YEAR 6 (SILVER)
Mrs Lightley (Covering for Mr G Dempsey)Welcome to Class 6D’s Blog!
I am Mr Dempsey and I am the class teacher for class 6D.
On this page you’ll find lots of useful information and posts about what’s going on in Year 6 over the course of the year,
Visit our blog Check in regularly for photographs, homework and revision links, sport’s scores, diary dates and many other fun features.
Please feel free to make comments on photographs and interact with our blog. The class would love to hear what you think about their fantastic work and achievements.
Happy blogging!
Mr Dempsey
Our Class Blog
Front Page News Computing
Year 3 Blog: We Are Desktop Publishers! 🖥️ This week, Year 3 learned how to combine text and images on laptops to design our own professional page layouts. Check out a book or magazine at home together and see if you can spot how the fonts and pictures...
Year 3 Blog: We Became Roman Archaeologists!
Hello families! This week, Year 3 stepped back in time to become archaeologists. We investigated some incredible artefacts to find out how the Romans lived in Britain. Fun Fact: Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt instead...
Nissan in a Box Class 3
Here is a much shorter, punchier version that is perfect for a quick blog post, school app update, or newsletter snippet: Exploring Japan: Our "Nissan in a Box" Adventure! We have had a fantastic time in school exploring the wonderful culture of Japan, all thanks to a...
Discounted swimming lessons with Better Swim schools
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Stepping up! Gateshead Councils guide.
Introducing the Stepping Up guide We're really pleased to be sharing the Stepping Up guide. This comprehensive toolkit is designed tosupport children and young people with additional needs as they move through key life transitions – fromearly years to adulthood....
Newsletter 22nd May 2026
Platinum Award for Rowlands Gill Primary School
We are delighted to announce that we, Rowlands Gill Primary School, have achieved the School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2025/26 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to...
‘Tables’ of Writing!
Today we were learning how to organise and strengthen our writing. We were making tables- on the table topic was the topic of our writing and on each leg was information linked to this topic. We learned that the more legs (or information) we added- the stronger our...
Rainbow Road of Emotive Language
Today we have been collecting emotive language to help show how we are feeling when we are writing. The giant piece of paper was very exciting!
Finding Half of an Amounts
Here we are learning how to half amounts- practically. We have been learning about equal groups and what this means.
Science Investigations
Today we were learning how to conduct a 'fair test' to ensure our results were accurate. You can see children testing the suitability of materials- the strength of a chair and the waterproofing on some wellies.
