It has been such a reflective week in Year 6. In our RE we delved deeper in to the scripture ‘I am the bread of life’, at how we can nourish ourselves spirituality as well as physically through our daily interactions with others, as well as prayer and different ways we can connect or talk to God. We have looked closely at the miracle of the loaves and Jesus’ message to us, of our need to nourish ourselves spiritually in order to continue to be the work of His hands and to have a relationship with God.

We have been doing lots of work, building on our strategies in order to retrieve information, Year 6 went on the hunt around the classroom to find the retrieval questions and even made their own conversion quiz…

Where has our learning taken us this week?

We have had a lovely week in class. Full of hard work, enthusiasm and deep reflection- and we even managed to watch the Dr Who episode where the doctor met Rosa Parks, which was such a great tool to use before we wrote our wonderful Biographies. The children were so gripped and great conversations led on from this about the injustice of the time.

English - This week the children have finished their Outcome 2 biographies on Rosa Parks. Because of the excellent homework produced, the children had such a wealth of knowledge and could write with great confidence. I am looking forward to marking them over the weekend.
Maths- we have continued to master our conversion of measures, focusing heavily on our place value of decimals and applying these to some tricky problem solving and ratios.
Science- We have been retrieving our prior learning of how plants and animals have adapted to their environment.
PE- we have continued with building on our hockey skills, practicing the skill of passing and dribbling. Then in gymnastics the children have been exploring part-weight bearing balances
History - Learning about the legacy Henry VIII left behind
Art - we have started to create out piece of art for the exhibition.

Leading Learners

Well done to Jacob M, Jayden and Jacob O this week.

Jacob M, We are so proud of your positive attitude towards your work. You are so focused in class ands when you come across an area that is challenging you approach it calmly and with great determination but you have now learnt that mistakes are a tool to learn from, you listen to feedback and make active choices to improve your work. We are loving your I CAN attitude and your independence.

Jayden- Wow Jayden, you are being so focused on your learning and we love your positive attitude towards the work and wanting to complete all of your learning for the day. You are trying so hard and we can see the progress you are making- we are very proud of you.

Jacob O, Wow, your learning and the progress you are making is reaching new heights! You know exactly the areas you want to improve on and have sought out how you can take your own learning to the next level, which is reflected in your work. We have been so impressed how you have listen to feedback on your writing and reflected improvements in your next piece. We also love the way you focus in grammar and apply your learning to your writing- keep it up!

Learned and Wise butterflies

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are learned in their actions, finding God in all things. Those who are wise, who use their learning for the common good. These children are the role models of the school, who drive their own learning and who have the wisdom to know when and how to apply one’s learning. This week we thank Max for working for the common good of our classroom this week.

Special Headteachers butterfly has been awarded to Hollie-Rose this week.

Helpers in the morning

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

India Jack Isabella Stephanie

Notices

Next Tuesday 31st January is our Mental Health Awareness day, where we will discuss the importance of looking after our mind, looking at breathing techniques, meditation and on mindful movement by the Yogi Group. Please wear PE kits on the this day.
No PE on Monday, so no PE kits needed on this day next week.
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. The snowdrops are out

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Nel, Miss Forster and Mrs Barker