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This half term, our homework task was to create a project that linked to our topic: natural disasters. The children could be as creative as they liked and produce anything from a poster to a model. Here are some of the fantastic pieces that they have turned in - the teachers are so impressed with the hard work and dedication shown! 

Good morning wonderful Year 6 and happy Monday! 

We are coming to you this morning with our ninth top tip to support our focus: Every Day Counts! Last week, we suggested that you wake up 5 minutes earlier than usual. If you have managed this, why not leave for school 5 minutes earlier than usual as well? We all know how important it is to be punctual and get to school on time. This will ensure that you are at school for 8:40am, ready to complete your morning work. 

Why not give it a go this week? 

Check back next week for another handy top tip!

It was quite difficult not to get distracted during our Maths lesson this morning when the heavens opened and we experienced very heavy rain right outside our classrooms. As our topic this half term is natural disasters, we were intrigued by the amount of rain and the effect it might have on our playground. We were shocked to discover that there was rain pouring down the steps - it was like a waterfall! After going out to have a look, we discussed why this had happened. It was mentioned by the children that the playground did not absorb the water and this was the cause of the flooding outside our classrooms. 

Good morning wonderful Year 6 and happy Monday! 

We are coming to you this morning with our eighth top tip to support our focus: Every Day Counts! We know that it can be difficult to get up in the mornings, especially as the days get colder! Our suggestion is that you wake up just 5 minutes earlier than you normally would and use this time to do something calming. You could do some mindfulness breathing or some stretches. Activities like these will help wake up the body and boost your mood, getting you ready for a good day!

Why not give it a go this week? 

Check back next week for another handy top tip!

During our maths lessons over the past few weeks, we have been learning all about fractions. We have been using the highest common factor to simplify and using our times table knowledge to find the lowest common multiple to convert fractions so they have a common denominators. In todays lesson, we put that knowledge to the test to solve a range of problems. Our favourite mind melter involved donuts! How can you share a donut into eight equal pieces  using only three cuts? We borrowed a healthier alternative (bagels) to investigate. It was tricky but we got there. Can you solve this problem? 

Yesterday, Year 6 had their NSPCC workshop which was all about speaking out and staying safe. The children had conversations based around things they felt were okay or not okay and then justified their thoughts. They were incredibly sensible and mature during these conversations and all teachers were very impressed! They were taught all about how Childline can support children anytime of day, anytime of year and they even learnt a clever way to remember their number - the children have demonstrated this in the image above!

Yesterday, Year 6 had their NSPCC workshop which was all about speaking out and staying safe. The children had conversations based around things they felt were okay or not okay and then justified their thoughts. They were incredibly sensible and mature during these conversations and all teachers were very impressed! They were taught all about how Childline can support children anytime of day, anytime of year and they even learnt a clever way to remember their number - the children have demonstrated this in the image above!

Good morning wonderful Year 6 and happy Monday! 

We are coming to you this morning with our seventh top tip to support our focus: Every Day Counts! We know that children have appointments sometimes that cannot be avoided (such as the doctors or dentist). We suggest that you try and make sure that your adult at home books these for outside of school time. This will ensure that your amazing attendance is not affected by these things that we appreciate sometimes cannot be helped!

Why not mention this to your adult at home the next time you need an appointment? 

Check back next week for another handy top tip!

This half term, we are learning about websites and how they can be created. We have looked at the features of good webpages and analysed the media they employ to engage users online. This week, we talked about the purpose and audiences of webpages before having a go at drafting our own webpages using Google Sites. It was a lot of fun and we are looking forward to developing these further. 

As we begin our new topic and our new core text, we have been reminiscing over how much we enjoyed reading Coming to England by Floella Benjamin last half term. After performing our class assemblies where we acted out this incredible book, Mr Staples revealed to us that he was going to a conference where someone very special was speaking: Floella Benjamin! He took each Year 6 class' copy and we were lucky enough to have it signed by her - we could not believe it! We are so grateful for this signed copy; what a fantastic end to a fantastic half term of learning.