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Year 6 Blog - Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 4:34pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

Year 6 have had an exciting end to their week after their taster day at All Hallows today! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have continued being inspired by the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We thought carefully about how different characters perceive August. We have also been inspired to create some poetry based on the themes from the novel - we were especially proud of our palindrome poetry, which is a special type of poem that reads two different messages when you read from top to bottom and bottom to top! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to use the grid method to multiply up to a four digit number by a two digit number. We also learned how to multiply mentally using a compensation strategy and applied all of our learning from our topic to our final lesson, where we chose which strategy we could apply to a question. 

RE

In RE, we have explored the Nicene Creed, and discussed how Catholics can make a common statement of their faith using this creed. We were then inspired to create some poetry about  ‘A world where everyone is equal’ by considering the ways in which all human beings have innate dignity and equality.

Topic 

In Computing, we learned all about what a data packet is, so that we could understand how computers transfer data and files between each other. We made our own messages and broke them down into packets - just like a computer would.

For History we investigated how WW2 began. We learned about the causes of the war and their consequences. 

As part of our prayer and liturgy we have been learning how to pray the rosary in class. Did you know that October is the month of the Holy Rosary?

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list. 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting in powers of 10 like we have done in class. 

Draw a line with some marks on it. You could write the numbers as you count up or down, then double check it to make sure you have said the correct numbers.

Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10,000s, 100,000s or 1,000,000s. 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise questions about multiplication, which will help Year 6 to apply their learning from class this week. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

Have a happy weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 7:51am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

Thank you for all the Harvest donations! Year 6 have worked hard to be a part of the Harvest service at church today. All of the children sang and read beautifully – well done Year 6 - you were all amazing!

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have started our new topic all about the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We have worked hard to use our inference and retrieval skills while reading the story together. In class, we have also explored formal and informal letters by writing in role. We researched what Treacher Collins syndrome is, a condition that the main character, August, was born with in the story.

Maths 

This week, we have learned lots of strategies for multiplication. We have learned how to partition to multiply whole numbers and decimals and we have also used the grid method to multiply whole numbers and decimals.

RE

In RE, we have explored the signs and symbols linked to Baptism. We have also shared John1:1-5 16-18 and thought about what the words from the scripture meant. We were inspired by the scripture to reflect on the question: "How can I live as a light for others, sharing the grace of God that I received in Baptism?"

Topic 

In Science, we completed an investigation to determine if micro-organisms are alive. We were able to determine that yeast, and micro-organisms, are alive because we could observe them respiring. You can see our investigation on the class galleries!

In Computing, we learned all about IP addresses and how computers communicate with each other. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list. 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: Practise counting in your multiples! 

Choose a times table. How far can you count in multiples of that number? Can you count backwards as well as forwards?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Multiples: This week's learning is to practise questions multiples and factors, which will help Year 6 with their multiplication work in class. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Willow

Super Learner -  Ronnie

Superstar Writer - Xabier

Bookworm - Agatha

Marvellous Mathematician - William

Special Mentions - Bella, Eliza M, Ebba and Willow - for knowing all the actions to the harvest songs!

Have an amazing weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 8:01am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

Thank you for all the Harvest donations that have been brought in this week! We are still collecting donations for the food bank next week. 

If you have any spare, small plastic bottles at home, please could these be bought into class for a Science investigation next week?

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have completed our work on the Nowhere Emporium. All of Year 6 have worked so hard on their amazing fantasy stories, including editing them into a final version. The children have also used their knowledge and skills from the topic to create their own independent stories about a new wonder - they definitely brought their imaginations to their work! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned about lots of strategies that we can use to solve addition and subtraction questions. We have worked hard on a range of number line strategies, such as compensation and bridging. Year 6 have also used a formal method to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals.

RE

In RE, we have shared Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ and thought carefully about what message he taught us in this letter. We have recognised that we are stewards of creation and that we need to look after our beautiful word. The children wrote some beautiful prayers inspired by this letter.  Year 6 have also worked hard to create some amazing posters to show how we should look after creation, making links to Laudato Si’ and the second story of creation.

