We have been kept super busy today with a wide range of activities: raft building, vertical challenge, problem solving and laser tag. After a hearty dinner, we then got dressed up for our disco. Our time is flying and we can't believe how soon we will be coming home! 

After a busy and exciting first day at PGL, we are now enjoying some chill-out time by the campfire! We abseiled and played aeroball this afternoon which built up our appetite for dinner. We can't wait to see what tomorrow brings! 

• - Don't overmention it at home
• - Ask questions at open events and showrounds
• - Speak to your child's class teacher or Mrs Jeffries if you have any other questions
• - Enjoy the open evenings and, most importantly, enjoy Year 6!

Today, the Year 6 children have begun their transition passports! As they get closer to the end of primary school, it is important to help them prepare for their transition to secondary. The children started by discussing their worries, things that they are excited about and ways to think positively. Then, they researched information about their own secondary school and we discovered lots of new information. They will be continuing next week! 

Year 6 had an absolute blast today at Fairlands Lakes! We took a leisurely walk over to the park where we had some time to play on the equipment and hang out with our friends. When we were hungry, we had a picnic style lunch to give us energy for more playing. Then, we had some more time on the equipment before heading back to school. We played really nicely and we represented Fairlands extremely well - our teachers were so impressed! Finally, we headed back to school and it is safe to say... we are all exhausted! 

We had a fantastic day in Willow Class on Friday for Science Day! We started off by completing a Science lesson linked to our current topic: Evolution and Inheritance. Then, we went to listen to a talk about climate change from a real engineer! We finished off our day by completing a poster about what climate change is and how we can help our planet. Here are some of our posters! 

This week, in our Maths lessons, we have been planning our own music festivals! Yesterday, we discussed what we wanted at our festival and completed our site plan. Today, we have been discussing the costs of our stages, stalls and artists. Tomorrow, we will move on to thinking about how we can cover these costs. During this project, we have been learning to apply our mathematical skills; make choices and decisions and work collaboratively. We can't wait to see it all come together! 

This week, we have begun our topic for the half term: Ancient Greeks. Our guided reading text, which is linked to our topic, is The Story of Antigone. Today, we looked at statements in the prologue of our book to give us a better understanding of what happened befor our story begins. In groups, we created a freeze frame for each statement so that we could picture really clearly what happened - it was great fun! 

After another day of brain-busting SATs papers, we had some downtime before revising for our final paper. We had a choice of activity and almost our whole class selected to sit and play some sort of game including uno, chess and building lego. Everyone was playing so nicely, calmly and respectfully that Miss Hodgson even gave us extra time! 

After a busy morning of SATs papers and a little more revision, our teachers gave us some time to escape into the worlds of our reading books. This was time for us to relax, not worry about anything and enjoy some calm. The weather was that lovely, most of us even chose to do our reading outside!