Welcome to Kingfishers

Year 6

For nothing will be impossible with God 

Luke 1 v37  

         Summer Term One…                            Value: Joy

‘Happy are those who hear God’s message and act on it’

Luke 11: 28

On behalf of the staff and children of Year Six, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to our class page. 

We are excited for our next term together and sharing some more of our exciting learning with you.

Check our page regularly for updates on our learning journey and upcoming events. As always, the door to our classroom is always open and you can contact me using the email below, 'alone we can do so little; together we can do so much!' 

Year 6 email: smt-year6@sgmail.org.uk 

Our Spring Term Adventures

ART

Last week we created collages based on our topic of Volcanoes and Earthquakes.  We thought about techniques such as ripping v cutting, layering, creating texture, selecting colour before we got started.  We hope you like them!

Mapping the Nile
As part of our Discovery learning this term we have been looking at the journey of the Nile.  We produced some impressive paintings to include the features of the river, and will be adding to our maps as we find out more.

Martial Arts Madness

Each class was lucky enough to have a fantastic martial arts workshop this term. Kingfishers loved practising their skills and doing some strength building exercises.

How does the Heart Function?

In Science, we are learning about the circulatory system so we dissected lambs hearts to see if we could identify the main parts.  

Our Autumn Term Adventures

Evacuee Experience Day

As a part of our Ship, Shape and Bristol Fashion WWII topic, we had an evacuee day. We dressed as evacuees and thought about how it might have felt to be moved away from home. To help us, we used the experiences that we had read about in our class text: Letters from the lighthouse.

Artists in the making

In our art discovery, we learned about the work of Henry Moore and practised a range of techniques to decide which of these we thought would help us recreate his work depicting scenes from WWII.

Rationing Recipe Baking

We have made some delicious carrot and sultana buns based on a rationing recipe.  We had a great time building on our knowledge of rationed ingredients.

Tennis Taster Session

We had a brilliant time giving Tennis a try this week with some fabulous local coaches. We developed our forehands and backhands and lots of us are excited to give it another go in the future. Perhaps the next Andy Murray or Emma Raducanu is in our class!

Remembrance Blackout Poetry

We created some really beautiful blackout poetry in honour of Remembrance Day. We took some famous poems and chose words or phrases that we thought created a new powerful poem.

Diwali Dance Class

Year 6 had a fantastic dance workshop where we represented the Ramayana story. Here is our monkey god- Hanuman.
We also learned about how dance is an important part of celebration for many Hindus.

Handball Coaching

We had a fantastic handball coaching experience that combined skills from many sports we have played over the years. We are really looking forward to giving it another go later in the year.

Festive Friday

As a part of our ‘Festive Friday’ we took part in an Advent event at the Church which was lead by Mrs Gillman and some church volunteers. It was lovely to learn more about this special time of year from our Church community.

Back at school, we made eco friendly Christmas decorations using natural materials from our forest area.

Discovery and English Learning

Since the start of the year, Year 6 have been learning lots about World War Two through our discover topic. This week, we took all of our knowledge and used it to answer our enquiry question, “How did WWII impact on our country and what is its legacy?” Here are the brilliant published non-chronological reports that the children have written. You can see they have taken a lot of pride in their work and produced some print-worthy pieces.

Year 6 have been sewing Christmas Decorations this week. As the environment is one of our curriculum drivers, children bought in old fabrics from home to turn into new and exciting decorations with a ‘make do and mend’ attitude.