Show Racism the Red Card Conference-Tuesday 10th October 2023
On Tuesday we had the privilege of attending the Show Racism the Red card conference, at Blackpool Football Club. This day had a huge impact on all of us and we took so much away from it. We had three workshops: one was about hate crime, another on discrimination and prejudice and the other was a tour around the football grounds, where we also designed anti-racism posters. The day ended with the children, in groups, creating a presentation on a chosen topic, and some groups were chosen to present their ideas to none other than Trevor Sinclair and Alan Irvine!! 😮 Two out of three of our groups were chosen to present their ideas! If things couldn’t get any better, one of our posters was chosen as runner up-each child from the group received a goodie bag and we won a signed t shirt for our school. Well done to Mickey, Frankie, Isabella and Lexi-Rose who were our winning team!!
The day was a huge success on such a relevant and important topic. I was so impressed with how Year 6 conducted themselves and how well they participated in the discussions that took place.
We felt is was very fitting, in light of our day at the Anti-Racism conference, to reflect on this in our RE and Worship. We looked at what scripture teaches us about equality and justice and found that the words from the book of Genesis ‘God created mankind in His image’, were poignant when discussing anti-racism. We wrote down a reflection on anti-racism and how this links in with the words from the scripture, and these refection sit proudly on our worship display.
Here’s what else we have been up to this week….
In Maths we have been doing some tricky work on fractions! We have been adding and subtracting mixed numbers and looking at the different methods we can use. Some of us have mastered it and some of us are getting there! We will continue to revisit this regularly through our Fluent in 5! We also did our first practice arithmetic test….more for me to see the children’s strengths and areas for development (as well as gaps in our learning). I was so impressed with the class’s attitude towards this test and I am proud of them all.
In English the children have been writing their independent biography. I look forward to reading all of these completed pieces of writing and can use this to help feedback on each child’s writing during our brief parent meeting on Monday 16th October.
In Science we finally recorded our results of our investigation. Each child had chosen three other activities to undertake, and they recorded their heart rates immediately after. On Monday, they will write their conclusions.
In History we finished our pilot letters and started to look at the events of ‘The Blitz’. In our next lesson, we will be responding to the question ‘Was their a Blitz Spirit?’ using evidence to support ideas for and against this idea.
In Art we painted our model Spitfires. They look great…..
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Lexi-Rose for her impeccable manners!
The Writing Award went to Oscar Op for using a range of punctuation in his writing.
The Maths award went to Amy for her superb times tables work this week!
Notices:
PE days- Wednesdays this half term.
We are collecting tins of for Harvest. Any contributions are more than welcome!
Reading books - the class now have their ZPDs and will be coming home with books to read, within their range. Please can someone from home sign their records any time they complete home reading. In Year 6, I would expect them to be reading at least between 3 and 4 times a week.
Parent meeting on Monday 16th October. I can see all parents have booked a meeting with me-I look forward to meeting will you all then! My slot with each of you will be just 5 minutes long so I will let you know how your child has settled in and how they are doing so far in their learning.
Homework- I have set homework this week, details of which can be found on the Year 6 Homework Page.
Contact information- if you need to contact me for any reason, please email using year6@our-lady.blackpool.sch.uk.
Please have a look at this Parent Newsletter linked with our weekly whole school and class worships…
WEDNESDAY WORD Please follow this link below to access the Gospel Readings for the forthcoming week, there are also some fun activities to complete, this is a fantastic family resource to share and celebrate with your child at home.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Evans
