Spellings

Your children have worked on these spelling rules in class during the week. They will be tested on their spelling lists on Friday, in addition there will be some mystery words that follow the rules learnt, but that are not on the list of given words. This is to ensure that children have learnt and can apply the rules covered.

This week's spelling rules are all linked to plurals:

Rule 1
Add an 's' to the end of the word.
Examples: one book - lots of books
one car - lots of cars

Rule 2
Add 'es' to words that end with a hissing or buzzing sound.
Examples: bus - buses,  wish - wishes,
                        patch - patches, tax - taxes


Rule 3
Words ending in vowel + y, add an 's'
Examples: day - days, key - keys
                        boy - boys


Rule 4
Words ending in consonant + y, change y to i and add 'es'
Examples: lady - ladies, puppy - puppies
                        spy - spies

The year 6 team

Head Boy and Head Girl Presentations

Head Boy and Head Girl Specification

The Head Boy and Head Girl will work with the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher in the following ways:

·         to show Visitors around the school

·         to take part in or organise and lead whole school assemblies – twice termly

·         to help with the timetabling of the activity trail and the use of playground equipment

·         to ‘man’ the school telephone during lunch break – twice weekly

·         to co-ordinate the writing of ‘match’ requests for the weekly newsletter – when appropriate

·         to award points for lining up after lunch break – twice weekly

·         to prepare the agenda and help ‘chair’ school council meetings – once every ½ term

·         to provide a summary of school council achievements in the school magazine – termly

·         to organise and update the pupil information board – when necessary

Person Specification

The types of qualities we expect of our Head boy and girl include that they should be:                 

·         responsible

·         organised

·         motivated

·         good time management

·         reliable

·         caring

·         offers to help

·         sees solutions not problems

 

Relationships:

·         able to work as part of a team

·         can work with both pupils and adults

·         can motivate other

 

Remember that you will be expected to be a role model for the rest of the school.  To apply you should let your class teacher know that you are interested in the position and have your 3 minute presentations ready for Monday.  You will then show these to your class and the successful pupils will show their presentations to the rest of the school.
On Thursday 25th September we will be having a polling station in the hall for the whole school to vote.  The successful candidates will find out in achievement assembly on Friday 26th September.

Good luck!

Welcome to year 6!

We have had a fantastic first three days in Elm and Elder.  The children have made an excellent start to year 6 - their positive attitude and enthusiasm has really shone through already.

We have been working in our class groups this week and have completed some story writing work - reviewing all that the children have learnt during their time at Crabtree about writing engaging and imaginative stories.

Thank you to you all for assisting the children with their holiday homework.  We have very much enjoyed reading the interviews and reports that the children have produced about WW2.  The range of people that the children have interviewed is extremely impressive and as a result the knowledge with which the children start our topic is extensive - we will certainly be kept on our toes during topic lessons this term!

Next week we begin our first literacy unit which focuses on autobiographical writing.  We will start the week looking at a selection of autobiographies and then the children will begin to compile a plan for writing their own autobiography.  The children's homework this weekend is to collect some items in a box (shoebox size is fine) which will help them to compile their autobiography.  Each child should have brought details of this task home with them this evening.

We are very much looking forward to our first year group trip to Hendon on Thursday next week.  The children should arrive in school at normal time dressed as an evacuee.  We will travel to Hendon by coach and return by 3.30pm (you will be updated by text message as to our likely return time by the office).  The children will need a packed lunch - no fizzy drinks, sweets or chocolate please.

We will be holding our 'Meet the Teacher' presentation after school on Friday.  Please come along and hopefully we will be able to answer any questions that you have about the year ahead.

Have a lovely weekend

The year 6 team. 

And finally...

A huge thank you to all the very generous parents and children for the amazing array of gifts that we have received over the last few days.

We wish all our children and their families a brilliant summer wherever you may be and all the very best to our year 6 as they become year 7 in September.

Just to end with the fantastic cakes baked this morning for our classes- thanks Mr. Jones!

Good luck in the future.

From All The Year 6 Team:

Mrs Doran, Mrs Wellham, Mrs Carter, Mrs Morris, Mrs Buckman, Mrs Turnball, Mrs Granger, Mme Baikie, Miss Thomas and Mrs McGaw

The Final Curtain

As we draw close to the end of year 6 there is still lots to do- the leavers' party may have come and gone- the hoodies and leavers' books have been handed out, a few children have already flown the Crabtree nest, but there is one last event in the calendar.

Monday afternoon and evening sees the last opportunity for all of your children to share their talents in the form of the Leaver's Concert.

Children should be in school by 6:45 p.m., no earlier than 6:30 p.m please.
The concert will start at 7:00 p. m. as stated in the letter brought home on the 11th July. No tickets are required. Two seats per family will be available- no siblings please- junior aged children will have watched the dress rehearsal in the afternoon.
The hall will be arranged with tables for you to group yourselves around and we hope that a  relaxed atmosphere will make this last event at Crabtree an enjoyable one for both you and the children.
School will be providing nibbles, but please feel free to bring along something to sip whilst your offspring amaze you with just how much their confidence has grown during their time in school.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

The year 6 team.

Our gallery and theatre trip details

What a wonderful gallery!

Thank you to everyone who attended our gallery show in year 6 this evening.  It was lovely to see the children sharing their artwork with each other and you.

Next week promises to be another busy one for year 6.  We have our theatre trip on Tuesday, followed by sports day on Wednesday and the children will visit their new secondary schools on Thursday.

We thought it might be useful to let you have some details about the theatre trip today. 

Timings:

The children should all arrive at school at normal time on Tuesday and register with their class in the normal way.  We will then leave school during the morning and travel to London's Regent's Park by coach.  Our plan is to spend the morning playing games in the park, followed by a picnic lunch and the theatre (Twelfth Night) in the afternoon.  The coach will pick us up from Regent's Park at about 3.30pm and we will aim to be back at school for 5pm.  Please note that we are very dependent upon traffic conditions on the roads coming out of London and therefore our return time at school could change.  If this is likely to be the case, we will contact the school and you will be alerted by text in the normal way.

What to bring:

All of the children should bring a backpack containing their lunch (in a plastic bag - which can be thrown away after lunch), plenty to drink (no fizzy drinks please) and a lightweight waterproof coat.  If the weather is looking fine then a small tube of sun cream and a sun hat may also be advisable.

Have a lovely weekend!

The Year 6 team

Nearly there...

A few days work and our year 6 masterpiece is nearly complete...

Isn't it brilliant?

Make sure you pop in to see the completed version on open evening!