Welcome to Year 6
Dear Parents and Carers,
We hope you have had a lovely Christmas Break!
We have hit the ground running in Year 6, starting our new class book ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar in English.
In Maths we have started to learn about ratios and how they can be related to fractions.
In Geography, we have started to learn about Deserts and their characteristics.
The homelearning is in the children’s books due to some technical issues.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
The Christmas season is fast approaching! The children have chosen their Christmas song for Carols around the Tree and we cannot wait to see their performance.
In Maths, the children have been reviewing their learning on fractions.
In English, the children have been writing setting descriptions about different key locations in our books Carrie’s War.
In Science, the children were using their technical science skills to plot and observe the relationship between the size of an animal and the speed of their heart rate.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
This week, the children have begun to learn about converting units of measurement.
In English, the children have been exploring the impact of the theme of contrast on the novel.
In History, the children evaluated how propaganda was used during WW2 to ensure that parents evacuated their children.
Yesterday, the children also got to dissect lambs hearts to get a deeper understanding of the structure and function of our own hearts, in relation to our work on the circulatory system.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
This has been a great week for Year 6!
We have been learning about WW2, and in History we were making inferences about what life was like during the Blitz using photographs from the time.
In English, we have been writing a letter home as an evacuee from our book Carrie’s War.
In Maths, we have been multiplying and dividing factions by integers.
We hope you have a fantastic weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
This week in English we have been writing a suspense story, to add to a class anthology called ‘What Goes Bump in the Night’.
In Maths, the children have been learning how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.
In History, the children have been looking at how the Battle of Britain impacted the Royal Air Force.
We hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been a lovely first week back!
In Maths, the children have started their unit on fractions and have begun adding and subtraction fractions.
In English, the children are creating their own suspense story based off of the novel ‘Night of the Gargoyles’.
In History, we will be learning about World War 2, and have started by creating a timeline detailing the events from WW1 to WW2.
We hope you have a great weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Dear Parents and Carers,
This week has been mock SATS week for the children, and they have worked extremely hard. We think they have all earned a good rest.
We hope you have a lovely break!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
It has been a very busy week!
In English, the children have been learning about and creating different poems, surrounding our class book The Tree and the River.
In Maths, we have been looking at the order of operations and how to multi-step equations.
In Science, the children have been learning about the classification of different micro-organisms.
We hope you have a great weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
We would like to start by congratulating Tinos Class on their amazing assembly this morning! All of the children should feel very proud of themselves.
In Maths, the children have been learning long division and and have been using their knowledge of division to solve maths problems.
In English, the children have published their own non-chronological report on a fictional planet.
In Science, the children have been learning about the classification of plants and have been using branching keys to sort plants based on their shared characteristics.
We hope you have a great weekend!
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti
Hello Parents and Carers,
We would first like to start off with congratulating Kalymnos Class on their class assembly this morning! All of the children should be incredibly proud of their performance.
In Maths, we have been looking at methods of short multiplication and division as well as the method of long division.
In English, the children have been looking at the language features of formal reports, ahead of the children writing their own non-chronological report.
In RE, the children celebrated the name day of our school namesake, St Cyprian.
We hope you have a great weekend,
Mrs Clarke-Benson and Miss Rashti