This week in Year 6, the children put their presenting skills to the test when articulating a balanced argument to debate the question: Should the lighthouse be destroyed?, drawing on their Power of Reading text: Letters from the Lighthouse and their knowledge of WW2. The children spent time writing their balanced arguments before presenting to a range of their peers across the year group, ensuring they incorporated their Oracy skills to enhance their presentation. In Maths, we have wrapped up our multiplication and division unit with the formal long division method and applied our range of KS2 knowledge to some arithmetic and reasoning questions. In Computing, we continued to explore with our new coding software: Lego Sprite, testing algorithms to achieve our goal.

Spellings: Common Exception Words: interfere, nuisance, secretary, temperature

This week, Year 6 have been continuing our learning and consolidating our understanding of multiplication and division - securing our long multiplication method and using derived facts. In Literacy, we developed our expanded noun phrases into a descriptive paragraph about a lighthouse, including cohesive devices such as fronted adverbials and conjunctions as well as creating our own non-chronological report all about lighthouses! On Wednesday, we were visited by WW1 and WW2 enthusiast Mr. Green who excitedly shared his wonderful collection of memorabilia which also included some original artefacts from the battlefield!

Spellings: Common Exception Words: according, dictionary, conscious, profession, sacrifice

Year 6 has had a fantastic week! In Literacy, we have continued reading our Power of Reading text: Letters from the Lighthouse; using the current chapters to compose a letter to ‘Olive’ - giving her encouragement as she faces evacuation. In Maths, we have consolidated our knowledge of factors and multiples which will continue to support us as we continue our learning on multiplication and division. On Wednesday, we had a visit from Eduthing who showcased a range of robotics equipment - we had a great time testing these out!

Spellings: Common Exception Words: immediately, necessary, privilege, rhythm

This week, Year 6 delved into the world of poetry when writing their own acrostic poems inspired by images from Rose Blanche. The children explored a range of figurative language including: alliteration, similes and metaphors to enhance their piece. In Maths, we have been consolidating our addition and subtraction strategies and applying these to a range of problems. The children also had the opportunity to be elected for the role of House Captain and we were incredibly impressed with the speeches of those who put themselves forward for the role. Our Prefect duties also started this week and the children have enjoyed their new responsibilities around school.

Spellings: Common Exception Words such as: accommodate, available, competition, determined, existence.

Year 6 have had an excellent first week back and have settled into life in Year 6 beautifully; modelling our Green Values and embodying what it means to be positive role models. In Literacy, we began exploring our new text, Rose Blanche, where the children wrote detailed recounts from the perspective of different characters and developed their ideas through reading. In Maths, we continued to recap and extend our understanding of place value with 7-digit numbers, ordering and comparing these. The children also had the opportunity to be elected for the exciting role of Senior Prefect as well as assigning our first round of Prefect duties for the Autumn term.

Spellings: words with a range of prefixes and suffixes. For example: ‘cial’ and ‘tial’ (Official, Crucial, Essential, Potential)