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
Christmassy Christingles
To learn more about the meaning of Christmas, all of Key Stage Two made their own Christingles.
Jumping Jacks!
Clay Dragon’s Eyes
As part of this half term's art lessons (linking to our english text- The Paper Bag Princess), we have been designing dragon's eyes, looking specifically at the intimate detail and the colours. Today's lesson was extra exciting! We used clay to create our very own...
Our Christmas Cards for the Community.
This afternoon, we have used art straws to create these snowy Christmas cards for the people of our community. We had to be very patient and take our time to measure each straw so that they were all appropriate lengths.
Pointillism Paintings
The children have started getting braver with their art skills and thinking of their own ideas for this pointillism painting. They applied the skills they have been learning over the weeks.
We have been learning about the Japanese art of origami…
The Great Wave off Kanagawa
This half-term, as part of our work around Japan, we have been exploring Japanese art. We looked at a variety of Japanese artforms such as calligraphy, pencil drawings and manga, but our most impressive piece by far was our replicas of The Great Wave off Kanagawa by...
Newsletter 04.12.20
Please click on the link below to see the latest RGPS newsletter with important information about changes to Bubble pick up and drop off times to start on Monday. Newsletter 4.12.20
Dragon’s Eyes.
In today's art lesson, we have designed, drawn and coloured our dragon's eyes (linked to our story in english, The Paper Bag Princess). We will be making our dragon's eyes next week using clay and clay tools.
Speech Marks
We are really getting used to knowing where speech marks appear in a sentence.
The Happy Newspaper
Thanks to a generous contribution from the Friends of Rowlands Gill (our PTA), we have been able to purchase copies of the Happy Newspaper to use as morning jobs in the class. The Happy Newspaper is aimed giving children access to positive news stories around the...
strengthening structures
We had to make our Stone Age houses as strong as they could be so practised ways of strengthening structures with only paper, tape and a can of baked beans! We rolled, combined, taped and attached and found a triangle to be a more strong shape than a rectangle. How...