New Writing Resource-Pie Corbett!!

I have found a BRILLANT resource that I simply had to share with you!

Pie Corbett has released Talk for Writing home learning packs for each year group and they are just fantastic.

This pack provide about two weeks worth of work which can be printed off if you can, or just use from the screen with a note book if not. The packs I will attach below are specifically for Year 6 and will hopefully support the children in moving them forward in their writing. They are so engaging and really capture the imagination!

I am putting these up as an additional resource as I know we are continuing with our Romeo & Juliet unit in English, so the children can dip into this pack whenever they like. I can already think of many children from the class that will just love these activities and I know some amazing pieces of writing will be produced!

Pie has not only produced a Year 6 pack but also a Year 6 Greater Depth pack for all those writers that really want to extend their learning and challenge themselves! I will attach both packs below:

Talk for Writing Year 6 Pack

Talk for Writing Year 6 Greater Depth Pack

Please let me know if any of your children make a start on these, and what they think of them-I always enjoy getting feedback on how useful/enjoyable the children find the activities.

I hope you are all well. We are all missing the class so much!

Keep up the hard work and please keep smiling!!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray x

Week 4 Home Learning

Good Morning All, I hope you are all well and are staying safe!

Let me start off by saying how incredibly proud I am of my class for the effort you are putting into your home learning! I have been so pleased to see so many of you completing tasks set, both online and written, and sending me pictures of your work too. I am also so pleased with your mock SATs results so far….for all those whose results I have been sent, I have seen huge improvements and progress, so well done! (If you have not yet emailed me any results, please send me the scores when your child has completed a paper- year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk)

Here’s this week’s learning….

Expected work:

• Bedrock at least 2 times

• IXL at least 3 times

• Sumdog-I have set new spellings, times table, maths focus and grammar focus

• Maths Paper 2- Reasoning (Click here for mark scheme)

• Regular home reading

• English- Click here for lesson 2 on Romeo & Juliet. Thank you to all those who managed to complete the ‘S’ plan from lesson 1 and for those who sent me pictures of them too-I was very impressed!

Additional resources:

• Learning Project- Week 4

• I have set Maths, English & Science work on Education City- https://www.educationcity.com/

• TT Rockstars- https://ttrockstars.com/

• Espresso Learning- https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/what-we-offer/discovery-education-espresso

• Oddizzi (Geography)-https://www.oddizzi.com/schools/login/ We were looking at the UK in Geography, so go on to ‘Country Close Up’ (under the EXPLORE THE WORLD section), and click on UK. There are lots of different aspects of the UK that you can explore from here.

If you have any questions about any work set or any general questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

Thank you for all your support and positivity during these difficult times-I really appreciate it!

Miss Slater

He is Risen! (Week 3-Home Learning)

Good Morning and Happy Easter!

I hope you have all managed to have a lovely Easter break-we have been very lucky with the weather! I also hope that you managed to watch some of the services Fr Jim has been putting on the church website over Holy Week-in these times of isolation, it is comforting to know we can still unite in spirit through worship.

I would like to thank you all once again for working so hard from home and I hope you have enjoyed the well-earned break. I would also like to remind you that I will set work each week that I expect to be completed, as well as additonal/optional work, should you wish to do more. I have been monitoring online activity and I have noticed that not all of the class are accessing Bedrock and SumDog-please contact me (year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk) if this is because you are having issues/problems with these, otherwise I do expect them to be completed from home. Can I also ask you to email me with Arithmetic and GPS scores, if you have not already-I set these as expected work in week 2.

Below, I will once again outline this week’s expected work, and additional resources.

Work I expect to be completed:

• At least 2 Bedrock lesson

• IXL at least 3 times throughout the week

• Regular home reading

• CPG Reading Paper (Click here for Mark Scheme)-please email me your scores

• SumDog home tasks-this week I have set 15 new spellings, Antonyms & Synonyms, Times Tables. I have not set any Maths Focus on SumDog this week, as our focus is ratio (see below)

• Maths-Ratio

  This week, I would like the class to learn and complete activities on ratio. This is a concept we have not looked at in depth yet, therefore I have found a great resource that accompanies each activity with a video, explaining/teaching the concepts of ratio. If you clink on the link below, ‘Week 1’ is all on ratio. I would like all 5 lessons completed throughout the week. There is a video to go with each lesson and then an activity sheet for each lesson-the activity sheet can either be printed and completed, if this is possible, or answers can be written on a separate piece of paper.

