As a term comes to a close, it’s always a good time to reflect on the recent events; I’d like to take the opportunity to say
thanks to the children for all their hard work and well done for all their successes.
The class have worked extremely hard on their Rich and Poor Big Topic. The topic books of some of the children – Iona, Georgia, Henry, Mehak, Faizaan and Ebony – are especially good in terms of their research and how the children have expressed their ideas about rich and poor in a range of styles.
We have had many good class discussions inspired by SEAL or Talk Time homework about rich and poor. Luke, Connor, Adam and Max always add huge amounts to these discussions with their considered and interesting opinions.
Linked to our Rich and Poor topic, the children paired up to work on adverts that a charity may use to persuade people to donate money to help the poor. Scripts were written and the advert was made using a great app called ‘Explain Everything’. Husna and Lili made a superb job that looked and sounded like a real advert.
Those of you who have been into class or seen the class assembly will have probably noticed the excellent artwork on show. Art is a
major strength of the class. I’m already looking forward to the art we have planned for next term!
Recently, we have written quests in Big Writing. Grace wrote one of the best stories I’ve ever read in all my (many) years as a teacher. Tyler, Zahra, Sami and Fatima also wrote some brilliant stuff!
I have been really impressed with how much progress has been made with reading. Riyaz and Nevan have done a great job with the class novels ‘Street Child’ and ‘The Switch’ and Ibraheem, Dovydas, Liam and Meva have done extremely well with their guided reading.
Homework has really improved. Zakib always produces detailed work. Alongside this, Ahmed, Mehar and Amir are working much harder to produce homework of a great standard.
All in all it’s been a great start to Year Six and I’m looking forward to lots more learning in the new year.