Year 6 Friday Blog 13th November 2026

Date: 13th Nov 2026 @ 4:17pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

It was lovely meeting you all over the last two weeks at parents evening.

Home Practice

Continue with all your wonderful home reading, 30 minutes a night!

Your spellings this week have been sent home and you will have your test next Friday.

For your maths practice we have set 2 challenges on Sumdog. Complete these by next friday.

This Week in Year 6

Another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum!

In English, we have been studying the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, exploring how poets use language to create powerful images and emotions for the reader. We looked at personification, expanded noun phrases and a range of other language techniques before using these skills to write our own poems. The children produced some wonderful pieces, showing real creativity in their choice of vocabulary and descriptions. Well done, Year 6! We also continued our work with Gareth from Literacy Kicks, who was very impressed with our sports report writing this week. Some super journalism on show!

In Maths, we have been exploring fractions, focusing on equivalent fractions and improper fractions. We looked at how different fractions can represent the same amount and used our multiplication and division knowledge to help us find equivalent fractions. We also practised recognising and working with improper fractions, developing our understanding of how fractions can be greater than one whole. Super maths!

In Art, we have been developing our 3D shading techniques as part of our 2D to 3D art project. We explored how light and shadow can help make a flat drawing appear three-dimensional, practising different shading techniques to create depth and form. Next week, we will be putting all our learning together as we begin building our sculptures. We can't wait to see our designs come to life!

In PE, we had a brilliant session with Freddie Fit, with a focus on health, fitness and always doing our best. The children threw themselves into the activities and showed great enthusiasm throughout. In our other PE session, we continued developing our indoor athletics skills, but with the weather being so lovely, we decided to take our learning outside! Everyone enjoyed practising their skills and challenging themselves to improve.

In RE, we continued our learning about the Sacrament of Baptism, exploring the different signs and symbols used during the celebration. We looked at the importance of holy water, the baptismal candle, the white garment and the oils, discussing what each symbol represents and how they help us understand the meaning of Baptism. The children made some thoughtful links to our previous learning about Creation and sin.

In Science, we explored the different uses of electricity in our everyday lives before conducting a super investigation into static electricity. We experimented with rubbing different materials together and observing how electrically charged objects can attract other objects without touching them. There were some great questions and lots of excitement as we discovered how static electricity works!

Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  - Edward

Super Learner -  Evangeline

Superstar Writer - Franco

Bookworm - Spencer

Marvellous Mathematician - Joni

Special Mentions - Brooke for her kindness to others - Spotted by Mrs Marshall

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!

Have a lovely weekend!

The Year 6 Team