Week commencing 26th September

Year 6 (Year 6) on: Year 6 Class Blog

Good morning children and grown ups of Year 6!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and that you are ready for another week of searching faithfully for excellence. 

Here is our timetable for this week:  Week 4 timetable.docx

A reminder of Year 6 homework:

Children should complete 1 lesson on Bedrock, 20 questions on TT Rockstars and complete the Spelling Shed assignment. This homework must be completed by Friday 30th September. 

As usual, if you have any concerns or questions, feel free to email me on Y6@olsj.org.uk and I will respond as soon as I can.

Miss Harper  x

Week commencing 19th September

Year 6 (Year 6) on: Year 6 Class Blog

Good morning children and grown ups of Year 6!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and that you are ready for another week of searching faithfully for excellence. 

Here is our timetable for this week: Week 3 timetable.docx

This Thursday 22nd, we will be spending the day at Saint Pius therefore children should come in their regular school uniform on this day. 

A reminder of Year 6 homework:

Children should complete 1 lesson on Bedrock, 20 questions on TT Rockstars and complete the Spelling Shed assignment. This homework must be completed by Friday 23rd September. 

As usual, if you have any concerns or questions, feel free to email me on Y6@olsj.org.uk and I will respond as soon as I can.

Miss Harper  x

Week commencing 12th September

Year 6 (Year 6) on: Year 6 Class Blog

Good morning, Year 6. 

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. 

This week, we will be continuing our work on Place Value, focusing on the Problem section of our writing, and looking at water as a force in Science. 

Our Topic work on Kon-Tiki will include learning about lines of longitude and latitude and sketching some initial design ideas for our rafts. 

Here is our timetable for this week: Week 2 timetable.docx

PE and Forest School remain on Thursday. 

Homework must be completed by Friday. This will be to complete 20 questions on TT Rockstars and complete one Bedrock lesson. 

If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to email me on Y6@olsj.org.uk and I will respond as soon as I can.

Miss Harper  x

Meeting our buddies

Year 6 (Year 6) on: Year 6 Class Blog

Today was a very special day for the children in Year 6 as we met our F2 buddies for the very first time! 

The children were great role models for their buddies and I know their buddies will look up to them across their final year.

Here are some pictures from our afternoon with our buddies:

Week commencing 5th September

Year 6 (Year 6) on: Year 6 Class Blog

Good morning to all the children and grown-ups of Year 6!

I hope you have all had a lovely, restful summer and that you are all as excited as I am to start your journey here in Year 6. 

Here is this week's timetable: Week 1 timetable.docx

Our topic this half term will be 'Kon Tiki'.Throughout this topic, we will be designing, making and testing our own raft, similar to that used in the Kon-Tiki expedition, using numerous different hand tools and materials throughout. In Geography, we will be identifying how maps can differ, and we will begin to use lines of longitude and latitude to locate and identify places on Earth. 

In Literacy, we will be looking at narrative writing using the story Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We will be using the same text throughout our Comprehension lessons this half term. 

We will begin our brand new Science topic 'Titanic' where we will be using our working scientifically skills to explore some of the scientific concepts behind the Titanic. 

In Numeracy, we will be beginning our Place Value topic before moving onto the four operations. 

Thursday is both our PE and Forest School day, therefore children must come in the suitable uniform on this day. 

If you have any concerns or questions, feel free to email me on Y6@olsj.org.uk and I will respond as soon as I can.

Let's have a great first week together in Year 6!

Miss Harper  x