Year 6 Class News

Dodgeball

In PE, we’ve been honing our dodgeball skills.

We’ve played lots of different versions like Island Dodgeball, Chicken Run and Protect the President.

Help at home by discussing how dodgeball skills transfer to other sports and games.

Check out the action shots below!

Cross country star

Congratulations to our Year 3 runner who represented Leeds today in the West Yorkshire cross country final. Competing against pupils from Calderdale, Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Leeds, he ran a fantastic race at Temple Newsam and should feel very proud of achieving a top 15 finish.

Living & Learning – I recognise emotions

This week, we welcomed a visitor from Kooth to talk to us about mental health and emotions.

Kooth is a free website approved by the NHS to support young people with mental health used by over 1.5million children nationwide. It’s anonymous and full of self-help tools, mini activities and discussion boards to get the assistance you need.  The best thing about it is that every post or comment is approved before it’s live so it’s a totally positive zone.

Help at home by exploring the website and having a discussion about your mental health triggers – what makes you feel both bad or good?

Here are some key messages from this week’s living and learning:

• it’s ok to ask for help
• keep active
• focus on what you’re good at
• find helpful, practical ways to express and manage your emotions

Living and learning: Safer Internet Day

Hi. This is Amelia, Hafsa B, Cate and Parnita ( Y6 journalists).
On the 6th of February it was Safer Internet Day so every classes schedule was replaced with activities and linked lessons to the subject .Throughout the many sessions that were held: visitors came in; special assemblies; and lots of fun lessons. It was quite like a whole day of living and learning!

We asked for some feedback from the students. Here are a few:
“I loved finding out what the different apps were rated so I can help myself and others to only use apps that is suitable for our age!”-Olivia

“I found out it is very important to learn about mental health!”- Avneet

“I feel safer going online today than before the Safer Internet Day!” – Mr Wilks

“I liked learning about lots of different topics and taking part in group activities!”-Hannah

We learnt about age restrictions, how to be a critical users on the Internet and to turn your locations off.

Living and Learning – Speak Out, Stay Safe

In Living and Learning, we’ve been discussing the ways we can make safe choices.

Seeking help is a very important skill. Every child in class knows exactly who they would tell if they didn’t feel safe, happy or healthy.

It’s really important that you tell a trusted adult if you feel anxious, worried, hurt, unsafe, sad or frightened. It is never your fault. If the situation doesn’t change, it is very important to keep speaking out and telling a trusted adult until it changes.

Help at home by discussing what this trusted adult could look like in different places: at school, home or out and about.

Buddy is a speech bubble – he represents the right of all children to speak out and be safe.

Childline’s number is 0800 1111 and they can listen if you ever need to talk.

Safe Choices – Leeds United Foundation

Y6 welcomed Vicky from the Leeds United Foundation to talk about safe choices both online and offline.

We heard from some inspiring people who are from Leeds about the choices they’ve made in their lives and the positive impact it’s had on them.

There was an interactive quiz about each of the four sections:

• online safety (social media)
• anti-social behaviour
• gangs
• knife crime

Help at home by discussing the main thing your child learnt about each category.

Why was the early Islamic civilisation considered a golden age?

In our history topic, we’ve been learning about the innovations of the early Islamic civilisation – a golden age.

Help at home by asking your child to explain what’s going on in each stage of our lesson using the pictures below.

Viking recounts

Over the last two weeks, Y6 have been writing a recount. It linked to our class novel, Viking Boy, where we described witnessing a raid on a farm and the untimely death of the main character’s father.

This writing was a little different because each child chose their own R2s (what you must remember to include in your writing). Take a look at the example below.

A standout success for the class has been our powerful vocabulary as well as using speech to convey character and advance the action.

Help at home by continuing to practice writing speech and using the reporting clause in different places.

Have a read of some excellent examples below.

Living and Learning – I know that some drugs are harmful.

Over the last two weeks, we’ve learnt about drugs.

Help at home by discussing which are helpful and which are not.

We also welcomed local celebrity d:side Dave who taught us about the different types, including which are legal or not, and how to be safe when taking medicinal drugs.

Lots of our learning has focused on assessing risk.

We discussed several scenarios, such as learning a new skill, attending a job interview or drinking energy drinks, and wrote down the potential risks, likelihood of harm, safety measures and potential pay-offs.

As usual, Y6 were thoughtful, mature and engaged with this lesson.

Spring term after-school clubs

*UPDATE*

We do have the following availability for clubs should your child wish to sign up.