Welcome back to the second half of the spring term. There is no doubt that it is going to be a busy term with lots and lots going on. I am really excited that we will end the term with an easter assembly. It will be a lovely way to bring our class family: parents and children together.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Be active. Do things with passion and determination.'
Welcome back to the second half of the spring term. There is no doubt that it is going to be a busy term with lots and lots going on. I am really excited that we will end the term with an easter assembly. It will be a lovely way to bring our class family: parents and children together.
Read moreLet's go swimming...
Please make sure your child is at the gate on Kenilworth Road for 8.35am, ready to go swimming.
The children need to bring their kit with them in a swimming bag:
Swimming costume/swimming shorts
Towel
Hair brush
Long sleeved top / leggings or trousers (for water safety)
We are very excited to get there and complete our swimming curriculum.
Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'Don't be afraid to take on the biggest of challenges, they offer the greatest reward.'
We have reached the end of a very busy half term, and what a half term it has been. I know I say this most weeks, but I really am in awe of the work that the children are completing and the expectations that they have of themselves. Whether it be science, maths, music or art, the children always get fully stuck into their learning and become immersed by what they are being taught. I am so very proud of them all.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'An open heart is an open mind.'
Every Monday, we start our week with class council led by Lorna-Jane and Adam, followed by a worship to start the week. Having the opportunity to spend time reflecting on the previous week and then setting new goals for the coming week really empowers the children.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Evolution is the secret for the next step.'
Evolution and Inheritance is one of my favourite units of work to teach because it is packed with questions. Throughout history, humans have been required to adapt and change in order to not only survive - but to thrive! Quite often, change can be seen as a scary prospect, one that makes us feel vulnerable and uneasy. However, it is during these times that we grow and see just how much strength we have.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Love one another as I have loved you.'
Jesus gave his disciples a very special commandment during his final supper with them: ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’ This can be such a hard commandment to live by for us all as there are times that we are conflicted by our own emotions and behaviours as well as the emotions of others. The children have examined this commandment closely this week.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'For never was there a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo.'
I don’t think anybody can say that the Year 6 classroom is not a varied one! From delivering the lines to the prologue in Romeo and Juliet to tackling long division to creating a vocAPPulary in science, we have certainly had a full and diverse week of learning.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'The best is yet to come. The start of a New Year is the chance to rewrite your book.'
Wishing you all a very happy new year. It has been so lovely to welcome the children back to school this week, despite the wind, rain and snow. The most important part of any school is the people within it. I have loved seeing the smiles and listening to all of the wonderful stories that the festive season has brought. Yesterday we walked down to church to celebrate the feast of the epiphany.
Read moreYear 6 Christmas Blog - 'Such a big miracle in such a tiny baby.'
With a week to go until Christmas Day, we continue to remember and give thanks for the most precious gift - Jesus Christ. The children had led the KS2 classes in their Christmas Reflection. Please find a quiet place and enjoy the true meaning of Christmas.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for you.'
On Wednesday, the class ventured down to church to celebrate mass and record their lines for the Christmas Concert. As I sat there listening to the children, I could not help but smile. The words that they said and how they spoke with such emotion, filled me with hope.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'What seeds of hope can you sow this advent?'
It has been really magical in school this week as lights have been lit, the crib has been made and the tree has been decorated. This is my favourite time of year to be in school. We have been busy learning our lines for the Christmas film.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Can we make room in our hearts for Jesus this Advent?'
And so our preparation for Christmas begins…
This Sunday is the first Sunday in Advent, where we celebrate the hope that Jesus will bring into the world. The children are busy thinking about the promises that God made us throughout the stories in the bible. We now are thinking about the promises that we can make during this time of preparation.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Without justice in the world, we cannot have peace. The two are intertwined.'
This week we have delved straight into our new RE topic on Justice. It is such a reflective unit of work as I ask the children to reflect on the injustices within our world today. They are often surprised that some of the situations still occur.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story.'
Remembrance Day is such a poignant day in the year, it is always important to mark it with reflection and thought. Yesterday, after watching a video of what Remembrance Day means, we headed outside into our beautiful grounds to make remembrance memorials.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'Once you choose hope, anything is possible.'
Welcome back to our second half term. I hope that you have had a lovely time with your families this holiday. The children have come back into class this week, immediately picking up from where they left off; they really do amaze me.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - 'We are not a team because we work together, we are a team because we respect, care and trust each other.'
It is hard to believe that we are at the end of our first half term together. I remember saying to the children at the start of September that time really does fly…it most certainly does. When I reflect on the growth of the class in these first 8 weeks, I am astounded.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - "No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted."
Kindness doesn’t cost anything, it is something that we can all give and it makes our world a better place.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - "Love one another as I have loved you."
Jesus askes us to love one another as he loved us. This can be so hard to do at times when often we are not feeling loved ourselves. In my worship at the beginning of the week, I asked the children to think about all of the people who they love and how it feels to be loved.
Read moreYear 6 Weekly Blog - "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
At the start of the week we asked ourselves, '“What is the greatest gift that God has given to us?” Some children chose their eyes to see the world, some children chose their hands that do kind things and some children chose their brain to think deeply and to question.
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