Year 6 Class News

Tom Palmer local events

Posted on Tuesday 17 October 2023 by Mrs Lake

This year, some children at school attended an online workshop with author Tom Palmer. Tom Palmer has been in touch to let us know about some local events he is attending in half term.

Message from Tom

For children and families – I am also coming to Leeds on Thursday 2 November
2023 :
*       Farsley Book Festival – 10am-11am more here
https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/flf-kids-day
*       Chapel Allerton Library – 2pm
*       Pudsey Community Hub and Library – 4pm

Leeds Diving opportunities

Posted on Wednesday 11 October 2023 by Mrs Taylor

Recently, Year 2 and 3 welcomed Leeds Diving as part of their talent in diving programme.

If your child is interested in learning to dive, please see the information and requirements below.

Living and learning: Confident Me

Posted on Tuesday 10 October 2023 by Miss Wilson

Y6 had a visitor today to talk about being confident in our own skin.

First, we analysed some appearance ideals…

…and discussed the cost of these ideals if you’re trying to match what you see on social media.

“If you spend all your money on clothes then you won’t have any left for playing sport!” explained Olivia.

“You can get carried away, run out of money, and never feel like you’re enough,” warned Tommy.

We learnt about how images online can be manipulated. They can be altered to change the colours or shape of people – or even totally made up by AI!

Sometimes pictures you see online aren’t completely realistic so there’s no point trying to replicate what you see on social media.

Help at home by talking about why it’s good to celebrate being you. What are you proud of? Why are you unique? Why is it good to be different?

It’s also a good idea to have regular check ins about what you’re doing and seeing on social media.

“We should just say nice things about each other,” said Moosa.

“Don’t focus on what someone looks like – focus on what they’re like on the inside!” wisely stated Cate.

 

 

 

The Spider and the Fly

Posted on Thursday 05 October 2023 by Miss Wilson

This week, Y6 have been reading The Spider and the Fly – a poem by Mary Howitt. It was written in 1829 and used as a way to entertain but also to warn children about being overly trusting.

Below are some pictures of our reading lesson where we were using retrieval skills to draw the spider, fly and setting.

Don’t we look proud!

 

Y6 met Liz Pichon!

Posted on Thursday 05 October 2023 by Miss Wilson

This morning, we had a surprise video call from author Liz Pichon – who writes the Tom Gates novels.

Liz talked about where she gets inspiration for her stories and how she plans out the novels before writing. She talked us through how she draws the doodles in her stories and we also had a go – what do you think of our bugs?!

Finally, she read an extract from her new book, Five Star Stories.

Living and Learning: protected characteristics

Posted on Wednesday 04 October 2023 by Miss Wilson

In living and learning this week, Y6 learnt about discrimination, examples of it and its impact on the people around us.

Discrimination is the unfair treatment of people because of who they are or because they have a certain characteristic or characteristics.

Certain characteristics are protected by law and these are:

  • age
  • being married or in a civil partnership
  • being pregnant or on maternity leave
  • disability
  • gender reassignment
  • race
  • religion or beliefs
  • sex
  • sexual orientation

We had lots of discussion about how those involved would feel and what could be done about it. Help at home by asking your child what they thought to these scenarios.

Challenge your child to name all of the protected characteristics without looking, if they can!

 

 

 

 

Why are green spaces so important?

Posted on Wednesday 27 September 2023 by Miss Wilson

As geographers, it’s vital to understand the world around you and the many benefits that physical features can provide.

Y6 have been exploring what urban green spaces are, where they can be found and why they’re so important.

Evie said, “It’s not just one person’s job, it’s everyone’s responsibility to keep our locality (like green spaces) clean, tidy and safe.”

This linked nicely with our Living and Learning theme of the week – I know that rights come with responsibilities.

Have a look at some of the fantastic posters explaining the many benefits of green spaces.

 

Challenge your child to match the benefit we talked about in class to each of the little pictures below!

Super spelling

Posted on Wednesday 27 September 2023 by Miss Wilson

This week’s spelling has been about contractions.

Help at home by spotting them in your book when you’re reading together.

Today, the challenge was to write some silly sentences which contained contractions. Y6 were great at it – it didn’t take long!

Here’s how they got on…

They’re a bit sillier than normal because we added in the challenge of including this half term’s spellings, too!

Challenge your child to tell you the expanded forms on the contractions within this post.

Autumn term after-school clubs

Posted on Wednesday 20 September 2023 by Mrs Taylor

*Availability update*

Thank you for the great take up so far of our after-school clubs. Some clubs are now open to other year groups. Please see below for spaces that are still available to book.
Monday
Fun and Games – limited spaces available 
Reading Club – limited spaces available
Multi-sports – spaces available (now open to Y3)
Wake Up Shake Up – full
 
Tuesday
Sewing Club – full
Dodgeball – limited spaces available 
Yoga – spaces available (now open to Reception)
Netball – spaces available (now open to Y3)
 
Wednesday
Hama bead Club – full
Drama – limited spaces available 
Street Dance (Flex Dance) – full
Girls Football – spaces available (now open to Y2 and Y3)
 
Thursday
Basketball KS1 – limited spaces available
Basketball KS2 –  spaces available
Lego Club – full

Our after-school clubs are available for booking on schoolcomms. Please contact the office if you need any further information or help with booking places. Clubs will begin next week.

Science: classifying animals

Posted on Tuesday 19 September 2023 by Miss Wilson

This morning, we’ve been learning about the observable characteristics of different types of animals and plants.

In the photographs, children are finding the characteristics of the different types of vertebrates.

If there is something they are not sure about, they’re using iPads to do secondary research to get an answer.

Help at home by discussing our science vocabulary for this unit!