Topic 

In French we celebrated the European day of languages and learned all about why it is important to speak different languages. 

In PE we are practising our netball skills. We have been learning how to shoot and use a chest pass to get into position. We have also been looking at how to defend our opponent from side on and attacking forward into a position. 

In Music we have been recapping the notes E,,B,D and F. We have also been learning how to play the Autumn song on the glockenspiel. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list: 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

Which is quicker, counting up to 40 in ones or counting up to 4,000 in hundreds?

Which is quicker, counting up to 10 in ones or counting up to 1,000,000 in hundred-thousands?

Which is quicker, counting up to 20 in ones or counting up to 140 in sevens?

Which is quicker, counting up to 25 in French or in English?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Practise: This week's learning is to continue to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Ebba

Super Learner -  Holly W 

Superstar Writer - Casper 

Bookworm - Eliza W

Marvellous Mathematician - Henry 

Special Mentions - Bella - for being a good role model to others. 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025

Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 2:59pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

We have had individual and sibling pictures taken today, with everyone looking very smart in their autumn uniforms. They should take a couple of weeks to come back to us, if you would like to order any.

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have continued with our work on  'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie. We read the story 'The Wonder' in class to inspire us to think of our own wonders that we could use in our own stories and we generated some amazing vocabulary! We have also begun writing our own stories. We have thought carefully about building a sense of anticipation for the reader through our writing techniques. 

Maths 

This week we have begun our new topic about the four operations, starting with addition and subtraction. We have been learning about the mental that we can use to help us add and subtract numbers, such as partitioning using a number line. 

RE

We have continued with our 'Creation and Covenant' topic in RE this week and have been learning about the meaning of the second story of creation. We shared the next part of the story together, where Adam and Eve are tempted to eat from the tree of knowledge, and used watercolours to paint our favourite part of the story! We also learned all about Georges Lemaître, and how he contributed to our understanding of the universe, but also had faith.

Topic 

For Science this week, we have learned how to classify leaves. Together, we gathered leaves from our forest school area and investigated how to classify them like Scientists. We enjoyed gathering our samples and sketching them in our Science books!  You can see us working hard on our galleries.  

This week in History, we learned about how Hitler rose to power. We evaluated historical sources and thought about what they taught us. 

In Computing, we learned about respecting boundaries online. We created respect charters to remind us how to treat others with respect and how to have self respect ourselves.  

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week, which are homophones and other words that are often confused: 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: Try to count in powers of 10 (1000, 10,000, 100,000 etc). You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.

You could draw a numberline to help you. Can you count up and down in powers of ten? How far can you go?  Challenge yourself by choosing different starting numbers and practising your exchanging. 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 questions to answer on Sumdog! 

Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Darcey

Super Learner -  Xabier

Superstar Writer - Dominic 

Bookworm - Milana

Marvellous Mathematician -  Theo C

Special Mentions - Eliza M - for great enthusiasm in her writing this week!

Eddie - for being kind and looking after a Reception child. 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 12th September 2025

Date: 11th Sep 2025 @ 10:18am

Welcome to the Year 6 Blog.

Year 6 have all enjoyed their first Friday play with their Reception buddies this week - well done Year 6 for being such amazing role models! 

This week in Year 6

English

For English, we have continued to be inspired by 'The Nowhere Emporium'. This week, we have been thinking about the character of Daniel and what we can infer about his thoughts and feelings. All of Year 6 wrote some amazing diary entries in role and worked hard to edit their writing. We also debated if the character of Lucien Silver would be good or evil using evidence that we could find in chapters 5 and 6. 

Maths 

This week we have continued to improve our place value knowledge in Maths. We have learned how to round whole numbers up to 10,000,00 and decimals with up to three decimal places. We have also learned how to find powers of 10 more than and less than a given number. 

