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Year 6

Welcome to Term 4!

We hope you have a fabulous holiday. It will be another busy term ahead of us! We have lots of exciting trips and learning journeys ahead of us. Please ensure your child is wearing the correct school uniform and remind them to bring their reading records daily so that we can check them.

We are Athletes on Tuesday afternoons and Friday afternoons so please remember to bring in your PE kits.

Download: Meet the teacher – Meet the Teacher 2023-24

Homework

Reading to an adult at home is vital for their development. Please ensure your child reads at least 3 times a week. All children will be awarded free books and prizes for reading at home.

Spellings are really important! We will hold our test on a Friday.  Please support your child by encouraging them to practice regularly. They can also use Spelling Shed which is an online resource.

Children are also expected to practise their focus times tables weekly.

Super Skills

Term 1 – Communication

Term 2 – Resilience

Term 3 – Caring

Term 4 – Curious

 

Dates for the Diary

Monday 19th February – First day back
Monday 26th February – Friday 1st March – Author’s Week
Tuesday 27th February – PCSO visit (PM only)
Tuesday 5th March – Y6 Life Skills Trip (AM only)
Thursday 7th March – World Book Day
Tuesday 12th March – Parents/Carers’ Evening
Tuesday 19th March – Y6 Parliament Trip (all day)
Wednesday 20th March – Parents/Carers’ Evening
Monday 25th March – Y3/4 Dress Rehearsal
Thursday 28th March – Year 1 Class Assembly

Artist

Secondary School Applications 2023

Please follow the link below to find out about applying for a secondary school place. The deadline for applications is Tuesday 31st October 2023.

Download: Secondary Admissions Flyer 2024

There are also links to our local secondary schools’ websites. You can find out more about their open days/evenings.

Bristol City Council Applications- https://www.bristol.gov.uk/schools-learning-early-years/secondary-admissions

Oasis Brightstowe- https://www.oasisacademybrightstowe.org/admissions/how-to-apply

Blaise High School- https://www.blaisehighschool.co.uk/information/statutory/admissions

St Katherine’s School- https://www.stkaths.org.uk/about-us/admissions

Bristol​ Free School- https://www.bristolfreeschool.org.uk/how-to-apply 

Gallery

Term 3: Local Farm Trip
As part of our Enquiry this term on ‘Where does our food really come from?’, we went on a visit to the Lawrence Weston Community Farm! We took the local bus together and ventured to the farm. We got to see the different animals and even had a chance to feed the goats too. It was quite an experience but they were very friendly.

Term 2: Engineers – Dyson Workshop
We had a real life engineer visiting us from Dyson to tell us what it’s like to be an engineer! We learnt that engineers need to be really resilient to keep trying and trying again for something to work. We even had a go ourselves designing and creating a prototype together. It was exciting to see our ideas come to life and we even got to use old Dyson parts!

Term 2: Engineers
As part of our Enquiry challenge, we created our own game models and vending machines using cardboard. We had to use a lot of trial and error to make sure it worked! Sometimes our ideas didn’t work and we had to adjust and attempt it a different way.

Term 2: Artists – Henry Fitton & Claude Monet

We looked at two artists who had engineering structures in their artwork. We focused on Herny Fitton and Claude Monet’s styles and thought about what we liked or disliked about their work. Using their style, we replicated their work first and then used it as inspiration for our own. Our final pieces were completed putting all of our learning together.

Term 2: Engineers – Class Marble Run

To kick off our Enquiry ‘Who were the greatest engineers?’, Year 6 attempted to create our own marble run. We used various items from around the classroom such as books and cubes. We enjoyed the challenge although it was tricky to link it altogether.

Term 1: Fossil making – Scientists & Engineers (D.T)

To extend our learning about how fossils were created, we used salt dough to create our own ‘fossils’! Some of us emersed the whole dinosaur and others just imprinted their footprints.

Term 1: Scientists – Opposable Thumbs

As part of our Enquiry ‘Linnaeus and Darwin – how are they related?’, we enjoyed completing an investigation on opposable thumbs. It was fun to try different activities without the use of our thumbs and if we could have a go! Some were more trickier than others.

Term 1: Year 6 Camp to Mojo Active – September 2023

On 20th and 21st September, we thoroughly enjoyed taking Year 6s to Mojo Active this academic year. They enjoyed working together as a team to complete various activities. Thank you to all the adults that made the trip possible. Mojo Active also provided a wonderful set of activities and the children were challenged to step outside their comfort zone.

Term 1: Harvest Festival

As part of Harvest Celebrations, Year 6 learnt about the South Korean Harvest Festival ‘Chuseok’. We were Artists and painted pictures of their autumnal fruit called persimmon. We also made fans and decorated them which can used in the celebrations. South Koreans also play a game called ‘Chicken fight’ which we also had a go at!

Term 1: Reading Buddies

Today, Y3 and Y6 enjoyed reading buddies. During this time, they shared books of their choice and discussed what they had been reading.