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Welcome to Year 6

Summer 1 Newsletter and Front Cover

Spring 2 Newsletter and Front Cover

Eye of the tiger

A performance by Year 6 of the amazing song, The Eye of the tiger.

Exploring Angles

Wow day to stimulate writing

Factory experience for Year 6.

African Watercolour Landscapes! Year 6 have had a busy week with their mock SATs, but have had a chance to unwind and let their creativity flow through their creation of some beautiful African watercolour landscapes.

Year 6 have had a very busy week! Take a look at the following photos: Artwork inspired by Sean Tan; Maths work on volume using our fantastic new equipment; and of course World Book Day!

The arrival by Shaun Tan

Non Chronological reports

Creating a fair test using microorganisms

Autumn 2 Newsletter and Front Cover

Forces day

Science Exhibition!

Singing about saving the planet

A short clip from our anti-bullying week

Outdoor Learning Day

Condover Hall

Home Learning

General Information

Google Classrooms

Autumn 1 Newsletter

Autumn 1 Front Cover

Newsletter and Front Cover Summer 2

Brilliant Bushmead BBQ- Thank you Gelato Heaven for the Ice Cream!

Arts Week

Our Picture Frames (Art & DT)

Newsletter and Front Cover Summer 1

Newsletter and Front Cover

Descriptive writing

Non Chronological Reports

Home Learning Spring 1

Week 1 of Home Learning.

Autumn 2 Front cover and Newsletter

From the Year 6 team, We wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Year 6 Space projects.

Year 6 Children practising their French words

Year 6 working hard!

Autumn 1

National Poetry Day

Autumn 1 Newsletter

Newsletter Autumn 1.docx

Newspaper Reports

2019-2020

It is the end of an era as we say goodbye to our current year 6 pupils and they sing a farewell to us! Curie

Curie

Turing

Darwin

Somerville

The end of this academic year is nearly upon us! Unfortunately, our year 6 pupils missed out on a great deal of fun and activities. However, they were cooled off with the annual water fight which turned out to be a great success!

Icknield High School Transition Pages Follow the link to access transition information for Icknield High School. For those who are scheduled to start at Icknield in September 2020, don't forget to start completing the transition booklet which can also be downloaded from the Icknield website.

Click this link to contribute to the 'Brain Tumour Fund Raiser'

Thank you to those who have contributed to 'Wear a Hat with Flowers Day'. The year 6 students have been extremely creative with their efforts. Thank you all for you contributions made to the brain tumour research fund and there is a link added if you wish to make a contribution to this important cause.

15/05/2020 - These uncertain times have caused many changes. The way we are engaging in our learning is changing. However, many of us have looked past the doom and gloom and have remained resilient and creative. A massive WELL DONE to all for keeping up with your learning and to celebrate this, the following are 'Great Examples' of work that have been completed by our Year 6 students. Everybody should take inspiration from the creations that have been produced from these fine young minds. (Videos were taking ages to upload but Year 6 students can watch them through links on Google Classroom. Sorry!)

Open the documents and have a look and a good read!

Africa Day Videos

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African Art Day - Friday 13th March. As part of our Africa topic, visiting artist, Kwame, imparted many of his artistic skills to enhance the background, art and musical enlightenment of African history to enrich what year 6 have been learning. A fantastic day of education took place where even the seemingly impossible was actually there within everybody's grasp!

World Book Week in Year 6!

As we are studying 'Journey to Jo'burg' this term, we invited two guest speakers who used to live in South Africa during apartheid to share their experiences with us. Thank you Mrs Patel for organising that!

Coverage in Autumn 2

This half term in Literacy we will be basing our written work on two books, ‘Cogheart’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’. In spelling we will be looking at different spelling rules including words containing the letter strings ‘ough’ and ‘fer’ as well as silent letters. You can support your children with their spelling at home by encouraging them to practise their words regularly and by putting them into sentences.

The areas of maths that will be covered over this term are:

· Fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion,

· Geometry: angles and statistics,

· Measurement: area, perimeter and volume.

We will also be focussing on problem solving and reasoning skills.