RE

In RE we have continued to focus on the second story of creation. Together, we have explored the symbolic meaning of the story and understood what important message it teaches us. We have learned that this story teaches us that we need to live in a community with each other. We also discussed what original sin is and how we can sometimes be tempted by things! 

Topic 

In Year 6, we are really enjoying our new WW2 topic! This week we compared Germany in 1937 to Germany today. We also learned about the differences between a democracy and a dictatorship and investigated which countries in Europe were dictatorships and which were democratic in 1937.

We have continued our Science topic, which is all about classification. We have learned about classification keys and how these can be used to categorise different animals. 

In French, we have been reviewing our prior learning on greetings, numbers 0-50, age and colours. 

Home practice

As mentioned in meet the teacher, homework has been set for this week. Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week from the Y5/6 spelling list: 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: This week we have had to count in tenths to complete our rounding work. Try to count in decimal steps of 0.1, 0.2 or 0.5. You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.

You could draw a numberline, like we have done in class this week. Can you count up and down in decimal tenths? How far can you go?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to answer on Sumdog! 

Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on place value. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Ebba

Super Learner -  Imogen

Superstar Writer - Bella

Bookworm - Leo H

Marvellous Mathematician -  Maisie

Special Mentions - All of Y6 for being amazing buddies! 

Thank you to everyone who came to Meet the Teacher on Tuesday. The presentation is attached at the bottom of the blog. If you were unable to attend, please do not hesitate to get in touch with any questions regarding the slides. 

Have a great weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 5th September 2025

Date: 4th Sep 2025 @ 12:12pm

Welcome to our first blog of the year! 

Year 6 have all worked so hard during their first week of school! They have put great effort into their lessons, been amazing role models and applied for their school 'jobs'. I would like to congratulate each of the children for their brilliant letters of application for responsibilities around school; we are looking forward to seeing all of our Year 6 working hard to support the school as ambassadors, eco team members, school councillers, sports captains, housepoint team members and much more! 

Thank you to everyone who completed a summer holiday challenge, it was lovely to see the children enjoying the outdoors this summer! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have begun reading 'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mckenzie. This week, we have explored the prolouge and created our own descriptions of a magical shop, inspired by Ross Mackenzie. We have also created a setting description for the interior of The Nowhere Emporium and written in role as Daniel when he first encounters the shop. 

Maths 

This week we have explored our place value topic. We have learned how to represent numbers up to 10,000,000 on a place value chart and challenged ourselves with our deeper learning tasks!  

RE

We have started our new RE topic this week, with a focus on the second story of creation. We have shared the story together and created storyboards to help us remember the key parts of the scripture.  

Topic 

This week, we started our Science topic, which is all about classification. We have learned about how animals are classified into different groups and made posters to show our learning. 

We have also begun our new Art topic, which is all about making a 2D drawing into a 3D drawing. We have explored the work of artist Lubaina Hamid and shared our opinions on their work! 

Homework will be handed out next week after meet the teacher. 

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

Star of the Week  - Leo H

Super Learner -  Cian

Superstar Writer - Freddie

Bookworm - Darcey

Marvellous Mathematician -  Libby 

Special Mentions - Eddie - for looking after the new Reception children

Have a great weekend Year 6! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 18th July 2025

Date: 18th Jul 2025 @ 8:00am

Welcome to the final Year 6 weekly blog!

All of Year 6 have had a fantastic year! They have all challenged themselves, shown resilience and are now ready for a new adventure at High School next year. We hope that all of Year 6 have enjoyed their time at St Oswald's and have many happy memories from their time at Primary School. 

Good Luck and best wishes for High School Year 6 - from everyone at St Oswald's! 

Have an amazing summer holidays Year 6! 

Year 6 Friday Blog - 11th July 2025

Date: 10th Jul 2025 @ 9:27am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat 

All of Year 6 worked so hard on their amazing production - well done to everyone for their wonderful acting and singing. We hope you all enjoyed the performance!

