Year 6 Blog 2024/25

 Year 6 started a new topic: Our world. They have learnt the names of the continents and the names of some major rivers around the world. They created  sentences stating in which continent a river is found in groups. They then used this information to write these sentences on the correct continent on a world map.

 Year 6 have written a paragraph about all the places in the school  as if they were conducting a tour. They also learnt the names of different subjects and had a go at creating a time table using their knowledge of the days of the week and time. 

 In this week's RE day, we looked at whether Jesus was a lawbreaker, which is what he was accused of. We spoke of how rules and laws protect us and keep us safe, and what a world would look like without laws. We discussed whether Jesus could ever be considered a law breaker, and we learned that they was actually a group of people who strongly disliked him, and accused him of breaking the law on several occasions. We finally asked whether, if at all, there is ever a situation where it is okay to break the law.

 This week, the children completed their assessment question, How are natural disasters caused and what effect do they have? I was really proud of every year 6 child as they were able to recall the facts and share their knowledge.  During the second part of the lesson, the children were introduced to 6 grid references. They did a great job in their first lesson. 

 Another great week in year 6 comes to an end, and this week we have tackled prime, square, cube and composite numbers. Our factors freyer model has been really helpful in making those clear links between a factor and a multiple and helping us understand prime numbers. 

 Today in Computing we made the final touches to our variables games. We debugged any issues and evaluated how to make our games better. We then had the chance to share our games with our friends!