History linked to Topic
This week in topic, we were looking at World War 2 in comparison to other British history. First, we sorted pictures of artefacts into the age group we thought they fitted into – we were surprised by some of them. Here are some photos…
Then later, while we were looking at artefacts, we saw a video of Hitler on YouTube; lots of us found it super weird and he was very loud. We also saw a real gas mask.
In The Space, we made a timeline of age groups. We also learnt loads of interesting facts about World War 2: it was mainly in Europe, it started in 1939 and ended in 1945 and finally we learnt why it started. 
Overall, Y6 have learnt lots this week.
Published by Frankie and Emre.
Creative geography homeworks
Some fabulous homework this week. Take a look.
Creative homework
Last week’s homework was to show what we know about the world. As always, Y6 produced some amazing work. Here are just a couple of pieces that caught our eyes:
Every time we do Creative homework, we put it out on the tables and have a look at what everyone has produced. We really like taking a sneaky peak at each other’s ideas. Here we are looking at, and interacting with, what we did.
Once we’ve enjoyed the homework review, we choose someone’s to look at more closely and write a comment in their book. If we’re lucky, Miss Rushbrooke might give us a golden ticket too!
Written by all of Y6 and Miss Rushbrooke.
Creative geography homeworks
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Our Class Novel topic has begun and we’re well on the way with ours: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. As this novel is set during World War Two, lots of our learning will be centred around this – something the children said they’d like to learn about last year.
Although the children knew that their class novel would be linked to WWII, they didn’t know which novel I’d chosen. So, on Monday, they entered the school of code breaking and had to break the code to find out what the novel was.
Help at home by asking about the class novel:
- What’s happening in the story at the moment?
- Are you enjoying it?
- What have you learnt about the war while reading it?
- What are the characters like?
Our class novel is…
…’When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit‘.
Yesterday, we had a great first day of our new big topic all about a class novel.
First, to find out the name of our book we learnt all about Enigma machines and became code-breakers to decipher the title!
Then, we enjoyed reading the first chapter. As we read we answered questions and found out about some key terminology surrounding the Second World War. Ask your child about what they learnt!
In the afternoon, we ‘wondered’ about the artefacts in our room and looked at some of my Grandad’s medals/war memorabilia.
We’re all very excited about our big topic and we’ll keep you posted about all the learning we’ll be doing.
Tuck shop returns
The KS2 fruit tuck shop returns tomorrow at playtime.
We’ve had a great response to our pre-payment option with 81 portions of fruit each week.
You can still pay on the day – 20p per portion.
PE, ‘relax and read’ and ‘show and tell’
Our PE day will be Wednesday. We will begin changing the children for PE from next week, 28 September. Please make sure your child’s PE kit is in school.
Relax and read will begin on Thursday 29 September. Please stay with your child on Thursday morning to read and choose a library book to take home.
Show and tell will be every Friday. Beginning Friday 30 September, the children can bring a small interesting item from home to show and talk about.
Thanks.
‘Scoot the Route’ 26 – 30 September
Next week, we’ll be supporting Leeds City Council’s ‘Scoot the Route’ initiative to promote scooting to school to help reduce congestion at the school gates and encourage pupils to lead more healthy active lifestyles.
We will be running a competition throughout the week whereby children will be issued a ticket (below) at the gate if they come to school on their scooter. They need to complete the ticket and hand it in to the office. All tickets will then go in to a draw on Friday 30 September where children have the chance of winning one of five £10 Love2Shop vouchers.
Don’t forget you can park your scooter near the bike storage area using one of our new scooter storage pods.
It’s Gold again!
The School Games Mark is a Government led awards scheme launched in 2012 to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community. Schools in England are able to assess themselves across bronze, silver and gold levels of the mark based on participation in competitions, extra-curricular sporting activities, sports leadership and local club links.
Once again, we’re proud to receive a Gold award!
Thank you to all pupils, parents and staff who continue to have such enthusiasm for participation.
