Year 6: The Elephants: Blog items
Snow day, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 12:11pm
Here are some pictures of us enjoying the snow on Tuesday.
Signs of Spring, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 3rd Mar 2018 @ 12:00pm
We went looking for signs of spring. We wrote a letter to show how we know that spring is coming.
Writing Challenge, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 2nd Mar 2018 @ 6:57pm
Thank you to all of the children and teachers for creating such a magnificent story.
Week Beginning Monday 26th February 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 24th Feb 2018 @ 2:17pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying the sunshine this weekend!
Here is what the Meerkats are doing this week:
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Maths |
We are solving addition and subtraction problems. We will need to use some of our learning about measuring from last week to help us! |
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English |
We are reading Little Red Riding Hood. We are studying the characters and setting. We will also be looking at words with -ed endings and continuing our look at conjunctions. |
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Reading |
Year One is now reading in class four times per week. This means that books will now be changed on a Friday. Please see Parent mail for more information (Monday 26th February 2018) |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group are working on alternative pronounciations, Mrs Coxhead's group are practising reading and writing phase 5 graphemes in words and sentences. |
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Seasonal Changes |
We are learning about the changes in springtime. We are spotting signs of springs and drawing and painting some of the changes. |
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Jigsaw |
We are learning how to make healthy lifestyle choices. |
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PE |
We are combining our dance sequences from the little pigs and the wolf to create a new dance. |
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World Book Day |
On Friday, it is World Book Day. Children can dress-up in Winter Olympic themed clothes. We are reading Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner. |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
Mrs Coxhead
Week Beginning Monday 19th February 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 13th Feb 2018 @ 7:55pm
Hello :)
I hope that you had a wonderful break celebrating Shrove Tuesday, St Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year. Here is the plan for this week:
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English |
We are reading the story of Hansel and Gretel. We will use conjunctions and learn about the prefix 'un'. |
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Maths |
We are measuring! We will measure length/height using a ruler and we will have a go at measuring mass/weight. |
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Phonics |
We are doing some more assessments from last half-term. While that's going on we'll review some of the phase 5 sounds we have done up until now. |
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PE |
We are dancing to Flight of the Bumblebee, as Little Pigs who are afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. |
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Jigsaw |
We are launching our Healthy Me topic. We'll have a look at the difference between healthy and unhealthy and find some ways to keep healthy. |
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History |
We are learning about important events that have happened in our lifetimes. We will also compare birthdays today with birthdays that happened in the past (1930s). |
I have attached the topic letter for this half-term to our class page. Please take a look.
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,
Mrs Coxhead
Barton Grange Trip, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 13th Feb 2018 @ 9:40am
We had a great time visiting Barton Grange garden centre. I hope you are taking good care of your lettuce seeds!
Stretchy flowers, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 9:07am
In Jigsaw, we made stretchy flowers to remind us that our brains our stretchy. They stretch when we learn new things and do things that challenge us.
Week Beginning Monday 5th February 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 3rd Feb 2018 @ 12:47pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying your weekends. Next week is our termly check-up week. Children will be completing assessments throughout the week. Here is the plan for next week:
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English |
We are completing our work on Jack and the Beanstalk. We will retell the story and then write our own version with a different character. |
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Maths |
We will be learning about quarter, half, three quarter and full turns. |
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Phonics |
We will be completing practise phonics screening checks as part of our check-up week. |
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Jigsaw |
We will be learning about how challenges can stretch our learning and learning about obstacles that can make challenges more difficult and how to overcome them. |
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PE |
In PE we will continue our dances about The Three Little Pigs. |
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Trip |
On Thursday morning we are visiting Barton Grange. School will provide your child with a packed lunch (as we will be a little late for hot dinners) unless you have indicated that you would rather prepare your own packed lunch at home. |
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Tuesday |
On Tuesday, Mrs Coxhead is on a course. Mrs Robinson will cover and do some Relax Kids activities. |
This week, Holiday Passports will be put inside red book bags to complete over half-term.
Many thanks,
Mrs Coxhead
Plants and growth projects continued, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:21am
We shared the rest of our brilliant projects this week. I think we learned lots about plants and growth just by hearing about the projects!
Telling the time, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:18am
We have been learning to tell the time to the hour. We have started to read the time to the half hour, too. We have discussed the activities that we do at different times of the day.
Success coins, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 1st Feb 2018 @ 8:16am
We discussed being successful in Jigsaw yesterday. We each received a coin with one of our successes written on it. We made a treasure chest to keep our success coin inside.
Jigsaw Afternoon Tea, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 28th Jan 2018 @ 11:51pm
Thank you to all who came to our Information Afternoon Tea, all about Jigsaw.
If you were unable to attend and wish to know more you can find the Powerpoint on the PSHE page of the website in the section 'Parent Information Page'. There are also further documents under PSHE curriculum.
Mrs Catterall
Week Beginning Monday 29th January 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:41pm
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying your weekend!
Here is what we are doing this week:
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Maths |
We are telling the time to the hour and half hour on an analogue clock. We will also discuss what we do at different times of the day. |
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English |
We are reading the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We will identify and discuss the main character. We will infer Jack's feelings when he is at the top of the beanstalk. |
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Phonics |
Mrs Thomson's group is learning alternative pronounciations for 'ie' and 'ea'. Mrs Coxhead's group is beginning to learn about split diagraphs. |
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Jigsaw |
We will begin our Dreams and Goals topic. |
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PE |
We will begin our dance unit. |
On Tuesday it is our dress rehearsal for the Bee Musical. If you have not sent in your child's costume, please could you send it to school on Monday. If you are unable to find the bits that your child needs, don't worry, but please let us know so that we can try to find them.
