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
Parent Consultation: Extending School Hours
Please see below the letter from Mrs Clarke regarding extending school hours. https://rowlandsgillprimary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/parent-consultation-to-extend-the-school-day-27.1.2023.pdf
Art
In art, we took digital photos inspired by, David Hockney. We took photographs from around the school and made a collage for our display!
RSPB Bird Watching Week
The children in nursery have taken part in the RSPB Bird watching week. They have found out about lots of new birds and their habitats. The children created their own birds using clay and made bird feeders to hang in the nursery yard.
Paper Mâché
Today in Art, year 6 started the process of making their own Mayan masks using paper Mâché and balloons. The technique was modelled to them before starting their own. Children ripped up pieces of kitchen roll and carefully dipped it in the glue before layering...
Tasty Fruit Salad
We all thoroughly enjoyed making our fruit salads today. We followed our plan and practised chopping the fruit using the bridge hold and claw grip. Our favourite part was tasting our creations! We were able to evaluate our work by thinking about which fruit was easier...
Dance
Year 4 thoroughly enjoyed their dance unit in PE. In each lesson we focused on a different type of stimulus to help with our movement and creativity. We were really inspired by the likes of Pinocchio and Alice in Wonderland. Each lesson our aim was to be able to...
Net Madness
Today in maths, we have been learning what the net of a shape is. We made out own so we could see the link between the net of a shape and the 3D shape.
Electrical Conductors
We have been learning which everyday materials are able to conduct electricity. We set up electrical circuits to see which ones created a complete loop- this made the bulb shine and told us that electricity was able to flow through some materials and not others. The...
Newsletter 23.1.2023
Please see the link to our latest newsletter here:
Celebrating Chinese New Year – the year of the rabbit
The Island
Today, we created our own 'Readers Theatre'. We took parts and wrote lines for our characters. We chose our language so carefully.
Ratio
In year 6, we have been learning about ratio. We have been creating ratios and building towers to help us solve problems.