Thursday 19th May
Summer 1, Week 4
This week we have begun our rehearsals for our end of year performance ‘Rock Bottom’. The children have been working hard learning lines and song words to make it a performance to remember! Keep up the hard work, Year 6!
In maths, we have started our project work. This week we have been looking at salaries and working out the amount of tax paid for different professions. We have also explored new mathematical vocabulary including: gross pay, net pay, taxable income and annual salary.
In RE, we have started our new topic of Pentecost. We have created some beautiful pieces of spiritual art using pastels and have looked at scripture relating to the ascension of Christ.
Have a super weekend! See you all on Monday for our last week of Summer 1!
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 12th May
Summer 1, Week 3
Wow - Year 6 really have been superstars this week!
A huge well done to all of our wonderful Year 6 pupils who have completed their SATs this week. They have come into school each day with such a fantastic energy and have worked diligently and with resilience. We really couldn’t be prouder of you.
A particular highlight this week has definitely been the breakfasts each morning – what a lovely way to start the day!
I am very much looking forward to some Commando Joe activities on Friday and spending time with buddies.
I hope you all have a lovely, restful weekend – you have earned it!
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 5th May
Summer 1, Week 2
What a busy week we have had, yet again! Year 6 have continued to work so hard in preparation for their SATs next week. I am so proud of the dedication they are putting into all of their revision sessions. This is what we’ve been up to this week:
In maths, we have been consolidating our learning on angles, co-ordinates and ratio and algebra.
In English, we have continued to look at persuasive writing techniques and are in the process of planning a persuasive job application to be Boris Johnson’s personal assistant – we have had lots of interesting qualities so far!
In reading, we have been concentrating on 3-mark questions. We’re now feeling really confident when answering these types of questions and know how to structure them really well.
I hope you all have a lovely, restful weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 28th April
Summer 1, Week 1
Welcome back to summer term! I hope you all had a fantastic break – I’ve enjoyed hearing what the children have been up to over the holidays this week!
Year 6 are continuing to work incredibly hard in preparation for SATs, which is in a couple of weeks’ time. As well as this, we have been busy in other curriculum areas too!
In PE, we have started our rounder unit of work. The children worked hard on their throwing and catching skills before we put that work into practice in a game setting.
We have also started a new science topic: electricity. We will be exploring electrical components and investigating what happens if we change components in a circuit.
In English, we are continuing to develop our writing skills and this week have begun looking at persuasive writing. We have feature spotted the common features found in this genre of writing.
I hope you all have a lovely, long weekend and I look forward to seeing the children on Tuesday.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 31st March
Spring 2, Week 5
Year 6 have worked incredibly hard this week (as always!) as we have begun our revision sessions in preparation for SATs.
In maths, we have looked at different ways to answer the same problem and have used concrete resources to support our understanding. It has been so interesting to see the different strategies and approaches the children use.
In English, we have been using Microsoft Publisher to write our newspaper reports. These are coming along brilliantly and I can’t wait to see the finished product!
In PE, we have been practising different types of rolls in preparation for our final lessons of the unit next week where we will put together everything we have learnt into a sequence.
Keep up the brilliant work, Year 6.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 24 March
Spring 2, Week 4
We have been very busy in Year 6 this week…
In English, we have continued our unit of writing on journalistic writing. We have used drama to familiarise ourselves with the story of the Lighthouse before creating our own quotes using the rules of speech. We are working hard to make sure our writing is formal but is more informal when using dialogue.
On Wednesday we celebrated World Maths Day. We had a great time completing maths problems around the book Penguins 365!
In DT we explored the different electrical components and investigated how to make bulbs brighter and buzzers louder.
We are continuing our work on Living Things and their Habitats in Science. We have been busy classifying different plants based on their features.
Thursday 17th March
Spring 2, Week 3
We’ve had another great week in Year 6!
In English, we have started our new unit of writing: journalistic writing. We have looked at the features that make a fantastic newspaper report. Why don’t you ask us which features should be included?
In maths, we started our measurement unit. We have converted different units of measure, including miles and kilometres.
