Well this week has been a week of growth. We have a growing understanding of many areas of our learning, we have continued to develop our growth mindset and we have grown spiritually, through our questioning in RE. At this time of the year, it is so heart-warming to watch the class grow so much in confidence, as they prepare for their transition to high school-I can see all of their hard work, over the past 7 years, truly paying off!
Here is what we have been up to this week, in more detail….
In Maths, we have had a big focus on reasoning questions. They are always trickier to answer, compared to arithmetic questions, as you often have to work out exactly what the question is asking you to do, before you apply those arithmetic skills. We had a focus on multi-step problems, looking at how to use the information given, to work our what calculations needed to be done. We had to work one thing out first before we could then work out the final answer….after a bit of practice, I was so pleased to see so many whizz through the other questions.
In English, our focus has been GPS! Lots of GPS! After completing a paper last week, we identified our gaps and this is what we have focused on this week. We have looked at plural possession, contractions, semi-colons and adjectives/adverbs. We will continue with our GPS focuses next week too!
In Science, we gave scientific explanations of how it is that we can see objects. We labeled and annotated the picture of us ‘acting out’ this concept, to show a true understanding of how light travels in straight lines, and reflects off objects, before travelling to our eyes.
In PE, we played a new game called ‘Strategiki’. This was a team game, all about strategy. The class really enjoyed this, and demonstrated superb teamwork and communication skills.
In PSHE, we focused on what we know about growth mindset, to categorise thoughts into helpful/unhelpful thoughts. The class then added their own into each category and I was really touched by the ideas they had, and how much they had understood the purpose of the lesson. We know it is not helpful to focus on the negatives and ‘worst-case scenarios’, and much more helpful to highlight the positives in situations, looking at things with a different perspective at times. Sophie came up with a new acronym for PSHE, which I absolutely loved…Positive thought Self-love Hopefulness Energised mind.
In RE, we had the pleasure of doing a live Google meet with Fr. Jim! We had prepared some ‘Ask Fr. Jim’ questions for him, which he answer in a live Q & A session. The children really enjoyed this, and they took so much away from it. Some of the questions Fr Jim were asked, were deep and difficult to answer, but Fr Jim did an amazing job at answering these in a way that the children could understand and I could tell that they really had grown spiritually! This proves my theory: if in doubt, ask Fr Jim!!
AWARDS
Golden Award- This week I gave out two Golden Awards. One went to Ryan and the other Lily. I gave them the award this week for the same reason; they are both superb role models!
Writing Award-This went to Charlie for his increased accuracy with punctuations.
Maths Award-This was given to Tom for the huge progress he has made with his arithmetic.
REMINDERS:
School closes at 1.05pm on Friday’s
Please do not wear earrings on PE days (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Please remember to bring your water bottles in daily, filled with fresh water
Please remember to get your reading record signed when you read at home. You should be reading regularly: at least 3/4 times a week
Thank you for all your hard work, yet again, Year 6! Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Slater & Mrs Murray
