Passing and ‘Keepie Uppies’!
This half term, Y6 have been improving their football skills.
We’ve focused on passing, so far. Check out the clips below – especially the composure of the first person where she found a successful pass in a game!
Passing in a game and practising the skill uncontested.
We’ve also been trying our hand (well, foot) at a personal challenge – how many ‘Keepie Uppies’ can you do?
Check out some of our first attempts below!
Help at home by discussing the best technique for a pass, why a footballer needs to keep fit or what happens to your body during exercise!
Book Club
Y6 Book Club will now be every Wednesday. This is so that it’s closer to homework on a Friday – I’m sorry for the confusion!
In this week’s Book Club, we celebrated the amazing words and phrases we have come across in the texts we’re reading.
We had a lovely, relaxing reading session and made note of and discussed some inspiring vocabulary or words that made us curious.
Help at home by exploring the meaning of words and phrases when you’re reading together at home. Talk about the word class, root word or other sentences you might find it in.
Living and Learning – 8Rs
This week, Y6 discussed the 8Rs for learning. One of them even is mentioned in our school rules!
- ready
- responsible
- risk-taking
- responsive
- resourceful
- reflective
- resilient
- remembering
Challenge your child to match the statements we talked about in class to one of the 8Rs for learning.
- I am on time for my learning.
- I can give my opinion when I’m not feeling too confident.
- I know where to find information and use it in my learning.
- I learn from my mistakes.
Help at home by discussing which Rs you think are most important in different situations, most common or easiest to do / be.
Blue Peter Book Badges – apply now!
Do you like reading? Do you fancy getting your hands on an exclusive Blue Peter Badge? Now is your chance!
Blue Peter are introducing their exciting new Book badge, designed by one of the UK’s best known illustrators, Sir Quentin Blake, who you might know from bringing to life characters such as Roald Dahl’s BFG and Matilda! To earn your badge, just share your love of books with Blue Peter by answering the questions on the website! You can apply using the online form or by post.
Make sure you get an adult to help you!
Please read this information before applying.
Good luck!
Living and Learning – rules
This week’s Living and Learning session was all about the school rules and why they’re important.
- We’re respectful.
- We’re ready.
- We’re safe.
Have a look at these illustrations below and see if you can work out which school rule they’re representing.
Help at home by discussing these rules we have at school and how they might be similar or different to the ones you have at home or in wider society.
Welcome back!
A very warm welcome from me, Miss Wilson!
I hope you had a happy and healthy summer. It’s been a pleasure seeing the class again and fab to get properly stuck in to Y6.
Here’s some important days to note down:
- Book Club will be on Mondays so please bring your signed Reading Record in then.
- Our library slot is every Tuesday.
- PE will happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Our first class assembly is on 29 November.
My door is always open should you have any questions, comments or concerns. I’m really looking forward to the year ahead!
Miss Wilson
Thank you to Roundhegians
We had a great sports day last Thursday and thanks go to Roundhegians Rugby Club for once again allowing us to use their great facilities.
Have a look at the options for rugby coaching available at the club.
We know the children appreciated it too.
Being healthy themed week: bike safety
Thank you to Stu and Alex from Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative, based in Chapel Allerton, for visiting this during our Being Healthy week.
They were kept busy by checking lots of bikes to ensure they were safe to use. Thank you to everyone who brought their bike into school.
Then, Year 5 and 6 learnt some different bike maintenance tips to do on their own bikes.
Being healthy themed week: staff vs pupils netball
At our final netball after-school club, and as it is our being healthy themed week, we enjoyed a hard fought match between the pupils and staff.
The children have progressed really well with their netball skills this term and we hope the Year 6 netballers continue to enjoy this sport as they move to high school.
Book Club
This afternoon, we took advantage of our new green space and lovely weather and took our reading books outside. Some of us read FirstNews, some of us read our library books and the rest of us took atlases out and improved our geography knowledge.
Help at home by giving your child as many opportunities to read as possible!