In our Hazardous World topic in Geography, we have been looking at earthquakes. We know what earthquakes are and why they happen. We also plotted some of the largest earthquakes over recent years on a world map.
Thursday 10th March
Spring 2, Week 2
We’ve had another great week in Year 6!
In English, we have continued our horror unit and have started writing our own horror narrative based on Alma. We have worked really hard at using accurate punctuation for speech and will use speech to help us move our story on.
In maths, we have started looking at pie charts. We have solved problems involving pie charts and fractions and percentages and have used protractors to construct our own.
In PE, we have started our gymnastics unit. We have practised the following shapes: pike, straddle, dish, front and back support. We have also practised a variety of balances using different body parts.
In computing, we have revised how to use Microsoft PowerPoint. We can add images and transition between slides.
Thursday 3rd March
Spring 2, Week 1
Welcome back, Year 6! It has been lovely to see everyone after the half term break and we have started the half term really positively.
In English this week we have started our new genre of writing: horror. We watched the short film Alma and wrote a setting description that conveyed tension and atmosphere.
In maths we have been concentrating on statistics. We have interpreted line graphs and constructed our own.
On Wednesday we attended Ash Wednesday mass. It was lovely to be able to celebrate this together again and with so many in the congregation.
Today, we have celebrated World Book Day! We have explored Shaun Tan’s novel, The Arrival. As it is a picture book, we explored several images and discussed how they impacted the reader and moved the story forward.
Well done for all of your hard work this week. Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 17th February
Spring 1, Week 7
By Daniel, Sebastian and Christa
Monday
English
In English, we learnt and re-capped the subject, object and verb. When it is in the order of SVO it is in the active voice.
As an example, the ostrich kicked the ball; Ostrich is the subject , kicked is the verb and ball is the object.
Maths
In maths we learnt about ratio and we used numbers for it. The ratio of girls to boys in our class is 13:17
R.E
In RE, we started a new topic called unity. Today we made some spectacular spiritual art.
Tuesday
English
In English today, we looked at re- arranging sentences from the active to the passive voice. Here is an example: The ostrich kicked the ball (active) would change to the ball was kicked by the ostrich.
Maths
Today in maths we looked at the scale factors and tried extremely challenging problem solving questions.
History
In history today we learnt and researched all the roles of women in WWII. We found out that single women between the age of 20-30 were expected to work from 1941.
Wednesday
In science today we dissected a sheep heart! It was cool but it did get rather sticky! We looked at arteries and valves.
Thursday
Today we finished off our history topic of WWII. We have really enjoyed this topic and have found out so much about the war.
It’s been a busy half term and we are looking forward to a week off next week so we can recharge our batteries ready for Spring 2!
Friday 11th February
Spring 1, Week 6
What a brilliant, busy week we have had in Year 6 this week!
English
In English, we have been writing balance arguments on the subject of xenotransplantation.
Stop, Drop and Read
This week we completed our Stop, Drop and Read quiz! We have spent the last two weeks reading extracts of various tasks and completed a Kahoot quiz on them. The boys came out victorious!
Children’s Mental Health Week
We have celebrated Children’s mental health week in school this week by coming into school in clothes that ‘express’ us. We also completed lots of fun activities, including creating movies based on our current learning!
Thursday 4 November
Week 1
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing half term break.
On Monday, we were very lucky to take part in a virtual meet the author session with Gill Arbuthnott. We found out about her new novel, ‘The Secret Diary of The First World War’. It was such an interesting session and I know lots of children are eager to read Gill’s books.
On Thursday, we attended mass at church. Some Year 6 children led the mass and did so brilliantly. It was lovely to be joined by some of our parish community.
Have a great weekend everyone and do be safe if you are out and about enjoying the fireworks.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 21 October
Week 7
This week we have celebrated MADD days. Our topic was nature and we have explored the artist Henri Rousseau.
To begin with we created a double page spread all about the artist before looking at one of his paintings in detail. We then explored tones of colours using acrylic paint. After this we created a mood board in preparation for our final piece of art which was a nature scene.
