Welcome to Year 6

Class Teacher - Miss Milnes

Teaching Assistant - Mrs Boden

 

Spring and Summer Term

English
Throughout the spring term, we have been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, paying particular attention to Chapter 5: Diagon Alley. After we had read and dissected this chapter, we planned and composed our own setting descriptions for our own weird and wonderful wizarding shops! By incorporating pathetic fallacy, we thought carefully about how the opening atmosphere set the tone for the rest of our writing. We then used prepositional phrases to ensure our settings were specific and detailed. To test our accuracy, we copied and pasted our descriptions into an AI image generator, and watched our magical worlds come to life. Have a read of some of our amazing creations below!

 

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As a special treat, and as a result of all our hard work, we ended our Half Term with a Harry Potter movie afternoon, complete with wizard-themed snacks!

World Book Day
Everyone's favourite day of the year!!  We made Diary of a Wimpy 'Cheese Touch' snacks, BFG Dreamcatchers, Willy Wonka hats and Wizard of Oz characters, all before an afternoon of book quizzes and reading outside in the sunshine!

Art
In this unit, we have explored different artistic styles; we explored effects with tools, understood and applied chiaroscuro, and created symbolic and expressive drawings. We were encouraged to form our own opinions about art, and understand the impact of different techniques. We then planned our own final pieces, based around an important message or teaching that we wanted to convey artistically. 

 

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RE
Our Year 6 children have taken a leading role in our class worship sessions this year, including a special SATs-based worship where we thought about how God believes in us and strengthens us during important moments. We asked him for his guidance throughout the coming test period, and created a 'Chain of Hope' which we displayed in the classroom throughout SATs week. 

Some children have participated in the 'Faith in Action' programme, which develops their understanding of their own faith, and encourages them to lead by example, applying their learning through various opportunities across school, including a trip to Abbey Care Home, as well as a pilgrimage to Rawmarsh food bank.  

Pilgrims of Hope

This Jubilee Year, we have been called to consider our relationship with God and grow in our faith. We have written prayers of hope to send to another local primary school; we have looked ahead to our upcoming transition, and considered how our relationship with God can strengthen us throughout this next chapter.

 

We were lucky enough to receive a visit from CAFOD who invited us on our very own classroom pilgrimage. We considered how children across the world are called to make challenging journeys each day, and how we, as the next generation, have the power to make a change. 

 

Science
Our topic, 'Animals Including Humans', has taught us all about the human circulatory system. We have learnt all about the different blood vessels and their purposes, and applied our learning to some beautifully presented double-page spreads. We also made 'Blood Smoothies' to learn all about the different components of human blood! Delicious!!

 

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We have also become 'Classification Connoisseurs', creating dichotomous keys to classify a variety of sweets and confectionery. We asked Yes' or No questions using only observable characteristics, before trying to isolate each 'species' of sweet. 

Boosters
We have worked so hard throughout this term in preparation for our SATs tests in May; this bunch of superstars have attended weekly booster sessions and are maths whizzes as a result! We are so proud of you all- not long now!