  https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-6/

  (This is also another useful link that explains ratio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBrk566LBhc)

• English-Writing

  I am planning on continuing with our Romeo and Juliet Older Literature Unit that we should have been completing in class. You studied this play last year so you should already have a good knowledge of the text. Have a look at the PDF by clicking here. I want you to watch and listen to 3 clips that tell the story of Romeo and Juliet in different ways and then create an S Plan of the story. The S is like a journey of the key events within the play. Please email me pictures of your plan!

Additional/optional resources:

• Learning Project- Week 3

• I have set Maths, English & Science work on Education City- https://www.educationcity.com/

• TT Rockstars- https://ttrockstars.com/

• Espresso Learning- https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/what-we-offer/discovery-education-espresso

• Oddizzi (Geography)-https://www.oddizzi.com/schools/login/ We were looking at the UK in Geography, so go on to ‘Country Close Up’ (under the EXPLORE THE WORLD section), and click on UK. There are lots of different aspects of the UK that you can explore from here.

Thank you your continued support, and please do not hesitate to contact me, via email, if you have any questions or would like any advice on the work set-keep the updates and pictures coming too, they always bring a smile to my face!

Take care and stay safe!

Miss Slater

'We proclaim the resurrection of Christ when his light illuminates the dark moments of our existence, and we are able share it with others.' -Pope Francis

I want to begin by expressing how thankful I am for the support and resilience you have all shown during this difficult period of time. Adjusting to learning from home cannot be an easy thing to do, and yet you have all done this so well. It has been a joy for me to receive feedback and pictures from many of you via email. Being able to see what you have been up to at home is a way to keep us connected, despite the distance between us, so please do keep the pictures and updates coming! I also want to say a huge thank you to all those key workers out there that are doing everything in their power to keep us safe-we will be eternally grateful for what you are doing for us our and country during these unprecedented times.

Holy Week begins this Sunday with what would normally be our Palm Sunday service in Church. As this also marks the beginning of our Easter Holidays, I will not be setting a Home Learning Project this week but the sites can still be accessed if you wish. Instead, I have attached a pack of Easter home learning resources and some other activities for you to have a go at during the break. Please do not feel that you have to complete the whole pack, pick and choose what you would like.

Easter home learning pack Why do Christians explore Easter? Explore Easter through fun and creative activities. Please send photos of your creations so we can share them here!

Easter Story writing Write up the Easter story and send me a copy to read.

Easter chocolate mystery maths game You are the detective and you have to solve the clues to to eliminate all-but-one of the suspects.

Easter code breaker Find the punch line to the Easter joke.

Easter mosaics Solve the maths problems to reveal the hidden picture. 

Easter coordinates Write the coordinates of the Easter eggs. 

As mentioned before, please do not feel you have to do all of the above. Even picking a couple of activities from the Easter Home Learning Pack would be great. Next week is also a time to reflect and spend quality time with your families-so enjoy each other’s company and keep Christ in your hearts as the week takes us on a journey towards His death and resurrection.

Please note that I will not be accessing my emails next week, during Holy Week. I am sure you will respect that it is also a time for us teacher to take a break. I will be accessing my emails again from Tuesday 14th April.

I wish you all a Happy and Holy Easter-stay safe, stay at home and stay smiling!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray xx

Week 2 - Additional Resources

Here are just a few more resources you can access from home should you wish to….

Father Jim has added some lovely resources for the children on the CHILDREN’S PAGE of the Church website. Year 6 can access this through the following link:

 https://www.olablackpool.org/children-s-page 

Please take a look at the lovely video that Father has made for the children, giving them the opportunity to ‘Ask Father Jim’ questions just like they would normally do in school. There are great resources to keep the children linked with Fr Jim and our Church family.

Year 6 have now been signed up to Oddizzi which is a geography website accessed at: https://www.oddizzi.com/schools/login/ 

Our username is OLAYear6 and I’ll send the password by text.

It has lots of great resources and many articles to read and answer questions on. I have uploaded the children’s names to the site, so any quizzes they take will be recorded in their name. This half term we had been looking at human and physical Geography, so that will be a great starting point to explore.

