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Week ending 15.7.22

The week has arrived. The final preparations for our Junior Production “The Greatest Show”. The children have worked so hard and created an amazing show.  Well done everyone. You were all amazing 🤩🤩

Week ending 8.7.22

This week the children spent two days at their new secondary schools. We missed them in class but we were busy creating props and getting ready for our production. 
Wednesday was our sports day and the children had lots of fun racing and completing challenges for their colour team. We linked it to the commonwealth games so they represented the country. After a fabulous day the winning team was 🥁🥁 the Yellow Team. Well done. 👏👏👏

Week ending 1.7.22

This week, we have continued with our production practise in between lots of amazing independent writing. We watched the film Alma and wrote some excellent descriptive stories explaining what happened. Well done.

We didn’t quite get enough reading in our AR this week so we need to try and get the trophy back next week. Keep reading Y6. 
This week we did win the attendance trophy. This is great news so let’s try and keep this next week. 
 

We did get a lovely surprise package this week. Our children are now published authors with their stories in print. How amazing!

 

Week ending 24.6.22

This week we did lots of learning in maths. We looked at volume and used our fluency to help with reasoning and problems. The children did amazing of course and were able to use their understanding to work them out. In science we began our topic on reproduction and life cycles. We started by looking at the difference between a mammal and amphibians life cycle. We looked at the vocabulary we would use and the children completed the different life cycles then explained their understanding. In PE, the children have started to practise their fielding games. They hope to win the teachers in the annual game of rounders. In history, all the children completed their presentation on a special place in Liverpool. The children really researched their chosen part nad presented it to class. Well done. 

We have now well and truly began our production practise as the stage is up and ready. Mrs Jones has made a start on the scenery and everyone is excited to show their many talents. 

Neurodiversity

Over the last couple of weeks. we have been looking at what makes our brains work differently. Identifying that some peoples brain works differently and we each have our own super power. We wrote on umbrellas our super power ready for display. 

Week ending 17.6.22

another busy week in Year 6. We completed our science on reproduction of plants. We also had a lovely time at Children’s University. All children received an award this year, amazing. We had another visit from Mr Souter from money management. The sessions are always fun but very important. We ended the week with the start of our production practise. 

The children have also started their bike ability lessons. Two groups have already completed the tasks to learn how to ride safely on the roads. The children also sent the food they had collected for our local charity - the Widnes Food Bank.

13.6.22

A lovely afternoon at the Anglican Cathedral for our Year 6 Leaver's service. It is lovely to be back together with the other schools to say goodbye from the church to our children. We sang songs and danced and watched the story of Moses leading the Israelites to freedom. The children really enjoyed the afternoon. Our school council representatives carried our School banner with pride. 

Week ending 27.5.22

Our last week of Summer 1. Another full week of learning and fun. On Monday we took part in the Knowsley Youth Summit. The children had the opportunity to talk and ask big questions about our planet. We learnt about the importance of bees and how to help save our planet. We looked at growing our own food and reusing plastics to create art. 

Some of our children took part in the Musical Summer Concert. They showed their amazing talents such as singing, keyboard or trombone skills.

The children have been working hard to create their Batik. They have designed and created amazing pieces. Look at their amazing work.

The children had a great day celebrating the Queens Jubilee. We had a crown competition and the celebration continued with a party. Lots of fun was had by all. 

The children received a certificate from Young  Writers for the short monster story. All children who applied have been accepted. Amazing young authors. Others have continued to read at home and gained higher reading belts. Keep it up 👍 

Well done to the children chosen by their peers to receive the Respect Christian Value certificate. 

Week ending 20.5.22

WOW! What a busy but fun week. We had a great time at Robinwood ( make sure you look at the Robinwood pictures in the file) and the children showed once again their resilience and amazing personalities. They were excellent role model and continuously told by the Robinwood team how well behaved they were showing their listening and teamwork skills. Once again making me very proud. 
we ended the week with auditions for our class productions. We have some amazing actors and they are all eager to be part of the Greatest Show! 

Week ending 13.5.22

What a busy week we have had. This week the children completed their SATs. I am very proud of all the children and how they have approached them. They have enjoyed the morning breakfast club and been so relaxed and ready to be their BEST. We could not have asked for more. 

What delicious cakes made by Felicity and Kiera. We shared them during our last revision club. Thank you both so much.

