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
Planning and Programming Beebots
This half term we have been programming floor robots to move forwards and backwards and turn left and right. Today, we used our skills to direct the robots around a map to our chosen finishing point. We planned our routes first and then tested them out. We debugged...
Changes in Technology
In History this half term, we have been enjoying learning about the changes in jobs and technology over the last 60 years. We asked our family members questions about the changes that they have experienced in their lifetime and found out lots of information that we...
Ask the Egyptian Experts
Today we had a virtual museum experience with the Durham Museum. The children learned how to investigate artefacts, write hieroglyphics and they saw a real live mummy. I was really impressed with the knowledge the children were able to show for our expert too. Well...
It’s party time
We listened to the music and moved our bodies to the music, there were some great dance moves. We were able to stop when the music stopped to play corners and musical statues. Our grown ups in school were very impressed with our manners at the table. All round lots of...
The Eye of Horus is watching you
The children have been learning copious amount of skills in their DT lessons this half term. They have designed and drawn their eye of Horus , printed their eye, and then with a splash of colour they brought them to life with sewing running, back and cross stitch....
Which material muffles sound the best?
The children were learning how to ask scientific questions, predict outcomes and record tables of data about their fair test today. They asked the question ‘which material muffles sound the best?’
Progress in reading
This half term we have taken our reading to the next level by starting guided reading sessions. We need to listen extra carefully to not just what we are reading but what we hear from the other children in the group.
Forest fun
Today we explored our first school learning the boundaries, rules and expectations to keep us safe.
Christmas Cooking
Today, we have been making Christmas cookies. We had to melt the chocolate really sensibly and then decorated our cookies.
What is area?
4B have been learning about area this week. We discovered that area is the amount of space that is taken up by a 2D shape. To help understand this, the children explored building shapes using non-standard measures (sticky notes, maths books, square cards) to build...
Newsletter 10/12/21
Please click on the link below to access this weeks newsletter Newsletter 10.12.21 CORRECT (1)
Nursery Tour
Use this link to watch our tour of nursery. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ea6nQBSGcI1qwd7W9ejOcZIS3Ez3tcCR/view?usp=sharing