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! 🙂
