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
The Princess’ Blankets
In today's english lesson, we started to learn about a new story, The Princess' Blankets. In the story, the princess is always cold even with roaring fires and the fleeciest wools! We thought about the questions we would ask the princess and we offered some...
Microhabitats and woodlice galore
In 1.2M, we took advantage of the good weather and took Science outside to hunt for microhabitat and minibeasts in our very own playground. We used a tally chart to count up our different creatures in two microhabitats. We mapped out the playground to show where we...
Fruit Skewers!
As part of our DT lessons, we have designed and made fruit skewers. They tasted delicious!
Shielding guidance is being paused for clinically extremely vulnerable people
The government has announced that shielding guidance is being paused. From Thursday 1 April, clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) people are no longer advised to shield. CEV people must continue to follow the national restrictions that are in place for everyone. From...
Mar/Apr issue of Families Newcastle Gateshead Magazine
Here is the LINK to the Mar/Apr issue of Families Newcastle Gateshead Magazine. It's jam packed with ideas to help families get the most out of springtime with recipe and craft ideas, education articles and much more. The 2021 Awards are now OPEN! Nominations for...
A green smoothie for the princess (without peas!)
This morning, in english, we have used many skills to create a green smoothie for the princess in our story. Lily-Rose May does not like peas, but her dad is trying to find different green fruit and vegetables which she does like. To help him, we made a green smoothie...
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Newsletter 19 March 2021
Click on the link below to read our latest newsletter: 19.03.21 Newsletter
FoRGPS 19.03.21
Thanks to everyone’s continued support using the rag bag bin. It has been emptied this week and the donation will be a welcome addition to our funds. Please do continue to drop off any unwanted clothes and shoes (no school uniform with logos please) especially if you...
Castles
The children have shown a keen interest in castles this week. There has been a lot of construction work going on and the children have made castles using a range of media and materials including junk modelling and building blocks. Some children decided they needed...
Life Skills- Hand Washing
In this afternoon's life skills lesson, we have been learning the importance of hand washing and when we have to wash our hands. We followed the germs from Ms Wood's hands around the classroom, through the use of post-it notes and we realised how far germs can travel...
Smoothie making (following a recipe)
In this morning's english lesson, we have started to learn about recipes. We had to follow each step in a recipe carefully to make our own smoothies. We had to measure the berries, yoghurt and orange juice, wash the berries, chop the fruit and blend the fruit. We...