Another great week, Year 6! This week they have been showing off their writing skills, investigation skills, multiplication skills, teamwork skills, and so much more! I am so pleased to see how much the whole class has improved in such a little amount of time-you can only imagine how excited I am to see their progress by the end of Year 6!
Here’s what we’ve been up to this week….
In Maths, our focus has been multiplication. We have been using both mental strategies and written methods, to solve problems. So far, we have used the short written method when multiplying numbers by one digit numbers (hence their maths IXL focus), but we will soon be looking at multiplying by two-digit numbers, using the written method!
In English, we started our shared write: a biography on Usain Bolt. I am so impressed with the ideas that the class have come up with, and together we wrote the introductory paragraph of our biography. The children then used this shared write, to write their own introduction, magpie-ing any ideas they wanted! The class really enjoyed this, and we will be continuing with the rest next week. In GPS we were looking at semi-colons, colons and dashes.
In Science, we planned and recorded the results of an investigation. We are investigating the question ‘How do different physical activities affect our heart rate?’. Next week, we will be writing our conclusion, based on our results.
In RE, we have been responding to questions about Maximilian Kolbe, and reflecting on our own actions, and how they help to spread the Kingdom of God. How do we help those in need? How do we show compassion and mercy towards others?
In History, we have been researching the Battle of Britain. The class have really enjoyed finding our more about why this was such a significant event in WW2. We listened to a radio broadcast from Neville Chamberlain, when he first declared that Britain were at war, and we even listened to a Polish radio station when they first announced the war-we were very lucky to have Lily to translate this for us!
In PE, I was SO impressed with the classes’ teamwork! In Sports4Champion, we played handball, and the communication skills and good sportsmanship between both teams was brilliant. Next week, we are doing fruit tasting!!
AWARD WINNERS:
This week’s Golden Award went to Naomi for being such a kind and considerate member of the class, who always tries her very hardest.
The Writing Award went to Thomas for his great contributions to our shard write. he also went above and beyond and did some writing about the Battle of Britain, at home!
The Maths award went to TIa for her growing independence and confidence with her maths.
I hope you all have wonderful weekend,
Miss Slater & Mrs Murray
