Category: Year 6 Blog

We did it! We survived this week!

I am very proud of all the Year 6 children; they kept calm and did their very best. Well done!

The party on Thursday afternoon was great fun (in particular the whole class game of musical chairs). Many thanks for all the food &…

It has been a nice, short week due to the Bank holiday weekend but Yr 6 continue to work hard in the lead up to next week’s SATs tests.

Homework is being sent home this weekend in order for children to dip in and keep on top of their learning :) 

The children have had explained to them the…

Tuesday evening’s music concert was such a lovely evening. Well done Libby; you played really well.

We have all worked hard this week and confidence is growing. This week’s writing task (The Day the Pencil Case Characters Quit - based on The Day the Crayons Quit) has been a delight to read. So…

We are back from a fabulous Easter break ( having enjoyed some superbly sunny weather) and are ready for a half term of hard work :)

We are also looking forward to Winmarleigh and medical forms should have arrived home by now. These need to be filled in, checked and signed please and should be…

This week has been another hectic time for year 6 as we think about Lent and what WE can do TOGETHER to raise money for our chosen causes.

On Thursday we all wore our PJ’s and enjoyed a movie afternoon together in exchange for £2 ( £1 for each)  It was agreed, by a few of us, that we work…

Another busy week for Year 6  ... our tennis skills are improving beautifully and, as Easter approaches, we are looking at different ways to raise money during Lent. We will be buying ducks, fruit trees and other usefulfor Cafod and this money-raising exercise will take place on Thursday April…

This week our school councillors gave the first collection of clothes to Mr and Mrs Yates, to take to St Cuthbert’s Children’s Centre (see photograph). Evie, Evangeline and Harry are helping with this.

We have all been busy, working hard this week. We completed the on-line health assessments on…

Another great week.

Wednesday was the first day of Lent and we came together to receive ashes. Thursday’s Book Day was brilliant. Well done to all the Year 6 children for coming to school in such great costumes. Friday morning was spent at AKS at a conference celebrating International Women’s…

A great week back after the half term holidays: everyone ready to learn. The children who took part in the Bikeabilityy training received their badges and certificates.

We had a fantastic Wednesday morning, making our pizzas (designed in DT). These were baked in the…

On  Monday we were lucky enough to be visited by a refugee. Mr Eiad Zinah spoke to KS2 about his journey as he fled from his native country. Year 6 have followed this up with class discussion and there have been some very thoughtful opinions and points of view.

On Thursday Mrs Gradwell, who is…

Wow! What a week we’ve had!

Year 6 - you’ve been amazing and have shown us how incredibly hard you all work! Thank you all!

Friday morning we went into Squirrel wood in order to complete this years bird watch challenge. A lovely, annual task, which we all enjoy :)

Next week is children’s…

This week in year 6 we have been focussing on our healthy lifestyle writing, with the lifebus helping to clarify the facts for us. We had the Tuesday afternoon session and a lot of what we learned about ( alcohol, smoking, drugs and learning how to say no in a situation that we know is wrong) was…