Hello and welcome to this weeks blog!
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I can't believe we are already in the summer term! With only 10 school days until SATs. 
The children have come back with a great learning attitude and have been applying this to our revision sessions. 

In English we have been planning and writing our own non- chronological report about our own fictional plant like creatures. Next week we will be publishing these and look out for a display of these soon! 
In maths this week we have been revising different topics and applying these to answer different SATs style questions. 

In history we have started our new topic on WW1 and WW2. This week we have looked at the different factors that started the first world war. Next lesson we will be learning more about WW1. 

In science this week we have finished our unit in energy by learning the equation to calculate kinetic energy and next week will be starting our new unit on cells. 
In PE they have been practicing athletics and rounders which Mr Wood said they were great at!   

I hope you have a lovely weekend :) 

Hello and welcome to the final blog the spring term! I can't quite believe that there is only one term left.

This week we have been continuing to read our story of the Boy in the Tower. We have all become very intrigued as to what is going to happen next and we all have our own theories about the 'Bluchers'! As a class we have planned and written a non - chronological report all about the 'bluchers'. After Easter we will be creating our own destructive plants and writing non - chronological reports about them. 

In maths we have finished our shape unit by looking at nets of 3 d shapes. Today we have sat the end of unit assessment. We have now covered all of the year 6 maths content and after Easter  we will be revising lots of different topics in preparation for SATs. 

We have finished our geography unit on globalisation by thinking about how food is affected by globalisation and what the future might look like. We then weighed up the positives  and negatives of globalisation and decided whether it has been a good thing or not. 

In science we have been investigating how to calculate speed. We will finish this unit after the holidays. 

I hope you have a lovely Easter break and thank you for your continued support. :)  

Hello and welcome to the penultimate blog of the spring term!
​ I can’t believe how quickly this year is flying by.
In English this week we have started our new book called the Boy in the Tower. We started by making predictions based on the cover and the bulb. We have since read quite a few chapters and have learnt lots about the main character Ade. There has been lots of buildings collapsing but so far, we don’t quite no why. We will be carrying on with this next week.
In maths this week we have been continuing with our shape unit. We have been learning about angles in quadrilaterals and in all different polygons. Today we have been learning about the parts of a circle and even learnt a fun song to remember!
On Monday we investigated how fashion has been affected by globalisation. We talked about the concept of ‘fast fashion’ and discussed the negative benefits this can have around the world.
On Wednesday afternoon we had some extra maths where we learnt how to find the volume of a shape by multiplying the length, width and height.
On Thursday afternoon in science, we learnt the scientific equation to calculate the power an object uses. We will continue with our energy unit next week. We also went to Beech class to help them to complete the active life survey.
Today we had our handball PE lesson this morning, we also completed our own active life survey and have helped Chestnut class to complete theirs too.
I hope you have a lovely weekend 😊

 
Welcome to our weekly blog.
 
In English we have been writing our own story based on the story of the Princess’ Blanket. We have been working hard on our handwriting, presentation and including correctly punctuated direct speech. Next week we will be starting our new book.
In Maths this week we have been focusing on angles. We have learnt what angles in a right angle, straight line, around a point and in a triangle add up to. We have been using these facts to calculate missing angles.
On Monday, in geography we learnt about how globalisation has affected trade across the world.
On Wednesday afternoon we spent some time looking at area and perimeter of shapes by using old sats questions to improve our understanding. We also learnt how to find the area of a triangle.
On Thursday afternoon we learnt the equation to calculate energy efficiency in science. We spent time understanding what energy efficiency means and how to calculate it. After we completed our science, we spent time in the orchard with nursery and chestnut class. It was lovely to see the oldest children spending time with the youngest members of our school.
Today we spent some time outside and using the basket swing which has been fixed! We also began our final pieces in art and will be continuing these next week.
Don’t forget there is a bake sale after school in the hall!
Thank you 😊

 
Hello and welcome to our weekly blog.
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This week the children have been working very hard and have been completing our final mock SATS. Everyone has made great progress and should be very proud of themselves as am I.

Due to SATS we have only been able to have some normal lessons. We have planned our own story in the style of the Princess’ Blankets. Today we have began writing our opening paragraph focusing on our presentation and handwriting. We will be continuing to write our stories next week.

In maths this week we have been looking at translations and reflections of shapes and today we have completed our end of unit assessment and the beginning of unit for shape. We will have our first lesson on shape on Monday.
In PE this week we have been looking at improving our skills in tag rugby and in handball.

Next week we will be back to normal and will be catching up with our wider curriculum lessons too.
Don’t forget Friday is Red Nose Day, there will be a bake sale in the hall after school and children are welcome to wear non-uniform for a donation of £1.

Have a lovely weekend 😊

Welcome to our weekly blog. 

This week in English, we have finished reading our story of the Princess' Blankets. We have been looking at the features of direct speech and why we use dialogue in stories. Today we have created our class story based on the structure of the text. Next week we will be planning our own story and we will begin to write them. 

