - and some outstanding dance moves! Well done Walnuts! 

Thursday 19th January 2023

This afternoon we have been putting our sewing skills to the test and practising our running stitch and over stitch. 

Friday 9th December 2022

Walnut absolutely loved the Christmas Fayre today - we played lots of games and won some fantastic prizes! A big thank you to the Friends of Tanners Wood from Walnut Class - you made our week!

 

Wednesday 23rd November 2022

We have been lucky enough to spend today discovering the incredible secrets of Bletchley Park during WW2 - and the rain even managed to hold off! We learnt all about the process of arriving at Bletchley Park and the vitality of their work; the code cracking played a large role in the Allies winning the war. We were able to wander around their new exhibition and watch the interactive video on the D-Day landings. We explored how the enigma machine code was cracked and even had a go at cracking codes ourselves! 

 

Monday 14th - Friday 18th November 2022

Anti-Bullying Week

Walnut Class have been taking part in lots of mature discussions and important activities to celebrate and spread the message of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week: Reach Out!

 

Monday 14th November 2022

During our computing session today, we explored and debated the criteria for a successful web page. We learnt the difference between a web page and a website and the importance of knowing your purpose and audience when designing a web page. We then designed and made (using Google Sites) a web page about WW2 aimed at other Year 6 children. Miss Reynolds was blown away by our technical skills! 

 

Wednesday 9th November 2022

We have been looking at Free Verse Poetry this week. We have experimented with personification, similes, emotive language and imagery to create some fabulous WW2 poems. We are really proud of our work!

Thursday 13th October 2022

Walnut class have been busy completing our art learning inspired by Bruce Onobrakpeya. Have a look at our fantastic pieces of work! 

Friday 7th October 2022

Today, we have been learning all about a Nigerian artist called Bruce Onobrakpeya. We have learnt all about his style and inspirations. Using his work as a stimulus, we have started the process of our class art display. Watch this space for the final product!

Thursday 22nd September 2022

We have been channelling our inner William Morris and created some fabulous wallpaper designs using reflection, rotation and translation. We are hoping to print them with paint and on an app next lesson!

Friday 16th September 2022

Well done to Walnut Class who have settled into Year 6 beautifully; I have already seen some fantastic learning and resilience. Everyone enjoyed our weekly Book Club session this week!

Tuesday 12th July 2022

A huge congratulations to the incredibly talented Walnut and Spruce classes, who wowed their audience during the Y6 play this week. The children presented the hilarious, bizarre and anarchic rock and roll spectacle that is The Rocky Monster Show! Their singing, dancing, acting and technical expertise blew everyone away. The Year 6 teachers were incredibly proud of each and every one of you - well done! We definitely have some actors and actresses in the making! 

Sunday 3rd July 2022

This Sunday, we saw the return of our Summer School Fayre and loved every second! The sun shone throughout the day and we worked hard with our teams to ensure our Mini Enterprise stalls were a success - which they definitely were! 

Friday 1st July 2022

Walnut class welcomed back the return of our annual Sports Day with smiles, cheers and fantastic teamwork! 

Thursday 30th June 2022

 

Friday 17th June 2022

…and we are off! See you soon!

 

Friday 17th June 2022

When it’s 28 degrees and the coach is running over an hour late, the only answer is to put on a film!

Thursday 16th June 2022

We have showered and eaten after the beach and are all dressed up and ready to spend our final evening at the disco! 

Thursday 16th June 2022

Let’s go to the beach!

Thursday 16th June 2022

Our final full day of Kingswood carnage has officially started. Our morning activities ranged from creating ‘Dino Gucci’ during bottle rockets to cheering on Mr D shaking at the top of leap of faith. Some of us played some games on the field in the sunshine and others battled Miss Reynolds at aero ball. Our tummy’s are rumbling so we are headed to lunch now but are all very excited for the beach and the disco later today. Rumour has it - there’s an ice cream man at the beach! 

 

Wednesday 15th June 2022

Another day full of sunshine, fun and activities. Have a look at what we have been up to! 

Wednesday 15th June 2022

Day 3 is well under way - sun cream and Piriton galore! We all had a fantastic nights sleep and really impressed Miss Reynolds and Mrs Johnson during the room inspection this morning. Our first activities have started; some of us are fire lighting and shelter building and the rest of us are problem solving. We are all smiling and loving every second! 

