Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
Miss Lynch is Year Six's class teacher and Mrs Kaur is our teaching assistant. We are also supported by Mr Barr and our resource base teacher, Miss Paulson, and our resource base teaching assistant, Miss Leddy.
As a team, we are excited about a busy year ahead and look forward to building a working partnership between staff, pupils, parents and carers to maximise children's learning.
This term our theme is 'Crime and Punishment' with a particular focus on History. We will be using the old school log books to investigate the punishments which were given at school and the reasons for them.
P.E.
We have P.E. on a Tuesday and Friday so please help your child to be fully prepared for this lesson by having their kit in school.
S.A.T.s
As many of you will know Year 6 is the time when children across the country take their S.A.T.s tests. The dates for the tests are: Monday
11th May to Thursday 14th May. We will be working with you and your children to ensure that they are fully prepared and more information will be provided later in the year.
Autumn Term Curriculum
Word Mania round 1 has now ended, we now await the final round (12th to the 14th November). Check out below to find out how they are getting on.
Y6 Have been to the cinema at Resorts World to watch a film about Global Warming. For some of us it was our first time watching a 3D movie, we had fun trying to reach out to the wonderful creatures of the deep.It left us feeling emotional, knowing that these creatures are at risk of extinction if we do not change our ways.
Year 6 have entered the Word Mania competition. Look at the score board below to see how they are doing.
Y6 have been to the Vue Cinema at Star City to see the film '2040'. The film is about practical solutions to environmental concerns which are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
Y6 have returned back to school with their home learning about Global Warming.
Year 6 and Year 5 are in a competitive Rockstar competition, wonder who will win.
Y6's home learning for October half term.
What is Global Warming?
You can present this as a:
Power point
Poster
Presentation
Poem
Model
We will look forward to seeing these when you come back. Have a fantastic half term.
Why not create your own book club at home using this Book Club Agenda.
Year 6 have been writing diary entries as Bess and Tim from 'The Highwayman' text in English. Here are some examples by Naoroj and Abbie
Year 6 have been writing character descriptions of the highwayman. Here is a sample of writing by Tien.
Year 6 are reading 'The Highwayman' in English.
Year 6 have been reading Oliver Twist. As part of the text talks about Oliver being in a Workhouse, the children wanted to explore what that would be like. So we went back in time and explored the many jobs that would have taken place.
Year 6 have been reading 'Oliver Twist' in guided reading.
Year 6 have had a visit from Urban Devotion to talk about gangs and knife crime. They explored the reasons why people get involved with these activities. Furthermore, the children discovered the impact of these behaviours and how they can make positive choices when faced with challenging circumstances.
When we visited the Black Country Museum we stepped back in time to dicover what it was like for children in a Victorian school. We are going to use our experience and our further research to compare the modern day classroom with the Victorian one.
Year 6 have enjoyed a visit from Carol Lyndon who introduced them to the school punishment book dated back to the early 1920s onwards. The children investigated the different types of punishments given now compared to the early 1920-70s. Year 6 will be taking part in a project with Carol where they will be displaying their work in an exhibition in Birmingham City Centre later on next year.
Year 6 visited Whitemoor Lakes before the summer holidays to get to know their new teacher. Whilst there we did lots of team building and trust exercises.
