Welcome to Year 6! 

Please use the link below to see all the fantastic work completed in our Spanish Lessons.

MFL

2025-2026

Week ending: Friday 19th December 2025

A HUGE thank you from both Mrs Gillies and myself for your extreme kindness today. We really appreciate all of the gifts and cards and lovely messages. We hope you a wonderful, restful and magical Christmas. We look forward to seeing you all back again in January!

Year 6 have had a brilliant term and a fantastic last week. It's been full of Christmas festivities and lots of fun. Super proud of all of the children, who ALL performed in the talent show this week too. We enjoyed lots of quizzing and a delicious Christmas dinner, as well as some special celebrations saying goodbye to some very loved members of staff. 

Well done on all of your hard week this term Year 6. See you in January!

Week ending: Friday 5th December 2025

Year 6 have been once again brilliant this week. We've had a busy week that started with a Btales show telling us the story of Christmas through a really fun and engaging show - the battle of the kings! On Wednesday, we took part in TriKidz and the children were outstanding. They showed real resillience and determination in what was a really tricky challenge.

In writing, we have written our final pieces for our Darwin narrative and it has been lovely to see children taking pride in their writing and making their best efforts to edit and improve their writing, before writing it up neatly for display.

In maths, we continued our work on fractions. I have been blown away by the children's understanding! They've been amazing with adding and subtracting fractions, as well as multiplying fractions.

Across the wider curriculum, we have continued to learn about advent in RE... focusing on the fourth advent candle this week - People of God. We talked about tricky concepts that were new to the children but the discussions were exceptional. In geography, we continued learning about trade across the globe. In Science, we looked evolution and focused on the evolution of horses and how they have changed over many millions of years.

We were very lucky to watch KS1 in their dress rehearsal ahead of their show on Sunday. The children were brilliant and there were lots of proud faces from children watching their younger siblings perform. Well done KS1!

We finished the week with some PE as well as some practice for our KS2 carol service. We look forward to seeing you there!

Week ending: Friday 14th Novemeber 2025

Year 6 have had a brilliant week! We have learned a lot and the children have worked really hard.

Maths this week was all about finishing our unit on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We did some work on mental calculations and moved onto BIDMAS! The children really enjoyed trying to follow the law of BIDMAS to get the correct answers. We also completed an arithmetic on Friday and the children were brilliant at using all of their arithmetic skills.

In English, we spent a lot of time focusing on grammar and vocabulary as we've explored our new text. We have looked at lots of different types of SPAG and have grown in confidence identifying different types of word classes. We applied our learning by writing a short poem and a short setting description during writing. In Reading, we continued to read Malamander and have confidently answered questions well around the chapters that have read. The children are really beginning to understand the text!

We had a special service for remembrance day - well done to the Y6 children in the Ethos group who helped with this.

We also had lots of strange sock and crazy hair appearing in school this week for Anti-bullying week. We completed some activities around this during PSHE on Wednesday too. Well done everybody for your energy and enthusiasm with this! In RE, we looked at our next lesson on advent and looked at Old Testament passages that talk about Jesus. In Science, we looked at DNA and what this is - ask your child what it stands for! We labelled where DNA is found and looked at cells closely, whilst exploring what exactly DNA is. In Geography, we looked minerals that are found across the planet and which countries have which natural resources readily available to them. This was an interesting lesson and a great opportunitiy for lots of the children to show off their understanding of the map!! There were a few... more rusty map readers too. Why not get a world map out this weekend and take a look at it with your child?

We finished the week with some gymnastics and went over lots of our key basic skills for gymnastics, and built up to a routine. 

Well done this week everybody. Remember, if you can be anything, be kind.

Crazy Hair Day! 

Wow! The children looked amazing on crazy hair day! The effort you have gone into is exceptional. Well done everybody! A great way to share how we are all different and all unique... and sometimes a little crazy!

