This Sunday marks the second Sunday of Advent. On this day the Peace Candle, also known as the ‘Bethlehem Candle’, will be lit. The Bethlehem Candle is purple, signifying repentance and royalty. It recalls the preparations Mary and Joseph made for Jesus’ birth. As we’re getting ready for Christmas, let’s make our plans and carry them out. But, it is important not get so wrapped up in our own preparations that we’re too busy to appreciate what God is doing in our lives and that Advent is preparing us for the birth of Christ, our Saviour. Today, Fr. Frank led Year 6 in a lovely Advent reflection all about prayer.
Here’s what else we have been up to this week…
In Maths we started the week completing another reasoning paper, as a class. In the same way we did last week, the class had a go at a few questions at a time and then we looked over the questions and marked them as a class. The children find this really helpful as it is a good way for them to experience the types of questions they will get on a reasoning paper, but without the pressure of test conditions. The second part of the week we focused on percentage, fraction and decimal equivalents.
In English we began our shared write. We have changed some of the original storylines/characters/details from the Wizard of Oz and innovated other aspects. Together, we have drafter the first few paragraphs, ensuring we include certain features and language choices in our text. This shared write will be very useful when the children come to writing their independent write!
In RE we looked at the meaning and symbolism of the different parts of the Advent Wreath. We focused on the significance of each candle and their colour as well as the circular shape of the wreath. The class had a go at drawing the advent wreath in their own books and labelling each part.
In Science we looked at the Linnaean classification system. This is a system that Carl Linnaus developed in the 1700s so that scientists all over the world would be naming and classifying living things in the same way. This was quite a complex system for us all to get our heads around but the class did such a good job at using this system to classify different species of reptiles into all of the other groups that they belong.
In Geography we found out more about the hills and mountains in the UK. We focused on a selection of mountain and hills and researched their country, mountain range and elevation. We then put this data into a bar chart.
In Computing the class (finally!) had the chance to present their Bletchley Park PowerPoints that they have designed over the past couple of lessons. I was so impressed with how each group/individual did. They got up in front of the rest of the class and shared their information with everyone…..
🌟 AWARD WINNERS! 🌟
The Golden Award went to Oscar Op for always be willing to lend a helping hand.
The Writing Award went to Oscar O’C for his great contributions to our shared write.
The Maths award went to Emma for using different strategies to solve problems.
📌NOTICES 📌:
Dates for your diary:
🗓 Wednesday 20th December - Christmas meal & Christmas jumper day.
Children are invited to wear their own clothes for the day, and this can include Christmas jumpers, dresses or accessories if they would like - but please don't buy anything especially. We would like to support Save The Children with the Christmas jumper day, and will add a voluntary contribution of £1 to Parentpay for donations to this charity nearer the time.
🗓 Thursday 21st December @ 2.15pm - KS2 Advent Service in Church.
Parents are invited to celebrate the KS2 Advent Service over at Our Lady’s Church in the afternoon of the 21st December. We will be singing some Christmas carols as we tell the story of the Nativity. We do hope you can make it.
PE day- Wednesdays.
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.
Wednesday Word and TenTen Newsletter
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.
Online Safety
At Our Lady's we like to support our parents/carers in Online Safety matters.
Keeping children and young people safe online is one of the biggest challenges facing society today and it is all of our responsibility to ensure that children are educated to make positive, informed choices when they are online.
This month’s online safety guide gives helpful advice about…
Disney+ This guide examines the hugely popular streaming service Disney+ for potential risks, giving advice on how to avoid them.
We hope you find these guides informative and helpful in promoting the positive use of technology to make the online world a better and safer place for us all.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Murphy, Mrs Owen & Miss Evans