For reading, you can access e-books at https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+9-11&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#

Also, if you download the kindle app onto a tablet, or have a kindle, you can download some free children’s books to read. See amazon for more details. In addition, if you go to https://stories.audible.com/discovery you can find a range of stories to listen to including the first Harry Potter book.

Another website to look at for those Harry Potter fans among us, is the newly launched “Harry Potter at Home” hub where you can find articles, puzzles and videos https://www.wizardingworld.com/collections/harry-potter-at-home

Enjoy!

Miss Slater

CGP SATs Practice Paper Mark Schemes

Below I have scanned in the mark schemes for the SATs papers that were sent home in Year 6’s home learning packs. This way, the papers can be marked at home, and any results can be emailed to me.

This week, I have asked for the children to complete the Arithmetic and GPS paper (in timed, test conditions). These are the mark schemes:

Arithmetic Paper 1 Mark Scheme

GPS Mark Scheme

Other Mark Schemes:

Reasoning Paper 2 Mark Scheme

Reasoning Paper 3 Mark Scheme

Reading Paper Mark Scheme

Please let me know if you have any problems marking the papers, or would just like a second opinion-I’m more than happy to help. Just email me pictures of any questions to year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk, and I will double check them for you.

Once again, I please ask that you email me the results from the GPS and Arithmetic papers that I set for home learning this week. Thank you to all those who have already emailed me with results!

I appreciate all your support during this extraordinary time. I hope you are all well and are staying safe by staying at home!

Miss Slater

Week 2 Home Learning

Good Morning! I hope you have had a good week, and are remaining positive!

‘The best view comes after the hardest climb.’

This week, I have set new work on Sumdog and have extended the deadline for completion to the Sunday (5th) rather than the Friday.

I hope you all managed to get through some of the Learning Project from week 1. Below I have attached this week’s Learning Project:

Learning Project Week 2

Just to give some clearer guidance, below I am going to outline what work I expect to be completed throughout the week, and what work/resources are there in addition to this and to support the home learning process.

Work expected to be completed for W/B 30.03.20:

• Regular home reading

• Spellings, times tables and Maths and English focus set on Sumdog

• At least 2 Bedrock lessons

• IXL Maths and English practice at least 3 times a week

• CPG Arithmetic and GPS SAT’s practice papers that were sent home in your packs. When you have completed these, in timed, test conditions, I would really appreciate it if you could send your marks to the year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk email address. If you have already completed these, please email me your marks when you can :-)

Additional work/resources:

• TT Rockstars

• Espresso Learning

• Education City

• Week 2 Learning Project

• Home Learning work pack send home in folder

Thank you so much for your continued support during these unprecedented times.

Stay safe and keep smiling!

Miss Slater

Week 1 Home Learning.

Good Morning, I hope you are all well!

Every Monday I will update the Year 6 News Page with the tasks set for the week.  These will be on Sumdog and will be due in on the Friday of that week.  However, currently Education city is undergoing maintenance, therefore I have been unable to set work for this week.

In addition to this, below is an attachment to the year 6 weekly learning project. There are lots of learning ideas across the curriculum, for the children to have a go at. I will upload a new learning project each week.

Learning Project Week 1

Aside from this, please continue reading at home and completing the home learning packs that came home last week. The recommendation is that children should be doing school work for two hours a day.

We have also set up year group e-mail addresses so that you can contact us with any questions. The year 6 email address is:

year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk

Please note I will only check and respond to e-mails weekly and during school hours.

I hope you all have a good week, and are staying safe. I will be keeping you all in my thoughts and prayers during this uncertain, difficult time. You will all be dearly missed over these coming weeks.

Miss Slater

Home learning

In light of the current situation regarding school closure, we have sent home learning packs to support home study. Below is a list of additional useful resources/websites to further enhance their learning. Our blogs will be updated in due course with additional information and support. Under the difficult circumstances of this week’s announcements, we have been very proud of how the children have shown resilience and maturity.

Thank you for your continued support,

KS2 team

Home learning activities

Read

Read as much as you can at home-there’s nothing better than getting engrossed in a good book!

Write

In your home pack you have been given a yellow notebook. The children could keep a diary of the things they do at home or encourage them to write short stories.

