Year 6 - Autumn 2 - Week 1
Date: 4th Nov 2022 @ 8:33am
It has been a week of singing, dancing and laugher this week!
In RE, we started our first unit, ‘Life as a Journey’. To begin, we reflected on what we mean by the word, ‘journey’ and used a Double Bubble Thinking Map to demonstrate the differences and similarities between life and journeys. We then considered how our whole life is a journey and discussed the many journeys people make through both choice and sadly forced to . Over the upcoming weeks, we will be exploring the different journeys others take, including those of particular religions, race and heritage and hopefully making lots of thoughtful connections.
In Maths, Mr King’s group has revised all previous topics from last half-term, recapped Roman Numerals knowledge from Years 4 and 5 and also done lots of work on decimals. This has included ordering decimals and multiplying them. Next week, we will be moving onto long multiplication and long division. In Mrs Martin’s group, they will be revisiting and building upon their knowledge of division and division related problems.
As scientists, we concluded our learning on classification by focusing on microorganisms. We learned that microbes or microorganisms are too small to be seen with the naked eye and vary in size; also, that there are millions of different types, but there are five main groups that scientists use to classify them. It was highlighted how microorganisms can be harmful, but that some can also be useful and play an important part in decomposition.
We are very lucky that this half-term, we will be taking part in yoga sessions every Wednesday afternoon with Sefton Active. The children had their first session this week and - during their post-session reflection – noted how calm and relaxed they felt afterwards. Hopefully, this will be a very rewarding experience for our pupils and a hobby they may wish to continue in the future.
As last month was Black History Month, we have been reading, 'Happy Here: 10 Stories from Black Authors and Illustrators'. The stories we have read so far have been a great stimulus for lots of different PSHE discussions, including different family structures.
Perhaps the main highlight for the children over the past two weeks has been filming our whole-school music video for our Celebration of Kindness Week. The school has been filled with laughter as we have discussed different scenes to film, learned choreography and focused on our performing and acting skills. Our Year 6 pupils thoroughly enjoyed filming their scenes and that is certainly reflected in the video, which will be found on our Youtube channel at the end of next week when we officially launch Celebration of Kindness Week.
The children are aware of how to access their homework for next week – either on SATs Companion or in their book. Next week’s spelling test in Mr King’s group is a recap of the previous three weeks. Please remember that the children can also access their virtual classroom on Google Classroom if they wish to access further learning at home.
Have a great weekend, everyone!