History

In History we have continued with our WW2 topic. We have been learning about how the RAF were important in helping Britain win WW2. We also learned how WW2 came to an end by thinking about different causes and their impact. 

Science

In Science we learned all about how fossils can show evolution. We revised how fossils are formed and we looked closely at how fossils of horses show a change over time!

Have super weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 4th July

Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 8:42am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

All of Year 6 really enjoyed participating in the rugby festival today! 

This week in Year 6

History

In History we have continued with our WW2 topic. We have been learning about how the lives of civilians changed during WW1 in Britain. We researched rationing, the role of children and evacuees and wrote some amazing fact sheets based on our research. 

Computing

To start our new coding topic, we discussed what is acceptable and not acceptable to say online. We explored how words could be interpreted and discussed how we should conduct ourselves online. 

Geography 

In Geography we explored our local area. We investigated how Longton has regional, national and global links! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 9/07/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spellings - no spellings have been set this week 

Have great weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 27th June

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 8:22am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English 

In English, we have been inspired by the writing prompt: 'My Special Person'. We have written all about someone who is special to us, explained what makes them special to us and described their qualities. You can see our work on display on open morning!

Enterprise Project 

This week we have made and decorated bird houses. We worked hard to create our products that will be on sale at the Summer Fair on Saturday! 

Faith in Action 

This week we had our fun day to celebrate achieving our pin badge for Faith in Action. We attended the celebration award ceremony and then had a fun day after. We all really enjoyed the inflatables! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 3/07/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spellings - no spellings have been set this week 

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

Star of the Week  - Kate

Super Learner -  Ava M and Walter 

Superstar Writer - Josh and Maizie 

Bookworm - Max N

Marvellous Mathematician - Erin

Special Mentions - All Y6 for their Sports Day last Friday! 

Eleanor - for encouraging others during the long distance race. 

Have a super weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 20th June

Date: 19th Jun 2025 @ 7:43am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

Well done to all of Year 6 for their amazing Sport's Day this afternoon! 

This week in Year 6

English 

In English, we have been inspired by different videos this week to create narratives with suspense. We created a blend of action, dialogue and description based on the videos 'Francis' and 'Alma' and utilised our skills as writers to build tension into our narratives. We also wrote a leaflet to persuade someone to visit Longton! 

RE

In RE, we have learned all about Sikhism. We researched and created some amazing leaflets to explain all about the values and symbols of Sikhism! We also compared a Catholic and Sikh charity to understand about the similarities and differences. This week, we also learned about what a world view is and thought about what factors impacted upon our own worldviews. 

Topic 

In Science, we have continued our topic on evolution. We learned all about peppered moths and how the species is a greate example for how natural selection may lead to evolution. 

In History, we learned about how Britain reacted to the start of WW2. We listened to the radio broadcast from Neville Chamberlin announcing the start of the war and created our own propaganda poster based a real example. 

In French, we have been learning the names of French snacks as part of our cafe topic. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 25/06/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Please learn these words ready for our test on Friday.  

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

Star of the Week  - Zofia 

Super Learner -  Isabella

Superstar Writer - Freya

Bookworm - Elliott 

Marvellous Mathematician -  Charlie 

Special Mentions - Luke M - for always being helpful around the classroom.

Have a great weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 13th June

Date: 12th Jun 2025 @ 8:01am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English 

In English, we have been inspired by our evolution topic this week. We worked hard to research all about Charles Darwin and used the facts we found to create a biography all about his life and work. We also learned about Mary Anning and wrote a letter in role, explaining her thoughts and feelings when she found the ichthyosaur. 

Maths 

In Maths, we have started our new topic all about applied Maths. We have used our Maths skills that we have learned this year and applied them to different gameshow Maths! 

RE

In RE, we have learned what the word dialogue means. We created storyboards based on a dialogue between two friends and thought about what they might say to each other. 

Topic 

In Science, we have continued our topic on evolution. We researched different animals and learned about their special adaptations that help them to survive in their habitats. 

In History, we learned about how WW2 began. We thought about different causes and the effect that they had on the start of the war. 