Week ending: Friday 7th November 2025

Year 6 have had a brilliant first week back at school. They've worked really hard and showed lots of our learning attitudes consistently. We were blown away by the support of family and friends towards our fun run in aid of Sam's Diamonds Cancer Support Group. With your kindness, we were able to raise a huge £476.66 for the charity. We were privileged to have a visit from Jess, who works for Sam's Diamonds, who came to explain about the charity to the children and give them some certificates for their hard work prior to the run. The children had a lot of fun during the run and showed a lot of perseverance!

In maths, we finished looking at long division and the children really increased in confidence with this. In English, we began our new topic looking at the adventures of Charles Darwin and his discoveries in nature. This links well to our new topic in Science too: evolution. As part of Geography we have been looking at trade links and focuwed on our local area firstly, exploring whether our local area consisted of mostly primary, secondary or tertiary industries, or just a mixture of them all.

We continue to enjoy Malamander and are looking forward to getting into the text even more. Well done to all children this week!

Imperial War Museum Trip

What a fantastic day Y6 had at the Imperial War Museum! A brilliant way to enhance our learning about WWII. Well done to the children for their brilliant behaviour whilst they were out on the trip.

Autumn 1

The children have made a brilliant start to the year. They have been busy working hard and stepping up into Year 6.

In maths, we have completed our unit on place value and are currently working through our calculations unit. We have worked hard reading large numbers and continue to work on this, and we have recently been working on multiplication. We have worked hard on long multiplication and have been focusing on setting out the calculations and completing with accuracy. We are looking forwards to learning about division and are working towards becoming fluent with long division, dividing 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers.

In Writing, we have looked at the text 'Rose Blanche'. This is a powerful text that follows the story of a little girl in Germany during the war. There is a lot of learning to take from the text! Our first writing unit was a challenging one where the children had to write a diary entry from the perspective of Rose. Our second writing unit, which we are working through, focuses on writing a bravery award speech for Rose.

Similarly, reading has had a focus linked to WWII. We have read the book 'Hana's Suitcase'  and this has been a powerful read for both staff and children. The book follows the story of Hana and her brother George, two Jewish children who were impacted by the acts of the Nazis during the war. The story is a sad one and gives children lots of opportunity to reflect on these events. However, the book also follows the story of a modern day person called Fumiko who wants to understand the story of Hana. This element of the story offers a lot of hope as the story of Hana lives on in the lives of the children she works with in the group 'Small Wings'. 

We have now moved onto our second text, Malamander, which we are very excited to read.

In History, we have also focused on WWII and have looked at the impact of the war in Britian, including looking at the Blitz, the Battle of Britain and Evacuation. It has been a brilliant topic and it has been fantastic to see the children so engaged in their learning!

In Science, we have been learning about electricity and have looked at atoms and what they are made up of, and have looked at lots of different electrical components and their purposes. In PE, we have spent time doing Rugby and Athletics, as well as a number of games to improve basic sporting skills. The children have enjoyed Art and Spanish this half term too, with our art focus being on LS Lowry. In PSHE, we have thought about our goals and aspirations and out attitudes towards achieving these, and also how to deal with setbacks. We enjoyed thinking about JK Rowling and how she combated disspaointment and setbacks. We have also done computing this haf term and have looked at how each website has a different address, their IP address, and have discussed how computers and networks talk to each other so that people can work together.

Extras

We have enjoyed collecting for the foodbank during Harvest. Thank you to all parents and families for their suppot with this. Rosa and Ava enjoyed a trip to the foodbank to drop off the food items and have a tour.

We had a fantastic morning with Great Athletes, completing our sponsored sports circuit to raise money for our school. It was inspirational to hear from Emily Ford, a team GB rower, about her experience. Thank you to all families and friends who supported with sponsors.

School council were voted for and Rose and Franky were voted in as our school councillors for this year. We are looking forward to seeing the work they do!

Peer mentors were chosen in Year 5 and were given their badges and jackets this year - they've even been given brand new high-vis jackets! They also recieved training from Dave Sweeney about making games on the playground.

Prefects were chosen also this half term and were given their badges. They are doing a great job!

