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
Venn Diagrams in Maths
We are working on statistics in maths at the moment. We have been making our own Venn diagrams to sort data we were given. We also had a go at gathering our own data and decided how we would sort it effectively.
Using Colour Filters to Write Secret Messages
How do we see colours?
KS1 Trip to Beamish
We visited Beamish Museum today and took part in a workshop that gave us the opportunity to learn about toys of the past. We even got to play some of the games! We also enjoyed exploring the houses and schools and comparing them to life as we know it today.
Football in 2S
In PE, we have been developing our dribbling, passing and shooting skills.
Greeting each other in French…
Autumn Pictures.
Following on form our autumn walk, the children have been getting quite creative. The children used conkers, pine cones, sticks and leaves to dip into the paint. They then rubbed them across the paper to create patterns and marks. We discussed the different marks each...
It’s Clay Time
We worked on our clay designing skills to make our own Iron Age tile.
Stop and think about what you eat!
In science, we were using the ‘Traffic Light’ labeling system to see if the foods had too much saturated fat, sugar, or salt. We practised our persuading skills on each other so that our classmates made better food choices for their health.
What are the names of the bones in the human skeleton?
Finding the beat
We had lots of fun finding the beat of different pieces of music and clapping, tapping, jumping and marching along to it. We found some songs easier to match the beat to than others.
Drama Strikes in English…
We are working hard to learn the skills which we will need to write our own news report in the disappearance of Cherry (the main character in our class book). Today we have been role-playing as news reporters during a drama lesson in order to decide which information...