Year 6 Parent Cafe Powerpoint:
Problem Solving in Year 6
Every week, Year Six have a problem solving lesson where they work together in groups to tackle tricky maths problems. This week, our new theme was trial and improvement so we realised very quickly that the only way to approach this unit was to try and improve every time, therefore we needed to be resilient when we didn’t get the correct answer first time around. Working together, we thought about what we know from the question, what we don’t know and what the question is asking us to do and highlighted this in different colours to represent this. After this, we identified that in order to answer this question, we would need to remember what square numbers were and how to identify them. We did this together as a class so that we could use this information when trying different options. Finally, we worked as a group to consider different possibilities and by the end of the lesson, we created a circle using all of the numbers in the blue box. The excitement throughout our classrooms was amazing when we found solutions!
Well done Year 6, we are very proud of how resilient you were.
Year 6 Historians Visit Discovery Museum
On Monday, Year 6 became immersed in all things history as they ventured to Newcastle to visit the Discovery Museum to undertake a workshop about WW1 and WW2. They were able to explore artefacts from the time and think about how people lived during this era of history. They then took part in a rationing activity where they had to think about how preparing meals for a family for a week with limited resources. They enjoyed using rationing books to purchase different resources and it really made them think about how limited food resources were during this time.
After this, they enjoyed exploring the rest of the museum and their favourite exhibit was definitely the Science Lab where they were able to explore light which is their new topic. a fun day was had by all and it certainly opened our mind to how life was during the wars.
Year Six Green Treat
Year 6 thoroughly enjoyed their green treat today where they were able to spend quality time together sharing games. Fun was had by all.
Well done for such a fantastic first half term Year Six. You have all worked incredibly hard and made amazing progress. Keep up the fantastic work next half term!
The Rosary Challenge – October 2023
October is the month of the Holy Rosary. In school we are taking part in The Mark 10 Mission Rosary Challenge. Each day we will be praying a decade of this great prayer in class.
A decade of the Holy Rosary is:
1 x Our Father
10 x Hail Mary
1 x Glory Be
During each decade we will be praying with a Mystery of the Rosary. Mysteries are moments in the life of Jesus and Mary. Imagine them in your mind. We will listen to a short piece of scripture at the start of each decade to help us enter in. There are four sets of five Mysteries:
The Joyful Mysteries
The Glorious Mysteries
The Luminous Mysteries
The Sorrowful Mysteries
Year One Collective Worship – Pentecost
Last week, Year One gathered together to celebrate a lovely collective worship around the theme of Pentecost. They were incredibly reflective and amazed us with their beautiful singing and reading. Well done Year One.