In maths we have started our unit on position and direction. We have been looking at coordinates in the four quadrants and next week we will be focusing on translating and reflecting points and shapes in the four quadrants. 

We have started our new geography unit on globalisation. We investigated what globalisation means and looked at companies who are now found all over the world such as McDonalds. We also started our new science unit on energy where we learnt that energy can never be created or destroyed it can only be transferred. We also learnt the names of 6 different types of energy. 

On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day!  We had a book quiz, shared favourite books with each other, discussed books and reading, completed maths challenges with a book theme, written in different genres, read with younger children and joined the Bookery on line for a World Book Day celebration! See some pictures below. 

Today we have had a great PE lesson playing handball with Mr Wood. We have also spent some time with Chestnut class helping them to use chromebooks for the first time! 

Next week we will be sitting our mock SATs as good practice for the real ones in May. Please don't forget to sign up for Parents evenings on Monday 24th and Wednesday 26th March. 

I hope you have a lovely weekend! 

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Hello and welcome to our first blog of Spring 2.
 
Today feels like spring may be on its way! Just a short blog this week as I haven’t been in much this week.

On Monday we started our new book – The Princess’ Blankets- in English. We have started reading the story and have been writing formal letters in the style of different characters to the King.

We also finished our history unit on Civil Rights by looking at the Black Lives Matter movement and how it is still big movement around the world today. Next week we will be starting our new geography unit.
In maths we have started our unit on Statistics by looking at line graphs, dual bar charts and pie charts. We will finish this next week by looking at the mean.

Today we have had our second PE lesson with Mr Wood where we have been looking at handball. We have also continued our art unit by looking at different artwork which convey important messages.
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Next week our SATS revision club will start on Thursday so please let me know if you would like your child to attend. Don’t forget it is also World Book Day on Thursday too.
Have a lovely weekend 😊

Welcome to the final blog of this half term. It is crazy to think that this half term marks the halfway point through the year. The children have already made excellent progress during year 6 and I am very excited to see the progress they make throughout the second half of their final year at primary school!
This week in English we have been writing our own forma letters to a newspaper persuading them to be on the Wolf’s side of the story and ensure the pigs are the criminals. They have produced some excellent writing!
In maths we have finished our unit on fractions, decimals and percentages. Today we have started our new unit on statistics by learning to read and interpret line graphs. We will continue with this after half term.
On Monday in our History lesson, we learnt all about Martin Luther King. We watched part of his famous speech – I have a dream and looked at why this is one of the most famous speeches of all time.
In science this week we have been looking at thermal insulators and thermal conductors. We explored different materials and sorted them into either an insulator or a conductor. We will finish our unit on heat after half term.
This afternoon we have been lucky enough to watch the school talent show. Well done to everyone who took part and auditioned too. You should all be very proud of yourselves.
I hope you all have a lovely half term break.
I look forward to seeing you back on Monday 24th February. 

Hello welcome to this week’s blog.
This week in English, we have been continuing to look at the advert based on the three little pig’s story. We have been writing diary entries in character, and we have started to look at the features of a formal letter as next week we will be writing a formal letter about our opinion on the three pig’s fate.

In maths we have continued out work on percentages, fractions and decimals. Our focus has been on ordering and finding equivalents. Today we have looked at how to find the percentage of an amount. Next week we will be finishing this unit and then starting our unit on statistics.

On Monday afternoon we were visited by Reading University as part of the languages project we have been involved with over the past few years. We were being language detectives and practiced our French knowledge.

In our science lesson we looked at how is heat is conducted. We took part in an experiment where we looked at how heat is transferred from the candle through to the handle of the knife.

We have started using Lexia Core 5 reading this week. It is an online programme which is individual to each child’s ability and works on improving reading comprehension skills.
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This afternoon, we have spent some time with the younger children reading and helping with DT projects.
Next week we will have the talent show on Friday afternoon. Would be great to see some of you there in the audience.
I hope you have a lovely weekend 😊

Welcome to our weekly blog.
This week we have started our new unit on the three little pigs based on a guardian advert. It is based on the traditional tale with some alternative twists. We have been writing news reports and closing statements for court cases for the three little pigs.
In maths we have started our unit on fractions, decimals and percentages. Yesterday we focused on what a percentage is and what that means. Today due to lots of illness in class we spent the lesson working on Sats questions on topics we have already completed.
In history this week we looked at the story of Rosa Parks and how she made history within the American Civil Rights. We also researched about the Bristol Bus Boycott which is a more local example of black people standing up for their rights in the 1960s.
In PE this week they have been playing lots of bench ball due to the weather.
In science this week we explored what thermal equilibrium meant. We thought of our own examples such as a hand heating up the ice cream in a cone and causing it to melt.
I hope next week will be back to normal with less bugs going around. I hope those have been off are feeling better soon!
Please don’t forget homework for Monday.
Have a lovely weekend 😊