Category: Year 6 – St Paul

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RE Home learning for the whole school

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales have designated 2020 as ‘The God Who Speaks’: A Year of the Word to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini – Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation on ‘The Word of the Lord’, and the 1600th anniversary of death of St Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin.  Cardinal Vincent Nichols has launched the Year of the Word across the diocese and further information can be found here: https://rcdow.org.uk/faith/2020-year-of-the-word-the-god-who-speaks/

As part of their RE home learning over the Christmas holiday, all children across the school are invited to think about the bible and the stories that are important to them.  Maybe they have stories from the bible that they love to read and talk about.  Share stories from the bible with your child and talk about what the stories mean to them.  When your child is ready, think about what story they would like to create a poster for to advertise the story to their friends at school.  Your child’s poster should include a clear title of the story or book from the bible and a beautiful image from the story.  Feel free to let your child add a description of the story and what it means to them.  We are looking forward to making a wonderful display of the posters and this will be a lovely way for us to start celebrating The Year of the Word in school.  Please return posters to your class by Wednesday 15th January.

2020 will be a year of celebrating, living and sharing God’s word, through a range of events, activities and resources, available across the Diocese of Westminster.  A lovely activity that is particularly pertinent to the time of year can be found here: https://rcdow.org.uk/faith/the-nativity-at-night  

We look forward to seeing the posters that the children create to celebrate God’s Word.

Emma Hayes (RE Subject Leader)

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Key stage two – Christmas carol service

The countdown to Christmas has begun and the children are all working hard to learn the words to the carols for our Christmas carol service.

Please encourage your child to practise – they will need to know all of the words by heart. The words can be downloaded using the link, below.

We hope that you will be able to join us on Wednesday, 18th December for this special celebration.

2019-KS2-Song-WordsDownload

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ECO WARRIORS: Could you get a Blue Peter badge?

Blue Peter’s beautiful green badge.

The Eco team want to inform you of an opportunity where you can earn your very own Blue Peter Badge!

Blue Peter are giving out Green badges for Eco Warriors all across the country.

Green badges are awarded for sending in letters, pictures that are about the environment, conservation or nature.

You can apply on the link below. Remember to include a message at least 50 words long, explaining that you’re applying for the Green badge and why you deserve to be awarded one.

Also, on this link, there are some examples of brilliant Green badge posts, to inspire you to get yours!

So, why not try and apply for one today! When you get one- remember to tell your class Eco Reps so we can share the amazing news.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/bp-how-to-get-a-green-badge

The Eco Team.

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Y6 Prefect Training

On Tuesday, the Y6 Prefects were trained by St John Ambulance in First Aid. They learnt how to bandage grazes, use slings to support and all about the DRS ABC.

“It was really fun and will be very useful in the future, particularly for my Prefect duty”

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Y6 Harvest Song

Below are the lyrics to our Harvest song for this year. Mrs Goldsmith will go over this with you tomorrow and I expect you to know the words off by heart by Monday.

Time-to-give-thanksDownload

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Space Chase: Summer Reading Challenge 2019

The Summer Reading Challenge 2019 theme is Space Chase, an out-of-this-world adventure inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Children taking part in the Challenge will join our super space family, The Rockets, for a thrilling mission to track down books nabbed by mischievous aliens!

Space Chase will feature bespoke artwork from top children’s illustrator, Adam Stower, and will celebrate adventure, exploration, reading and fun!

Illustrations © Adam Stower 2019 for The Reading Agency

Taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge is aimed at children aged four to eleven and it is run in almost all libraries in the UK.

Visit your local library during the summer holidays to sign up – the sooner you go, the longer your child will have to read six books!

Staff will register your child for the Challenge and give them some fun materials to get them started.

Many libraries will also offer pre-school activities suitable for under-fours, including specially designed Summer Reading Challenge materials. Visit your local branch to find out more.

The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest free reading for pleasure event for children. It is run by the national charity The Reading Agency in partnership with the UK public library network.

The aim of the Challenge is to encourage children to read any six books of their choice from their library during the summer holidays.

Children receive special rewards each time they finish a book and there’s a certificate for everyone who completes the Challenge.



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Y6 – Last week of term

Key dates :

Tuesday 16th July: Children to come to school at 6.30 pm to get changed for the performance which will begin at 7.00 pm.

Wednesday 17th July: Leavers’ Mass 7.00 pm

Thursday 18th July : Leavers’ Assembly 9.00 am

Please could children bring a plastic bag to school on Monday to take their books home in.