We have a number of exciting things coming up... including Debt Awareness with Mr Soutter, our trip to the Imperial War Museum, a visit from a lady from the Northern Holocaust Education Group, as well as finishing the half term with our charity fun run in support of Sam's Diamonds charity as part of our courageous advocacy week.

What a busy half term! Well done everybody.

Year 6 were brilliant courageous advocates as they helped collect and organise all of the school's donations for the foodbank. Two of our wonderful children took the donations to our local foodbank warehouse and had an informative tour from Vicky. Well done Y6! 

2024-2025

Thank you! 
 

To the children: 

Simply the best! I hope you’ve had the best last day in school. You are such a special bunch and you will be missed so much. Thank you for making every day so much fun for me! 
Come back and say hello please! Have a lovely evening and a fantastic prom. Good luck next year!

Over and out, 

Mr Tunstall and Mrs Gillies
 

For the parents:

I can’t quite put into words how grateful I am for all of your kindness today! Feeling overwhelmed after reading through all of the cards (my throat may have even choked a few times!!) - I am so grateful to have had the pleasure of getting to know and teach your wonderful children over the last 18 months. They’re amazing! Your kind words, gifts and generosity mean so much and are very appreciated. Thank you for everything and all of the support you’ve given me, and I really do hope you have the best summer possible. Enjoy your evening and hopefully see you all again soon x (Mr Tunstall)

Thank you all for you very generous gifts I really have been spoilt!  I’ve loved working with your children this year and I know they will go on and be amazing in high school ❤️ (Mrs Gillies)

Ye-Ha!

Wow! I have no words. What a performance. What a cast. What a class! You were amazing.

So proud of each one of you for your performances. 

Memories to last forever!

Colour Run

Such fun at the colour run! What a joy to see everybody so happy and so colourful. Well done everybody! Memories to last forever.

Summer Concert

Well done to all of our fabulous Year 6 children who performed in the summer music concert. A thank you to our two brilliant narrators too who made sure the concert ran smoothly too!

Mr Soutter

Year 6 have absolutely loved their learning with Mr Soutter over the last two years. His sessions are always a huge highlight of the term and the children have learned so much and had so much fun at the same time. Thank you Mr Soutter for all of your hard work teaching us. We will miss you lots as move on!

Leavers' Service - Liverpool Cathedral

We have had a lovely afternoon at our leavers' service. Thank you to all parents who came along to support to. The focus was all about transition and moving on and we were left with some lovely messages to reflect on about God's provision for us during times of big change. 

Week ending: Friday 9th May

A huge well done to everybody this week. We’ve really worked hard and it’s been very fast paced as we’ve sought to go over lots of different bits of learning. 
 

Next week is just another week and all you need to do is give it your absolute all. Remember, you are so much more than SATS! They don’t measure everything that makes you such a special part of our world. So come in with a smile, give everything your best go, and let’s celebrate after! 

Important things this weekend:

• Enjoy the sun

• Get lots of sleep

• Spend time with your family and friends 

What a class!

See you from 8:20am Monday morning. We’ve got this!

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 2nd May

Wow! What a week in Year 6. The children have worked so hard since coming back and have really shown great retention of their knowledge after a few weeks off. They’ve all really impressed me! 
 

We have finished our maths curriculum so have been looking back over lots of our learning and it’s been great to see so many children digging deep to apply their learning. We’ve been doing similar in reading and in grammar as we prepare for our KS2 assessments in the next couple of weeks. 
 

In PE, we’ve enjoyed doing tennis and some basketball. The children have shown some great skills in tennis and have been trying to improve their grip and control of the ball, using both backhand and forehand. 
 

In History, we began our local area study of Liverpool and have looked at the impact that the slave trade had on the city. This has led to some deep and important discussions which the children have dealt with very maturely.
 

In science, we began looking at flowers and their reproduction. The children have also enjoyed some Spanish and PSHE this week… with perhaps a few extra minutes in the sun from time to time!
 

Well done this week everybody. You have been brilliant. Let’s keep up the good attitude and remember - just do your absolute best every day.
 

