This week, we have been learning so much from our mistakes! In Year 6, we view our mistakes as our first attempts in learning, and use them to further our learning. As we completed a GPS practice paper least week and a reasoning one this week, we have really been focusing on those questions that we struggled with-we have never learnt so much!! I am so proud of how hard all of the class are working, and how much they want to succeed. If they all continue putting in this effort, I have no doubt they will leave Year 6 achieving so much!

Here is some more detail about this week’s learning…

In Maths we have been describing and drawing circles. We have learnt what circumference, radius and diameter are (ask us at home!!) and we have been drawing circles, using a compass. We know that the measurement from the tip of our pencil, to the point on our compass, will always be the radius of the circle we draw. We have also looked at Roman numerals and measuring angles, using a protractor!

In English, we have continued with our focus on GPS and reading comprehension. In GPS, we have looked at past/present progressive tense, subject/verb/object, punctuating speech, and so much more! We have been developing our inference skills, and exploring key vocabulary through our reading comprehensions.

In RE, we have been comparing our own responses with our friend’s responses, to questions we find difficult to answer, from our RE lessons. I was so impressed with how detailed some of their responses were, and they truly showed a deep understanding of some of the questions asked. Questions such as ‘If Adam and Eve did not sun, would we have needed Jesus?’ and ‘How is the bread and wine changed into Jesus’ body and blood, in the mass?’

In Computing we were using the Scratch coding programme to create our own games. We have to follow instructions given, and debug when necessary. Many of us then went on to develop our games further, by adding more code.

In Science we have proved two things, through our investigation. One is that light travels in straight lines and the other in the law of reflection. We used a mirror and a torch to prove this, and then we explained our findings (again, ask us what we found out!)….

AWARD WINNERS

The Golden Award went to Megan and Zachary this week. I gave one to Megan for being such an enthusiastic learning and trying so hard with all her work. Zachary received his for showing what a wonderful friend he is-he is so caring and considerate!

The Maths Award went to Joseph for trying so hard with his Maths-I have noticed huge improvements!

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