WELCOME TO YEAR 6
British Values Day
On Thursday 19th January we invited parents into school to join us for a lesson on British Values. In the lessons we discussed a variety of British Values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for other people’s beliefs and cultures. We discussed what these values meant and how they were important to us not just as a school community but as a national one. It was lovely to welcome parents into school to share learning with us and we look forward to inviting you into school again.
SATs 2023 Parents Meeting
We held a parents meeting to discuss SATs, which are to be held week beginning 8th May 2023.Please see slides attached and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Year 6 team.
Maths Lessons at All Hallows
Class Six are becoming regular visitors at All Hallows. On Tuesday, eight of our class members attended all Hallows for a maths lesson with Mr Baggs. All of our children had a great afternoon where they were able to compete against each other to see which pair could answer the most correct questions. We would like to thank Mr Baggs, Mrs Teesdale and Mr Tomlinson for a fantastic afternoon.
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Transition Morning at All Hallows
On Wednesday 7th December the children were able to attend All Hallows RC Secondary School for a Christmas Craft morning. Here they were able to make a variety of Christmas crafts and had the opportunity to work with children from other primary schools. The children were even treated to toast and a drink! We would like to thank the team at All Hallows for a great morning.
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Advent Craft Morning
I has been an absolute pleasure to welcome families into all our classes today to celebrate Advent together. In Class Six we were joined by numerous parents who helped their children to make a Father Christmas craft. It was great to see everyone get involved and share this special time together.
After making our crafts together, we shared time in prayer in the school hall thinking about Advent and how we all prepare for the birth of Our Lord Jesus. Class Six would like to tank all of our parents for joining us today and we look forward to sharing similar times with you in the future.
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Rights and Diversity Week
This week in school we have celebrated the universal and unconditional rights that we all have. These rights belong to everyone and should be honoured. This week we also celebrated Anti-Bullying week where we talked about the Anti-Bullying Alliances 'Reach Out' campaign. As part of that campaign we wore odd socks and collected £1 to be donated to CAFOD.
Class Six Assembly
The Feast of the Birth of Our Lady
Today class 6 celebrated the life of Mary, Our Lady, the mother of Jesus. We reflected upon the life of Mary, what her sacrifice meant for Jesus and what it means for us today as 21st century Christians. We prayed to Mary and asked her to give us the strength to be true followers of her son Jesus.
We would like to thank our families and all of the other wonderful people who visited our school to watch our assembly.
Multi-Faith Day-Judaism
In class today, we invited out parents to school so that they could see what we are learning about in RE and what we learn about world religions other than Christianity. Today we were joined by parents whilst we learned about the origins of Judaism and the importance of Abraham to the Jewish faith.
We completed the first lesson of our multi-faith booklets and at the end of the lesson understood that Abraham loved God very much and that his obedience made him the father of Judaism.
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Year 6 Recommended Reading
Year 6 Class Charity
The Good Life Orphanage was founded by Kevin and Mary Maguire following a family trip to Kenya. They are an inspirational couple who we look forward to supporting this year.
Useful websites your child can access to support learning:
- BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
- A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.
http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/maths/
- A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes!
http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm
- A revision site based upon the old Key Stage 2 Tests but still contains lots of useful information for both Maths and English.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/
- A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.
http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/
- Go Noodle Keeps you fit in your own home
- Audible let's you listen to a fantastic range of children's stories
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Additional useful websites...
- Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free. - Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming - Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos - National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids. - Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app. - Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons - The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos - Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home. - Paw Print Badges
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional. - Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making. - Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming! - Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box. - The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities - Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones. - Toy Theatre
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games
