Author: year6

We hope you’ve had a great Easter break.

We have two very busy terms ahead of us.  Here is the overview for Term 5 – much of this will continue into Term 6.

Topic Overview Term 5

Year 6 have now completed all of the required KIRFs.  Please revisit the KIRFs from the previous four terms.

Y6 KIRFs (A4)

Any questions, please do not hesitate in contacting a member of the Year 6 team.

The children enjoyed creating suspenseful writing based on the video clip ‘Alma’.

Value Award: Friendship

Mason was awarded the value certificate for friendship. Mason always knows how to cheer up his friends.

Alfie is our ‘Star Reader’ this week. He has been reading lots at school and at home.

Oak won the KS2 Reading Challenge this week.

Aaliyah has impressed us with her science work this week.  Well done!

Value Award: Friendship

Henley showed kindness to others during the trip to the forest school this week.

St. Barnabas Award:

Megan always encourages those around her.

Elise has worked hard on her reading this week.

Elm won the TTRS trophy for being the fastest class in the school.

Year 6 were awarded Nicholas Bear for their positive attitudes towards their mock SATs.

Well done everyone!

Year 6 have been learning about the heart.  We looked at the different parts and their functions.  To investigate this further, we dissected a lamb’s heart.

We then investigated how the heart pumps blood by creating a model.  We created a valve to show how blood is prevented from going the wrong way.

As part of our PE lesson, we looked at pulse rates and how they increase.  We discovered that our hearts beat faster with more intense activities.

KS2 had a Zoom session with a scientist.  We were able to ask her questions and she gave us some fascinating answers.

We also explored what blood is made up of and its function.  We represented this using different ingredients.

Leila was chosen by 3 different adults for her writing this week.  Well done!

Value Award: Friendship

Spencer always shows kindness to others and comforts them when they are feeling down.

St. Barnabas Award:

Archie is always encouraging others without even realising it.

Thomas has read several times this week, which is really helping with the progress he is making.

Well done everyone!

The children researched and wrote poems about the Commonwealth.  Four children were selected to read their poems at the Commonwealth Day ceremony where we were joined by the Mayor of New Romney, Bishop Rose and many other people.

Dolly has been working hard to improve her writing this week

Value Award: Friendship

Brylie was awarded her certificate for always looking out for her friends.

St. Barnabas Award:

Alfie has been encouraging others to improve their football skills by adopting a coaching role.

Henley is the ‘Reader of the Week’ for really upping his game with his reading. Henley likes to challenge himself with his reading too!

Well done everyone!

Year 6 have had a fantastic week celebrating all things books.

We enjoyed swapping books that we have enjoyed so that others can experience them too.

The children enjoyed the visit from Jo Clarke.  We learned lots of useful tips regarding how to write a great story.

Our local librarian visited to tell us how to make the most of the library – I’m sure lots of the children will be visiting soon.

Lots of Elm class enjoyed dressing up on ‘World Book Day’.

We also enjoyed coming back to school during the evening for a story, biscuits and hot chocolate.  It was lovely to see the older children sharing books with the younger ones.

Year 6 enjoyed the poetry workshop with Paul Jenkins.  We even created a collaborative poem with him.

Finally, we were very impressed with the cakes inspired by books.

We can’t wait to spend the book tokens.