Websites we already use and your child has a login for:

Bedrock 

Bedrock can be accessed and a lesson completed every 48 hours. The username and password has been sent home with your child again.

https://app.bedrocklearning.org/

Discovery Education : Espresso 

We have a whole school subscription for Espresso which is part of Discovery Education. There are loads of resources and games that you can access that link to the National Curriculum.

https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/login/eha/?service=espresso

Username password has been sent home in the pack.

Sumdog 

https://www.sumdog.com

Free access has been granted for all resources on Sumdog during school closures. User name and password has been sent home in the pack.

IXL

https://uk.ixl.com/signin

Year 6 can continue to access IXL from home, covering key areas of their Maths and English (GPS). Usernames and passwords have been sent home in the pack.

Other websites that are offering home learning resources are:

 Education City

Children will be coming home today with usernames and passwords for Education City. This is a new website for the children with access to English, Maths, Science and Computing resources.

https://www.educationcity.com

Classroom secrets home learning:

The pack we have sent home, comes from this website but they have many more resources on offer for children to use:

https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/

Twinkl  

Twinkl is also a resource that we use in school and has many resources that can be used at home. 

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search?term=school+closure

Oxford Owl

Maths and English resources

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/school-closure-resources/?region=uk

Third Space

Please see letter regarding access to Third Space maths.

Physical Exercise Links

Young Champions has been created by sports coaches, movement specialists and sports scientists to provide young children with home practice sessions to develop fitness, motor and sports skills. It will help children of all ages and abilities to play sport to the best of their ability and keep them active and healthy. Parents can sign up here:

https://www.amaven.co.uk/young-champions

An alternative one is The Body coach TV 9am Monday to Friday with Joe Wickes.

World Book Day!

Just to start by saying a huge thank-you to all for the massive effort you put into World Book Day. Your costumes looked amazing! I love it when this time of year comes around as it it a great chance to talk about the books that we love and would recommend….not something we do often enough!

This year, Year 6 partnered up with their Year 1 buddies, to ‘Share a Story’ (this was the theme this year!). Mrs Hollinghurst and I were almost in tears by how beautiful this was. Watching the older children engaging with the younger ones; reading the Year 1’ s their favourite stories and discussing their own favourite books, was so heart-warming. There are some pictures on the Year 1 ‘News page’, and here are the other half….

We also had the privilege of working with Dan Worsely again! We will be writing our own version of Dan’s story using the plans we made in the lesson. Hopefully, some of us will be sharing these stories with Dan next time he comes in.

AWARD WINNERS:

The Golden Award went to Amelia for her sheer determination and perseverance this week!

The Writing Award went to Scarlett for also for her determination, and growth mindset!

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

“Lent is the right time to make room for the Word of God. It is the time to turn off the television and open the Bible."-Pope Francis

This week was very special as, on Wednesday, it marked the beginning of Lent. We all went over to Mass and received ashes on our forehead to remind us who/what this important time of the year is about, as we lead up to Easter. In class, we have all made our own Lenten promises; however, just like Fr Jim spoke about during his homily, we are not going around telling everybody our promise. This is a personal thing for each of us to try to fulfill on our Lenten journey.

This week…..

In Maths, we have had a big focus on Arithmetic. We have been answering lots of questions and exploring the different methods we can use to work each question out. It has been great to see the children sharing their methods with each as well!

In English, we have been doing our Classic Fiction ‘big write’. I am SO impressed with the standard of the writing the class are producing! Some of us need to be more consistent with punctuation and spelling; however, all of the class have been trying their very hardest!

In Science, we are researching Charles Darwin, in preparation to write a mini-biography on him.

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Jimmy, as he is such a caring and considerate member of the class.

This week’s Writing Award went to Bethany for her great choice of language in her Classic Fiction write.

Enjoy your weekend!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

Half way there!

Well, we are now officially half way through our year 6 journey. We have got a lot of preparation when we come back after half term, as there is a lot coming up. It is so important that we continue to put all our focus in to our learning and try our hardest-I cannot ask for any more than this! (EFFORT=SUCCESS)

This week we have been looking at shapes and angles in Maths. We have completed a guided write in English, ready to do our independent write when we come back. In Science we have been exploring evidence for evolution, in Geography we have been looking at the landscape around us and how it affects the way we live and in computing we finally presented our Bletchley Park PowerPoints to the rest of the class-they were amazing!

