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
What is a Sentence?
In English today, the children discussed what they thought a sentence was. They decided that a sentence was an idea that needed to make sense. The children then worked together to order a group of words into a sentence and then add the correct punctuation....
Getting into Character
This half term we have been reading The Tunnel and writing about a character who doesn’t like the dark but is forced to enter a very and mysterious tunnel in order to find her brother. To get into character and use their senses, the children travelled down their own...
Magnets – we’re attracting attention
3M have been learning all about magnets and investigating how they work. They have asking questions and wondering how strong magnets are. They have been testing their theories and having lots of fun doing so.
FoRGPS – Buy Your Child’s Class Teatowel
FoRGPS have asked each class to draw a beautiful self portrait's to be printed on a Mothers Day Tea Towel. Each Tea Towel will be £7. The school shop product is linked to each individual child. So please ensure that you place an order on each of your children's...
Science – Investigating rocks
In year 4, we tested to see how permeable, dense and durable different rocks are.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2023
The theme for this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘Let’s Connect’. Year 2 thought about strategies and things they could do to support their mental health.
What’s that smell?
Today we used our nose to explore objects discussing the different smells and deciding which was our favourite and least favourite.
Happy and healthy minds
This week we have been focusing on different ways to keep happy and healthy minds, including sharing things that that make us happy, discussions around emotions and an active yoga story session.
Researching Tim Peake
In Year 1 we have been using the iPads to research Tim Peake and write down facts about his life and work to use to plan our biographies about him.
Using Beebots
We had lots of fun using the Beebots in Year 1, practising giving them commands and seeing how they travel. We described the directions of travel using forward, backward, left and right.
Filling our bowls
Just like Handa we filled our bowls of our favourite fruit to make milkshakes to deliver to our friends. During our group times we discussed the differences between where we live and where Handa lives in Kenya.
What Do We Know About Pesach?
We have been learning about the story of Moses, his upbringing and his eventual exile from Egypt because of his actions. We have explored what type of character he was, how God chose him to be his messenger, but that he felt unworthy of the task. Through the stories...