Welcome Year 6

Each week we will be keeping you up to date with a "Wow of the Week" from different children. In addition to this, please read our half termly newsletter to find out what will be happening in Year 6.
To help your child with their spellings, use the list below and use the look, say, cover, write, check method to practice words. To help you support your child with their maths learning, we have detailed the main objectives the maths curriculum covers in Year 6. 

19.4.2024

Homework: 

1) Have a go at the Arithmetic Paper (link attached below) 

2) Complete the SPAG homework attached below this message on subordinate clauses. 

Westroyd Leaner Award 15.3.24

Toby F- For his outstanding, thoughtful contributions in whole-class reading lessons. They really help others understand what we are reading. 

Ellarose H- Ellarose's books are a joy to read and set an amazing example for others to follow. 

This weeks weekly attendance WC 22.04.24 is...

 96.7%

Wow of the week

Summer 1

We have started our new topic in Geography all about South America and the Amazon Rainforest. We found the different countries, their capital cities and the Amazon River and labelled them on a map. It was my highlight of the week because Geography is my favourite subject.

In PE, we have just started doing Cricket. We tested our skills to see how much we knew already and many of his really liked it. We played a version called kwik cricket and it was very fun and intense! This was my highlight of the week! 

In Writing, we are creating a newspaper report based on a short-film we have watched in class called 'The Lighthouse.' This week we have been writing all about the characters, the setting and the incident. We have been using skills such as subordinate clauses, different verb tenses and using adverbials to report on a near-tragic incident.

Constantine and Edith TF

Spring 2

Science Week Experiment: 

This week we were testing biscuits to investigate how long it takes for them to break after dunking them in water. 

The biscuits we used were: 

-Hob Nobs

-Ginger Nuts

-Digestives 

-Biscoffs

-Malted Milks 

We made our test fair by: using the same amount of water, the same temperature of water we dunked them the same way each time and we used the same amount of biscuit each time. We enjoyed it because it was very practical and we all worked as a team to make our investigation as fair as possible. 

Our 3rd Person Narratives: 

In writing, we have finished writing up our hot writes. We wrote about an evacuee who has just arrived at their new home in the countryside just like in Goodnight Mister Tom. You can see the pictures below this writing. 

Arithma Race: 

We were given were given 45 minutes to complete 2 fully cut up arithmetic tests. We had to complete a question at a time before running to collect a new question in our pairs. We enjoyed the competition and our winner received a prize but as Ricky says, bragging rights are always the best. 

Edie, Ricky and Ben H

Spring 2

World Book Day: 

Year 6 enjoyed an amazing World Book Day. Arriving to school in our pyjamas, along with our favourite book, we had a great day away from our normal timetable. Our activities included re-designing our own book cover for our favourite book, creating book recommendations for our reading area, reading with our year one buddies and participating in a drawing like an illustrator challenge. We also had visits from numerous teachers coming to share their favourite books along with moments in the day where we just stopped and read. 

It was a well-deserved break for year 6 who have been working incredibly hard over the past few weeks to prepare for their upcoming SATS. Their attitude, determination and work-ethic has been superb. 

Week 1: 

Year 6 have been working incredibly hard this week as we close in on the final few weeks before SATs. The focus, resilience and determination from the whole class as been top-notch in all of our core lessons.

In maths, we have been learning about decimals up to 3 decimal places, using skills such as rounding, addition and subtraction and applying our knowledge to a variety of word problems. In reading, we have started reading 'Goodnight Mister Tom' alongside our class novel 'Once'. We have focused on a range of skills such as visualisation, prediction, background knowledge and inference to analyse the first chapter in real depth; we are going to use this chapter to create a 3rd person narrative about over the next couple of weeks. Finally, in writing, we have finished our instruction piece of writing: 'How to be an effective air-raid protection warden.' 

Take a look at all of the core work just mentioned below: 

Spring 1

Week 2: 

This week, we have learned all about percentages, ratio and fractions. I have really enjoyed ratio because it's a new topic and already I feel really confident

with it. We have also been learning about WW2 for our new topic and we're also planning a piece of writing about D-Day in English. We've learned about how the war started  because of WW1 as well as the Battle of Britain this week. This topic is really interesting because we are learning about lots of different parts of the war, not just one- Ricky. 

I have enjoyed Science because we were investigating whether materials were soluble or insoluble by siring things like salt, sugar, chalk and flour into water and seeing if they would dissolve- Edith T.

I have enjoyed English this week because we are writing a story about D-Day in World War 2. We have learned how to use personification and metaphors to help bring our writing to life- Layla. 

Week 1: 

This week, we have started a new unit of learning in Maths all about Ratio and Proportion. Once we had learned what ratio is, we decided to apply our knowledge by investigating whether multipack bags of Haribos contain a fair share. After a lot of hard work and investigation, we were able to confidently say and prove that the answer was a definite no. 

Autumn 2

Christmas Festivities

Making and delivering Christmas Cards to our Year One buddies. 