It was also Safer Internet Day this week, with a focus on ‘Online Identity’. We talked about how it is important to ‘feel free to be me’ when we are online, however there is a limit to ‘freedom of expression’ if this involves unkind or hurtful actions/comments online, that could cause upset to others. We also looked at our own online identity, ensuring that we are responsible when we are online, and what to do if others are not.

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Layla for her amazing attitude towards her learning.

The Writing Award went to Ellie for her effective use of metaphor in her descriptive work.

I hope you all have a lovely week off!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

Nearly half way through year 6.....

Well, where has the time gone?! Can you believe that next week we will be half way through the school year? We have had a great year so far, and I am looking forward to what the other half will bring (a lot of challenges, that is for sure!).

This week…

In Maths, we have been interpreting and drawing pie charts. This sounds a lot easier that it is, as when drawing pie charts we have to work out percentages, fractions and precise angles!

In English, we completed our formal letters and now we are gathering content, ready for our guided write next week. We will be using the story of The Wizard of Oz but changing key details, to make it our own. We have already create a classic fiction opening toolkit and an introduction to new characters toolkit, which will help us to do this.

In Science, we have continued looking at animal adaptations, and contemplating the question ‘How could animal/plant adaptations lead to the evolution of a species?’

In computing, we have been making power point presentations on Bletchley Park. These are nearly ready for us to present in out next lesson.

In Our Sports4Champions lesson, we tried out many sports-some for the first time ever! These included archery, boccia, curling and volleyball.

AWARD WINNERS

This week’s Golden Award went to Matthew for being such an eager and enthusiastic learner.

The Writing Award went to Jimmy for his great choice of vocabulary. Jimmy’s written work is also ALWAYS presented beautifully.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans

It's been a fruity week!

In our Sports4Champions this week, we have been sampling different fruits. These included strawberries, mango, grapes, pineapple, kiwi and melon. For some of us this was the first time we had tried them…we rated each fruit, in terms of taste, and thought of a word to describe each one. Hopefully this activity will help towards us achieving our 5-a-day, having discovered a new or (renewed)love for a variety of fruits.

In Maths, we have been finding the mean (average) and range from a set of data. We also started to read and interpret line graphs.

In English, we have been writing letters to the Wizard of Oz, in role of Scarecrow, requesting a brain. We had to ensure our letters were written in a formal manner.

In Science, we have been focusing on how animals adapted to different environments and how this, over a long period of time, can lead to the evolution of a species.

In Geography, we have continued to looked at human and physical features across the UK.

In Art, we have continued with our pencils sketches of characters from The Wizard of Oz.

We have not had Golden Assembly this week, therefore I will add the Award Winners to the blog on Monday.

REMINDER: Mrs McVey has requested that anyone that would like to submit a design for the front cover of the Taming of the Shrew programme, which will be given out at the Grand Theatre, hands their entry in by Monday. This design must be portrait A4 and it must not have any text on at all, just pictures. The winning design will be printed on the programme.

I Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray.

This Week's Learning....

I have been so proud of the whole of the class this week. They have shown great resilience and determination, and I can assure you, the hard-work IS paying off!

In Maths, we have been converting between miles and kilometres. As miles are not metric measurements, this has proved to be a little trickier than the conversions we were doing last week. We used the fact 5 miles=8 kilometres, to explore what other facts we know, e.g 10 miles must be equal to 16km. This then halp us to solve problems that involved converting between the two. We will revisit this in out Morning Maths!

In English, we have all become budding poets! I have been blown away by the poems, written in free verse, that the class have produced all about the cyclone from the opening of The Wizard of Oz. They have all used figurative language, and carefully selected vocabulary to produce stunning pieces of written work! When fully completed, we will put these on display to be shared with everyone in school.

In Science, we have been looking at Inheritance and Variation. We have compared inherited characteristics with acquired characteristic, and then explored what biological features we have inherited from our parents-it’s surprising how many children don’t know their parents’ eye colour!!!

