Year 6 | Prince Bishops Community Primary School

Welcome to Year 6's class page. Here you will find what we are learning about this year. You will see pictures of our classroom, our work and all of the fantastic things we will see and do this year.

This year, Mrs. Coxon and Mrs. Robson will all be working with Year 6. Look out for examples of the impressive work carried out in Year 6 across the curriculum.

You will also find links to any websites we find useful in our learning.

We hope you enjoy looking at our class page.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Reading books will be brought to school daily and we would be grateful if you could read with your child each evening.
Spellings will be sent out weekly and will be linked to your child’s group work.
Homework: Children will be expected to complete Mathletics, SPaG.com and spellings homework , as well as daily reading practice.
Homework will still need to be brought to school every Friday.
It would be helpful if PE kits were left in school all week.

Colour Run

We’ve been learning about the work of Keith Haring. Keith was a gay artist who chose to represent the hardships of the LGBTQ community through his work. His most recognisable pieces are the art work we have recreated in class – it shows people in love without showing race or gender.

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After watching various video clips about single-use plastic pollution, we did own own further research in preparation for writing a balanced argument with the heading 'Should single-use plastic be banned?' Then, we split up into two teams to formally debate the issue. It was a tense, well-executed debate, with the for side winning by just two votes. In Year 6 we can now agree that yes- single-use plastic should be banned.

What is the problem with plastic?

First speaker for the 'for' team

First speaker for the 'against' team

Second speaker for the 'for' team

Second speaker for the 'against' team

Summary for the 'for' team

Summary for the 'against' team

The results!!

Yoga and Mindfulness Session

To mark this year's Remembrance Day, 100 years since the end of World War One, we read the poem 'In Flanders Fields'. We analysed the poem in detail, looking in particular at imagery. We used this poem as a stimulus to write our own versions, creating our own imagery. Below are some examples of our writing. I'm sure you'll agree that their poems are absolutely beautiful and poignant...

In Flanders Fields

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We have already completed this amazing work based on War Horse...

To link in with our World War I topic, we are reading and basing all of our English work around War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.

We have written our class charter to reflect our own values and beliefs, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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We attended a Safety Carousel at Newton Aycliffe on Friday.

'I really enjoyed the game and beeping the buzzer during the fire demonstration!' Olivia.

Dennon said he liked dressing up as a lifeguard and would definitely ride a jet ski as part of the job.

It's Science Week!

This week we will be supporting children throughout school complete interesting Science experiments.

Our Science Ambassadors are: Nikita, Lucy, John, Brandon, Tyler and Declan.

Our Science Ambassadors held a Science Fair today.

We introduced Science Week to the school with a Science Boffins assembly.

World Book Day 2018

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Autumn Term - The First World War

To link to our WWI topic we have been reading Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo

Please click the link to read our Autumn newsletter.

AUTUMN TERM NEWSLETTER.pdf

We visited Green Howards Museum as part of our History topic on WW1 and the children had a wonderful day.

Brandon said, 'It was an amazing experience and I would definitely do it again. My favourite part was the medal room and learning why people earned their Victoria Cross.'

'I was gobsmacked to learn that you had to breathe through a handkerchief covered in wee when gas came towards you to avoid death!' exclaimed Georgia.

Ella thought that the best part of the day was dressing up in uniforms and learning that the clothes were often covered in lice.

As part of our Mini Police duties we attended riot training. We had the best day ever!

We are taking part in the Junior Ed programme which is lead by Durham Constabulary. Pupils are learning a variety of skills and gaining knowledge,through different workshops delivered by different organisations.

So far we have had visits from...