Year 6 - Spring 2 - Week 1
Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 11:32am
As writers, the children were recently tasked with writing a class blog. The children analysed previous entries from this year, identifying the range of punctuation used, as well as technical vocabulary. They then used a brace map to decide on a few subjects / class events that have taken place this year before creating their own entry. This proved to be tricker than originally thought, as the children had to consider what lessons took place for a particular topic and what they would have learned from this.
Developing our understanding of the English language, we have focused on tenses: progressive and perfect. Over the week, the children enjoyed listening to songs about each tense and also learning how to make zines to record their notes. Many children said they would like to create more zines in the future for other topics in different subjects!
On Monday, the children found out that they would be visited by one of Formby High School’s Spanish teachers, Mrs Gibbons. She delivered a lesson to the children on Spain general, including which countries speak Spanish. The children are very fortunate that – going forward this half-term - Mrs Gibbons will be leading weekly Spanish lessons.
The children were very excited to start their swimming lessons on Wednesday. Although the first session required some time to be dedicated to initial assessments, we were still able to practise our freestyle and swim quite a few lengths in a short space of time – well done! Friday’s PE lesson saw us returning to tag rugby, which will continue for the next few weeks in anticipation for an upcoming tournament.
We concluded our Geography and Art topics on Africa this week. In Art, the children chose their best ‘animal skin’ design from before half-term and then applied their printing skills; they used their chosen design to transfer over onto the silhouette of a particular animal. In Geography – having previously compared Kenya to the UK – the children learned more about the town of Kalule in Uganda and then compared it with Formby.
Outside of the curriculum, we observed a one-minute silence on Friday for the people of Ukraine. Prior to this, we were able to connect our understanding of our History topics this year and how WW1 and WW2 affected people and communities; it is hard to believe that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has now been going on for a whole year.
The children are aware of how to access their homework for next week – either on SATs Companion or in their books. Spellings have also been set. If your child is accessing their homework through SATs Companion and needs additional support, please remind them to watch the video input first. They can also revise any topics through the ‘Practice’ section of the app / website afterwards.
Have a great weekend, everyone!