Mental Maths

To our little Year 6 Mathematicians,

We have come across a great website that has practise mental maths papers that we thought you might like to try.  There are 12 tests in total and we liked how it typed the question to give you thinking time before adding the time pressure.

http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/mental-maths.php​

This is not homework but just a chance for you to practise - should you want to.   Maybe challenge your parents/grandparents/brothers or sisters to have a go!

 

Good luck and let us know how you get on!

The Year 6 Team

Probability...

We hope that you have all had a good half term.  To get your brains back in gear for the half term ahead, here is a game linked to probability.




We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

The Year 6 Team

The end of a long hard week of assessments; most are now finished with just one more level 6 paper to attack on Monday.
All the children have worked really hard throughout the week and their progress across the year so far is evident in their outcomes- all of which they are keen to know as soon as the papers have been marked!

As a little light relief both classes spent time this week creating short animations using pivot stick animator. Elder took this on to another stage when they were asked to create animations that conveyed a message. Some ingenious film clips were the outcome with a mix of written and visual messages created. These ranged from anti bullying to the name of our class to reaching for the stars in line with our recent PSHE unit, going for goals.

Moving into the last week of this half term, the timetable returns to normal and we look forward to seeing lots of children in non uniform next Friday, 14th February, in order to raise money for the Brittle Bone Society. this event follows a highly successful and informative presentation in assembly on Thursday by the house captain of Mars- well done Megan and helpers.

Enjoy your weekend and the last week of half term.

Year 6 team

Another week gone and already we are half way through this half term- it doesn't seem possible that time goes so quickly.

The children have been working really hard to investigate things of a scientific nature- I'm sure they can all tell you about what sorts of things will dissolve and what won't. After our Harry Potter launch last week there are a number of pots of highly successful crystals growing on the heaters in the classroom.

Artwork has been quite high priority this week, all with a link to Harry Potter. There are some really talented artists in year 6 and their work is now evident around the classroom display boards. It's worth popping in at the end of the day to see our Harry Potter portraits and people in motion work.

Year 6 will be having a week of interim assessments starting on February 3rd. Please try to avoid dental and other appointments during the mornings of this week.

Hope the weather stays a little drier this weekend as the football team are all desperate to start their matches for the term.

Have a good weekend.

The Year 6 Team

The end of a busy week!

What a great start to our week- thank you to all of you who dressed up for our Harry Potter launch afternoon.

We had great fun investigating magical changes: exploding coca cola, creating sherbet, making colours disappear and then reappear amongst others.

Have a look at some of the pictures below.

Exploding coca cola

Growing crystals

I'm sure I had colours before...

Mixing magic dust!

It was great to welcome year 6 back this week. After a busy holiday they were all enthusiastic to get started on our new topic of  Harry Potter.

We will be beginning our project on Monday with a science afternoon hoping to bring a touch of magic to the classrooms!
Children are welcome to bring in cloaks, hats and wands to dress up and feel more a part of the magical theme of the afternoon. Please ensure any that are brought in have some form of identification on them- one black witches cloak looks very much like another! Cloaks do not have to be expensive- it's amazing what you can do with a black bin liner. Costumes need to be hung in the cloakroom in the morning- they are just for the afternoon session.
We look forward to exciting afternoon.

If you have seen the school diary dates for the term you will see that we have booked a trip to the Harry Potter Studios as a fantastic finish to our topic. You should have received a letter about this on Friday- Please respond as promptly as possible as we are unable to fully confirm the visit with the studios until we pay for the tickets.

Lots of exciting events and activities are planned for the term ahead and we look forward to sharing some of them with you in our assembly later this term- book the date in your diaries now.

The Year 6 Team

Welcome to 2014!

Hope you all had a great Christmas with Santa delivering most of your wish lists.
2014 has arrived and we would like to wish everyone a very happy new year as we enjoy the last week of the Christmas break.

A huge thank you for the very generous gifts that we received at the end of term.

See you all next week- don't forget that homework on DB Primary- we are looking forward to reading your book reviews. (Not Mrs Carter's Literacy group- you have something else to complete).

The year 6 team.