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
Where in the world is Australia?
In Geography 1R have been learning about where Australia is in the world. They have used a variety of resources to identify where the country is on the globe or map. There was a lot of discussion around the different states in Australia and how their country is split...
Birdwatching week
This week we have been learning all about different birds and spotting them to celebrate the Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. We went on a walk around school, spotting different birds, and finding where they liked to make nests. We painted our own wooden birds as...
Mrs Bluebird
Along with our birdwatching this week we have been learning the poem ‘Mrs Bluebird’. We have been able to name various types of bird in our environment including a Red Kite, which we were all very excited to see. From our bird walk we then labelled the features of...
Challenging ourselves
After our ‘bikeability’ sessions last week, we set up our own challenges and activities. Using the bubbles we subtracted different numbers then counted the remaining amount, our maths focus for the week. [contact-form][contact-field label="Name" type="name"...
What big teeth you have!
We took part in a role play lesson this week which focused on the tone of voice and expression that the characters used...
Brilliant Basketball!
Some of our Year 6 children were lucky enough to take part in the Inter school Basketball event held at Thorp Academy on Wednesday afternoon. Each school played each other and games were then played for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. Our team played really well with some...
What is a complete circuit?
As part of our electricity unit, we have been exploring what makes a complete circuit. Using a variety of components, we created working circuits and discovered what makes a circuit complete.
Our 5 senses
1R have been investigating their 5 senses during science. They were able to use some adjectives to describe how different objects felt in the feely bag. They were able to use their sense of taste to identify different flavoured juice. We also took the bells outside to...
Another mystery solved in 2S!
We arrived at school this morning to find a crime scene in our classroom! There were paw prints and clues left all around. After lots of discussion, we realised that it must have been the wolf who had chased Little Red Riding Hood through our classroom and into the...
What are the different types of mountains?
How are mountains formed? What happens when tectonic plates collide?
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