Have a great bank holiday weekend,

(HB Anayai)

Mr Tunstall 

Happy Easter!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Easter break... thought you might like to see some updates from what I've been up to. I see that none of you managed to find the wedding!

Your pictures went down a treat! Thank you for all of your hard work and lovely designs...

Have a great break.

See you in two weeks!

Mr Tunstall (and Mrs Tunstall)

Week ending: Friday 28th March 2025

The last two weeks have been brilliant in Y6. Last week, we started by enjoying a wonderful money management session with Mr Soutter. This is always such a highlight for the children and staff! 
 

We have done lots of work on fair trade over the last two weeks too… and finished this by making some cakes out of distance products, and selling these at the Mother’s Day event today. Thank you to all of those who came in to spend time with their children. 
 

In maths, we’ve looked at volume, as well as completing our statistics unit. We looked at dual bar charts, line graphs, pie charts and the mean! It really has been a hard working week.

In English, children enjoyed finishing their balanced arguments: these are brilliant. 
 

In reading, we continued to read the Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom. It’s been so lovely to hear the children laughing so much at a book - it’s a fantastic read! We won the AR trophy for this week so keep up the great work!! 
 

We also enjoyed doing art this week, as well as geography, science, PSHE, intentional studies and PE. 
 

We finished the week with a fantastic netball session. Well done to all of the team… you’ve improved so much in recent weeks!

Well done to all of the children on their hard work recently. They’ve really worked their socks off! 
 

Homework was put on today (three pieces) and this will be on SATS companion for the children to try next week and over the holidays. Please ensure any other homework is caught up on too.

Have a lovely weekend… and pray for sun for next weekend!!

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 21st March

Week ending: Friday 14th March

Year 6 have worked really hard this week. Well done! We finished our learning on fractions, decimals and percentages, and moved onto area and perimeter. The children have been brilliant!

In English, we looked at balanced arguments and had a go at writing some paragraphs using debate vocabulary. The children were so creative with their responses!

In Art, we looked at drawing using a grid to help us with proportion as we get ready for our final pieces. In Science, we were looking at reflection and learned about how light reflects clearly off smooth, shiny surfaces, but light rays are scattered when they reflect off dull, rough surfaces.
 

In PE, we have enjoyed doing netball and some football.
 

The children have been brilliant this week. Well done Year 6! 

Week ending: Friday 7th March

What a joy it was to see all of the children dressed up for World Book Day! There were so many fantastic costumes so thank you all for your effort and support for this. It was a great day and we did lots of activities around reading. We looked at the book The Great Kapok Tree and explored the message of the book, and also who we would recommend the book to.

In maths this week, we have been looking at percentages and finding percentages of amounts. We have really had to show resilience through this but it has been wonderful to see it all clicking in lots of the children's heads as we have grown in confidence doing this. Homework next week will be around this so keep on the look out! It was also wonderful to welcome a number of children to the 40 club this week, with all children doing fantastically well on their arithmetic.

In art, we continued looking at Maya art. We finished out History topic on the Maya also this week and moved onto Geography - we will be looking at different settlements over the next half term.

In PE, we have done dodgeball, football and netball. It's been great to see lots of children's understanding of each of these games improving.

In RE, we completed a reflection task around our unit of work on the Exodus and finished by writing prayers to God to ask for help for those people in the world who do not have freedom.

Well done to all of you this week; you have worked really hard.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 28th February

Happy St David's Day!

It was nice to see the yellow team dressed up today to honour their saints day.

What a first week back! The children have absolutely worked their socks off. I'm so proud of all of their efforts in our assessments this week. They've been challenging and the children have showed such brilliant perseverance during them!

This week, we have spent time looking at the Exodus story and the importance of it to both Christians and Jewish people. We looked at Maya writing in history and then made historical comparisons between the Maya, as well as the Greeks and Egyptians. We've been enjoying looking at Maya art during our art lessons and has a go at sketching some people from Maya murals after practising some different sketching skills - the children did a fantastic job. In PE, we have enjoyed doing dodgeball, as well as some netball, tennis and football.

