Year 6

Mr Needham was very impressed with the efforts of children in class 15, who were working on their reading comprehension skills.  

Children read Theseus and the Minotaur and answer a variety of question types, including fact retrieval, inference, word meaning, summary and structure.  

Well…

Children in years 5 and 6 are always working on their reading fluency using Reading Plus.

A brilliant show from the Rocksteady Rockstars! Our 5 bands played amazing songs and it was great to see some of our pupils in their first ever live performance. I cannot wait to see what you do next term! Well done to you all for your hard work and dedication to getting better. 

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Mr Needham was very impressed with the work children in Mrs Smith’s reading group completed on Theseus and the Minotaur.

Children completed questions on fact retrieval, inference, word meaning, summary and structure.

Mr Needham and the children discussed their answers and recapped skills…

Class 15 were very sensible when learning about Buddhist beliefs and discussing the topic of suffering - children used their oracy skills to discuss times when suffering might have taken place.  

Well done Class 15.

This week, Class 16 were testing water resistance. In groups, the children made 2 different objects out of play dough - one which they thought would have more water resistance and one which they thought would have less water resistance against it. 

We used stop watches to time their results.…

This week, we discussed homelessness. 

We spoke about what is important to us, what is essential to living and what is not important. 

Children then gathered their ideas and we used a traverse to explain our ideas. 

What a fantastic event. The children were really good at helping each other and taking turns. 

Well done to all the children who took part in the session.

All the children managed to go around the BMX track and challenge themselves on the bigger jumps. 

This week, Class 16 have been learning about hydro-electric power. 

They have researched into the three gorges dam in China. The class was split into 2. Some children looked at the advantage of the three gorges dam, and some children looked at the disadvantages. We then came back together and…

Class 14 have had a wonderful morning in the sun at Middleton Bike park.

They were able to go onto the BMX track and set off form the start gate.

Congratulations to the pupils who took part in the Sports Hall athletics.

The children qualified to the next round and will have to opportunity to take part in the Plate finals.