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
Spring Online Book Club
Thank you to all the parents who supported the recent onsite book fair. We raised £501.48 in total which gives the school £182.89 in rewards to spend, helping us to increase the range of books we can offer to our pupils. For those of you who did not manage to come...
Presenting our Volcano Research
The children presented their volcano research on two volcanoes. One in Guatemala and another in Iceland. They researched the impacts of the volcanoes and whether they were environmental, social, or economic impacts. Everyone did a great job of presenting their...
Forest School
What a perfect day for forest school! 6A discussed the rules and most importantly how to stay safe around the fire. They helped Mrs Beattie to prepare the fire in a safe way so they could make their own campfire banana boats! They were very popular, as was the hot...
Waterproof or not?
In Science we have been learning all about different materials and their properties. We found out that paper umbrellas were not waterproof so decided we could do a better job and tried to conduct a test to find which material would be the best for creating an...
Blazing the Trail Friendship Award
Year 3 Multisports Workshop at Thorp Academy
Online Safety Session for Parents
For those who weren't able to attend our Online Safety session for Parents, please see the attached handout and link to a video clip. It was a very useful meeting with some great tips to help parents to keep children safe online. I hope you find this useful. If you...
How can I explore a character’s feelings in a narrative?
In English, we have been exploring how to show information about a character, using the various senses.
Creative Performance Festival at Gateshead Leisure Centre
Super Scientists !!
The children really enjoy play floor is lava, so today we became super scientists to see if we could make an exploding volcano and make lava. We mixed lemon, baking powder, lemon juice and food colouring to see if we could make an big eruption. The lemon started to...
Presenting geographical information (on volcanoes and mountains)