We also enjoyed doing some pancake flipping this week! Well done to Sienna who won the prize for the flippiest flipper... what an achievement!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 14th February

Happy half term!

A huge well done to all of the children on a fantastic half term. You’ve worked so hard and should be so proud of yourselves!

This week we’ve worked really hard on our independent writing and it’s been fantastic to see so much progress in all of the children’s writing. 
 

We’ve also spent time looking at decimals on maths, as well as reading our class reader.

We enjoyed doing some art this week as we looked at the type of art the Maya would’ve used. We also finished off our memory boxes! 
 

We finished the week with an emotional goodbye to the wonderful Mrs Felton… followed by some intense games of dodgeball and benchball in PE. 
 

It was lovely to see you all at parents evening on Monday and Tuesday. Thank you again for your continued support. 
 

Last but not least… a huge well done to all children today on their arithmetics. We had a fantastic feel in the classroom as everybody beat their previous high score, and we had a number of new members of the 40 club. 
 

Well done everybody ☺️

Week ending: Friday 7th February 2025

This week we have worked really hard. It's been great to have Josh, an ex-pupil, with us on work experience.

We have been busy completing some maths assessments this week - the children have made great progress. Aside from that, we have been continuing with our work on algebra and have completed two step equations. The children were brilliant at these!

In English, we have begun to plan and write our flashback narrative based around 'Story like the Wind'. The children have started brilliantly and Mrs Gillies and I are very excited to read the final pieces.

Our book in WCSR, Other words for Home, is a brilliant one and is such an easy one to just keep reading and reading. It's a page turner, but not in the thriller way. It's just the type of story where you want to know more and more. We've enjoyed reading this and have explored, talked and answered some questions around the text.

In Science, we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of different types of fuel. In History, we looked at Maya culture, focusing on festivals, priests and sports. We're looking forward to creating pages about Maya culture next week. 

In DT, we decorated our memory boxes and the children did a superb job with this. We will be finishing them next week!

With lots of other things going on, we really have had a crazy week! Luckily, we've managed to work hard in between.

A huge well done to our Futsal team who were brilliant at this week's competition.

Have a great weekend. 

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 31st January

What a busy week! It’s been so good to see the children making great progress with their arithmetic skills and scores… a number of new members to the 40 club!

We also started algebra this week. The children have shown real skill and resilience as they’ve worked through this. New learning can be tricky to pick up but the children have taken it in their stride!

In English, we’ve taken time to write and edit our flashback paragraphs and are looking forward to applying these into our writing in the coming weeks. We’ve also had a large grammar focus this week, focusing on correctly punctuated sentences. 
 

The chats we have had from our new book - Other words for Home - have been brilliant. We are really enjoying reading it!

In history, we learned about bloodletting. It’s rather gruesome! Ask the children to retell you the story of the Maya Lady Xook. It’s not a nice one!! The children enjoyed looking at Maya beliefs and Maya gods. 
 

With Wednesday being Chinese New Year, we also spent some time looking at this and had a good chance to investigate which years we were born in, as well as our family members and teachers. The children were overjoyed to be able write “Mr Tunstall is a rat” in their book… they may laugh but we year of the rat folk did win the great race! We also made Chinese paper lanterns for you to put up in your own homes.

Well done this week Y6.

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 24th January 2025

A huge well done to all of the children this week - we have been so impressed with your work ethic! 

Above this message you will find some important statutory information regarding the end of KS2 tests that your children will be taking. A hard copy will be sent home next week.

In maths this week, we continued our work on ratio and proportion. We have spent time looking at scale factors, looking at proportion and looking at recipes and how to use ratio to help us scale up or scale down the amount of ingredients we might need. The children really impressed with this!

In English, we have written setting descriptions based on our new text. The children were tasked with creating a really tense and stormy atmosphere, describing the setting of being out at sea during a raging storm. The children were brilliant at choosing words that created a war-like or battle-like atmosphere that really made the boat seemed vulnerable, and the storm seem strong. We can't wait for you to read some on parents' evening!

