Welcome to 6H Class Page! Mrs Heggs is our class teacher and Miss Jago and Miss Riley work with our class as well. We will keep updating this page to make sure you are aware of everything that we have been doing!
Welcome Back! It is hard to believe that we are now in our last term of the school year and your child’s last term at primary school! It has been a fantastic year so far and we are looking forward to the exciting times ahead!
On Friday we have a very exciting day planned: In the morning we have a theatre group coming in to perform ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.’ Then in the afternoon, year six will be participating in a Science/Technology workshop looking at models and speed.
With it now being only 100 days until the Olympics hit Great Britain, our topic for this half term is going to focus on the Ancient Greeks and the history of the Olympics, leading to a complete Olympic topic in Summer 2. 
The children will be taught how to debate in the context of different governments in Ancient Greece and the fairness of how they were led.
The course of the topic for this half term will result in two specific team work challenges. The children will be taught how to work well as part of a team, developing roles and negotiating with one another.
In Science this half term, again linking to the Olympic theme, we are looking at “Healthy Living.” Children will learn: about a balanced diet and the main food groups, the function of the heart, and muscles and how they work.
The SATs will take place in the week of Monday 14th May – Friday 18th May. The timetable is set nationally for all schools and is as follows:
Monday 14th May: English Reading Test
Tuesday 15th May: Writing Test (short), Spelling Test & Writing Test(long)
These Writing papers will be marked internally with the levels
going towards the Learning Group teacher’s overall judgement.
Wednesday 16th May: Mental Maths Test &Maths Test A (non-calculator)
Thursday 17th May: Maths Test B (calculator allowed)
The SATs tests are national statutory tests and are taken in English and
Mathematics. This year sees a change to the way that the English tests are
administered. The Writing level is now purely down to a judgement from your child’s target group teacher rather than from a one off test, which we are delighted about.
This should give a much more rounded assessment of your child’s Writing instead of relying on several factors to come together on one day in May!However, Reading and maths assessments will still be conducted in the same fashion as in previous years during SATs week.
We are very proud of the way in which all of the children are preparing for the SATs and hope that they continue to use their revision guides and complete homework tasks to enable them to achieve as highly as they can!
Spring term is now well under way and we are thoroughly enjoying our most recent topic:
Location, Location, Location!
Children have begun to investigate the similarities and differences between England and Nepal. They have been learning key map reading skills and researching all about the climate, land use, population, clothing and food particular to that area.
During literacy lessons this week, the children have written fantastic descriptive pieces of writing, using images from Nepal. (Snippets from writing to follow on this page!)
Starting next week, the children will use the internet to plan a trip to Nepal from Cadishead! They will have to find out exactly which modes of transport they will need and how much everything will cost. They will have to provide information about how long the journey will take and what the time difference will be at each destination.
*It would be really useful, for background information, if you could pick up any holiday brochures whilst out shopping, which feature Nepal.
Next half term we will be contacting a school in Nepal, by letter writing, email and internet to find out direct comparisons with their school life.
In Science we have begun our topic on Changing States. Children have revised their knowledge of solids, liquids and gases and each of their properties. Today, we found out why ice has a greater volume than water. We did link this to a method for stretching shoes that are too small, by stuffing a wet cloth in them and putting them in the freezer! I will apologise now for any shoes that may go missing as a result of this!
We will continue to learn all about the Water Cycle and write detailed explanations of how this works. This understanding of water is being enhanced through our indoor PE lessons, where we have begun a dance entitled “The River.”
Before Christmas took over our lives, we continued with our topic on Britain Since 1948. Our trip to the Museum of Science of Industry was a big success, so thank you for contributing! We got to see the changes in transport, textiles, sewers and water (eeurgghh!) gas and electricity. The year 5s even spotted a picture of Mrs Heggs’ great uncle, who alongside Alan Turin, invented the first computer! We were fascinated by the fact that it was the size of a small bedroom.
On Friday 18th November, upper key stage went back in time as a way to learn more about the fashion and music developments over the past six decades. Everyone dressed up in key clothing from one of the decades and we had a great retro disco in the hall bopping the afternoon away. Thank you to any parents who attended. Check out 5Ms page for photos.
Well, this is it… the Amazing Army of Hardworking Ants have reached their final year of primary school… and so far, it has to be said, they have made a fantastic start to the school year. The prefects are setting an excellent example for the rest of the school and we are currently in the process of electing house captains for our new and improved 6 houses!The children have so far been learning about the changes in Britain since 1948, focusing specifically on changes in transport and technology.
