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.
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Happy blogging!
Mr Dempsey
Our Class Blog
Comparing amounts (of tens and ones)
In today's maths lesson, we have continued to compare amounts of tens and ones using the greater than, less than and equal to signs. We were even making and comparing 3-digit numbers. Muhammad even managed to work out that 13 ones needs to become 1 ten and 3 ones in...
Investigating daylength in autumn
We did some investigating over the week. I set the challenge for the children that they needed to put their teddies to bed when the sun set. They took photos every night and recorded the time. The children then did some pattern spotting and noticed what was changing.
Partitioning into tens and ones
Apostrophes for Possession
We have been learning how to use apostrophes for possession in our english lesson today and we have made a super start!
We are all part of the anti-bullying puzzle
Today we all took part in creating an enormous puzzle of anti-bullying. Everyone designed a puzzle piece with a message of anti- bullying.
Visiting 3L’s Stone Age Museum
We were lucky enough to be invited to Mrs Lynch's class' museum this afternoon, which they have set up in Hall 2. They have displayed a range of artefacts from the Stone Age and they have written some excellent descriptions of them too. Thank you 3L, for our invite!
FORGS Christmas Raffle
Please click on the link below to see the letter from the Friends of Rowlands Gill about prizes and donations for the upcoming Christmas raffle to help raise funds for the school. FORGS letter raffle donations
RGPS School Book Club – Raised £19.89
Many thanks for all the support with the new online RGPS School book club which closed on 6th November. We raised a total of £99.43 which means the school has £19.89 to spend on books. Thank you to everyone who ordered and keep your eyes out for the next one to be...
Partitioning numbers using dienes and part, part, whole models.
Measuring muscles
In science we were investigating how muscles work in pairs, both contracting and expanding to move our bones to where we want them to be. We worked in partners, noting how muscles changed in size and shape when we lifted piles of books. We recorded our results and...
Children in Need
We had a great day celebrating Children in Need and raising lots of money for charity. We all came into school wearing something spotty or something yellow, the children even helped Miss Smales decorate a spotty T-shirt matching the coloured spots. We enjoyed...
Pudsey Bear Invasion
Today we raised money for children in need and while we did the children had lots of fun turning into Pudseys themselves.