Year 6 - Autumn 2 - Week 5
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 4:37pm
It has been a week full of different activities and festivities!
As artists, the children continued their learning of both World War 1 and 2 by creating their own propaganda art. The children connected their learning to previous lessons, including our workshop with The Holocaust Museum last half-term and our visit from Formby Civic Society last week, where we had discussed what propaganda was and how it had been used in the wars, both nationally and locally. They were also given an opportunity to examine further, poster examples in the lesson and work out the messages behind them. The children then had the task to either create their own poster or re-create an example from the past, using various media. Most children opted for pencils or paint on this occasion and the results were excellent!
In PE, we were able to continue our gymnastic unit; the children worked in pairs / small groups on counter balances and counter tension. We saw some very creative thinking going on as the children performed their favourite balances at the end of the lesson for the rest of their peers! On Thursday’s lesson, we prepared for International Day for Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December by taking part in a carousel of activities that could be accessed and enjoyed by all: curling, boccia and goalball. This was a great experience for the children and they enjoyed taking part in a range of competitive games that they may not usually play.
Our Christmas festivities officially began on Thursday morning when the children were very excited to enter a decorated room, full of lights, candles and – of course - a Christmas tree! Friday afternoon was also TSP’s very own ‘Christmas Extravaganza!’ The children met Santa in his grotto and attended the Christmas Fair in the hall, where they could participate in different games, jump on the bouncy castles and even get their hair and face decorated! It truly was a magical way to finish the week. Thank you to Team TSP for organising it.
Having finished reading ‘George’ by Alex Gino, the class opted for a new, Christmas-themed novel to be read. As a result, we settled on ‘Christmasaurus’ by Tom Fletcher. This has given us different opportunities to ‘George’ as we have been able to take turns reading and singing the parts of the elves in front of our peers. There have been lots of laughs so far – and even a round of applause after our first reading session! We think this will be a firm, class favourite by the end of term. Our class Advent calendar is also providing us with further opportunities to read aloud. Instead of opting for a chocolate Advent calendar, we have gone for a ‘Storybook Collection’ calendar; each day, two children will be able to choose a short book and then visit Reception to read the story to their buddy. The children have been very excited about the prospect of this!
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 that there are support videos attached to the tasks. If there are no available videos on SATs Companion then at least one Youtube video will be uploaded on Google Classroom.