This month of October marks Black History Month and next week we have been given the opportunity to attend the ‘Show Racism the Red Card’ conference at Blackpool Football Club (please click here to view letter sent home about this). This is an educational event aimed at encouraging students to help address race, equality and stereotyping. In preparation for this conference, this week we looked at a comprehension centered around the life of Rosa Park, whose courageous actions had a huge impact on the lives of millions of African Americans. We also discussed the importance of equality and how God made us all in His image and loves us all equally!
Here’s what else we have been up to this week….
In Maths we started the week simplifying factions then went on to comparing and ordering fractions with different denominators. After our first lesson on this I quickly realised that this was a concept that many found tricky so we continued this for a couple of lessons. I was so pleased to see so many have their ‘click’ moment with ordering fractions-it all started to make sense!
In English we finished our class write-a biography all about Usain Bolt. The children innovated the ideas we shared as a class and I then had the chance to read and mark their work, giving thorough feedback and targets on their written work. They are now ready to write an independent biography-the planning process has already begun!
In RE we continued to look at the life and actions of Maximilian Kolbe and responded to questions about what values of God’s Kingdom he showed and where we think he got his strength and courage from.
In Science we finished planning our heart rate investigation and started to record our results. Unfortunately we did not get a chance to complete the investigation (as so many of us took a while to find our pulses! 🙊) but we will finish this next week and write our conclusion based on our results.
In HRSE our focus was on body image and recognising that images in the media do not always reflect reality and can affect how people feel about themselves. we also reflected on the fact that thankfulness builds resilience against feelings of envy, inadequacy etc, and against pressure from peers or the media.
In History (and DT) we made model Spitfires!! We used clay to mold our Spitfires and they are now drying ready to be painted next week. Here are some pictures of our Spitfires in the making…
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Ola for her hard work and focus in class, ALL the time.
The Writing Award went to Charlotte for her great work innovating our class write.
The Maths award went to Oscar O’C for his amazing mental maths!
Notices:
PE days- Wednesdays this half term.
We are collecting tins of for Harvest. Any contributions are more than welcome!
On Tuesday, all children will need to bring a packed lunch to the conference day. If you want the school to provide this, please let the school office know.
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.
All of Year 6 now have their appointed roles within school. Many of them had their first official duties this week and I have been so impressed with how they have undertaken these roles with such maturity.
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.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Evans
