Welcome to Year Six News Page

 

2018-2019

 

Staff - Teacher Mrs Gardner

Teaching Assistants - Miss Worsley and Mrs Seddon

 

Each year, we teachers start out so hopeful and excited to begin the new journey with your child. We come in with hopes and dreams of what the year will be like - and all of those visions include good things for your child. Whilst we are willing to put in the effort, the hours, the creativity, the enthusiasm - having your support results in your child's overall success! 

 

Year 6 Topics

 

TERM	TOPIC
AUTUMN 1	WORLD WAR II
AUTUMN 2	THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN
SPRING 1	SOUTH AMERICA
SPRING 2	EXPLORING SCANDINAVIA
SUMMER 1	LOCAL AREA STUDY
SUMMER 2	EARNING A LIVING

 

Summer 1

It's hard to believe we are already in our Summer Term! I hope you have had a lovely Easter break and that children are well-rested and rearing to go! Please ensure you take a look at this half term's newsletter below so that you can familiarise yourselves with our learning this half term. 

Important dates for your diary

• Tuesday 16th April - Easter service in Church.
• Thursday 18th April - Key Stage 2 Egg display – please bring in your fabulous creations!
• Tuesday 23rd April - St George's Day – all children are welcome to wear red and white
• Friday 3rd May - Year 6 Class photographs
• Week Beginning 13th May - YEAR 6 SATs week
• Tuesday 21st May - Parent Open Afternoon
• Friday 24th May - Non Uniform Day for a £1 donation. Break up 

 

Spring 2

Welcome back to another busy half term. We hope you have had a lovely relaxing week. Please take a look at our half termly newsletter so that you are aware of our learning this half term and please don't forget to check this page every week for updates on our learning and experiences! 

 

Important dates this half term:

Wednesday 27th February - Boreatton Meeting for Parents 3.30pm

Week beginning 4th March - World Book Day Week and KS2 Sponsor events begins

Wednesday 6th March - KS2 Family Time workshop 9.00am 

Thursday 7th March - World Book Day - Don't forget to come dressed as your favourite book character!

Friday 15th March - Red Nose Day

Wednesday 20th March - Parents' Evening 

Friday 22nd March - Non Uniform Day

Tuesday 26th March - IEP Sign night and Topic celebration

Wednesday 27th March - Year 6 Boreatton

Friday 29th March - Finish for half term (2pm)

 

Week 1 - WB 25th February 2019

Stars of the week this week - Declan and Teagan - Well done!

Word of the week winners - Katie and Kendle - Well done!

Super smiler this week - Stefan - Well done!

Our class attendance this week meant we achieved 5 minutes

 

We have started to read our focus text for English this week, 'The Watertower' by Gary Crew. We are thoroughly enjoying this mysterious and eerie text and we have generated lots of ideas to support our writing! We can't wait for you to read them! We have also started to develop our Tennis skills in PE! In Art this week, we started to look at different fashion designs and we are working towards creating our own wallpaper designs. 

Reminders: Please don't forget that next week is World Book Day. Here are things you need to remember:

• Parent morning (Thursday 9-10 for Reading Cafe)
• Children to dress up as their favourite book character
• Book swap

 

Week 2

Authors of the week this week - Kelson and Jasmyn - Well done!

Super smiler this week - Kendle - Well done!

World Book Day costue winners - Jasmyn and Sam - Well done!

Our class attendance this week meant we achieved 10 minutes

What a week! We have thoroughly enjoyed our World Book Day celebrations! We have twenty-seven different versions of the well-known fairytale, Cinderella! Some are a current twist, some are funny and some just absolutely bonkers! We can't wait for you to read them. You can find them in our Reading Tunnel. 

Take a look below at some of our World Book Day costumes! 

        

 

 

Week 3

 

Year 6 have really enjoyed this week's tennis lesson with Mr Tierney. We developed our balancing and agility skills. We have also finished our class text 'Holes' which we thoroughly enjoyed! We finished off the week with some lovely creations of the Northern Lights for our classroom display! Wild Crew had lots of fun this week eating hot dogs and making stories using sticks!

Spring 1

Welcome back after what I hope was a relaxing Christmas break! Please continue to take a look at our page every Friday to catch up with our learning. Our topics this term are: South America and Light and Shadow. Our writing will be based on the text "The Viewer" by Gary Crew and Shaun Tan.