I look forward to seeing you all next week.
Many thanks,
Mrs Coxhead
Reading with our buddies, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:17pm
Our buddies, in Year Six, kindly visited us to hear our reading. The children seemed to really enjoy themselves.
Plants and growth projects, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 27th Jan 2018 @ 4:08pm
Thank you for the effort that you have put into your wonderful projects. We have been sharing them with the class. We have not shared them all yet - we will share the rest next week.
Week Beginning Monday 23rd January 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 20th Jan 2018 @ 12:06pm
Hello all :)
I hope that you are having a great weekend!
We have one more week of hard work on the play and then we will be back to normal timetable! This week we are rounding off our work on money in maths. Counting how much money we have and selecting coins to make an amount. In English, we have our own targets to do a little writing about how bees make honey. We are also working on our written comprehension skills. In phonics, Mrs Thomson's group is working on different pronounciations of 'u' and 'ie'. Mrs Coxhead's group is working on ph, wh, au and oe.
Couple of notes about The Bee Musical:
- Thank you for your support with costumes and learning lines so far.
- Please remember to bring costumes to school in named bag. If there are any bits that you don't have at home, please let us know as soon as possible so we have time to get them.
- This week homework is to work hard on our lines so that we are confident with our words. Remember to have a listen to the songs, too!
I look forward to seeing you next week.
Many thanks,
Mrs Coxhead
Week Beginning Monday 15th January 2018, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 13th Jan 2018 @ 1:32pm
Hello all :)
I hope that you are enjoying your weekend!
This week, our main focus is The Bee Musical - learning our lines, knowing when to be on and off stage, learning our songs and actions! In English, we are reading The Enormous Turnip and using joining words. In maths, we are using our knowledge of counting in steps to count money. In phonics, Mrs Coxhead's group is learning ue, aw, ew, wh and ph. Mrs Thomson's group is learning alternative pronounciations for C and G.
Also, Linda sent out a Parentmail earlier in the week about projects, sorry that this doesn't give you lots of time to think about/prepare a project. I had completely forgotten about projects! As email states, the theme is plants and growth. If you are stuck for ideas, let me know or sometimes parents with older children in the school have a good ideas from past projects.
Thank you for your support with The Bee Musical. Please get in touch if you have any questions!
Many thanks,
Mrs Coxhead
Odd and even, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 13th Jan 2018 @ 1:16pm
We learned about odd and even numbers. We used Numicon to see the difference between how odd and even numbers look. We also have this rhyme to help us remember odd and even numbers.
0, 2, 4, 6, 8 being even is just great
1, 3, 5, 7, 9 being odd is just fine
The Bee Musical: Words and music, by Mrs Coxhead
Date: 10th Jan 2018 @ 10:26pm
Listen to the tracks and practise at home!
Please note, we are only learning the first verse of The Bee's Knees. Please just practise this one!
Many thanks,
Mrs Hothersall and Mrs Coxhead
Week Beginning Monday 8th January 2018, by Miss Adamson
Date: 6th Jan 2018 @ 12:25pm
Hello all :)
Happy New Year! I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas break!
Here is what we are doing next week:
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Maths |
We are working on number and place value. Specifically, we are practising careful number formation, finding more and less and odd and even numbers. |
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English |
Father Christmas gave us the story of Bumblebear. We are looking for words with -ed endings. |
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Phonics |
We will save switching groups until after check-up week so Mrs Thomson's group will study alternative pronunciations for 'i' and 'o'. Mrs Coxhead's group will review ay, ou, ie and ea. |
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PE |
We will be learning about dance. |
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Jigsaw |
We are beginning our new unit called Dreams and Goals. We will set our own simple goals. If you have any little boxes from Christmas at home - e.g. empty Maltesers boxes - these would be handy this week. |
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Bee Musical |
We will begin rehearsals for the Bee Musical. This will feature heavily over the coming weeks! |
I look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
Mrs Coxhead
Happy Christmas, by Miss Adamson
Date: 22nd Dec 2017 @ 8:50pm
Thank you for all your hard work and support this term. I am very grateful for the kind cards and presents I received - thank you very much. I am amazed by your generosity! I hope you will all have a peaceful Christmas. I look forward to seeing you in January.
Nativity songs, by Miss Adamson
Date: 20th Dec 2017 @ 12:43pm
Thank you for supporting our nativity songs. The children and Mrs Bolton worked really hard to learn all those words and tunes!
Christmas Party, by Miss Adamson
Date: 20th Dec 2017 @ 12:40pm
A wonderful time was had at the Reception and KS1 Christmas party. There was brilliant dancing and lots of fun games. We met Father Christmas, again!
Breakfast with Santa, by Miss Adamson
Date: 20th Dec 2017 @ 12:37pm
Many of the meerkats met Father Christmas for breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are some pictures.
Week Beginning Monday 18th December 2017, by Miss Adamson
Date: 16th Dec 2017 @ 11:24am
Hello :)
I hope that you are enjoying this weekend. As that last week before Christmas can be a little different to our usual routine, I have presented what we are doing by days, as opposed to subject:
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Friday |
Christmas Craft Day:
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I look forward to seeing you all on Monday,
Miss Adamson