Once the tests were over the children and I celebrated with a conga. They had a fun afternoon to relax and enjoy their hard work.

On Friday, we had a great day learning abour production and playing Quidditch. A great day was had by all. 

Week Ending 6.5.22

The children have returned from their Easter break and are working so hard and I am very proud of all the hard work. 

In our WCSR, we have started our new book "Wonder" by RJ Palacio.  

The children are loving the story of August " Auggie" as he navigates school for the first time.

"In a world where you can be anything Be Kind" which is something we fully support in Year 6.

We are looking at "Ideas about God" in Re and we have looked at Celtic symbols and the Trinity. 

In History, We are looking at Liverpool and all about it being a Part of the Transatlantic Slave trade. 

For maths, We have been working on lots of different aspects of shape from angles to area and work from statistics to nets of shapes. We used the magnetic shapes to support our understanding of nets. The children are confident in their fluency and reasoning. Well done Everyone. 

In Art, we are beginning our topic on Batik. The children are beginning to design their artwork in preparation for their final piece. 

Finally, Next week is an important week for Year 6 as the children take part in the National Assessment Test. They are ready and prepared and Mrs Gillies, Mrs Jackson and I could not be any more proud of the children. They have worked hard and shown resilience and determination. Well done Year 6.

Week ending 8.4.22

Our last week of the Spring term and the children have continued to work hard. We have completed our genre work on play scripts transferring their favourite stories into scripts. 
in maths, we have been looking at proportion as well as our arithmetic and reasoning. The children continue to work hard in their preparation for their SATs. 
in science, we completed our assessments on our understanding and completed an enquiry task by completing  a fair test using levers. 
We finished our geography by looking closely at Northern Ireland. In DT the children have completed their motorised cars. The concentration while working was only surpassed by their joy when they worked. 

The children had a great time at the Friends of Cronton disco. The children had a great time. 

It was lovely to see the children join in the Easter bonnet parade. 

Week ending 1.4.22
This week the children have continued to work on ratio and have been using the concrete materials to help before moving on to pictorial. They are really grasping their understanding. 
in English they completed a diary entry as Jude our main character in our Whole Class Shared reading book. We are beginning to immerse and analyse play scripts. 
in science we learned about pitch and frequency and had some interesting work with the shakers and a homemade guitar. 
In DT, the children are excited about their moving vehicle and knew about circuits from our science learning. Our Keys curriculum supports knowledge retention. Well done Guys. 

The children completed some excellent art work when creating their Easter cross to explain the link between the incarnation and the Salvation. 

On April the 1st we had some fun but also raised a lot of money for those suffering in the Ukraine with our fun run. Thank you all for your support. 

Week ending 28.3.22

This week has been a very busy week completing our Spring assessments. We used the opportunity to show off all the hard work we have been doing. As always the children have made me very proud. 

We continued with our KEYS curriculum and completed some science work on energy and looked at the refraction of light through a prism. In Geography, we have looked at migration and learnt about historical migration.

In DT , the children are excitedly created their moving vehicles. 

It was lovely to have all the mothers and grandmothers during our afternoon. We hope you liked your gifts from the children

Happy Mother's Day

Week ending 21.3.22

This week has been the final week of our fundraising for Comic Relief. I am so proud of all the children who have worked hard over the last few weeks by providing, creating and giving their time to raise the money. We have managed to raise £505 for the charity. 

We have been working hard on area and perimeter which the children are confident with. We moved onto volume and used our cubes to understand the volume of cuboid. 

In science, we have been looking at light and how it travels in a straight line. We looked at how it reflects in a mirror which can change direction depending on the angle. 

Our green team celebrated St Patrick’s Day by wearing green. 

In computing, we are looking at coding and how computers are an important part of the future. 

Week ending 11.3.22

Another very busy week in Y6. The children are continuing to work hard on their maths. We have been focusing on area and looking at rectilinear shapes. In English, we looked at diaries and immersed ourselves in a variety of writing. 

In RE, we have looked at the Easter story and how Jesus was seen in each part of Easter week. In DT, the children have looked at building a controllable vehicle. This is exciting and the children researched different vehicles to start. 

In Pe, The children have continued to develop their gymnastics and dodgeball skills. 

