Year 6: The Koalas: Blog items
Royal wedding lunch, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 17th May 2018 @ 12:13pm
Lunch outside for the Royal Wedding
Monday fun in the sun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 14th May 2018 @ 2:13pm
This afternoon we made the most of the sunshine. We have been learning outside, reading, writing and learning through play.
Friday fun, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th May 2018 @ 4:29pm
We have been subtracting in maths this week and counting in 10's. Also our caterpillars are starting to make cocoons and have clung to the top of the cup, see if you can spot them.
Brenda's boring egg., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 9th May 2018 @ 4:11pm
This weeks fairytale is The Ugly Duckling, and we have been looking at the lifecycle of ducks, chicks and generally all birds. Today we read a lovely story about Brenda and her egg, all the other mummy Ducks had the most amazing coloured eggs but Brenda's was just white. When the eggs all hatched all the ducklings were unique in their own way but they were all brown. We then made our own fluffy ducklings.
Amazing lifecycles, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 4th May 2018 @ 7:04pm
We have been so busy over the last three weeks finding out about different lifecycles. We have been making lifecycles, writing stories and much more. Take a look at our fantastic learning environment.
Gingerbread men, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 2nd May 2018 @ 5:53pm
Today we made and then tasted gingerbread men. Run, run as fast as you can....we can catch you, delicious gingerbread man!
Outdoor PE, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 30th Apr 2018 @ 11:38am
We have had loads of fun doing PE outside. We had a go at the obstacle race ready for sports day. Next we had a go at the running race and we ran all the way around the field. Finally we finished with parachute games. We made a mushroom and played popcorn.
Looking at our learning journals, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 9:10pm
This afternoon we all had great fun looking at our learning journals so far. We had fun remembering all the fun we have had so far in reception. We could not believe how far we have come since September.
Assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:32am
Friendship was the theme in today's assembly. When we walked into the hall there was a question, that question was what does being a good friend mean to you ? We had a challenge where we had to finish a sentence with a different thing about our friends. One of the sentence starters was my friend is different to me because... we came up with because we are all unique! We then had some time to think about the qualities of our best friend. Good friends listen, so we looked at, the rules of listening. The rules of listening are: be still, look at the speaker, nod and look interested and ask questions that relate on what the speaker is saying. We were talking about how a good friend says nice things to us and how it makes us feel happy. We said that you can give your friends a positive stroke. We don't physically stroke them, but we give them a compliment or say well done. This makes the person you said it to feel happy, just like when you stroke a cat, it feels good and makes them happy and purr.
by Gracie and Abigail
Picture News - British Values - w/c 23rd April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 27th Apr 2018 @ 7:27am
Sorry for the dealy, I didnt make it go live!
If you have Gracie and Abigail's Assembly Blog from Monday you will have discovered our topic for discussion this week was Loneliness.
New arrivals, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 2:36pm
We had a delivery by post today. A box arrived with 5 tiny caterpillars in. We have been learning about lifecycles of a tadpole a bean and now a butterfly. We haven't yet talked about the lifecycle of a butterfly but we have put the caterpillars in a safe place and letting them settle into class and grow! We will talk about the lifecycle of a butterfly next week.
Number bonds to 5, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 11:36am
We collected 5 beans and then found how many ways we could make number sentences that add up to 5.
Marvellous magnificent models!, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th Apr 2018 @ 10:01am
Mondays assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2018 @ 8:09pm
Blog written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about what does loneliness feel like? Loneliness may be when you are homeless , alone and left out. The U.K., sadly, has loneliness problems. Many people assume that it is just elderly people who are lonely, but 1 in 20 Young people have actually said they are lonely, they are the heart of the problem. Some of the cause of being lonely are if you are starting a new school or if you are just naturally shy. We looked at some pictures with groups of children in them, we had to think, which child was feeling lonely, on one, one of the people were on there own, so we knew that that child was lonely. We then looked at a letter in which a mum had wrote about her daughter because she was shy, had no brother or sisters and the mum was asking for advice. Once we had read the letter we thought of ways we would include the little girl. We had lots of ideas like: invite her to parties, ask her to play a game with you in the playground and make the effort. We got set a challenge to look out for people who were a bit lonely in the playground and see if they would like to play a game with you. We also need to remember that sometimes people aren't lonely, they might just want some alone time.
Thursday assembly blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 7:07am
In assembly today we started off thinking about the word devotion and what are we devoted to. We shared our thoughts about how we know someone I'd devoted to a football team or a pop band. We listened to a story from India. This story happened 300 years ago! In our reflection we thought about some famous words one of the gurus in our story said. We also thought about how we can be brave and little things we would do that we were, in the past, afraid to do.
Tadpoles in reception., by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 5:31pm
We are finding out about Spring time and life cycles. This week we have got some frog spawn and tadpoles in class.
Picnic lunch in the sun x, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 11:58am
The sun is out and so are we! A picnic lunch in the sun.
Tuesday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:53pm
Written by our Year 6 PSHE leaders
Today in our jigsaw assembly we learnt about friendships and relationships. Our title in jigsaw this half term is about friendships. We were talking about how baking a chocolate cake is like making a new friend. We put in our suggestions about the ingredients of a friendship, we had: loyalty, kindness, fun, and a friend that is always our friend. We had some time to think about if we had been kind to our friends today. We always have to remember to listen to our friends, to share with our friends, be kind to our friends and of course have fun with our friends!
Monday Assembly Blog, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2018 @ 8:50pm
Written by our year 6 PSHE leaders
Today's assembly was about, how much of our lives should we share with others? In the news this week it said about how lots of people's private information was leaked all over Facebook. We learnt about how things in the past have now changed, like how in the past we would go to the travel agents if we wanted to go on holiday, but now we can go onto the internet and book there instead. We have also been thinking about how you would act in different situations like how you would act when arguing with your brother or sister. Facebook is now thinking about a messenger app for kids, as lots of adults use it. Parents will be able to look at what their child has been doing on this app. It will allow children to communicate even if they do not have a phone number. Our reflection today was about the rules of law and we had a lot of questions.
Throwing and catching in PE, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 10:55am
We have been having a go at throwing and catching with a partner. It's great fun working with a friend.
Picture News - British Values - w/c 16th April, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Apr 2018 @ 8:05am
Please find attached a copy of the picture news resource we will be discussing in assembly this week.
Take some time to chat about it at home.
Picture News , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Apr 2018 @ 11:07pm
Dear parents
Picture News is a resource we use in our assemblies to share and dicusss with the children.
This week our assembly was titled, 'Who does the World belong to?' This also linked with our assembly about 'Earth Day'.
A Picture News - home resources is attached to this blog. Please look out for a parent mail giving you more infomation and look back at the blog each week to find out more about the news topics we will be exploring in school.
Mrs Catterall
Buddy time, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 12th Apr 2018 @ 3:31pm
We had a buddy time this afternoon. We had free choice and then meditation.
Writing fairy stories, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th Apr 2018 @ 6:59pm
This weeks story is 3 little pigs. So we've all had a go at writing the story. We are also making a castle for the giant in Jack and the beanstalk.
Welcome back after Easter, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 11th Apr 2018 @ 6:56pm
Hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday. We've a fun filled half term all about fairy tales planned. We've been number crazy and having fun take a look.