In Computing, we created spreadsheets and used formula to plan a party! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 18/06/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Please learn these words ready for our test on Friday.  

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

Star of the Week  - Amelia 

Super Learner -  Tom 

Superstar Writer - Josh 

Bookworm - Erin 

Marvellous Mathematician -  Phoebe 

Special Mentions - Ava M, Pearl, Isabella, Freya - for raising money for Cancer Research. 

Have a happy weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 5th June

Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 7:54am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

All of Year 6 have had a busy first week back in school. All of the children have been working hard at rehersals for our production. Year 6 have also helped to run the tough kidder this week. Well done for all your hard work Year 6! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been exploring the graphic novel 'The Arrival'. We have used our inference skills this week as there are no words in the text! We have written a narrative based on an image from the story, a diary entry in role as the protagonist and created a backstory for one of the characters who moved to the city.

RE

In RE, we have started our new topic 'Dialogue and Encounter'. We have learned what the common good is and created shields to represent the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. 

Topic 

In Science, we have started our new topic all about evolution! We have learned about adaptation in plants by researching different plants and finding out how they are adapted to their environment. 

In History, we have continued our topic all about WW2. We have learned how Hitler rose to power. 

In Computing, we have been investigating how to use spreadsheets and how to add a formula to a spreadsheet. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 11/06/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Please learn these words ready for our test on Friday.  

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

Star of the Week  -  Maizie 

Super Learner -  Walter 

Superstar Writer - Ava M

Bookworm - Zofia 

Marvellous Mathematician -  Isla

Special Mentions - Ishan and Issac - for helping to blow up the footballs.

Phoebe - for always listening and working hard!

All of Y6 - for helping at Tough Kidder!

Have a great weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Friday Blog - 23rd May 2025

Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 7:48am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been inspired by the book Wizardology this week! We have researched different immortal objects to create a page that would fit inside the book. We have also created our own immortal objects and thought carefully about how they would work and if they have any curses! 

RE

In RE, we have thought carefully about the words that we associate with the resurrection. We have responded to our topic by creating a poem, letter or image to show what theresurrection means to us.  

Topic 

In PSHE, we have completed our My Happy Mind topic called Relate. We have learned how to actively listen and how our character strengths can help us resolve conflicts. 

In History, we started our new topic all about WW2. We learned that before WW2 some countries were run democratically and that some were dictatorships.

In Art, we designed and created our very own chairs! We had to show resilience and think creatively to bring our designs to life. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 4/06/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling and homework will resume after the half term break. 

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

Star of the Week  -  Phoebe 

Super Learner -  Alex

Superstar Writer - Walter

Bookworm -  Edward 

Marvellous Mathematician - Luke M 

Special Mentions - Alex for helping to look after Y5's plants!

Have a brilliant half term Year 6 and a good break!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 16th May 2025

Date: 15th May 2025 @ 7:58am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

Year 6 have worked so hard on all their tests this week! All of the staff are really proud of their resilience and effort - well done Year 6 for completing your SATs! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have explored a poem together called 'Ageing: A Reflection'. We have thought about how we might look different when we are 60 years old and imagined what our favourite achievements from our lives might be. We created our own poetry imagining what our favourite things about being an adult would be and what our favourite things about being 10 or 11 are! 

Maths 

This week, we have completed some outdoor revision by doing arithmetic orienteering. We also revised our reasoning so that we were really confident for our SATs tests! 

RE

In RE, we have researched different saints and thought about how they were committed to their faith. We used our research to create a book inspired by the 'Little People Big Dreams' books. We also learned all about CAFOD and created posters and leaflets to explore how they help people and how faith underpins their mission. 

Topic 

In PE, we have played rounders and football and used our skills of teamwork! 

In Art, we have continued to explore chair design and we have been inspired by design videos to look closely to sketch shapes and patterns. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 21/05/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

There will be no spelling test this week, as the children have worked hard on their spellings for SATs! 