In our Sport4Champions lesson this week, we got to hold the ACTUAL Olympic silver Medal that Shelly Woods won in the 2012 London Olympics!! Not only have we had the privilege of meeting the star athlete, we got to touch a real Olympic medal-how lucky are we?! We also plated a variety of team sports in our lesson. Don’t forget to keep up with your daily physical activities and eating as many fruit and veg a day as possible-it’s all being recorded in their Sports4Champions booklets, with the opportunity to win some great prizes!

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Olivia for her sheer determination and resilience!

This week’s Writing Award was a tricky one to pick, as I loved so many of the poems. However, I did choose Luke, as he has chosen such powerful language to really paint the image of the cyclone in the Reader’s head!

Have a great weekend all!

Miss Slater, Mirs Murray & Miss Evans

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence." - Albert Einstein

As one of our virtues this half term is to be curious,  we have been trying our best to put this into action! We have discussed the importance of asking questions, as being inquisitive helps us to learn even more. In all areas of our learning this week, I have been encouraging the children to be active in their own learning by asking questions, particularly if they’re not sure about something or if they just want to dig a little deeper. Just accepting what someone says as truth, even when we don’t understand it ourselves, hinders us from gaining a more in-depth understanding of a concept. So please, year 6, ask away!!

Now let’s take a look at the amazing learning that has been taking place this week….

In Maths we have been converting measurements, with a particular focus on grams and kilograms. We looked at the reason we multiply or divide by 1000 to covert between the two….because there are 1000g in 1kg. We then made links with converting other measurements….we multiply cm by 10 to get mm because there are 10mm in 1cm, for example.

In English, we have been focusing on chapter 1 of The Wizard of Oz. We have watched a film clip of the cyclone and answered questions on camera angles and we highlighted any words/phrases/sentences to describe the cyclone, from our Descriptosaurus (this is an amzing book!). We then re-read the chapter to magpie any more descriptive words/phrases about the cyclone. This will help us next week when we write a descriptive piece of writing!

In Geography, we were looking at a map of the UK. At the beginning of the lesson, we had a go at labeling where we thought the boundaries, countries and capital cities were, and any other towns/cities we may know. Following this, we got our atlases out, and used this to label another map of the UK. We compared our two maps to see where we were right and where our misconceptions were…

In Computing, we have been looking at what makes a website secure. This linked in with keeping our private information, private, and what we should do if we are unsure about a website we are on. We looked at signs that tell us a website is secure as well as where to find the ‘privacy policy’ on a website, so we can read up on exactly what that website does with our personal information…

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Riley W for his consistent hard work this week!

This week’s Writing Award went to Kacey-Reece for the high quality of his written work this week!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans

Hitting the ground running.....

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year…I hope 2020 is just as good, if not better, than last year!!

This week Year 6 have truly shown me that 2020 is going to be a good year, as they have come back eager to learn and determined to succeed! This half term, we are aiming to be more curious and active, which reflects two of the virtues from our Jesuit tree. It is so important to be inquisitive and ask questions in order to learn more and reflect deeply on these ideas. We will also be taking active approaches academically, socially and emotionally, ensuring we do all we can to help ourselves and those around us.

Let’s take a look at what we’ve been up to this week…..

In Maths we have been multiplying and dividing fractions by a whole number (integer). We have also been doing a lot of reasoning questions together, focusing on HOW we can solve the problems-what do we know and what do we need to find out?

In English, we have started our new unit on Classic Fiction. We started off by having an open debate about what we would say classic fiction is. Is it just literature that has stood the test of time, and has been passed on from generation to generation, or could we consider modern literature to be classic too?? I think we were all in agreeance that older and modern novels can BOTH be classic!

In Science, we have observed changes over time and reported on our findings. We left three slices of bread in three different conditions over the Christmas break to observe mould growth. We could clearly see that some slices had grown much more mould than others…but why?? Ask us, we know!!

In Geography, we will be looking at the UK and investigating who we are as a nation. We will be looking at what life is like currently, linking in with current affairs, as well as comparing ourselves with other countries. We will be looking at maps, human and physical features and much more.

In RE, we were reflecting on what gifts we could offer baby Jesus, just like the Three Wise Men offered up gifts on the feast of The Epiphany.

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Kyle for his growth mindset. Even in the face of a challenge, Kyle always gives it all!

This week’s Writing Award went to Cameron for his great exploration of vocabulary.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

Have a happy and holy Christmas!!