Our charity fundraising is going well and the children are  amazing and coming into school early to sell the different prizes. We once again sold cakes and they really went down well. The children even brought some homemade cakes from home to sell. 

Week Ending 4.3.22

This week we started our charity work. The children have been amazing and are so generous. They have been working hard on making the cakes and donating prizes. We have had an amazing start to the event.

This wee, we have been busy learning about algebra and the children have grasped the concept very well. Super mathematicians. 

In English we wrote our persuasive writing and the children chose some interesting arguments to try and persuade the reader. 

In RE, we have started to look at the Easter Story and the question " Who was Jesus".

In PE, we are working on our gymnastic skills and Dodgeball. 

With World Book Day being a favourite day to dress up as our favourite characters or in the colours of the Brazilian flag, we had lots of fun. We got a chance to drop everything and read and also spend sometime reading with our seedlings. We looked at the country of Brazil and focused on the Great Kapok Tree story about the endangered Rainforest.

In PSHE. We are focusing on Healthy ME. We used our calm me technique to get us ready for learning.

Happy St David's Day to our Yellow team. 

Week ending 18.2.22

our last week of half term and we are concluding a lot of our topics. In RE we had Reverend Bob come into class to complete our learning on the Eucharist. He shared with us all the symbols and vocabulary of the service. We tasted the wafer that is shared and the children enjoyed his visit. 

We also displayed our fabulous Mayan art in a Fresco Frieze.

Lots of fun in PE. The class continued to complete basketball and showed a lot of skill. 

In history, we finished our work on the Mayan’s by writing a comparison between the differences and similarities of the Mayan’s and another era they have studied. 

We have finished our writing on balanced arguments and looking at persuasive writing. The children have enjoyed looking at whether Bradley was a bully or not. The children’s work is displayed with pride. 

We also enjoyed a visit from the author Tom Palmer who talked about how he became an author and we looked at some of his books. 

Well done to our star badger winners and ninja readers. We have been working hard on our reading and enjoying reading in school and for pleasure. We won the reading trophy again. Well done year 6.

Week ending 11.2.22

Another week of fun and learning. We have been working hard on our art work this week and completed our Fresco art work. The children worked so hard and we are hoping to have them on display soon. 
 

in maths we have continued to look at fractions, decimals and percentages. Our children are great at sharing their learning and showing how they answer the mathematical question. 

We were able to listen to the author Rashmi Sirdeshpande as part of the Liverpool Children’s Reading Festival. She told us how she became an author and all about her book Good News. The children listened carefully and we talked about the importance of celebrating good things. This is especially important for our mental health during #mentalhealthawareness week. 

Online Safety

To start the day, Mr Bell and year 5 delivered a really important message about staying safe online. They shared some important information about enjoying the internet but staying safe. We then read some stories based on real life situations such as gaming and buying in app purchases. It made the children think about privacy settings and passwords and how important they are. We watched some clips and made posters for different year groups to place around the school. 

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme is Growing Together. We discussed how we can help ourselves grow and become aware of our worries and concerns and that these feelings are normal. We then thought of things that help us and calm us and make us happy. We have created a Good News board linked to our author visit,  to celebrate all the good news we have and in the world. We have started to fill it with our special things. We also listened to our favourite songs and had a dance to relax.

This week, we once again had Mr Souter in to help the children with their money management. The children always enjoy his exciting delivery with an important message. 

Another good week for our reading in year 6. We won our reading trophy again for the highest word count. Well done to Ninja Readers. Keep it up everyone. #welovereading

Week ending 3.2.22

What another busy week we have had. The children have been working hard on their Mayan art and history. The children looked at the different artefacts and predicted what they would have been used for. They came up with some great ideas. 
We had a lovely surprise visit from Mrs Musil and her daughter. It was great to see her and the children enjoyed seeing her again. 
In maths, we have looked at decimals and fractions and comparing them. In reading we have enjoyed writing our balanced arguments based around our class book. We asked the question - Is Bradley Chalkers a bully? 
Look out for our new display next week. 
To end the week we won the reading trophy for our home reading. Fantastic. Well done to our star badge winners and Reading Ninjas.

