Another great week!

Here’s what we’ve been up to this week…

In Maths, we have continued with work on addition. We have looked at what questions we can work out mentally and which ones may require a formal written method. We have also been solving some addition problems. I have been really impressed with our ‘Morning Maths’ results too! Each morning, the class have 5 questions to complete and more and more children are getting all 5 correct. Next week, we’re aiming for 100% of the class getting them all correct!

In English, we have been focusing on colons, semi-colons and dashes, in our grammar lesson. Although many have found this a bit tricky to determine which one to use, we are starting to get the hang of them! We have also started to look at planning a story, inspired by the characters and events in the legend Robin Hood. We are looking at a first person narrative from Lady Marian’s point of view, so we can then plan our own story from another character’s point of view.

In Science, we have been taking a closer look at the heart. We know it has a vital role in the circulatory system, and there are many different parts of the heart. We’ve been using terms such as, atrium, ventricle, aorta, pulmonary veins/arteries.

In History, we have been researching The Battle of Britain, and practised taking notes on key information from the research we gathered. We now have a clearer understanding of the Who, What, Where, When and Whys? of The Battle of Britain.

Other information:

Don't forget that next Thursday 26th is European Languages Day. We will be coming dressed in the colours of the Polish flag-red and white!

HOME READING-please can you encourage your child to read regularly at home, and sign their diary to acknowledge this. I know we have some superb readers in this class, who read almost nightly! I would love to see the WHOLE class now reading on a regular basis. At least four times a week is what I would consider regular!

No Golden or Writing Awards this week. We did not have Golden Assembly due to school photographs.

This week’s Maths Award went to Natalie for her positive attitude towards her maths-always ready for a challenge!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend-make the most of the sun while it’s still here!

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans

This week in Year 6...

Another great week in Year 6! It’s been so lovely to see how well everyone has settled in and I can tell they are all prepared for the year ahead.

Let’s have a look at what we’ve been up to….

In Maths, we have been looking at decimal place value and decimal/fraction equivalents. I have been happy to see so many children really challenging themselves and having a go at solving some problems. We have also looked at mental addition. We know how tempting it can be to rely on written methods all the time, be they are not always the most efficient. This week, we have been exploring the styles of addition questions that we can do in our heads.

In English, we have been doing some drama and using language effectively to build a setting. I was so impressed with everyone’s setting descriptions-we have personification, similes, onomatopoeia and expanded noun phrases in there! I was also blown away by the dramatic reconstructions the class did, in small groups. The re-wrote a scene from the original story of Robin Hood, but making it into a parody…their performances had me in stitches! Here are a few pictures of them in action….

In Science, we recapped the digestive system and then had an introductory lesson on the circulatory system. We looked at the basic function of the heart, lungs, arteries, veins and capillaries. Next week, we’ll be looking in more detail at the function on the heart.

In History, we were ordering key events from WW2, on a timeline. We also placed the start and end dates of WW1 so we could see the chronology. Next week, we will begin to look in more detail at one of those key event, The Battle of Britain.

Other information:

I would like to say a huge well done to all those children who delivered their heard girl/boy speeches, on Monday. I was brimming with pride listening to each and every one of them-it is not an easy thing to stand in front of the school and speak about yourself, yet they all did it with such confidence! It has made the task of deciding who will be head and deputy head girl/boy a very tough one indeed. These positions will be shared with the class on Monday. Every child in the class will be given a role of responsibility within the school as well, even if they have not been selected as head boy/girl!

AWARD WINNER’s:

This week I gave the Golden Award to Ella. Ella has made a fantastic start to the year. She oozes enthusiasm and works so hard in all she does-she clearly has high expectations of herself. Keep it up!

I gave the Writing Award to Fayth for her beautiful choice of language when building her forest setting!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans

Welcome to Year 6!

Well what a wonderful first week back this has been!

Every single child in Year 6 has worked their hardest and displayed exemplary behaviour….I am very excited for the year ahead! Year 6 will be filled with challenges, responsibility and opportunity and I can tell that this class are ready for the journey ahead!

I have had the privilege of watching this class grow from year 2 to year 4 and now will continue to watch them mature and blossom as they embark upon their final year in primary school.

I have been so pleased with the learning that has taken place this week, including place value in Maths and synonyms and antonyms in English. I can tell everyone has their ‘growth mindset’ caps on…we’ve been reminding each other about the importance of resilience, perseverance and optimism! This has clearly worked this week as the classroom has been such a positive learning space for all!

Notices:

PE will be on Mondays and Tuesdays this term.

Please check the school calendar for any upcoming events taking place in school. This will include any days they may need to dress up, so it will be very useful to have a heads up!

Thank you to all the class for making this week such an enjoyable one! Please keep up the hard work!

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray and Miss Evans