Year 6 will be visiting Coombe Country Park on the afternoon of Thursday 14th February to take part in a River Study. This links with our ‘Rivers and the Water Cycle’ unit in Geography, ‘Living things and their Habitats’ unit in Science and as part of our overall curriculum theme, ‘Life is a Journey’. They will investigate the river on site through a variety of activities, including measuring the depth and width, testing the flow rate and sampling the fresh water invertebrate life that can be found with the park.

To keep costs at a minimum, we will be doing two trips on the minibus. This will mean that half of the class will eat their lunch at the country park, whilst the other half (including those receiving school dinners) will eat their lunch at school. Therefore, we ask that all children bring in their packed lunches in disposable packaging. The session runs from 12.30—2.30pm which does mean that one half of the class will arrive back at school at a later time of approximately 4pm. If you would prefer your child not to be on the later minibus, please let me know.  I will, of course, let you know in advance which group your child will be in so that suitable arrangements can be made.

The children should wear their school tracksuits and wellies (or old trainers) as they will be getting wetting and muddy! They should also make sure that they are wrapped up: they should all have waterproof coats, hats and gloves as we will be outside for some time.

The cost of the trip is £5.50. Please pay and give consent via Sims Agora. Please make the payment no later than Friday 8th February.

Thank you,

Mrs J Hartwell

As part of our Times Tables Rockstars trial (which seems to be going very well!), we decided to put Year 5 and Year 6 into a battle! It has been very close all week with each year group taking turns to be in the lead, but today Year 5 overtook Year 6 and managed to stay in the lead until the battle closed! It was a close call but a clear win for Year 5!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Well done to everyone who took part and a special well done to James (Claud Krekel) who earnt the most points as an indivual!

 I look forward to the next battle!

This half term, Year 6 are learning Spanish!

They began last week by recapping their existing knowledge of numbers and extending them further! We then put this to the test my making number sentences e.g

ocho por tres es veinticuatro ( 8 x 3 = 24)

We also learnt to ask:

?Cuantos años tienes? (How old are you?)

Tengo dies años. (I am ten years old)

This week, we learnt how to pronounce and spell the seasons and the months of the year before using this knowledge to share when our birthday is:

Mi cumpleaños ed el dies de Mayo. (My birthday is the 10th May)

Well done to Mason, who impressed us all with a song he’d learnt to remember them!

We hope you have all had a lovely and relaxing holiday – thank you for all of our lovely cards and gifts that we received before the end of the Autumn term.

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Year 6 have had a really busy couple of weeks back after the Christmas break. Our theme this term is ‘Life is a Journey’ and we have explained to Year 6 how the next few months, of showing off all that they have learnt during their time at All Souls’ and preparing for their transition into secondary school, is all part of that journey. They have really stepped up to the increased workload and should be praised for this – some of them are even attending booster clubs before and during school hours!

In English, we have been reading ‘The Day of Ahmed’s Secret’ and are using this to support our writing of recounts. We have been introduced to lots of new terminology in our grammar lessons and are trying hard to apply this in our writing lessons. We can’t wait to find out what Ahmed’s secret is to see if any of our predictions are true!

In Maths, we have been getting to grips with fractions, finding the HCFs to simplify them and the LCMs to create equivalent fractions. We have also been converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions – although it has been challenging, everyone has tried so hard to improve their knowledge and understanding. Next week we will begin adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions so our brains might be a little frazzled by the weekend!

We are also trialling Times Tables Rockstars at the minute (as most of you at home are probably aware!) and it is clear that the children are not only really enjoying it but also increasing their speed and accuracy in recalling their times tables which is great to see! Lorcan and Harry continue to steal the top spot from eachother! We invited Year 5 to be part of the fun but that also meant a friendly war…. both classes are currently competing in a battle with eachother and ,with it being so close, it is impossible to predict which one will win! The current score is: Hartwell and the Rolling Year Sixes have 35,457 points and Rolison and the Funky Fives have 34,073 points! The battle ends on Wednesday so we will update you with a winner soon!

We also shared another lovely prayer service with our prayer friends in Reception. Lucas, Luke and Aaron taught us about how we can be more loving and spread peace. We practised offering eachother the sign of peace with a handshake beforesigning the hymn ‘Let there be love’ together.

Have a lovely weekend! 🙂

We gathered as a whole school for Mass this morning to mark the beginning of a new term and a new year. Year 6 reverently reflected on the nativity scene to think about the Christmas journey with the arrival of baby Jesus and the three wise men.

Year 6 are currently trialling Timestables Rockstars and it is safe to say the battle is well and truly on!

Currently in the lead is Brock Rockdust (Lorcan!) with an average of 1.37seconds per question! Craig Cutler (Pierce!) is the richest with £39,369 in his bank!

Keep up the good work Year 6 🙂