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
Fun at Coronation Forest School
The whole school had an opportunity to have a Forest School session to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. To celebrate this royal occasion, some children made a royal portrait, while others created their own colourful septres and there were lots of...
Sliding Mechanisms
We have enjoyed learning about how we can make pictures move. We have looked at a sliding mechanism and evaluated the positives and negatives of them. We found that the sliding mechanism worked well to allow our mini beasts move from the left to the right smoothly...
Coronation Day Celebrations
Coronation celebrations with our school community
We started the day with craft and planting activities with our grown ups from home then ended it with a forest school session. King Charles loves planting and the outdoors, a firm favourite of ours too!
King Charles III’s Coronation
We had lots of fun celebrating King Charles III's Coronation with our families. We enjoyed time at forest school, making fires, royal portraits and exploring nature. We enjoyed sharing cheesy nachos cooked on the fire with our friends too. We enjoyed completing...
King Charles’ Coronation
What a wonderful week the children have had learning all about King Charles' Coronation. The children learnt all about British Values, all about the Royal family, what will happen during the Coronation, the names of all the crown jewels used and made their own crown...
Coronation celebrations with our school community
We started the day with craft and planting activities with our grown ups from home, then ended it with a forest school session. King Charles loves planting and the outdoors, a firm favourite of ours too!
Designing using technology
This week we used the iPads to create a pattern for the donut shell of ‘Norman the slug and his silly shell’. We had fun creating and eating our repeating patterns.
Seder Plates and Passover
We have been learning about the old Testament and spend the lesson learning about Passover. We have learned about how Jewish people celebrate and the importance of the Seder plate. We then created our own Seder plates and discussed what was on them.
Innovation and imagination at forest school
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Moving Vehicles
In DT we have been learning how to attach fixed wheels and rotating wheels to axles and a chassis. We practised both techniques before choosing our preferred wheels and then designed our vehicles using our chosen design criteria. We really enjoyed making our vehicles...
Newsletter 2nd May 2023
Please see our latest newsletter below.