Alongside our preparations for the festive season, we have been busy in Year 6 learning and discovering.
At the start if this week, our School Captains read the story of ‘How to be a Lion’ by Ed Vere to the whole school. The messages in this story beautifully support our work on the Rights Respecting Award. It is the story of Leonard, a lion, and his best friend Marianne, a…duck! Leonard and Marianne have a happy life together, talking, playing, writing poems and making wishes – until one day a pack of bullies questions whether it is right for a lion and a duck to be friends.The story provides us with a powerful reminder about the importance of being true to yourself and standing by your friends. Thank you to Belle and Dylan for reading the story so beautifully, and to Abigail and Max for their help in explaining Articles 2, 12, 13 and 19 from the Convention on the Rights of the Child. You can click this link to read the story of ‘How to be a Lion’. How to be a Lion
In Science, we learnt about how the eye works and what happens when light enters the eye and reaches the retina and optic nerve. We consolidated our learning by making plasticine models of the eye showing the different parts and used these models to give detailed explanations of how the eye works.
This week in Maths, we embraced the world of fractions! We tackled the quest of finding fractions of amounts and learned how to find the whole amount using fractions. To make these concepts clearer, we used bar models, transforming abstract numbers into visual aids. The models not only helped us explain our thinking but also made it easier for us to grasp the relationship between parts and wholes.
In our History lesson, we turned the pages back in time to explore the fascinating (and sometimes controversial) topics of censorship and propaganda. We debated why governments in history chose to censor certain images while promoting others through posters and photographs. We dived deep into their motives, exploring how they wished to influence public behaviour and perception. Our discussions led to thoughts about how censorship and propaganda are used today. Who knew history could provoke such thoughtful conversations?
This year, we have introduced Reading Champions, Year 6 pupils who read on a regular basis with some of our younger children. Our enthusiastic Year 6 pupils have been doing an absolutely fantastic job listening to our Year 1 children read. Their patience and encouragement are helping to foster a love of reading in the younger years, and the smiles we see during reading time say it all. Whether it’s helping a Year 1 student sound out a tricky word or simply sharing their favourite tales, they are building connections and inspiring a new generation of readers. We couldn’t be prouder of our Year 6 Reading Champions! Well done!
Huge congratulations must go to our Year 6 team who took part in the final of the HfL Year 6 Maths Challenge. Making the final is an amazing achievement especially as there were approximately 320 Year 6 pupils involved! Our Year 6 team came an impressive third in the competition! Fabulous team work and well done Belle, Lochlan, Finlay and Max!
As the festive season approaches, we got creative by crafting beautiful decorations for our class Christmas tree using colourful Christmas book covers. This was not just about decoration; it was a celebration of literature and imagination! We poured our creativity into each decoration, making it a truly special activity. Once the decorations were hung, we shared a magical moment as we switched on the lights.
We are excited to perform our version of the Christmas classic, Driving Home for Christmas, at the Bazaar and also selling our gorgeous felt Christmas pudding tree decorations.
We hope you enjoy the Christmas Bazaar and we look forward to seeing you there.