Week ending 21.1.22

This week we have being doing work on coordinates within four quadrants. The children have grasped it very well for finding the coordinates, translating shapes as well as reflecting them in all quadrants. 
 

in English, we have been finding out more about the main character in our class text in preparation of writing a balanced argument. The children are really enjoying the book as part of our WCSR as well as story time. 

we are continuing to learn about the Mayans in our history and art lessons. The children created excellent double page spreads about the Mayan’s beliefs.
 

In our Environmental science we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy. 

We had a great start to our after school revision club. We looked at factors, multiples and prime numbers. Well done everyone. You are superstars

Week ending 14.1.22

This week has been another productive week. We have completed our maths work on fractions and I am very proud of the children's work. In English, we have analysed different balanced arguments to prepare for writing. In Science started looing at our Environmental science by looking at renewable and non renewable energy. 

In art and History, we are looking at the Mayans. We looked at the different types of art and crafts and looked more closely at the images and used proportion in our drawings. 

In Computing, we have been looking at money and different currencies. 

One of our children was chosen to be the special host on our Friday Star Bade assembly. They helped Mrs Thomson deliver all the certificates and rewards.

Well done to all our winners from star badges to reading Ninjas. Well done everyone. 

Week ending 7.1.22

Welcome back to all our families. I wish you al a very happy New Year. 

As we enter our Spring term with lots of learning ahead. The children started the week of with a focus on our learning attitudes of perseverance and independence. We have looked at how these important attitudes will help with out learning. We will be looking at curiosity, teamwork and responsibility next week. 

In science the children completed an investigation using the theory of Charles Darwin and evolution. We experimented on different types of beaks using different apparatus to see what was the best for the different food types, just like on the Galapagos Islands. The children had a lot of fun with the experiment. 

In maths, we are continuing with fractions and multiplying and dividing them. In English, we have started to look at balanced arguments by immersing ourselves. IN our WCSR, we have started our new book " The Boy in the Girls' Bathroom" by Louis Sacher. The children are already enjoying it and want to read more each day. 

In DT. The children finished their memory boxes. They have created such wonderful boxes and each with a unique design. I am very proud of all the children and their hard work. 

Week ending 17.12.21

Our final week of the Autumn term and WOW what a busy and fun week it has been. The children are so wonderful and have continued to work hard on their learning to the very end. We have mastered adding and subtracting fractions and also wrote our own flash back story. In geography, we did some fieldwork looking at our environment and the primary and secondary resources we use and the economic activity in the Village. We had to have a working conga at Christmas time. 

We finished our class book Rose Blanche and completed our PSHE on recognising everyone is different and how important it is to accept each other for who we are. 
 

The fun began with our Christmas party. We had lots of party games such as pass the parcel, musical statues (they were very good at this),  corners and the newspaper game. Lots of dancing and singing and even a dance off. The worm made an appearance and lots of fun was had by all. Sorry some of the pictures are blurred as they moved so fast. 😃

We watched the Ks1 and EYFS Nativity which was so special. 

The end of the term wouldn’t be the same if we didn’t do our final star badge assembly. We had lots of excellent work to recognise. Star badges were given out and reading awards. We also had our 100% attendance winners and the winner of the Be Safe road safety prize. Well done to the Blue Team for winning the team point award. 

As part of the final worship, it is tradition to sing the 12 Days of Christmas and this year didn’t disappoint. We watched every class perform the song on Zoom. I hope you enjoy our version. 

On our last day we did our Cronton Talent Show. The class were amazing. We have so much talent in our class from singers, dancers, rappers, comedians, gymnasts and magicians. They are amazing. You are amazing 🤩 

Finally, I would like to wish all our families a happy Christmas and a healthy New Year. I will leave it with a song from our wonderful children. Happy Christmas Everyone 🎅

Week ending 10.12.21

In our penultimate week before our Christmas break, we have continued to work hard and having fun. In English, we began to look at flashback stories and using film we could see how they were woven into the stories. In maths we are continuing with our fractions and are now adding and subtracting them confidently. In WCSR, we have began to read our new book Rose Blanche, which uses pictures to share the story. The children made some great predictions and also expressed what they thought the characters might be saying. 

With a fully packed week the children did lots of their DT work. The had designed their memory box and were now ready to start making it. With lots of measuring, sawing and glueing, the first part of their boxes have been made. I can’t wait to see the finished article. The children worked so well to support each other and used all the equipment safely. 

