19.09.25

Congratulations to all Year 6 students on their new roles! It is wonderful to see our ministers, house captains, and ambassadors taking the lead in our first pupil committee meetings of the year. Their enthusiasm and leadership skills are commendable. It is lovely to start our swimming lessons, which will help us build on the skills developed last year. It’s a fantastic opportunity for our children to enhance their confidence in the water. In literacy, we have recently completed our study of "Can I Build Another Me?" and embarked on writing Kenning poems about ourselves. This particular challenge was met with great creativity, and I am immensely proud of everyone’s efforts. We have now begun reading "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio, a wonderful book that beautifully illustrates the value of embracing our uniqueness. The students have been analysing characters, exploring vocabulary that conveys emotion, and using evidence and inference to describe the school the main character attends. In numeracy, our focus has been on recapping place value from millions to thousandths, as well as mastering addition through the column method using word problems and reasoning skills. Our topic, "Who Do You Think You Are?", has sparked a wealth of interesting activities. We are exploring family history and geography by drawing family trees, crafting interview questions for family members, and mapping out where our families have lived and were born. These discussions have provided valuable insights into how our backgrounds shape our identities. In expressive arts, we are depicting ourselves as others see us compared to how we view ourselves. Our ICT lessons have involved creating Google Forms to collect identity-based questions and compiling a database of the results. In R.V.E., we are discussing how to create a sustainable harvest and understanding the differences between sustainable and unsustainable food sources. It has certainly been a busy few weeks as we look forward to our upcoming harvest service. Thank you for your continued support

05.09.25

It is so lovely to be back and to see everyone again! It truly felt like old times for us, but it’s wonderful to have a change of classroom and a fresh perspective as we embark on our Year 6 journey together. Our new topic is "Who Do You Think You Are?" In this topic, we will be delving into our family history, discussing the meaning of identity, and honing our analytical skills. This week may have been short, but it has certainly been busy! We have commenced work on a short graphic novel titled "Can I Build Another Me?" This engaging book has sparked some fascinating conversations about identity and the uniqueness of everyone. In maths, we are exploring the place value of both large and small numbers within real-world contexts, which has been exciting for the students. Our humanities lessons have involved investigating our family trees to help us understand more about ourselves and our backgrounds. To finish our week, the children have been busy preparing their entries for the Usk Show, using pop art to create artwork based on the theme "Dreams Can Come True". Thank you for your ongoing support, and I am looking forward to a fabulous year ahead in Year 6!