 

Week 1

Stars of the week this week - Jack and Jasmyn - Well done!

Super Smiler this week - Kelson :-)

Word of the week (predictable) winner - Ebony - well done

We have had a lovely first week back after what sounds like amazing breaks over Christmas! However, we have really enjoyed getting back into the routine of the school day.

We began our new Science topic this week - Light and Shadow - so we decided to make shadow puppets and tell stories to the class with them. Take a look at some of them below:

            

Week 3

Word of the week winners - Jack and Stefan - well done! Also well done to Luca for a very close 3rd place!

Attendance - This week Year 6 were awarded a Silver trophy! 

What a week! Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed our Martial Arts session on Wednesday. Enso Martial Arts delivered an introductory lesson to all of Year 6. We learned how to do: a flying kick, a controlled chop and some very imprortant self defense moves. Take a look at some of us in action:

 

      

       

 

Week 4

Stars of the week winners - Summer and Layton - well done!

Word of the week winner - Kacie - well done!

Super Smiler this week - Teagan - well done!

Our attendance this week - 99.6% meaning we received a gold award (15 minutes)

Year 6 have had such a busy week. Thank you to all grown ups that joined us on Tuesday for our Parent Open Afternoon. 

Some of our children started Wild Crew this week and had such a fantastic time! We will be sure to post some pictures of them next week!

Week 5

Stars of the week winners - Taylor and Victoria - well done

Word of the week winners - Katie and Teagan - welll done

Super Smiler - Lilli-Mae

Attendance - 98.1% - Brilliant! 

 

This week, Year 6 have been busy making Terracotta Army soldiers using clay. Messy but fun! 

In English, we have been learning about how to use the subjunctive form correctly, ready for our Newspaper articles. 

We have absolutely conquered Ratio in maths this week - well done to all! 

We also sang our half term song in our Music Showcase this week. A class full of angelic voices! 

 

Our Autumn Learning

Week 1 - What a good start to the new half term - well done to Victoria for achieving a Gold Award this week. A big shout out to Tommy and Ethan who have been awarded a Silver. 

 

Our word of the week winner this week was Declan - well done for using our word 'abrupt' in a fantastic sentence!

We began our new writing journey this week in English - which if we are being honest - we found quite tough at first. However, by Thursday - we got the hang of it! Mrs Gardner was so relieved! 

 

We thoroughly enjoyed our Science lesson. We had to build our own circuits. Take a look at some of the pictures below:

        

   

    

    

 

Week 2

Well done to Ebony this week for achieveing a Gold star!

Our word of the week winner this week was Tommy  - huge well done!  

In our Topic this week, Year 6 have been learning about the roles of women in the 15th Century. We were so interested and shocked to learn about the expected etiquette of women, for example; Women were not allowed to attend a social event without the company of a married man, Women must not cross the street, Women must not walk across the room. 

        

 

 

Week 3

Word of the Week winner - Amelia - Well done 

Star of the week certifcate winners - Amira and Jack - Well done 

Mrs Gardner's Super Smiler of the week - Reiss 

What a week! This week has been anti-bullying week and Year 6 have been really reflecting on how we treat one another at school and at home. We had some very mature ideas and opinions. Some of us came to school on Monday with odd socks (normal for Declan ha!) to show that we are all different. Take a look at some of our feet:

 

 

On Friday, we came to school in our own clothes to support the Children in Need charity. I'm sure you'll agree we look fab!

 

Reminders - Please remember it is Parent's Evening on Wednesday and Year 6 will be visiting Crucial Crew on Thursday.

 

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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Year 6! Our tree is finally up - thank you to all who made and donated decorations!

A big well done to Declan, Kendle, Kacie and Reiss for winning a silver award this week!

Word of the week winner goes to....Ebony! Well done for another super sentence!

Star of the week certifiates this week - Stefan and Lilli-Mae - WELL DONE!

Super Smiler - Katie - Well done!

 

 

Please ensure you take a look at this half term's newsletter where you can find out about: specific subject content, important diary dates for this half term and general classroom reminders. 

 

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Gardner, Miss Worsley & Mrs Seddon