This week we also had our yummy Christmas dinner. Very tasty and a cracker to start the festivities. The children all looked amazing in their Christmas jumpers. 

This week we also did our Santa dash and some even did a Santa conga. Lots of fun 🎅

In RE, we have been looking at the symbols and meaning of Advent. That Christians count down to when Jesus will come again. We looked at the passages in the Bible about his coming and wrote some poetry. 

More fun was had when Mr Souter arrived to deliver another important message on money management. He talked about budgets and money diaries and how even when you have money it is important to monitor and manage it well. 

In science, we looked at adaptation and evolution and how animals have changed over time to adapt to their environment. 

With our final week of term here, I look forward to completing more learning and having fun. The Christmas party is on Wednesday so remember to wear your party clothes. 

Week ending 3.12.21

Can you believe we are in December already. This week the children have been showing me all their hard work and progress over the autumn term, and I am very proud of all of them. In between, we have been working hard with our KEYS curriculum. We started the week with St Andrew’s day and our blue team wore their team colour.
In DT, the children began to design their very own memory box, ready to make next week. This will be made from a wood frame. Remember if you want to bring in extra embellishments, please bring them in to school next week. 

We have had a fantastic week of sport with our athletic team winning the Knowsley competition. Well done team Cronton. Here are the Year 6 members enjoying their win. 

In Science, we looked at inheritance and DNA. We found out how we get different aspects of each parent and created some offsprings. Can you guess any? 

We ended the week on a high by winning the reading word count again. The children are reading and quizzing and doing amazing. Well done. We also celebrated our readers gaining their white, yellow and even orange Ninja belts for home reading. Well done Y6. Can we hold on to it for another week?

A big well done to our Star badge winners who have worked hard over the last couple of weeks. Well done to all the winners of the Christmas raffle as the children got to pick some of the winners. 

Week ending 26.11.21

Another exciting week in Year 6. This week we continued to learn all about biographies and began to look at the biography of Anne Frank. This is part of the children's learning of the Holocaust using out class novel Hana's Suitcase which we have been doing our Whole Class Shared Reading with.

In maths, we have been looking at fractions and recognising equivalent fractions and ordering them on a number line.

In geography, we looked at natural resources and if they are renewable. 

It was on Thursday that we had an exciting day out at the Imperial War Museum. It was fantastic to be out again and visiting this as part of our Cultural capital. The children had a great time and they asked so many excellent questions about the artefacts. They were able to immerse themselves in a variety of films that explained what it was like during the war.

Weeks ending 19.11.21

What a very busy couple of weeks we have had in Y6. Last week, we remembered those that had fallen in the war. We made a wreath that would be used at the Remembrance Service at Birchfield Community Meadow. Our class also placed a wreath at the Cronton Memorial. 

In English, we have started to look at biographies. We have immersed and analysed what they have and looked at some famous ones including one on Anne Frank. We are beginning to write one based on the story of Hana from our class book Hana’s Suitcase. This is poignant book based on the life of a young Jewish girl during World War 2.
in maths we have completed our work on the four operations. We had some excellent work this week looking at multiple, factors, cube and squared numbers and finally order of operations, where the children showed excellent understanding. I was very impressed. 
in DT, the children have discussed and  designed their own memory box. In PE, the children have continued with their athletics skills. 

In science, we have started our topic on Evolution and Inheritance.

This week we have been focused on Anti Bullying Week using “One Kind Word” theme. We showed how unique we all are throughout the week. We had odd sock Monday, crazy hair Tuesday, crazy tie Wednesday and Thursday we all received an anti bullying bracelet. The children came up with excellent vocabulary for their kind word hand. Remember “ In a world were you can anything - be kind”. 

Autumn 2 - Our Christian Value this term is Friendship

Week ending 5.11.21

Welcome back after our half term break. The class have returned in great spirit and ready to learn. We completed our science experiment by answering the question “How does voltage affect the component?” We used a voltmeter to measure the lux of the bulb and the sound of the buzzer. 

In art, the children completed and produced their final artwork linked to the artist Lowry. They used his work on perspective to recreate the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool. I think they have created master pieces. How amazing do they look. Some even added the matchstick meant made famous by the artist. 

In PE, the children are completing athletics this term. They worked hard in their first lessons and competed in races.