In reading, we FINALLY finished Malamander. It was a brilliant ending to the book and, in the end, we were sad to see it end. It's been great to see a number of children eager to read the follow up novels too! We began out new text, Other words for Home, which has already captured our attention.

A huge thank you to Mrs Gillies (miracle worker) who helped us to move forwards with our memory boxes in DT. We are now all at the decorating stage... the product is almost finished! The children have worked really hard on these.

In History, we have been exploring the Mayans and looking on maps at where they lived, and identifying which modern day countries their cities were in. We're looking forward to getting properly into the topic over the next weeks!

A reminder that homework is set on SATs Companion and there are some due in for Monday.

A separate reminder regarding Robinwood... please could all payments be made by the end of Spring term.

A final thank you for all of your kindness on my birthday! It was great to celebrate with the children. I may have snuck some donuts into class for our end of the day party... 

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Tunstall

Week ending: Friday 17th January

Wow! How has it been two weeks of spring term already? We hope you all

had a wonderful Christmas. 
 

Mrs Gillies commented how hard working the children were in our first week back - and they certainly kept it up second week back. We are so proud!

During the first week of term, we enjoyed a science week with all sorts of fun science activities going on. We learned so much from all of our visitors! We also enjoyed a pantomime at the end of the week, which was a lovely way to finish the week off. 
 

This week, in maths, we’ve started to look at ratio and the children have picked it up so well. this is brand new learning that they have taken in their stride. We will be continuing next week!

In English, we’ve began our new topic writing flashback narratives, based on our stimulus text “A story like the wind”. We’ve enjoyed getting into the text, exploring vocabulary and making some predictions. 
 

In reading, we have very much been focused around Malamander and trying to finish it! We are so close. We’ve had lots of weird and wonderful moments, as well as lots of laughs, as we’ve read this brilliant book. We’re very excited to find out how it finishes next week!

We’ve also spent time this week doing PE - volleyball and dance are our topics for this half term. We also began our new topic in RE on the Exodus - the children had amazing questions and were really invested in the learning. So good to see!

Our Christian value for this half term is Creativity and we’re hoping to see lots of that this half term. 
 

Well done on a great first two weeks of spring term Year 6!

Week ending: Friday 20th December

Merry Christmas! A huge well done to all of the children for a fantastic half term. You’ve worked so hard and we are really proud of you. 
 

We’ve had a fantastic last week - lots of fun and chaos! 
 

Thank you to all parents and children for your kindness and generosity; it’s so appreciated. 
 

Have a wonderful Christmas, 

Mr Tunstall and Mrs Gillies

Week ending: 29th November 2024

This week we completed our autumn assessments - well done to all children who really gave them their best efforts. They’re not easy but many children showed real resilience. We are really proud of you! 
 

This week we have also continued our learning in English, with the children planning and beginning to write their discovery narratives. 

A special mention to all of those involved in the indoor athletics competition. You did such a fantastic job! Well done on your second placed finish. 
 

Have a great weekend!

Week ending: Friday 22nd November 

Well done to everyone in Y6 over the last couple of weeks, you have really been brilliant!

In maths, we have been learning all about fractions. We’ve been practising adding and subtracting fractions, including mixed numbers. Finding the common denominator to make the denominators the same has been fun! You’ve really worked hard and it’s been great to see your confidence increasing - well done!

In English, we’ve been reading our vehicle text: Darwin - Origin of Species and writing a discovery narrative based on Darwin’s experiences on his travels. We’ve enjoyed writing a setting description and thinking about how we can convey character in speech. We also put some work into researching our chosen discovery animal and immersed ourselves in jungle life with the help of David Attenborough. This will help our writing to be more real to us! 
 

In reading, we have continued reading Malamander and things are all starting to make sense… apart from the mystery of the who or what the malamander is. We are looking forward to catching up with Herbert Lemon next week!

