Year 6 - Spring 1 - Week 5

Date: 5th Feb 2026 @ 4:41pm

As the photos show, Year 6 arrived at Week 5 of term with plenty of energy still to burn! Here is a snapshot of what we have been up to.

The PE lesson in the photos was led by LFC who have been working with the class this term and led a wide range of games that have developed team work and strategic thinking. Fair to say that a good time was had by all in every one of these lessons!

In Maths, the class moved on from algebra and have been tackling ratio and proportion as the next area to master. The week has flown by as the class have moved from novice to expert status and the learning has impressed the adults around. At the same time, the class have enjoyed adding 4 'challenge' questions to their regular four a day - it is proving a great way to keep recapping our key knowledge ready for next term.

In English, the pupils have developed proofreading skills as they have been fixing 'broken' sentences for their SPAG activity each day and are becoming very skilled in spotting the mistakes others make! We have also continued to develop reading and comprehension skills as we have tackled a range of texts and worked hard to get to grips with them.

Our science lesson this week remains a work in progress as we search for the 'mouldiest children' in Year 6! After learning about mould as a variety of fungi, the challenge was set to create the conditions that would grow the best mould on a slice of bread. By adjusting the conditions the bread is stored in, the children are all hoping to win the mould challenge and extract the promised bar of chocolate from Mr Hirst... (Results will follow in a week of two)

In RE, the class have continued to explore the meaning of the Eucharist and spent some time this week reflecting on all the information that our visitors shared with is last week.

Overall, a fantastic and varied week in Year 6. Everyone - you have earned a couple of days off!

Reminders

Spellings have been set on Google Classroom as usual and will be tested next Friday (February 13th).

Maths and English homework has been set on the SATs Companion platform or sent home in books depending on which groups pupils are in. Whichever way it has been set, it is due to be completed on or before next Wednesday (11th February).