For our Christian Value of friendship we looked at what makes a good friend. The children created hands for the Five Finger Friendship Challenge which shows ways they are good friends. 
in English the children wrote some amazing poems based around our work on the First and Second World Wars. They used imagery and emotive language to create their poems. 
in maths we have continued with division and are becoming confident in the long division method. 
 

Have a great weekend and I hope you enjoy Bonfire Night.

Week ending 21.10.21

Our last four days of Autumn 1 and we have been very busy as usual. We have completed our Timeslip stories, which are great. The children linked it to our history topic and created a story with an accidental timeslip to World War 1. They jumped back into the trenches and wrote about what it was like. We finished the week looking at some war poetry such as In Flanders Field and explained how they made us feel. 

In maths, we have been doing some short division and we are ready to move on to long division. 

In History the children completed some excellent writing as an evacuee and wrote a  report about the Battle of Britain. We finished the week again looking at Martin Luther King as part of our Back History Month and wrote a dream speech inspired by his famous "I Have  a Dream" speech. 

We have had a great start to the year and I am sure we will continue to thrive and flourish in Autumn 2. Have a great half term and stay safe. 

Week ending 15.10.21

The week started well with a good game of dodgeball in PE. They are getting better at dodging the ball and their aim is also improving. They did some excellent team warm ups led by a pupil. This helped stretch and warm up their muscles ready to play.
We finished our work on multiplication and we will be moving on to division. The children showed me their application of their knowledge and worked really hard all week.

In art, the children started to think about different mediums and began to complete a self portrait. They had lots of fun colour mixing and using a mirror to draw themselves.

The highlight of the week for the children was having Mr Souter back with us. He helps us to understand how to manage money in his debt awareness lessons. He is very lively and keeps the children engaged while talking about serious issues concerning money management. He discussed needs and wants and the importance of saving. 

In computing, the children have been working in groups to complete their tasks. They are really enjoying the sessions.

The week didn’t end well as we lost our reading trophy to Year 5. They had read and quizzed more this week but I am sure we will bounce back and win it again. Year 5 also won the TTRS challenge set, so we have to bounce back and keep trying. Come on Y6 we can do this! 
 

Well done to our star badge and word count winners. 

Week ending 8.10.21

Another busy week in year 6. In English we have now immersed and analysed different time slip stories ready to star the writing process next week. 
in maths, we have been using the written multiplication method to help with our reasoning and problem solving skills. 
In PE, the children practised dodgeball in preparation for a competition. The children really enjoy this sport and the competitive spirit really came out. They had lots of fun and Mr Noblett has a difficult decision to make. 

In art, the children have continued to develop their drawing skills. They have used different pencil shading techniques to shade and will be looking at using different mediums. They are really developing their knowledge of the artist Lowry. 

This week, the class got to become Gardeners to our Year 1 Seedlings. This is something that the children have been waiting for after missing out last year to restrictions. It is such a lovely sight to see the Year 6 taking the younger children under their wing and supporting them through the year. I can tell they are going to be amazing as they did a fantastic job this week. Well done everyone. 

Thrive and Flourish Day

For mental Health Awareness Day the Children came into school wearing green accessories. We discussed how important it is to be aware of our own mental health. The children were very mature and sensitive to the issues and talked about it being as important as physical health to look after your mental health. We discussed calming techniques and what we can do to help ourselves. The children drew pictures of what techniques they could use. We finished the day planting our bulbs to take home to help thrive and flourish. I can't wait to see them grow. 

Week ending 1.10. 21

What a busy week we have had. In between all our learning we have created our Year 6 Worship about HOPE. The children have shown our key learning attitudes of perseverance, Teamwork and responsibility hope you have had a chance to watch it and be as proud of the children as I am. 

In  our Whole Class Shared Reading, we started reading a new book linked to our genre of "Time Slip" stories called Tom's Midnight Garden. A book written in 1958 but is still a children's favourite book even now. Ask the children to tell you all about the author Phillipa Pearce. 

In Maths we continued on addition and subtraction as well as our arithmetic skills. Religious Education, we continued looking at journey's and invited Mrs Whitehouse in to talk to the children about her journey as a Christian. The children came up with some good questions and really enjoyed listening to her explain about her belief and journey. 

In Science, we have looked at the electrical symbols for the components of a circuit. We played snap with each other to find the picture and symbol then create our own circuits. We practised making them with the equipment then used symbols to draw them. 

