EYES OF THE WORLD CAMPAIGN
The eyes of the world are on us this year as Britain hosts world leaders for the United Nations' climate change talks – COP26. They will make important decisions that will shape the future of our global family. Our Lady’s is joining the campaign to call on the Prime Minister to support the world's poorest communities affected by the climate crisis. Hopefully, next Tuesday our Head Boy and Girl will be undertaking their first responsibility and representing our school as Blackpool schools gather in the town centre, in support of this campaign! In class we have been designing our own ‘Eyes of the World’ art, and the Head Boy and Girl will be taking these with them. We need to have our voices heard!
Here’s what else we have been up to this week…
In Maths, we have been focusing on addition. We have looked at what metal methods we can use to help us work our calculations quickly in our heads and also been solving word problems by picking the most efficient method for addition.
in English, we have continued looking at biographies, identifying cohesive devices and using evidence from a text to support our ideas. We have also completed our first assessed piece of writing: a formal letter of application. We took on the role of Walt Disney and applied for a job at Pixar. I will enjoy spending time over the next few days reading through all these letters. This will help to establish our writing targets for our next piece of writing too!
In RE, we have been reading the biography of Maximilian Kolbe. He was a man who lived out the Word of God through his selfless actions, and helped to spread the Kingdom of God. This was our focus: looking at the ways he showed that the Kingdom of God was within him, and helped him to live a life following Christ’s example. We actually saw many parallels between Kolbe’s life, and the life of Jesus.
In History, we have been reading all about the Battle of Britain. We now know much more about what this Battle was, why it took place, and how significant it was. The class made information booklets all about the Battle of Britain.
In Computing, we started to look at coding. We discussed different types of cipher and codes, and why they are used: often to conceal a secret message. In small groups they ten had a go at cracking several different ciphers…I was very impressed!
In PE, we played some team games. Both myself and the Sports4Champion leaders were very impressed with the great teamwork skills shown by all of the class-great communication and strategies.
AWARD WINNERS:
This week’s Golden award went to Jensen for being an incredibly hard worker and superb listener. He is also such a polite and kind young man.
The Writing Award was given to Eliza for her well-written letter in RE. It was beautifully presented too!
The Maths Award was given to Adam for his great work on metal/written addition.
Thank you
Once again, thank you Year 6 for another great week. I know I have put this on every update so far, but I really am so proud of how hard this class work. It is because of this that we manage to cover so much in the week and, most importantly, learn so much!
I hope you all have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Murphy & Mrs Owen