In DT, we designed our own memory boxes to scale, getting ready for the making process in the coming weeks. In Geography, we explored natural resources and where these are found in the world. In Science, linking with our English work, we looked at inheritance and inherited characteristics. We’ve also enjoyed PE, PSHE and Spanish this week. 
 

Last but not the least, a visit from Mr Soutter is always a highlight for the children and we were overjoyed when he taught us today. The children were learning about the world of work and took away some valuable lessons… they also laughed a lot!

Well done this week everybody.  

Week Ending: Friday 15th November

Thank you to all of the children for their efforts with our Ukraine appeal. Your support is so appreciated!

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM - Friday 25th October 2024

What a fantastic trip - a really great learning experience for all of the children! Happy half term ☺️

LOWRY ART WORKSHOP - WEDNESDAY 23rd October 2024

WHAT A SHOW! Y6 Btales - Tuesday 22nd October 2024

What a fantastic show. Great teamwork on show all day and a really enjoyable performance. Thank you to all who came to support us.

Friday 11th October

Well done to all children this week on all of your learning. We’ve really been working hard on our writing and it was a real joy to read all of the children’s diary entries based on the story of Rose Blanche. Great progress made by all children!

In maths, we have looked at factors, multiples and long multiplication. We also looked at squared and cubed number and children enjoyed making these using cubes. 

We very nearly finished Hana’s Suitcase. The book has really allowed us some meaningful reflection times as we have navigated and read about the sad and hard times, but also times to reflect on the hope that we have and why it is important to learn from the past.
 

In History, we explored the Battle of Britain and wrote news reports based on this!

In Art, we looked at pencil sketching techniques and analysed some Lowry artwork to see which one’s he liked to use. We then tried to produce a pencil sketch of our yard in Lowry style, using some of these techniques. 
 

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2024

On Thursday, we took a step back during PSHE to focus on wellbeing and the importance of looking after all parts of our health. It’s OK not to be OK. 
 

Please come and speak to us if ever there is something that you need to speak about. 
 

Have a great weekend, 

Mr Tunstall

Friday 27th September 2024

Well done to all of the children this week - you have worked really hard. 
 

It’s been great to see so many children making progress with their maths arithmetic scores… making improvements from last week! We had our first 39 this week… nobody in the 40 club yet though! 
 

In English, we continued our work around Rose Blanche and completed a modelled write. We are looking to forward to planning and writing our diary entries next week. 
 

In reading, we have enjoyed continuing Hana’s Suitcase. The children have been really gripped by the narrative! It’s also been wonderful to see children to passionate about independent reading - this has been something that has made Mrs Gillies and I smile a lot! We also won the reading trophy this week… good job team. 
 

We have spent some time practising for harvest festival also. Thank you to all who came to celebrate it with us!

Probably the highlight of the week was European Day of Languages. We had a wonderful time in collective worship and the children did some great work exploring all things Germany. They also enjoyed trying some German treats! 

Friday 20th September

Year 6 have continued to work really hard over the last couple of weeks. Well done everybody!

We have absolutely loved getting into our learning all about World War 2. Our reading lessons on Hana’s Suitcase, our English learning based on Rose Blanche and our history learning have all had us engaged and excited about learning. 
 

In maths, the children have shown great enthusiasm and have really shown fantastic retention with their place value learning, retaining lots of information from previous year groups. Keep practising those times tables!

In English, we have all enjoyed our grammar challenges this week! Ask your children what their favourite grammar song is… then ask them to play it… it’ll never leave your head! A complete ear worm. 
 

https://youtu.be/FK2Gyto5gTQ?feature=shared
 

In Art, we created some visual notes all about Lowry and inspired by his style. The children really enjoyed doing this and their artwork was exceptional! 
 

We enjoyed creating a page all about the Blitz in history. We thought about IP addresses in Computing and in RE we thought about Rites of Passages and those real significant moments in life.
 

We are looking forward to celebrating harvest next week and have enjoyed practising some lines and songs for our service next Friday. We hope to see you there!