13.03.2023
Writing
This week in writing we immersed ourselves in our class text ‘Wonder’ and answered a range of VIPERS (vocabulary, inference, prediction, explain, retrieval, summarise) questions showing our understanding of the text and to help us prepare for our new genre of writing.
Year 6…
06.03.2023
English
This week in English Year 6 have written a formal letter to persuade, using formal, letter writing features such as; formal language, perfect form and subjunctive form aswell as general letter writing features such as the salutation, name and address of the recipient, the date and a…
13.02.2023
Grammar
This week in grammar we recapped our knowledge on different word classes. We began by defining the different word classes (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs), and then went on to identify them in a chapter of our class text. Please see below examples of our fantastic…
06.02.2023
Geography
This week in Geography we studied the west coast of Wales. We explained how the Green Bridge of Wales was created by strong winds and powerful storms causing cracks between headlands and after forming caves, arches and stacks. Having described the coastal habitats of the west coast…
16.01.2023
Art
This week in Art Year 6 had fun creating symbols which represented important aspects of themselves, such as an object which is important to them, their funniest memories, what they enjoy doing after school and an amazing person they would take on their favourite holiday.
Please see…
09.01.2023
English
This week in English, Year 6 Whales have been practicing writing a first person retell as Auggie from our text, Wonder. The children have used key Year 6 skills such as show not tell, a wide range of clause structures including adverbials in varied positions and prepositional phrases to…
12.12.22
We have enjoyed many Winter and Christmas activities this week alongside our learning.
On Monday, we were lucky enough to watch the rehearsal of KS1’s nativity performance. It made us feel immense pride for our fellow school mates (and it was lovely for some of us to see our younger siblings…
05.12.22
This week, in Maths, we have been learning about converting fractions into decimals. We have also been using our knowledge of decimals to solve reasoning and problem solving questions.
Umar says ‘we have also learnt how to round decimals this week. When you round decimals, you use the place…
28.11.22
In English, we’ve been working on war poetry. Specifically, we have been studying Dulce et decorum est. First, we had to understand the events and conditions of WW1 so we gathered information about the war. We created mini factfiles about the war and Wilfred Owen (our poet).
We were all…
21.11.22
This week, we have had a number of visitors into our class.
In Science, we welcomed Zoolab into school to link to our Evolution and Inheritance topic. Dominique, our wonderful host, showed us a number of different animals and explained how they have adapted to their environment. She even…
14.11.22
What another fabulous week in Whales class!
In Maths, we have been exploring fractions. We've learnt how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions.
Adding Fractions - different denominators
Adding fractions with different denominators, step by step, examples. For more free math…
07.11.22
In Maths this week, we have been exploring fractions. At first, we found the concept of equivalent fractions with different denominators a little tricky but we soon showed our school value of determination and wowed our teachers!
In English, we have completed our writing about War Horse and…