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
Oriental museum
Year 4 have had an amazing time at the Oriental museum in Durham today. We learned so much about the Ancient Egyptians! We took part in 4 interactive workshops, which included: A guided tour around the museum Handling of artefacts (we learned how to be real...
Sporting Stars
We really enjoyed the sports festival this afternoon, taking part in activities such as speed bouncing, throwing and catching, skipping, mountain climbers and burpees.
Stay safe online – Think before you send!
There is a real and growing concern of how many young people find it ok to share inappropriate images online. It is leading to so many becoming vulnerable to potential exploitation, blackmail and harm from a young age, leaving a lasting digital footprint. If you share...
A Visit to the Rowlands Gill Library
The children went to the local library to share stories together. As part of road safety week, we looked at the traffic lights and talked about what the colours meant. We practised looking left and right before we crossed the road.
Newsletter 28.11.23
Please see below the latest Newsletter. Please read it carefully as there is lots of information about upcoming events in school.
Childcare Choices: Get the help that fits your family, so you can juggle work and life
Thousands of families could be saving money on their childcare costs. But you may not know what support you might be eligible for. The Childcare Choices website brings together all the existing childcare offers in one place, so parents can get the help that fits their...
Lets go fly a kite …🪁
When it is a windy day nursery, we make kites to fly....
Building Stone Age Houses
As part of our DT lessons, we had to construct a Stone Age house using natural materials. We used the mallets to hammer the solid structure into the ground, willow to create the walls and mud with straw to recreate the wattle and daub. Mrs Poad and Miss Brown were so...
The Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead
Over the last few weeks in school, we have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Great Fire of London. Today, we visited the Discovery Museum where we took part in a workshop about the Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead. We enjoyed learning about the story, looking...
Forest School
We loved exploring Forest School with Mrs Beatie and the forest friends.
How can we move our bodies like different forms of transport
In PE we used our bodies to move like different forms of transport, from balancing on one leg as a motorbike to shuffling slowing across the floor as a submarine. We enjoyed travelling as a car around roundabouts, avoiding other cars and jumping over speed bumps. We...
How to travel?
This week we are enjoying exploring different types of transport. We set up our own journey and used the bikes to follow different directions. We took turns on the bikes and when we were not on the bike we were the ‘SatNav’ using both our own instructions and google...