Many thanks,

Mrs Butterworth

Reading

Please continue to read as much as possible and when responding ensure you are asking increasingly challenging questions. Many of you are now asking more challenging questions with the help of the question stems provided. This will really support your understanding when responding to the texts you read.

If you are looking for some great books to read, below are two lists that should have something for everyone.

pie-corbett-yr6-great books listDownload
Year 6 Text Recommendations HfL listDownload

Spelling

You have been given the Y5/6 spelling list. Please ensure you are continuing to practice these words at home –  use the spelling pattern revision posters attached to help you. You could pick one to focus on each day, writing three sentences using words that fit that pattern in your spelling journals. 

Spelling-Rule-Posters-for-Years-5-and-6Download

Please find the year 5/6 National Curriculum spellings attached. You should continue to revise these over half term.

Word-list-5-and-6Download

HWT English

HWT 26_04_2019Download
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Year 6 Isle of Wight Thursday

Wednesday evening:

More fun in the sea:

Thursday Morning 7 am:

“Morning boys”

(No answer)

Louder- “Wake up boys.”

“Ugh Ugh”

Yes, its getting increasingly difficult to get the boys up in the morning, so soundly are they sleeping after a day’s activities.  Today is surfing then Robin Hill then the Disco –  I’m already toying with the idea of a sharpened stick for tomorrow’ early morning wake-up call.

We went surfing with the same company as last year (I-Surf)  and once again, they totally engaged with the children bringing the best out of them.  The children had a thoroughly enjoyable time.

After this it was off to Robin Hill where we had lunch, tried the 4 D Cinema and Swinging Galleon Ride. 

Then came the maze challenge.

For the maze challenge, two groups of boys are pitted against two teams of girls and they race against the clock to complete the maze. Mr Creaton and Mr Sallis coaching the boys while Mrs Hawkes coached the girls. I’m informed that in the last 15 years, the boys’ teams have only beaten the girls once. How can this be?  That question was soon answered when Mrs Hawkes drilled the girls with her pre-maze prep talk with the conviction and ferocity akin to that of an competitive/ambitious mother to her  baton-twirling, 9 year old daughter just before entering a Texan Beauty Pageant.

The girls beat the the boys again.

But there was a twist….

How about Mr Sallis and Mr Creaton V Mrs Hawkes and Mrs Butterworth? Game on.

Mrs Hawkes and Mrs Butterworth emerged from the maze in self-congratulatory mode only to see that Mr Creaton and Mr Sallis had already finished 1 second earlier.  After it had sunk in, Mrs Hawkes gave a perfuntory ‘Well done’ and then went strangely quiet. However, she was later to recover her voice:

“I wouldn’t say we let you win, but we weren’t really trying”

and:

“Besides, the girls were still the overall winners”

and:

“It’s not really fair and doesn’t really count because Mr Sallis had a height advantage”.

Better luck next year Mrs Hawkes!

There was still some time for an ice-cream and a ride on the toboggan run before catching the tractor ‘train’ back to the car park.

Its time to pack the bags and get ready for tonight’s dico.

As a footnote, all the staff and pupils would like to say a big THANK YOU to Vinnie, our coach driver from Welham Travel, for whom, nothing was too much trouble and who has been proactive in  helping us at every turn.

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Year 6 Isle of Wight Wednesday

Tuesday Evening

Just as some meals look really delicious but taste bland, the sea looked l as calm and inviting as a tropical lagoon but was freezing!  However, our children are made of stern stuff and were determined to not let the opportunity pass.

Wednesday Morning

Not a boy was awake at 7am when they received the early morning call and there was a similar story with the girls. Breakfast soon put things right and we headed off for Black Gang Chine.

When we arrived, some of the children spied the silhouette of the Cliffhanger (roller coaster) and felt that the  occasion was ripe for some bravado:  ( (loud voices) “Is that it?”   and :“I’ve been on much more scary rides on my (all-inclusive) holiday last year”  – the boys in the party  had suddenly developed a  swaggering gait. However, the children were soon to learn  that talk is cheap and once on board: the squealing began;  their voices went from baritone to falsetto;the swagger replaced with a wobble. It was a similar story at the water slide- “Plughole”.

There was much for the children to do and it was great seeing them enjoy the simpler pleasures of mazes, adventure parks and slides – some of us even forsook extra time in the gift shop for a visit to fairyland.

We’ve worn them out again but, just in case there are any children out there planning to keep the adults and others awake tonight, its off to the beach again after supper.