In the last couple of weeks, the year 6 have been extremely busy! The gym display this year blew us all away, yet again. And in between gym rehearsals, children have been whisked away to various sporting events. On top of all this, we have been expecting them to work hard revising for their SATs!
Maths: We have focusing on data handling, particularly on interpreting different types of charts, including pie charts and line graphs. Greg and Max taught their classes today how to construct a pie chart given a specific set of data. They did remarkably well. Although, admittedly, Max did confess teaching may not be a chosen career path! Shame, he'd be brilliant!
English: Each set has been planning and writing a story this week. Perhaps you might want to ask them about it. Can they give you a quick summary of the plot?
Finally, as we have been working hard rehearsing for our assembly next week, we haven't had the chance to have a science lesson. That said our science day last week gave us plenty of opportunities to use our investigative skills. Perhaps your children can talk to you about camouflage... what can they remember?
The following two songs are for the children's benefit. We will need them to learn these (and practise their actions) ready for next week:
The wooden horse:
In
Sparta they fight harder than the average Ancient Greek.
The world is at their feet,
They're the military elite.
The
Trojans have no notion of the ancient art of war.
They can’t stand too much gore,
A fundamental flaw.
The
Greeks are so much smarter than the average man of war.
We know what we’re fighting for,
That’s why –
There
has to be some strategy beyond the force of arms.
The enemy is charmed,
He’s totally disarmed.
When
I look in the mirror I'm the coolest guy I see. There’s nobody like
me.
I’m the key to victory.
The
Greeks are so much smarter than the average man of war.
We don’t care what people say,
That is why we lead the way,
When we’re fighting cheek to cheek.
We
fight them on the beaches and we fight them in the street.
We can’t accept defeat,
But it’s not about retreat.
The
time has come to climb upon
Sha ba-du,
da ba-du, de ba-du, da ba-du, De ba-du, da ba-du, de ba-du day
The
trusty wooden horse
Is a tactical resource.
The
Greeks are so much smarter than the average man of war.
Open wide let’s climb inside,
Be the masters of disguise,
When you’re fighting cheek to cheek.
It's a Spartan Life:
It's
the Spartan life for us
It's
the SPARTAN life for us
Steada
treated,
We
get tricked
Steada
kisses,
We
get kicked
It's
the SPARTAN life!
Got
no folks to speak of, so
It's
the hard knock row we hoe
Cotton
blankets ...steada wool
Empty
bellies ...steada full!
It's
the SPARTAN life
Don't
if feel like the wind is always howling?
Don't
it seem like there's never any light?
Once
a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?
It's
easier than puttin' up a fight
No
one's there when your dreams at night get creepy
No
one cares if you grow...or if you shrink
No
one cries when your eyes get wet and weepy
From
all the cryin' you would think this place would sink
Oh..
oh
Empty
belly life!
Rotten
smelly life!
Full
of sorrow life!
No
tomorrow life!
Jupiter
we never see...
Jupiter
what's that? Who's he?
Have a lovely weekend and see you Monday
The Year 6 team.
