Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
Welcome to Mr Watson’s Year 6 class. We have a spacious classroom which we help to keep organised and we can break out into smaller groups whenever we need to. This is a year of opportunities and greater responsibility as you act as role models for the younger children in the school. We enjoy being play leaders on the playground at lunch times and getting to set up the hall for assemblies and special occasions. We have a wonderful calm corner, filled with bookcases full of beautiful and engaging stories written for all children and their varying interests.
For the Year 6s this is their last year at All Saints Stibbard and we are looking forward to what the future brings. Although there are some nerves about SATs, we understand that we just need to persevere and try our hardest.
It was a beautiful evening to go for a walk round the local area and learn about landmarks and how to whistle using a blade of grass. We have tired them out. They should sleep well tonight!
The sun eventually came out on a jam-packed day of activities. Nightline involved the children being blindfolded and completing an obstacle course. Most children did the whole course without peeping. Canoeing on the river was a hit! Their skills varied from confident to those who needed rescuing from the bank. Bushcraft saw them finding water, … Read more
The children have all settled really well and are enjoying an afternoon of team challenges which requires them to cooperate well with good communication.
We were so proud of the way our Year 6’s approached their SATs this week with maturity and resilience. Well done! Afterwards they spent some time making shadow puppets using Lotte Reiniger’ animations as a stimulus. They enjoyed making their own videos.
Year Six were amazing scientists again this afternoon. They investigated the angle light is reflected from a mirror. They used protractors to measure the angles and were very quick to spot a pattern in their results. Some pairs used engineering to improve their torches, helping them to take even more precise measurements. We had to … Read more
On Thursday Mrs Cairns was delighted to be able to take the Year 6’s into the woods for a one off Welly Day session. The children were a joy to be with and demonstrated excellent collaborative skills and creativity.
Our school is excited to be opening a new gallery in the entrance hall and is looking for work from up and coming artists! The new gallery will be showing work chosen, or created, by the children in our school. The only catch is that the gallery is very very small – in fact it … Read more
Year 6 spent a lovely morning yesterday painting watercolour daffodils whilst listening to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. The atmosphere was calm and peaceful as the children concentrated on their creations. I am really impressed with their results.
We’ve just finished reading Clockwork by Philip Pullman, a dark tale where clockwork characters from a story invade real life. The children were asked to write as if they were either the optimistic storyteller – Fritz – or the pessimistic, gloomy clockmaker’s apprentice – Karl. Two of my more reluctant writers wrote wonderful stories. I … Read more
Year 6 created their double page spread to conclude our history unit for the Spring Term. Discussing with them, they reported enjoying creating a page to display all that they had learned.