Class 6 Blog

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  06

  Jun

  Jubilee Week

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  This week in celebration of the Queen's 70th year on the throne, we have been linking some of our learning to this occasion. In our sparky week, we have been creating art inspired by Jackson Pollock's 'dripping' technique, listening and appraising key musicians from the 50s, creating a key events timeline, having our own jubilee celebration and many more!
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  24

  May

  RE

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Year 6 have been looking into Muslim beliefs around food, clothes, marriage and women. They have been collating their ideas into a booklet and looking at more traditional practices.
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  24

  May

  Literacy

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Our class text is based around the untold story of pets during WWII. Year 6 were shocked and appalled by the advice given to pet owners during WWII and have been working hard learning persuasive strategies in order for them to write a letter in response.
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  23

  May

  Art and DT

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Year 6 have been busy planning and starting their cushions for their chosen friend from our class text The Emergency Zoo. They have been designing, measuring, cutting (with precision), sewing their cushion for a hidden animal during WWII.
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  23

  May

  Maths

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Ahead of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, Year 6 have been working on planning a Jubilee party given a set budget of £1000. In their groups they had to decide how best to spend their money with a given set criteria.
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  20

  May

  Science

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Year 6 have been learning all about how we see colour. We have been doing an investigation into how we see colour when an object has a coloured optical filter. We then used our knowledge from this lesson to write secret messages to one another and even revealed our secret student this week using this technique!
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  19

  May

  PE

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  This term Year 6 have been working hard on their athletics. They have been practicing running over a distance, how to effectively jump and land and techniques to throw accurately.
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  18

  May

  Spanish

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  In Year 6 we have been busy linking our vocabulary to last terms learning about healthy lifestyles. We have been building up our vocab bank and using these orally in sentences.
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  18

  May

  Music

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  With our theme titled 'Where is the love?' We have been focusing in on playing our instruments along to the blues-inspired song 'Its All About the Love'. We used the laptops to virtually learn our notes and follow the musical notes.
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  17

  May

  PSHE

  Posted by Miss L Bruford

  Year 6 have been understanding the different types and stages of loss and grief. They have been suggesting ways to help manage feeings associated with loss and help others to do so too.