 

Tuesday 14th June 2022

What a busy busy day we have had today! We started off with a tuneful wake up call from all the teachers (although most of us were awake bright and early) and headed across for a fried breakfast - we even had hash browns! The sun has shined all day and we have been busy taking part in orienteering, obstacle course, aero ball, abseiling and leap of faith - just to name a few. Some of the activity leaders have praised our school on outstanding team work and for cheering each other on. After dinner, we spent our evening taking part in activities with the view of the sea and sunset. Think we will all be very ready for our beds once back at the dorms tonight!

 

Tuesday 14th June 2022

Day 2 is going very well so far. The sun is out and we are ready for lunch!

 
Monday 13th June 2022

Day 1 has been a success! We have represented our school beautifully and have already been complimented on our team work, politeness and enthusiasm. 
Our first job once in our dorms was to make our beds (with a lot of adult help needed!) and then we started our first activity. This ranged from zip line and abseiling to night line and archery. After this, we all sat down and had dinner - we were all thrilled to see chips and onion rings! This evening we went on a beach walk and saw the sunset. We have just got back to our dorms for the evening. 

 

Monday 13th June 2022

KINGSWOOD 2022

We have officially reached half way and have enjoyed our lunch outside in the sunshine. Only 90 mins left of the journey…‘Are we there yet?’ questions have begun.

Wednesday 25th May 2022

Today Walnut absolutely loved celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

 

Tuesday 24th May 2022

Monday 23rd May 2022

Check out our Platinum Jubilee free verse poems for Queen Elizabeth II. Miss Reynolds was really impressed! 

Tuesday 17th May 2022

Year 6 had the opportunity to spend the day at a cricket tournament today. Every team played fantastically and we came second! 

Monday 16th May 2022

Thursday 12th May 2022

Year 6 celebrated completing their SATS today with a popcorn filled movie afternoon. A huge well done from Miss Reynolds and Mrs Johnson - we are incredibly proud of you all!

Friday 22nd April 2022

Walnut class enjoyed their first book club after the Easter break! 

 

Wednesday 30th March 2022

Here are some photographs from our sponsored bunny hop today: 

Friday 25th March 2022

Well done to the Walnut class time travellers who took us through time this morning to share different areas of their learning so far in Year 6. As we passed through the different centuries, the children spoke eloquently and delivered their lines with confidence. They completed their journey back to 2022 with a beautiful song. Well done Walnuts! 

 

Friday 11th March 2022

DT CED

Today, Walnut spent the entire day doing DT!

We started our morning by interviewing a real life engineer called Ben who works for Dyson. He explained all about engineering, described examples of some of his pieces of work and answered lots of our questions. 

We were then set the task to think about what we would do if we were engineers. We each designed our own inventions to solve a problem within society and wrote letters to pledge our ideas to the Primary Engineers. 

This afternoon, we were set some problem solving challenges. We had to make a stable tower using just spaghetti and marshmallows - the temptation to nibble on them was a lot for some of us!

 

Thursday 10th March 2022

Walnut class were extremely lucky today to have a visit from the Ethnic and Diversity Group at Longdean Secondary School. We took part in two workshops: one about pre-slavery Africa and one about The Civil Rights Movement. We asked lots of questions and took part in some fantastic activities! 

 

Wednesday 9th March 2022

 

Thursday 3rd March 2022

Today was WORLD BOOK DAY 2022!

We spent today celebrating all things books! The Walnut children absolutely loved dressing up as some of their favourite book characters and completing activities inspired by best-selling author and journalist Sarah Oliver. We discussed the benefits of reading regularly and celebrated some of our favourite stories. 

 

Friday 11th February 2022

As part of Internet Safety Day 2022, we looked closely at how to remain safe and responsible when online. Our main focus was 'how we show respect online'. Through class discussions, we investigated different scenarios and came to a decision on whether each example was showing respect to people online, or not. We then each designed a poster to promote how to show respect to others when online and what to do if people are not showing respect. 

