I don’t think anybody can say that the Year 6 classroom is not a varied one! From performing Romeo and Juliet prologe to tackling fractions in Maths to composing our own ground base in music, we have certainly had a full and diverse week of learning.

Look at our work …

The children worked so hard on their Rosa Parks last week and as I took them home to mark, I could have burst with pride! Usually, I love to mark all over their work, highlighting the effective elements, celebrating their work and giving them areas of development. But this time, as I got my highlighters and green pen out, I found myself not wanting to mark their work it was so beautiful. So instead, I read thoroughly, and will be providing the children with whole class feedback next week. The children I know love doing this as it really gives them a sense of ownership of their progress. Here are our wonderful biographies …

Where has our learning taken us this week?

English - ‘Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo.’ Older literature is our focus now, in particular Romeo and Juliet. This week we looked at three different interpretations of this play and we have mapped out the whole plot, summarizing each main event. Next week, we will also be comparing the opening of the play via two films. One for 1968 and one from 1996. I will be using the 1996 film occasionally throughout the teaching sequence. This film is a certificate 12, but I can assure you that all of the content that the children will be shown will be suitable and appropriate.

Maths - This week we are coming to the end of finding equivalent fractions, looking at how we use ur multiplication and division knoweldge to find these. Next week we will continue this and find the lowest form as well as start our long division work.
RE- We have looked at theLiturgy of the word and reflected on how Jesus is present through his words, looking closely at what messages he is trying to convey to us.

‘Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo.’ Drama is a brilliant way to bring text to life and we will be using drama throughout this entire unit. We have filmed and photographed the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Please enjoy our film below.

Leading Learners

Well done to Tabby and Rosa this week.

Tabby you have shown over the last couple of weeks what a reflective learner you are – you listen to the teaching and strive to achieve the learning objectives. You have listened to feedback and worked your socks off to improve the presentation of your work and goodness me, your work has shone! It has been a pleasure picking up your book, as your work now reflects just what you are capable of. You know your strengths but also the areas you want to develop, which is a very mature skill to have and enables you learning to fly!

Rosa- you are heaven on a plate and we LOVE teaching you! You are such a bundle of energy and enthusiasm, where every lesson you give your all! You hang on to every word and are such an active learner! Thank you!

Eloquent and Truthful butterflies

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are eloquent in their words, that show the language to ask questions, express emotions, speak beliefs, talk about matters of faith and hope, debate points of view, and engage in conversation. Those who are truthful, who speak the truth about themselves and others. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Owen for always being eloquent and truthful.

Lunch Time Awards …

Marvelous Manners awards … Owen

Role Model of the week … Besty

Helpers in the morning

This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:

Tabby Charlie Iris Edi

Notices

LEAVERS HOODIES - Over the past 10 years, the children in Year 6 have wanted to have a leavers hoodie to commemorate their time in school; they seem to have become a normal gift at the end of a child's primary school journey. Whenever, our children have had them, it hasn't been school that have organised them, but a group of parents who have taken on the job ready for when the children leave. I have reflected on this and have decided that we will now bring this in school and embrace the need. The children will be able to order their hoodie so that it will be delivered in time for their residential in May. It seems only fair that they can wear them whilst they have fun at Borwick Hall. Once I have a final design, timeframe and costing, we will issue a letter and you will be able to order and pay via Parent Pay. We hope that this takes some pressure off the need for parents to organise

Please do continue to keep up to date with your child’s homework (particularly spelling). The vocabulary that the children are being asked to spell are getting more complex and they will need your support to figure out the best strategy to use. Learning them over time, rather than bulking them the night before, always seems like the best route to use.

Have a happy weekend.

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Barker