In RE this week we have been deepening our understanding of Jesus as ‘The Bread of Life’. We know that Jesus referred to himself as ‘The Bread of Life’ as he wanted His people to understand that just as we need to be physically nourished, we also need to be spiritually nourished….Jesus is our spiritual nourishment! We compared our physical needs with our spiritual needs, making the parallel between satisfying our physical hunger with food to prevent us from become weak, and satisfying our spiritual hunger with Jesus to prevent our faith from weakening.
Here’s what else we have been up to this week….
In Maths we have been focusing on fractions of amounts and percentages of amounts. We made links between the two and were able to make fraction/percentage equivalents. I was very impressed with how quick the class picked up on percentages of amounts!
In English we have been writing up our cyclone poems. I was blown away by the standard of these poems. Everyone used such descriptive language to personify their cyclone and they were all structured very well too. If fact, the children were so pleased with their work, we decided to photocopy our poems to share with people at home too…we hope you enjoyed them!
In History we were looking at both sides of the argument for/against the idea that there was a ‘Blitz Spirit’. Historians have argued the case on both sides of this discussion, and we looked at evidence from both points of view. We then rated each piece of evidence according to how powerful we believed it was and explained why we rated it so high.
In Science we have continued to focus on the classification of different micro-organisms, even looking into the history of some Scientists and their use of helpful micro-organisms in things such as medicines.
In PE we continued with our ‘Blackpool Buddies’ programme. Last week, we finished off planning our games and a few groups had a chance to try these games out on the class. One group then went onto the KS1 yard and lead a group of Year 2 children in playing their game-the younger children loved this!
AWARD WINNERS:
The Golden Award went to Theo for being an incredibly kind and thoughtful member of the class.
The Writing Award was given to ALL of the class!! I just could not pick one star writer this week, as the standard was so high!
The Maths Award was given to Laciee for her fantastic work on percentages.
Other Notices:
Throughout the school we have a number of bugs and colds going around, and of course Covid is still present. With this in mind, we please ask that you ensure your child’s school water bottle is thoroughly cleaned at home, before they bring it back in each day. They best was to kill the germs is to use boiling water.
As we are having to keep the classrooms well ventilated, it can get quite cold in the classroom at times. Due to this, the children are welcome to wear extra layers of clothing under their school uniform and/or they can bring in their PE hoodies should they wish to double up on top of their jumpers/cardigans.
As mentioned above, we do have a number of bugs going around the classes at the moment, so we please ask if your child is showing any signs of illness/sickness, please do not send them into school, and they must remain at home for 48 hours from their last episode of sickness.
The threat of Covid is still prevalent in our school, with a number of positive cases at present,. With this in mind, we also ask that you keep your child at home if they are showing any symptoms and take them for a PCR test. Headaches have been identified as a common symptom with children, as well as coughing, sore throats, high temperature and loss of smell/taste.
Thank you, Year 6 for your continued efforts and thank you parents for your continued support!
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Murphy & Mrs Owen
