Handy hints for Year 6 SATS Revision Tips
The motto in Year 6 is to 'Put 110% into everything we do and never settle for less than the best!' This means that we have a great time and pack loads into everyday. We have indoor PE on Thursday as part of the Roundabout activities and outside games on a Friday. Homework is given out on a Friday and tested the following Friday - this can include, General Knowledge, Spelling and Meanings, Maths and Reading. We have loads of trips and outside visitors to help us with our learning and personal development in Year 6. These include Hooke Court, Play in a day, Architectural Workshop, Robotics, Life Skills, First Aid training and Dartmoor. In Year 6 we are very particular about keeping our area clean. We always remember to put on our slippers in the classroom!
Year Five and Six Corridor Challenge
This term, year five and six have been set a ‘corridor cleaning challenge’. The task is to keep each class coat peg area as tidy as possible throughout the day. In year six this also includes the shoes and slippers. Each class has elected slipper and cloakroom monitors who have been working hard to organise and tidy these areas on behalf of their classmates.
Throughout the day the ‘corridor fairy’ journeys along the corridors and marks each class out of ten for their tidiness. So far the standard has been very high and the results are incredibly close. At the end of the term the winners will be announced and awarded their class prize. This term the prize will be a whole class cinema experience (film yet to be decided) in the school hall including popcorn and comfortable chairs!!!
We have been really impressed with how the children have risen to this challenge and it has certainly helped to keep our corridors a tidy and safe place. Thank you and well done to year five and six. Keep up the hard work!
ICT Week: During our whole school ICT themed week year six took part in many technologically focussed activities. We started the week with a Robotics day. The hall was set out with workstations around the edges and two challenge mats were placed in the middle. The children were divided into groups of four and had to build, program and then test the robot on the challenge mats. The groups were awarded points if they managed to successfully programme the robot to ‘release the dolphin’ or
‘climb the ramp’. This was a great opportunity for the children to put their control technology skills to real use.
During the rest of the week the children planned, wrote and then animated their own versions of traditional stories. This involved designing their own backdrops and characters, storyboarding their tale and then animating then using the Digital Blue cameras.
The children also designed story mats for the Bee Bots based on the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Once these had been created the children then paired themselves with children from year one to complete a treasure island challenge.
Another activity that the children took part in was a video analysis workshop in PE. The children were instructed to create different gymnastic manoeuvres at one station and then at the next station they were able to watch their manoeuvre replayed to them so that they could evaluate their performance and improve it for the next time. Also in PE the children took part in a BLOBS session which is similar to following a dance mat routine. This tested both the staff and children!
Five representatives from year six were also chosen to take part in a video conference with a school in Bradley Stoke. They talked about their personal challenge work and showed the children some of the models and booklets that they had produced. The children from the other school were very interested in our challenge work as they were also studying the Ancient Egyptians in their history work. Hopefully there will be more opportunities for some videoconferencing later in the year.
The children worked very hard during the week and produced some great examples of how ICT can be used to enhance children’s creative and collaborative learning.
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Year Six Personal Challenge
During Term two the children in year six worked on their first Year Six Personal Challenge. The children were given the task of becoming a year six
Egyptology Expert. Some of their areas of study included hieroglyphics, pyramids, gods and pharaohs and The River Nile. The children were given time during their ICT and class lessons to plan and produce their work in addition to this many children also worked along side their parents at home.
The children were given a blank canvas regarding how they wished to present their work. Some chose to make leaflets and booklets, others produced 3D models and displays which depicted their knowledge. The Year 6 children invited their parents to come and view their hard work for a gallery open afternoon so that they could talk about, share and celebrate their work. Many of the parents commented on how impressed they were with the high standard of work produced but also the children’s ability to confidently talk about their learning.
Mr Fry and Miss Dean were really proud of the children’s hard working and mature approach to their challenges. They were particularly impressed with the ‘inner’ knowledge that the children had gained. Well done Year 6! |
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IIn Year 6 Cushions we designed and made cushions as part of the Design Technology curriculum. We think we did a pretty good job!
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