Year 6 – Writing
Our writing stimulus for the summer term was On the Origin of Species. The text introduced Charles Darwin, a famous scientist and naturalist who travelled to many places, including the Galápagos Islands, studying plants, animals, fossils and geology. Through his observations, Darwin noticed that living things change over time and adapt to their environments. These discoveries led him to develop the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Throughout the term, we completed two pieces of writing. The first was a discovery narrative, which allowed the children to describe Darwin’s exciting journey and scientific discoveries alongside his assistant. The second was an explanation text, where the children used their creativity to invent, classify and describe their own newly discovered species.
In both pieces, the children worked hard to incorporate Year 6 writing features, demonstrating their ability to use ambitious vocabulary, varied sentence structures and a high standard of punctuation.