Well, I cannot believe we have reached Christmas time already! They do say time flies when you’re having fun…

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all of year 6 for their hard work and efforts thus far. I am incredibly proud to see how far they have all come since September, and I am exited for what the new year will bring! This term has not been without its challenges, but these have proved to make us even more resilient and determined to succeed.

Next year, we have a LOT coming up, and is more important than ever that we are all prepared to continue to put in the hard work to achieve our goals…EFFORT = SUCCESS!!

I would also like to say a huge thank you to all parents/guardians for your continued support! I really appreciate all that you do to help your child on their learning journey, particularly as this journey is nearing its end!

CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK

Although I have not set any book homework, I have sent each child home with a Classic Fiction Film Bingo Card. As our next English unit is Classic fiction, I thought it would be a fun way to get them to watch as many as they can during the festive period….what makes a ‘Classic’ a classic??

Can I please ask that all of year 6 continue to read as regularly as possible at home as well!

AWARD WINNERS

This week’s Golden Award went to Fayth for her exemplary behaviour and attitude towards school life!

The Writing Award went to Layla for her brilliant independent Biography.

The Maths Award went to Jimmy to acknowledge how well he has been doing with his maths this term!

I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!! Enjoy the festive period!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

'Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down.' -Pope Francis

As Christmas draws near, we have been thinking of how we can prepare for the arrival of Christ. Advent is also a time to be hopeful, faithful, joyful and peaceful. We have all made our Advent promises, which we will make a special effort to fulfill, whether that is being more forgiving, helping those in need or being more faith filled, for example.

We have also been preparing ourselves in other ways this week….

In Maths, we have been preparing ourselves for percentages by looking in more depth as fractions. We will be delving into percentages next week and making connections between the two.

In English, we are preparing ourselves for our biography independent write. This week we have been working together to model what a really good biography looks like, through our guided writes, and they have been having a go at magpie-ing ideas to create their own paragraphs.

In Science, we have been using classification keys to group animals, using questions that will separate our chosen animals into groups. This is in preparation for next week when we will be exploring and classifying broader groups of animals, including microorganisms.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will also be preparing ourselves for the KS2 Carol Service. The Carol Service will be held at Our Lady’s Church, 18th December @ 2.30pm.

HOME READING!!

It has come to my attention that I have (too) many children that are not reading regularly at home-some have not read in months! I cannot stress how important it is for the children to keep up with regular reading. This lack of reading at home is resulting in some children not taking many quizzes, which makes it hard for me to see their progress and/or areas for development. This is my plea for parents/guardians at home to encourage or remind your child that reading at home is SO important and must be done on a regular basis. Hopefully, we can work together to boost the confidence of the readers in this class, and increase the number of quizzes being taken and the number of reading bookmarks being completed. Thank you for your support in this matter.

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Bethany. Bethany is an absolute superstar who ALWAYS shines her light!

This week’s Writing Award went to Joshua for his language choice. Joshua carefully magpied vocab that he really liked from our guided writes but also added in his own choice of vocabulary, that made his writing even better!

Thank you once again for all of your continued support!

Miss Slater, Miss Evans & Mrs Murray

A visit from Dan Worsley!!

Let’s see what we’ve been up to this week, now that we’ve recovered from the action-packed week at Water Park….

We have been so lucky this week, as Dan Worsley (!!) has been in our class, delivering an amazing writing workshop. We have already done some planning, ready to re-write the introduction to one of Dan’s ‘Impossible Tales’. We have been ‘magpie-ing’ some great vocabulary and phrases from the original text, and adding our own ideas to the original too…

As well as doing amazing work with fractions, in Maths, and retrieving and inferring information from our biographies, in English, we have created some fantastic pieces of WW2 related art work. The pictures speak for themselves….

This week’s GOLDEN AWARD winner was Freya. I gave Freya the award this week as she is always so focused, ready to learn, and puts all her efforts into the work she produces!

ADVENT

When we return to school on Monday, it will mark the beginning of Advent. Advent is a really important period of the liturgical year, as we are preparing ourselves for the birth of Christ. Be thinking over the weekend what your Advent Promise will be this year-how can you show that you are preparing for the birth of Jesus, our Saviour?!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Miss Slater, Mrs Murray & Miss Evans