There has been a big special mention for all of Year 6 in our Golden Assembly this week for their effort, resilence and hard work for their SATs this week. Well done Year 6!

Have a great weekend Year 6 and well done for this week! 

Year 6 Blog - Friday 9th May 2025

Date: 9th May 2025 @ 8:40am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

Year 6 have worked so hard on their SATs revision - we are all very proud of them! Please make sure that the children have a good rest this weekend so they are ready for their first tests on Monday. Good luck Year 6 - you will all be amazing next week! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been working hard to revise for our SATs tests. We have practised past paper questions, made our own quizzes and even practised on Kahoot! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to solve problems involving algebra. We have revised shape, volume, Roman Numerals and co-ordinate grids. 

RE

In RE, we have shared the story of Stephen and thought about whether we would stand up for what we believe in like he did. We also discussed and reflected on why the ressurection is so important to Christians. 

Topic 

In PSHE, we have completed our My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how important sleep is and how to get ready before our tests on Monday! 

In History, we finished our topic on Crime and Punishment. We thought carefully about how crime, punishment and the police have changed over time. We wrote some amazing reports on the changes we identified. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 14/05/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

There will be no spelling test this week, as the children will sit their SATs spelling test on Monday. The children should revise the statutory spellings for Y5/6 and Y3/4. 

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

Star of the Week  - Zofia

Super Learner -  Tom and Eleanor 

Superstar Writer - Ava M

Bookworm -  Amelia 

Marvellous Mathematician - Elizabeth

Special Mentions - All of Y6 for working so hard on their revision! 

Have a super weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 2nd May 2025

Date: 1st May 2025 @ 9:21am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been working hard to revise word class, tense, formality and punctuation! We have completed lots of SATs practise and quizzes to help us consolidate our learning. 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to solve problems for measures and time. We have revised how to convert between measures and use these conversions to solve problems. We have also revised how to find fractions of amounts and convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.

RE

In RE, we have contunied our new topic: 'To the ends of the earth'. We have created book covers for John's gospel by thinking carefully about the intention of the gospel writer and what he wanted us to learn about Jesus. We have also shared 1 Cor 15:45-49 and discussed how Jesus is 'the new Adam'. We thought carefully about the similarities and differences between Jesus and Adam and created a symbolic image to show Jesus as the new Adam. 

Topic 

In PSHE, we have been completing a My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how to speak positively to ourselves and how important getting enough sleep is. This topic is helping us to get ready for SATs! 

In Art, we started our new topic all about chair design. We worked hard to take visual notes and be creative!

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 7/05/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are taken from the 2017 SATs Spelling test. 

We will have our test on the 9/05/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

The children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 15 Money 

English - Topic 25 Let’s have some fun!

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

Star of the Week  - Isla

Super Learner -  Isaac

Superstar Writer - Artie

Bookworm -  Eli

Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia and Walter 

Special Mentions - Theo M for doing an extra duty to help out KS1 staff!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 25th April 2025

Date: 24th Apr 2025 @ 8:50am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been working hard to revise tense, punctuation, word class and formality! We have been learning how to use test techniques to check our answers and practising past paper questions. 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to find the area of compound shapes made up of triangles, rectangles and parallelograms. We have also learned how to find the volume of a shape. In revision, we have recapped on our formal methods and four operations with fractions. 

RE

In RE, we have started our new topic: 'To the ends of the earth'. We have shared the story of the empty tomb together and created comic strips to retell the story. We have also written a diary entry in role as 'doubting Thomas'. 

Topic 

For Computing, we continued our learning on websites and completed our websites! We learned how to add subpages and links. 

We have also completed our Science topic on electricity by investigating our own question on the variation of components in a circuit. 

