Don't forget to practise the work we are doing in class on Mathletics too - I will be online on Tuesday 4:30 - 5 for anyone who wants to play me live! 

This week we are working on percentages...which means?! 

​How did you feel you got on today with the learning? - Especially relating percentages to fractions and decimals.

We are looking at explanation texts in our English lessons over the next few weeks.

We watched 'Do you know?' to see how well TV programmes that specialise in explaining things do it so well.

​What did you think was good or clear about the programme? 

This week we will be looking at negative numbers... how do you feel about them at this stage?

Today we had a quiz to help us recall and hopefully learn a bit more about what electricity actually is...

What do you want to find out in the coming weeks about electricity and light? 

Understand maths in everyday life, with this great app from National Numeracy...

You have made a fantastic start to Year 6! 

Have a nice break, relax and recharge those batteries for a topic all about light and electricity for when you return after half term.

There is a fancy dress party on 31st Oct (see attached image!) and if you can get to the Spectacle of Light exhibition at Sudeley Castle on 1-23rd December then that would be fantastic too (I will be there at 17:00 on Sunday 4th December, if you want to join me and my family).

For anyone who earns a Mathletic certificate next week, there will be an extra house point in it for you on your return to school!

See you after the break!  

What a day...

Amazing experiences: heading off on a real steam train as an evacuee, identifying German spies, speaking to real evacuees, being in an air raid shelter, joining forces with the auxiliary fire service, handling real artefacts...

What did you enjoy? What did it make you think about?

(More photos to follow...)

As we edge nearer the end of this fascinating topic we had the opportunity to research about any unanswered questions we may have had left over.

We presented our work in a bold and clear way!

We learnt a little about VE Day this morning; what must the people have felt like?

We created some bunting to show off the feelings surrounding Britain on VE Day (8th May 1945).

Have a go at what we've been learning in class...

Will you make it to our October hall of fame?! 

Some silvers have already appeared! 

Did you enjoy the performance?

Really sound understanding has been shown on these activities! 

How are you feeling about the arithmekit work we have been doing recently?

What brilliant pieces of writing that were produced today...

Our examples of the diary entries appear below...what a great bunch of writers we have! 

Lots of artists have interpreted poppy fields in many different ways from Monet's impressionist painting to the incredible sculpture exhibition at the Tower of London last year.

We explored wax crayons to make a semi-abstract piece today; the results were very pleasing and some of them will be on our classroom wall for remembrance day after half term. 

The hall looked fantasic for the Tirlebrook Bake Off earlier!

Well done to the school council who organised so much of it!

We talked about using slang and chatty language (colloquial language) today for a diary entry. After that we made some comic strips using these skills alongside some time connectives.

We had a little time during our maths lesson to think about mentality again today...some great suggestions were given on how to persevere.

​Can you think of any more?!

Some of us worked a little more on fractions today...what do these 2 images show us?

We looked through a recent piece of work we did, to re-draft it, and 'jazz up our sentences' a little more! 

The more adventurous vocabulary you can use, the more interesting it should make it for the reader. 

All fractions, percentages and decimals can be written as equivalents... can you remember any? 

Well done to all those who represented the school for a hockey tutorial that is being put together for other primary schools by England Hockey.