Class 6 Blog

• 11

  Dec

  DT

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  Today Year 6 did a fantastic job of creating light up Christmas cards! First we covered how an electric circuit functions in a series and parallel layout and what symbols we would use to represent these components. The children then designed how they would like their card to look and where they would like the LED to feature in their design. The children then attached the cell and LED in the card in a way that when the card closed the light would switch on. This took quite a lot delicate tinkering and year 6 were so resilient in tackling this. They were also amazing at supporting each other to tackle technical difficulties as they arose!
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  05

  Dec

  English - Informal letters

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  As part of our English this week, year 6 have been writing informal letters from Stanley (a character in our class text 'Holes') to his mum. As part of their editing process, they read their letters to each other and their partners offered advice on how to improve them further. Year 6 showed some great partner skills, oracy skills and editing skills.
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  03

  Dec

  Quidditch Day!

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  The children all had a great time learning the new game of Quidditch today! They learnt lots of new skills and I loved seeing them fly around on their broomsticks!
• 02

  Dec

  PE - Outdoor and adventurous activities

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  As part of our PE this week and alongside our beep test, year 6 have been taking part in some outdoor and adventurous activities where they had to get themselves and a team across the river without touching the water. Working as a team became really important and it was great to see how some teams communicated well with their team mates. They thought carefully about how each member was going to get across and how they were going to bring the stepping stones with them. We are looking forward to building on this next week.
• 27

  Nov

  PSHE - Power

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  This week in PSHE we have been looking at imbalances of power. We thought about scenarios where one person may have power over someone else, such as having more friends, knowing a secret or being in a position of power and how they might use this to their advantage. We talked about what to do if this is a situation that they find themselves in and how to get help.
• 20

  Nov

  PSHE - Celebrating difference

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  In PSHE this term we are looking at celebrating differences, whether that be the food we enjoy or the morals we are developing. Today we took a closer look at the travelling showman community who travel around the country setting up fairgrounds and funfairs. The year 6's tried to think about how the children of this community would feel growing up in this environment and the positive and negative aspects that may arise. They came up with some brilliant inputs and enjoyed discussing this as a class.
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  17

  Nov

  English - oracy setting description

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  Today, year 6 used some great skills to verbally describe the picture they had to help their partner to visualise it. They used some great vocabulary and prepositions to help their partner to do this. They then swapped roles so they all got the chance to take both parts. They all then used what they had learnt to write their own descriptions of Camp Green Lake which is the setting of our class book - Holes.
• 11

  Nov

  PE - Invasion games

  Posted by Miss L Heward

  This week Year 6 played Kabbadi which is an invasion game using the tag belts. They used different strategies to avoid being tagged like changing pace and direction. They worked well as a team and started to think of strategies to catch the opposing team. We then moved on to Drumba and it was great to see so many of the children working really enthusiastically to try and keep in time with the beat.
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  05

  Nov

  Welcome back Year 6!

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  Year 6 have started term 2 with a bang (excuse the pun on bonfire night!). We came straight back to a round of practice SATs papers! I have been so proud of the way the children have tackled these and how they have all tried really hard to apply their learning from last term. Today the children worked in pairs to look at their first maths paper. There are definitely some budding teachers amongst them! Well done year 6.
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  04

  Nov

  PE

  Posted by Mrs N Lawday

  Today, year 6 started a new PE unit with a focus on social skills. They took part in an invasion game called Kabaddi which got quite competitive! They also had a go at doing some counter balances in their pairs - some were pretty impressive.