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
A meal of thanks
Today Reception celebrated the American thanksgiving, learning about the American traditions then comparing it to traditions of our own. All of the children were thankful for something that meant a lot to them.
Shapes
We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths. We have enjoyed working practically throughout the unit by taking part in a shape hunt, then using lolly sticks and string to help us count sides and vertices of 2D shapes. We have used mirrors to find out if...
Meet the Author
Year 2 enjoyed an online meet the author event, where they got to meet with Harry Meredith, the author of the Football Rising Stars books. They found out all about his recent book about Marcus Rashford.
Hands Up Travel Survey
We have been asked to share this link to the annual Hands up Travel Survey so that parents/carers can share their views and ideas about travel to school in Gateshead. Click this link https://forms.office.com/r/8RgNxv9ufG to take part.
HAF sports camp at Whickham School during the Christmas holiday
Please see above the information about an upcoming HAF sports camp at Whickham School during the Christmas holidays. The camp is available for all children who receive benefit related free school meals and live at a Gateshead postcode. All participants will receive a...
Come on England!
Energy Saving Tactics- Working as a Team!
To combat the rising cost of electricity and gas, we have worked together as a school to come up with some ideas as to how we can save energy (and money) as a school. These were the ideas we came up with together and 7B had the important job of writing these out.
FoRGPS Christmas Fair – Friday 9th December 2022
We are pleased to announce that the FoRGPS Christmas Fair will take place in school on Friday 9th December. Entry will be via the KS1 Gates, and the fair will run from 3.15-5pm in Hall 2. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. Raffle tickets will be coming...
Nursery Rhyme Week
The children in Early Years took part in World Nursery Rhyme week, each day the children learnt a new nursery rhyme and performed them for their parents. Monday: The Big Ship Sails. The children created their own big ship when we went to Forest school using the...
World Nursery Rhyme Week
We had a brilliant week learning about all 5 nursery rhymes and sharing them with our friends. We used the iPads to scan QR codes to listen to the rhymes too. We even gave our best ‘aarrrrr’ when pretending to be pirates!
Nursery Rhyme week
This week we took part in world Nursery rhyme week with other children all around the world. Each day we had activities and stories linked to the Nursery rhyme. We even found out we are similar to a frog as we, just life frogs, are part of a life cycle. We also...
Dance!
We are really enjoying our dance unit in PE this half term. We have been counting the beat, moving to the beat and performing our dance moves to others with confidence.
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