We hope you enjoy all of the artwork. Well done to all of the children – we are so proud of all your hard work and effort.
I hope you all have a fantastic half term break and I look forward to seeing back in school on 1 November.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 14 October
Week 6
On Monday we completed our Commando Joe adventure morning and what great fun we had! The children demonstrated great problem-solving skills and worked well together in teams, showing super perseverance and resilience – well done, everyone!
This week, we have also been busy doing:
Science: In science, we have planned an experiment relating to our Evolution and Inheritance topic. We are looking forward to completing this next week!
Art: We have been looking at the artist Geoff Nutkins and have evaluated his sketches of World War II planes. We were very impressed with his techniques!
History: This week we have concluded our Ancient Greece topic – why don’t you ask us about the things we have learnt this half term? I am sure we will impress you!
It’s been a brilliant week – well done, Year 6! I hope you all have a relaxing weekend.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 7 October
Week 5
This week, we have been busy doing:
English: In English, we have written formal persuasive letters in favour of evacuation. The quality of work has been fantastic and I am impressed with the finished products.
Maths: We have been consolidating our multiplication skills this week – we are multiple experts! We’re now very confident multiplying a multi-digit number by a 2-digit number.
History: We have learnt about the battle of Marathon this week. Why don’t you ask your child to tell you all about it?
It’s been a super week – well done, Year 6!
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 30th September
Week 4
We had a very exciting start to our week by finding out our house captains! Well done to all of the children who put themselves forward for this role. I know our elected captains and vice captains will do a superb job!
This week, we have also been busy doing:
English: In English, we have been exploring persuasive writing and have written our own arguments. We have also completed drama activities where we had to argue for and against evacuation.
Art: We have been working on our sketching skills in art this week. We were introduced to a super video which taught us different sketching techniques. If you want to have a go yourself then the link is below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijhNQyF-gg
RE: We have concluded our first RE unit for the year and have celebrated with a class collective worship.
It’s been a super week – well done, Year 6!
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 23rd September
Week 3
What an amazing week it has been in Year 6 this week! Here’s what we’ve been doing:
Maths: This week we have recapped the rules of rounding and have rounded numbers to any degree of accuracy. We have also explored negative numbers within the context of real life. Well done for all of your hard work in maths this week, Year 6.
English: In English, we have started writing our flashback based on ‘The Piano’. The description and language used by the children has blown me away! I can’t wait to read the finished pieces and I hope the children share their ideas with you at home too.
PE: We are completing our Outdoor Adventurous Activity unit in PE this half term and this week saw us working on our problem-solving skills with positivity and perseverance! I was so impressed with the fantastic team work as well as the resilience demonstrated by children.
Well done for all your hard work, Year 6.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 16th September
Week 2
Year 6 have had another busy yet fantastic week. Here’s what we’ve been doing:
Maths: In Maths this week, we have been continuing our place value topic. We have been ordering and comparing numbers up to ten million as well as working hard on our arithmetic skills.
English: In English, we have started our exciting new genre of writing: flashbacks. We have watched a short film entitled ‘The Piano’ and have explored the different techniques used in order to convey a particular emotion and atmosphere. We are very much looking forward to writing our own flashback pieces inspired by this stimulus.
History: This week we have continued our topic learning about Ancient Greece and have plotted key events on a timeline. Our knowledge of this topic is super – ask us something about it!
We have also celebrated our new year mass with KS2 this week. It was lovely to be all together and to be joined by Father Jonathon.
Well done for all your hard work, Year 6.
Mrs Bertenshaw
Thursday 9th September
Week 1
Welcome to Year 6!
It has been lovely to get to know all of the children and welcome them back to school. We have had a great first week and the children have impressed me with their efforts and enthusiasm towards their learning.
We have started our ‘Loving’ topic in R.E and the children have enjoyed creating spiritual art. Year 6 have been busy learning about the Ancient Greeks and are excited to discover more about this fascinating period of history. In English, the children have been preparing to write their own poems.