In History, we learned all about how the police force were created! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 30/04/25. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are revising the following rules: 

Statutory word list and adding prefixes and suffixes to these
where appropriate.
• Revision Prefixes dis-, mis-, in-
• Revision Prefixes inter-, super-, anti-, auto-
• Revision More prefixes im-, ir-, re-, sub-
• Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or – tious
• Endings which sound like /ʃəl/

We will have our test on the 25/04/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

The children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 13 Capacity, Mass and Volume 

English - Topic 21 Synonyms and Antonyms

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

Star of the Week  - Erin

Super Learner -  Max N

Superstar Writer - Maizie

Bookworm -  Eleanor

Marvellous Mathematician - Ava Y

Special Mentions - Issac: for always working hard on drinks duty

Josh: for revising at home to help with his SATs work

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 4th April 2025

Date: 3rd Apr 2025 @ 7:57am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising punctuation. We have also been inspired by the prologue of 'Wild Boy' to write a description of the showman which includes setting, character and atmosphere. 

Maths 

This week, we have revised and reasoned with our key angles facts! We have also learned how to reason with 3D shape and how to calculate the internal angles of a regular polygon. 

RE

In RE, we have shared the story of Jesus' crucifixion and thought carefully about what true discipleship means; how can we be a true disciple of Jesus? We have also reflected on what 'love your neighbour' means and discussed how we can show love for our neighbour at home, in school and in the community. 

Topic 

For Computing, we learned about how websites have links to pages within them and how to link to pages on our own websites. 

We have also learned about Victorian prisons in our 'Crime and Punishment' unit. Did you know that inmates were made to do hard labour as a punishment?

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 23/04/25: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 25/04/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

The children have brought home a pack of revision to complete over the Easter holidays. This pack should be returned to school on the first day back after the holidays. 

Have a lovely Easter everyone!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 28th March 2025

Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 9:47am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising adverbs and adjectives. We have also edited our reports on the history of the circus and written our own, independent, reports on Highwaymen. 

Maths 

This week, we have learned about the different parts of a circle. We have also revised how to reason with statistics and angles - we have worked hard to remember all of our angle facts!

RE

In RE, we have been learning how the stations of the cross are prayed all around the world. We have researched how the stations are prayed in Lourdes and Rome and made some amazing leaflets! 

Topic 

In Art, we continued our portrait topic and completed our layered portraits inspired by Mike Barrett. We had to layer paper and paint to create our backgrounds and assemble our final piece!  

For Science we were visited by UCLAN and completed an amazing Science workshop all about robots! 

We have also learned about Highwaymen in History. We researched all about Highway men and thought about whether they were heroic or villainous characters! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 4/04/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 10 Equivalence

English - Topic 19 Reading Skills

Have a happy weekend Year 6!

Y6 Blog - Friday 21st March 2025

Date: 19th Mar 2025 @ 9:19am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising word classes, and in particular how to use determiners in a sentence. We also researched all about the history of the circus, so that we could write our own reports. 

Maths 

This week, we have continued our learning on ratio; we have learned how to share in a given ratio and use our ratio knowledge to solve problems. We have also revised how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages and how to find fractions of amounts. 

RE

In RE, we have been reflecting on the stations of the cross. We prayed the stations of the cross together and reflected on one of the stations that spoke to us. We created some beautiful artwork and poetry to express our thoughts and feelings. 

Topic 

In Art, we continued our portrait topic by creating layered portraits inspired by Mike Barrett. We had to layer pencil, biro and watercolour to create a self portrait. 

For Science we planned our own electricity investigation. We had to think carefully how to make a fair test and we are looking forward to completing our investigations next week! 

We have also learned all about Fair Trade this week by playing the 'banana split' game from CAFOD. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 28/03/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 8 Percentages 

English - Topic 18: Standard English

Have a fantatsic weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 14th March 2025

Date: 13th Mar 2025 @ 8:06am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising how to use active and passive voice, as well as modal verbs. We also edited our dialogues of 'Little Freak' and wrote our own version from the perspective of the father 

Maths 

This week, we have been learning about ratio. We have learned how to use scaling and how to share in a given ratio. 

