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
What is worship?
During RE we have been exploring different aspects of worship through different religions. We started off by discovering the value or worth of something- it's not the expensive things in life that we decided are worth more- our families and friends are of great worth...
Changing the World!
As part of our work inspired by our class book 'The Varmints' Year 5 have been learning to write persuasively. We wrote, edited and then performed passionate speeches to encourage people to improve the environment. Mrs Beattie and Mr Boddy were seriously impressed by...
Measuring in metres and cms
If…Then…Else… in Scratch
In our programming work, we have been using Scratch to think about selection in quizzes. It's been quite tough but we've dome a great job of thinking about 'conditions' and 'outcomes'. This week we've been using the 'If...Then...Else...' block to help us develop our...
Why does the moon look like it changes shape in the sky?
We have adopted a hedgehog!
Safer Internet Day in 5B
We've been thinking about how to handle different scenarios that we might encounter online - check out our thoughts here...
Safer Internet Day 2022
In 2S for Safer Internet Day 2022 we have been exploring which information which is safe to share online and which information should be kept private. We also discussed what makes a strong password and who we should and should not share passwords with.
Inspirational Speeches
We have been studying the text 'Varmints'. The book tells the story of local creatures being forced out of their peaceful land by developers creating a city. We imagined being part of this local culture and wrote speeches which aimed to inspire the rest of our nation...
Do what makes you happy
Relaxing and laughing with friends was the focus of our spa day role play whilst exploring our senses. Then a relay of singing ‘5 little ducks’ allowed us to explore one less.
The perfect bath
We experimented with different temperatures to find the one which was “just right”. Can you guess from our faces which was the coldest one? Even though we filled our bath by the end our bath was empty.
Safer internet day 2022
In year 6 for Safer Internet Day we have been looking at a range of different ways of keeping safe online. Luckily, we're all pretty clued up! Year 6 really impressed me with their knowledge of online gaming platforms as well as how to stay safe while using them. We...