Our topic of ‘Space’ will continue this half term but the children will take the lead by choosing a new planet to call home! They will choose their planet and design accommodation taking into account all their learning over the past half term in order to make the move fictitiously tenable!

Uniform

I would like to remind you of the schools policy during the winter months: grey trousers/ skirt, white shirt and tie, red jumper or cardigan and black, sensible shoes, no leggings. In addition to this, children will need: a white t-shirt, black shorts and plimsolls for indoor and black tracksuit and trainers for outdoor P.E. sessions.

Earrings, as always, must be removed for P.E. lessons on grounds of Health and Safety.

Dates of your Diary in Autumn 2

Autumn 2 starts Monday 28^th October

Outdoor Learning Day – Thursday 7^th November

Anti-bullying Week starts Monday 11^th November

Children in Need – Friday 15^th November

Year 6 Residential – Monday 25^th – Wednesday 28^th November

Christmas Shop – Tuesday 26^th and Wednesday 27^th November

Christmas Fair – Saturday 30^th November

Christmas Jumper Day – Friday 13^th December

Term ends – Friday 20^th December

Spring term starts – Tuesday 7^th January

Autumn 2 Front cover 2019 A4.docx

Year 6 Norfolk Lakes November 2019

Rope Swing at Norfolk Lakes

During the Obstacle course session, children had the opportunity to swing across a naturally filled mud pool! Some were very successful. Others got a bit wet...

Slide - Blind Trail Norfolk Lakes

At the end of the Blind Trail, children had to trust the course and embark upon a blacked out slide ride... into a huge puddle!

Blind Trail - Norfolk Lakes

Some of the obstacles on the course proved rather difficult to get past without being able to see. Following the rope helped to an extent but using the senses was vital.

Blind Trail Norfolk Lakes - String!

Part way through the course, pupils encountered the 'Spider's Web'. Lots of string to make their way through. However, without being able to see, this is quite a tricky task as the video proves!

Blind Trail Norfolk Lakes

Before entering the trail, children got used to following one another without their usual vision.

On the 14th of November, a selection of Year 5 and 6 children were invited to take part in a two day arts project. This involved visiting Wardown Museum and learning about the hat industry. This was followed up by workshops which were run by visiting artists John Hegely and Richard Grant (aka Dreadlock Alien) where children learned different techniques of writing poetry.

Outdoor Learning day 7th November 2019 - Year 6 Maths - Orienteering

Coverage in Autumn 1

In Literacy this half term, we will be starting a new topic entitled ‘Goodbye Planet Earth’. This uses Wall-E as a springboard for children to write in a variety of genres including a persuasive text, a diary entry and a newspaper report. In spelling, we will be looking at different spelling rules including words containing the letter strings for the phoneme ‘shun’ as well as hyphenated words. You can support your child with their spelling at home by encouraging them to practise their words regularly and by putting them into sentences.

Our reading focus will be on: retrieving information, inferring meaning, understanding the author’s choice of language and deciphering the meaning of unfamiliar words. As always, support with reading at home to help with this is invaluable and greatly appreciated. The children are expected to read at home at least 3 times a week, with the focus being not just on their ability to decipher a text, but also on their understanding. Questioning your child about what they have read will have a positive effect on their ability.

The areas of maths that will be covered over this term include:

place value (including understanding numbers larger than a million),
addition and subtraction,
multiplication and division,
calculating using decimals.

We will also be focussing on problem solving and reasoning skills.

Our topic this term is ‘Space’ and we will be focusing on gravity; day and night; the phases of the moon; and other celestial bodies. We will also spend time studying the first moon landings.

Uniform

The children are looking very smart in their Autumn uniforms and we are expecting them all to maintain the very high standards that they have started with. Please refer to our school uniform policy for details.

The weather will soon be changing and so we encourage all the children to have a suitable warm/waterproof coat for break and lunch times.

Dates for your Diary in Autumn 1

Term Starts – Tuesday 3^rd September

S.T.E.M. Week – Beginning Monday 7^th October

Parents Evenings – Monday 14^th October and Wednesday 16^th October

Half term ends – Thursday 17^th October

Autumn 2 begins – Monday 28^th October