Christmas Dinner and Party Day 

Week 6 & 7:

The last 2 weeks of term have had a number of highlights and Year 6 have finished the term and the year very strongly. A number of highlights include:

Writing: 

We have produced some absolutely amazing discussion texts which answer the question: 'What's the worst thing about Camp Green Lake?'. In the past 2 weeks, we have learned how to write discussion texts and identified their features. We have worked on using adverbials to link our points and prove them with examples. We then drafted our writing with lots of editing and improving along the way. We then wrote them up as 'hot writes' and showed off all of the skills we have been practicing. This also marks the end of our Holes topic. Year 6 have loved reading Holes and it certainly inspired some incredible writing for you to take a look at below. 

Science: 

We have also had a big science focus over the past 2 weeks and have enjoyed our topic: 'What makes a difference to how brightly a bulb grows?' 

We have conducted a range of investigations such as:

-What happens to the brightness of a bulb when we add more voltage?

-What happens to the brightness of bulbs when we add more bulbs? 

-What happens to the effectiveness of an electrical components when we increase wire length? 

Year 6 have worked hard to plan and conduct their own investigations and have shown a great ability to work scientifically along the way. We have also researched where electricity comes from and how it is created. 

Week 5:

This weeks highlights include: 

-Finishing our Freda Kahlo inspired self-portraits for the school art gallery. Year 6 received so many compliments from visitors about the standard and quality of their work. We set our aspirations high and the resilience we displayed along the way was outstanding. Take a look below at our amazing work. 

-Many Year 6 helpers were also part of the Christmas fair, helping to run the show smoothly. We also had our own stall selling our hand-made Macreme Christmas tree decorations, which a group of dedicated helpers spent a lot of time creating over the past few weeks. Well done to all involved! 

Week 4:

This week Year 6 have worked incredibly hard across all subjects but some highlights include: 

-Our determination to understand how to multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. 

-Our superb writing in English lessons where we are creating discussion texts all about Camp Green Lake and its staff. We have also finished publishing our Guy Fawkes Newspapers. 

-Our brilliant start to our new art topic, which focuses on self-portraits (check out some of the photos below). We have explored different techniques for creating accurate proportions of the face and learned all about Freda Kahlo -our focus artist for the half-term- as well! 

Week 3:  

'My highlight of the week was the trip to York because we did 2 things- the York Castle Museum and the York Dungeons- and it was fun because we'd normally only go to one place. It was interesting and fun at the same time.- Edith T 

'My highlight of the week was reading about Victorian Workhouses. I learned that people were forced to work because they were poor. You'd think it was good because you were given food and shelter however it was a horrible place where they cruely and terribly!'- Olivia

'My highlight of the week was writing because we've done a newspaper report all about Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes and Thomas Wintour who were tortured and executed for high treason. They tried to blow up parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. You may know this as the Gunpowder Plot.'- Lexi 

Week 1: 

We have quite possibly had the best start to a half-term you could wish for with a 3-day residential at Robinwood. We had an absolutely amazing time challenging ourselves in lots of exciting activities such as caving, canoeing, ziplines, giant swings and the dreaded Piranha Pool. 

Year 6 did themselves and the school proud with their endless enthusiasm, determination and teamwork in each and every activity as well as with their listening skills and respect towards Robinwood and their amazing staff. 

We had a truly fantastic time (as you can see from the photos) and have made memories for life. 

Week 8:

'This week in DT we started to design our moon buggies and by the end of the week they are fully finished. We built circuits (controlled by a switch) and used different equipment like motors and pulleys to make them go. We tested them and decorated them with different gadgets'

'We have learned how to use direct speech in a newspaper report. We wrote about our history topic where a woman had been accused of witchcraft' 

-Blake

Week 7: 

Gymnastics with Mrs Liley: 

On Monday, Year 6 did an obstacle course in pairs with symmetrical and asymmetrical balances- Oluwasemilore 

Bonfire Safety talk with Policeman: 

He came in and talked about safety during the bonfire period and answered lots of questions (even some absurd ones!)- Constantine 

Our Class Assembly: 

As you will know -if you came- on Friday 20th October we did our class assembly (which included the things we've been up to and learnt this half-term. We can't wait till our next assembly to show more about what we've been up to!- Edith T

Week 6: 

In History, we learned about the Black Death: how it spread, how many people it killed and lots of interesting facts about it. The people at the time thought it was a punishment from God and tried to ask God for forgiveness that's why we are doing it in crime and punishment- Finley 

In Maths, we have learned long division, it was challenging. First you have to divide, then you multiply, then you subtract and then you bring the next number down and do it all over again, until you reach a 0 or a remainder (Does McDonalds Sell Cheese Burgers?) As you can tell, I'm a bit of an expert- Edith TF

Year 6 have also worked incredibly hard on their informal letters from Stanley to his Mum, from our class novel Holes. The quantity but most importantly, the quality of their writing has blown me away- Mr Fawcett 

Week 5: 

'In history, we made timelines. On our timelines, were the gruesome events and periods of history we will be learning about in our new topic!- Crime and Punishment: Which was the most gruesome time period since 1066?'

'We also had a visit from our year one buddies. We played a getting to know you game with them and we all had a great time!'

Week 4:

Have a look at our non-chronological reports about the mystical planet of Pandora.  

Weekly Attendance 

95.11%

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