Heading home. It’s been fantastic!

Thursday afternoon and evening

Last night and this morning

We’re here!!

A great first afternoon has been had. Zip wire and assault course has been successfully completed and swimming pool activities are to come.

'All aboard' the Summer term!

Welcome back to school and our brand new theme - the rise of the British seaside holiday.

We will be learning all about the rapid changes that took place during Victorian times and how the Industrial Revolution helped to transform our country and wider world with the invention of the steam engine.

During our first few weeks, we will concentrate on revising for our SATs, which take place the week after the King's coronation. Please see the dates below and some informaiton in the curriculum letter which is attached above.

The dates for SATs

Tuesday 9th May           Spelling and Grammar

Wednesday 10th May     Reading

Thursday 11th May        Maths Paper 1 (Arithmetic) 

                                      Maths Paper 2 (Reasoning and Problem solving)

Friday 12th May            Maths Paper 3 (Reasoning and Problem solving)

Please ensure children are in school by 8.50 on all of these days. The classroom WILL be open from 8.30 and breakfast items will be provided for them too. 

We aim to start each paper as early as possible in the day so a prompt arrival helps a great deal. Many thanks.

Happy New Year

"The Winds of Change"

"Who were our ancestors and what can we learn from them?"

Welcome back to the Spring term. The class are very excitied about our new theme and have already undertaken some super research about the Shang Dynasty. Have a look at some of their presentations below.

The children worked in teams and researched information for a particular aspect of life during the

Shang Dynasty (1600BC to 1000BC)

Music: Recently Year 6 have explored BandLab digital music technology to compose authentic Chinese relaxation anthems to accompany their Tai-Chi sequences - listen to a selection below:

Our letters of love and devotion based on the Willow Pattern story.

Happy Lunar New Year

The children have been celebrating Chinese New Year as part of our Winds of Change theme. We created lanterns and prepared, cooked and ate some tasty noodles.

Clean our patch

The class have had an inspirational talk about litter picking and keeping their community tidy.

What an amazing first 2 weeks of term - and this is just the tip of the iceberg!

Onstage and backstage at the Theatre Royal!

Thank you letters to the Theatre Royal

MUSIC: Year 6 this term have been using BandLab digital music technology to compose their very own space journey or planet anthems inspired by Holst's Planet Suite or the soundtracks of John Williams - below is a selection of Year 6's masterpieces:

Rowing challenge

Love letters

The Willow Pattern story book has inspired the class to write some amazing letters. They are between Chang and Koong-shee, the two protagonists long to be together, but are separated because of the controlling mandarin.

What makes us wonder and marvel?

The class wrote some fantastic pieces about what has been awesome and awe-inpsiring in their lives. They used the Chromebooks to write and edit their work on Google Doc's Here are some examples.

Our wonder poems for RE

Earth, Space and Beyond

'What does it mean to be civilised?'

Year 6 Assembly videos

Here are some links to watch various videos that were shown in the assembly.

Save our planet

The making of the Mars Rovers

Rocket testing

Mars dance

SPACE ART: 

Micro Bits - Physical computing

Emotional logic 

Tag Rugby

Mount Edgcumbe