Now that we are back to normal timetables, our Peer Mentors will be taking on their roles in the school. We look forward to them being the excellent role models for the rest of the school. 

Week ending 24.9.21

Another week filled with learning and fun. We started the week with another excellent PE lesson on Tag Rugby. The children are getting very good with their passing and team skills. 

In English, we have used our link with our history on World War 1 and wrote our newspaper report based on the Christmas Truce. The children have really enjoyed watching it re-enacted and looking at different artefacts. One of our children brought in some pictures and treasured medals from his family. They are very precious belongings. The children's work was finally displayed on our display. I am so proud of their first completed work on display. Well done!

In history, we have continued to look at life in the trenches and look at what the conditions were like for the soldiers. The children have taken their curiosity further and researched out of school. This is fantastic to see.  Well done!

The week ended with our European Day of Languages focusing on Germany. The children looked great in the colours of the flag. We looked at the language and culture and found out some amazing facts. The children tasted some tradition German food although I don't think the sauerkraut went down well. I am very proud of your resilience to have a go at something you have not tried before. 

Lots of hard work means star badges. This week we have had some great work from everyone. Well done for our winners for their hard work and sharing their knowledge and understanding of the work. We also have a handwriting award for showing improvement and our wordcount winner. Keep reading as a class to win the class trophy.

The children have finished their COURAGE display for our whole school display. These are the Christian Values for the year. The children wrote instructions to help you be brave when you need it. Thank you to Mrs Jackson who created this amazing display to show them off. 

Week ending 17.9.21

A big thank you to all the parents who joined me for the "Meet the Teacher" meeting. I hope you found it informative. If you need any more information please don't hesitate to contact the school by phone or email.

This week the children have continued to settle well and work hard. Another great week of learning.

In maths, we have continued to look at place value and work on negative numbers. The class have shown their understanding of their strategies in their arithmetic. They are doing great and moving on to challenges and really starting to show their reasoning and  problem solving. 

In English, We have continued to look at report writing and analysing what is used in the genre writing. We have started to plan our own report based on the Christmas Truce of 2014. The children are really enjoying reading about it from the book "War Game" by Michael Foreman. We have Mrs Hill to thank for our amazing display ready for the children's work. 

In history, the children learnt all about how the first world war began. We looked at some artefacts and created an information page. The children are really enjoying the topic and our cross curricular links are really reinforcing their learning. 

In art, the children have been learning about the artist LS Lowry and created a double age spread through their research. They even listed to the song about him. Can you remember how it goes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmopSVOMSsU  

With our worships still on Zoom at the moment, we have been enjoying our worships with Reverend Bob and Mrs White House. This week we have looked at our Christian Value of Hope. We have also been looking at Understanding Christianity and the Big Frieze. We have looked at Creation and the Fall so far. The children were given tasks to create a dress  to link with Creation and also follow instructions and how important it is so we don't Fall.

In PE, the children continued to develop their skills in tag rugby. They played small games and practised their passing skills.

Week ending 10.9.21

Welcome to the class blog of Y6 2021-22.  We hope you enjoy seeing all the amazing things we get up to this year. We have had a fantastic start to the year and the children have settled in well. 

We started the year by thinking about our Hopes and Dreams for the Year. The children have lots of hopes and dreams linked to the class this year and we also discussed how we can achieve them through hard work, perseverance and always trying our BEST. 

In English, we started to immerse ourselves in journalistic writing by reading lots of reports and finding out how important headlines are to grab our attention. We have also started reading our class novel "War Game" written by Michael Forman. This links in with our history topic of Britain at War. 

In art, we started by researching about the artist L S Lowry, who the children will be learning about and creating artwork in his style. 

IN RE, we started our topic "Life as a journey and Pilgrimage". The children described their journey's so far and drew the road they have taken so far and all the important events they have had. We looked at the quote from Psalms and discussed how God can help us on our journey. 

In Science, we started our topic on electricity. We began by recording all what we remembered and what we would like to find out using out Cronton Crow Post its. We then began to research all the electrical discoveries and people behind them. 

Finally, We have all received our home reading books to start this year's Reading Challenge. This year the children will be writing their synopsis after each section of reading. This is really important to help with their summary skills and their quizzes. Enjoy Reading!