YEAR 6
Teacher: Mr Swift
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Fox
Our Gospel Value is: Self-control
Pupil Leaders:
Our School Councillors: Anya and Sam
Our Eco Warriors: Emilia and Abraham
Our SHINE Councillors: Zach and Millie
Our link Governor is: Simon Nield
Helpful Information:
- Reading books will be changed on Friday.
- Reading records (and spellings) are needed in school every day.
- Library book changing day is Thursday.
- PE days are Monday and Friday - come in PE kits ready for these lessons.
- Spelling test & Maths test weekly on Friday.
- Log-ons for all learning platforms are in the front of your child's reading diary.
- Musical instruments - bring in for lessons and take home after lessons. These will take place on Monday each week.
- Healthy snacks - if your child does not have morning toast, they may bring in a healthy snack.
- Water bottles - children will need a water bottle in school each day. This must contain water - no juice or flavoured water. Please return these daily after washing.
Looking ahead:
- Cenotaph Visit Monday 11th November.
- Mr Worrell Visiting Year 6 for a World War 2 Afternoon on Thursday 21st November
- Imperial War Museum Visit Monday 2nd December.
- We will be in Forest School in the Summer Term.
Autumn Term message from Mr Swift:
Welcome to the new year everyone! I hope you have had a wonderful summer break and are ready to start Year 6.
Routines and expectations are being embedded throughout the early part of this half-term and the children have demonstrated that they are ready to learn and make progress this year.
This half term is as busy as ever! Our topic for this term is 'Britain at War' and the children will have the opportunity to explore the role Britain played in both World Wars, as well as the significant impact these events had upon our world today. To supplement this, we will go on a class trip where children can take part in an interactive experience and learn from experts. We will also be on our Year 6 Residential to Borwick Hall and taking part in all sorts of wonderful activities, whilst building our resilience, teamwork and communication skills.
Please follow the links below for more guidance on this term.
If you need any help or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Mr Swift
Useful Documents:
Year 6 English Overview
Common Exception Words Year 5/6
Autumn Term Documents:
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser- Britain at War
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser- Circulatory System
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser- Electrical Circuits
Autumn Term Knowledge Organiser- Our Changing World
Year 6 Blog
Packaging Designs
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
As part of our learning in art we have looked at various packaging designs before having a go at our own ideas. The children gathered ideas all around their brand before designing and creating logos, lettering and their choice of colouring.
Brilliant Borwick!
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
A wonderful time was had by all at Borwick! Caving, hiking, team building and much more. Everyone learned about bonding, co-operation, patience and respect. We bring back with us lots of new skills and experiences!
Adaptations and Variation
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
This week in Science, we have experimented with different tools to represent the different beaks of various birds. We attempted to grip and grab as many food items as we could in a set time and recorded our results and linked this to Darwin's finches.
Terrific Tennis
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
Another visit from our excellent tennis coach Pete, who showed us how to hit a successful forehand and backhand. Our Year 6 children were as wonderful as ever and are improving their skills all the time. Some brilliant tennis players already, who have said they would love to give it a try out of school and take up a new sport!
Church Visit
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
As part of our learning in RE, we visited church this week to discuss the symbols of Eucharist. We learned all about the structure and representations and were lucky enough to be treated to a first hand demonstration from Mr Bennett and Elizabeth. We are so fortunate to have links with our wonderful local church. Thank you everyone!
Five loaves and two fish - all for Y6
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
Year One have been listening to the story of Jesus feeding five thousand people. They tried to share five loaves of bread and two fish with the 30 children in Y6 and barely had enough for them to share! Year 6 - thanks for being great sports and fabulous examples to our younger children.
Brilliant Bakers
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
What a great time our Y6 children had following a recipe and making their own bread as part of a DT project. This followed a 'Food for Life' research project where children looked at saturated and unsaturated fats. The children learnt about foods in moderation, healthy and unhealthy choices too. The bread filled school with the most delicious smell!
Superb Space Artwork in the Lytham Gallery
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
Our amazing artwork has been chosen to be on display in the Lytham Heritage Art display during February. This work was inspired by our Moon Week and we used a range of media to create our imaginative space pictires. Can you see how we have smudged the chalks to create effects and how we created light and shade within the planets and stars?
Y5 & Y6 Cookery Club
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
Last week in cookery club with Mr Swift we made vegetable fajitas. We learned how to use a knife to prepare vegetable safely and how to cook on a stove! The fajitas smelled delicious and they tasted great too!
Y6 - Bridge designers, architects and builders!
year6 teacher (R.Swift) on: Year 6 Blog
Over the past few weeks Y6 have been taking part in a project all about bridges in their Design and Technology lessons. We have been researching, comparing and discussing different types of bridges. We have been thinking about why and where they are used. Y6 had to design a prototype and build a bridge of their choice. They tested it's effectiveness (strength) by seeing how many coins it could hold. Great investigating Y6! Challenge - how many famous bridge designers do you know?