 

Thursday 3rd February 2022

As part of our science learning on evolution and inheritance, today we made Reebop babies! Looking at the pairs of chromosomes from the Mother Reebop and the Father Reebop, we randomly chose half of the Mother’s chromosomes and half of the Father’s chromosomes to create the characteristic DNA of a baby Reebop!

Wednesday 19th January 2022

As part of our RE learning this half term, we are looking at the use of expressive and visual art within religion. This week, we looked specifically at Buddhism and their beliefs around meditation. We even had a go at meditating ourselves!

 

Tuesday 18th January 2022

In Walnut class, we have started the new year with some excellent maths learning! We have been investigating angles this week and have even experimented with using protractors to measure them ourselves! Did you know all three angles in a triangle add up to 180 degrees?

 

Wednesday 15th December 2021

Today in Year 6, we have been learning about Christingles and how Christians believe that kindness is important to allow us to spread hope. The orange represents the world (which is lonely on its own), the red tape represents the blood of Jesus and his love for everyone and the sweets and fruit represent all the good things that God gives to us throughout the four seasons. When the candle is lit, it represents Jesus being the ‘light of the world’. We all lit our candles outside and thought about our hopes for the future.

Friday 10th December 2021

Walnut class had a fabulous time at the Christmas Fayre this afternoon! Thank you to everyone who organised the event - we loved it! We especially enjoyed spinning for sweets and chocolate! Merry Christmas to all the Tanners Wood community!

 

Monday 29th November 2021

We have been lucky enough to spend today discovering the incredible secrets of Bletchley Park during WW2. We learnt all about the process of arriving at Bletchley Park as a worker and discovered the vitality of the jobs that were carried out there; the work at Bletchley Park played a huge role in helping the Allies win the war! We explored how the enigma machine code was cracked and even had an attempt at code cracking ourselves! 

 

Friday 26th November 2021

Walnut Class were all very excited for Book Club this morning!

Anti-Bullying Week (15th-19th November 2021)

The theme of Anti-Bullying week this year was ‘One Kind Word’. Each day we had a discussion and activity focussed on an important key word: tolerance, inclusion, diversity and difference. We then spent Friday afternoon summarising the main lessons of the week and created some fantastic ‘kind’ pieces of work.

 

Thursday 18th November 2021

As part of our science topic on microorganisms, we have been learning about how we haven’t always known about the link between microorganisms and diseases. We researched about different scientists and their discoveries, focussing on how their evidence has changed what we know today - even linking to COVID 19! We worked in groups and created role-plays of the discoveries! 

Friday 12th November 2021

As part of our new Guided Reading cycle, we have started Book Club every Friday morning in Walnut Class! We get ourselves comfortable, relax and read any book of our choice. We love Book Club as it gives us time “to get all relaxed and lost in a book!” We then all answer a question and add it to our display board! 

 

Thursday 11th November 2021

This morning, we have been lucky enough to take part in a Game On session! We had so much fun practising our ball skills, hand-eye coordination and team work.

 

Friday 5th November 2021

This week in English, we have been reading and analysing WW2 free verse poetry. We read a range of existing poems and outlined how the poets have used imagery and emotive language to leave an effect on the reader. We used a range of sources to inspire our use of vocabulary and literacy devices. Finally, we published our fantastic poems on WW2 images - Miss Reynolds was so impressed, she has put lots of our poems up on display! 

 

Thursday 21st October 2021

Today we have had a fun, exciting and inspiring day of art! We have perfected our skill of bubble writing, learnt how to draw using perspective and even attended two live sessions with cartoon and comic book artist James Parsons. We have loved every second! 

 

Friday 15th October 2021

Thank you for all your kind and generous Harvest donations for the Watford Foodbank!

 

Friday 15th October 2021

Who knew Walnuts were so musical??!?

Today in Walnut class, we have been putting our glockenspiel skills to the test and have learnt to play the basic notes to our class song this half term - ‘Happy’! We were really impressed with our timing as a class together. 

 

Friday 8th October 2021

This Sunday is World Mental Health Day 2021. Walnut Class spent this morning discussing what ‘mental health’ means to us and sharing the strategies we use to try and maintain a positive mindset. We worked together to identify how we can reshape our thoughts in situations we may find difficult and compared negative and positive coping methods.