RE

In RE, we shared the gospel story of 'The First Farewell Discourse' and wrote a diary entry in role as Peter, thinking carefully about his thoughts and feelings. We also read the gospel story where Jesus was arrested and brought before Pilate. We debated whether Jesus had a fair trail and discussed what made a trial fair. 

Topic 

In My Happy Mind, we continued our topic called 'Appreciate'. We thought about what we appreciated about ourselves, other people and experiences and learned how appreciation has benefits for our mental wellbeing. 

In Art, we continued our portrait topic by drawing portraits of each other! We held a 'portrait club' session in class. 

For Science we investigated how changing the voltage in a circuit affected the brightness of a bulb. You can see pictures of our investigation on the galleries page! 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 21/03/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 7: Fractions 

English - Topic 15: Reading Skills

Have a great weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 7th March 2025

Date: 6th Mar 2025 @ 7:53am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising how to use clauses, phrases and tenses in our writing. We were also inspired by the video 'Little Freak' to write our own dialogues from the perspective of Little Freak. 

Maths 

This week, we have been learning all about fractions. We have revised how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers. We have also learned how to multiply and divide fractions.  

RE

In RE, we shared the gospel story of 'The Anointing at Bethany' and wrote some beautiful prayers about what this scripture revealed to us about Jesus. We also shared and discussed the gospel story where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. We reflected on what this story teaches us and how we can live this message each day. 

Topic 

In My Happy Mind, we began our new topic called 'Appreciate'. We thought carefully about what we appreciated about ourselves, other people and experiences. 

In Art, we started our new topic and made visual notes for exploring our identity. We were inspired by the photographs of Thandiwe Muriu. 

For spelling, we revised the ou letter string, prefixes and the suffix -ation. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 14/03/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 12: Area and Perimeter  

English - Topic 14: Prepositions and Determiners

Have a super weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 28th February 2025

Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 1:53pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising how to use parenthesis, commas and inverted commas. We created our own quizzes for the class to complete! We also created persuasive posters to encourage someone to come and see the greatest show on earth, inspired by 'The Greatest Showman'. 

Maths 

This week, we have been learning all about long division and practising being able to divide when there is a remainder. We also thought about how to choose an appropriate strategy to multiply and divide. 

RE

In RE, we have started our new topic 'desert to garden'. We made some beautiful title pages!

Topic 

In PHSE, we thought about why it is important to 'think before you click' when posting things online. 

In Science, we started our new topic on electricity. We learned how to use symbols to represent the components in a circuit. 

For Art, we completed our topic on colour by designing our own colourful space!

In Music, Year 6 have used Flocabulary to listen to a rap about climate change. We have begun to write the lyrics to our own raps, and will use Garage Band to create our own drum loops to go with our raps over the next few weeks.

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 7/03/25

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 16: Shapes 

English - Topic 10: Reading skills, vocabulary and language

Have a great weekend Year 6!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 14th February 2025

Date: 13th Feb 2025 @ 9:22am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

The children have all received a special certificate this week for their hard work at Robin Wood - well done Year 6! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have shared the book 'Inside the Villains' together. We have worked hard to make our own page for the book about Macbeth, using all of our learning from our Shakespeare topic. 

Maths 

This week, we have been learning about the four operations. We have learned how to choose an appropriate strategy for a calculation and also how to multiply decimals by whole numbers. 

RE

In RE, we have continued to learn about the seven sacraments. We have thought carefully about why some sacraments are celebrated more frequently than others. We have also discussed how the seven signs in John's gospel have a literal and spiritual meaning. 

Topic 

We learned about the story of Saint Valentine and created our own books to retell the story in our own words. 

In Science, we learned about how to keep our bodies healthy. We created a quiz to test our knowlege of how to keep healthy!

Please complete the following tasks by the first Monday back: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 28/02/25. 

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics: 

Maths - Topic 6 Roman Numerals

English - Topic 8 Verbs

 Year 6 have also been set some revision to complete over the half term holiday, to be handed in for the 24/02/25.

Have a brilliant half term Year 6!