This week, the class have been helping to spread the Kingdom of God, through their words and actions. We have discussed in RE that the Kingdom of God is not just Heaven, it starts within us and grows the more we do good deeds. We looked at the biography of Maximilian Kolbe, who lived his life fulfilling God’s mission. His story was an extremely emotional and powerful one, and we immediately recognised how his actions helped to spread the Word of God, during his lifetime. I have been so pleased to see so many children in the class doing good deeds, throughout the week, and I was so proud at how they behaved during yoga and Sports4Champions, which were both delivered by visitors-we received great feedback! So keep up the great work Year 6, and continue to spread the Kingdom of God!

This week’s learning….

In Maths, we have been focusing on mental and written methods for subtraction.

In English, we have been writing formal letters of application, in the role of Walt Disney. Our GPS focus was relative clauses. We know how to identify a relative clause, as they start with a relative pronoun!

In Science, we have looked at the functions of the main parts of the circulation system.

In History, we have been places key significant events, from World War II, on a timeline.

NOTICE ABOUT HOMEWORK:

It came to my attention this week, that there were several children in the class who had not fully completed all of the homework I had set. It is really important that the class can work to a deadline, particularly as this is something they have to do regularly in high school. Every Thursday morning, I check that each child has completed each of the IXL units, at least one Bedrock lesson, and have accessed TT Rockstars over the week. I was disappointed to see that there were quite a few that had not completed all of this. I have spoken to the class about this, and have made it clear that even in they do not get all the work complete by Wednesday evening, they must still complete all of the set work by Friday, but they will be marked down as ‘late’ for that week.

Any children that are absent on a Friday, when I set the homework, if they are well enough and are back in school by the following Monday, I will direct them to the school website to still complete any homework set. They will receive an extended deadline of the Friday, to complete all the work set.

Any spellings I set, they will have a full week to practise, as we will always have our spelling test on a Friday. Although I cannot monitor how often they are practising at home, the proof will be when they complete their test-please do encourage them to practise regularly if you can!

If you ever have any questions or queries about any of the work I have set, please do not hesitate to email me, year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk,

Thank you for your support with this.

AWARD WINNERS:

This week’s Golden Award went to Audrey for being such a positive and enthusiastic member of the class!

The Writing Award this week went to Leo for his cohesive letter-he used many cohesive devices to ensure his letter flowed nicely.

The Maths Award went to Hollie for the huge improvement in her arithmetic skills.

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Another message from the Head of Year 7, at St Mary’s Catholic College:

‘St Mary's Catholic Academy Open Evening will be an online event this year. It launches at 17:00 on Monday 28th September and can be viewed anytime after this. We are also doing private tours of the Academy - please call 01253 396286 to book your place. ‘

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Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Slater & Mrs Murray