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24 June 2016

This week’s spellings highlight some words which require a hyphen along with some other simple words which have tricky spellings which we often forget.

• to co-operate
• co-operated
• co-operating
• to co-ordinate
• co-ordinated
• co-ordinating
• to co-own
• to re-enter
• re-entering
• re-entered
• queue
• rhythm
• rhyme
• shoulder

These spellings will be tested on Friday 01 July. Spelling should be practised at least four times a week for about ten minutes each time and we’ve created lots of different ways to practise spelling while in class which children can use at home.

24 June 2016

This week’s Talk Time homework is due on Wednesday 29 June.

I can cope with an unexpected change.

This is our SEAL statement next week as part of our Changes SEAL theme. Discuss – perhaps over dinner – what unexpected changes might happen to people and suggest ways we can deal with these changes calmly and confidently.

We’ll be discussing this in our circle time next week so don’t forget to write a few notes to focus your discussion in class.

Hotshots total

Thanks to your generous sponsorship, we have raised £635.20 from our Hotshots event during the Money Matters themed week.  The money will be split between our current school charities, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and Leeds Mind.

Money from our other fundraising event from the themed week, our penny trail, is still being counted!

EU referendum

Whilst the real referendum takes place across the country today, we held our own mini-referendum in Year 6 yesterday. Combining learning from the previous day with learning from last week’s homework, the children took part in a debate against each other.

There were three debates in total, all focusing on five key areas of the debate: immigration; the economy; pay and taxes; the cost of being in the EU; and terrorism and security.

All of the debates were of a high quality; we definitely have some budding politicians in our class. It was great to see how children could articulate their responses whilst remaining respectful to the opposite side.

Here are some action shots:

Afterwards, we voted. The results were:

Remain – 22

Leave – 7

So, according to Year 6, Britain should remain a member of the European Union.

24 June 2016

I can complete a diary about my lifestyle.

The homework this week involves completing a health diary, for the next seven days, to use when completing the online My Health My School survey.  This will take place in school over the next few weeks.

Questions include what snacks they eat, how much exercise they do and how long they spend doing different activities.  The data is used by local government to understand what children’s lives are like and how healthy they are.

The diaries and the survey itself remain confidential and personal information will not be discussed in school if children don’t want to.

Please support your child to complete the diary as accurately as possible and return the completed survey by Monday 04 July.

Homework Review 22.06.16

As always, our responses to our creative homework (I can show what I know about the EU referendum) were brilliant this week. Who knew they had such an interest in politics? We had quizzes, PowerPoint presentations, persuasive letters, information leaflets and even a home-made ballot box with voting slips. It was great to see how proud the children were to show off their homework and it was obvious that efforts had been made to impress each other – keep it up – I love homework! 

Here are some of our favourites:

PS Some children might notice the variety of the punctuation in this post; it is one of our new writing targets. I’ve managed to use a colon, a semi colon, a dash, a comma, a question mark and even a few full stops! (And an exclamation mark.) 

Leeds United Football Training 

This afternoon, the Y6 children have enjoyed an amazing lesson by Leeds United. Starting with the amusing warm up and then followed by an immensely enjoyable lesson.

Clearly having fun!
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Researching Ancient Egypt

Today, using key word searches and our scanning and skimming skills, we have been researching some different areas of Ancient Egyptian life.

World History topic

This week marks the beginning of our latest topic: World History. In this topic, children will be learning about one of three civilisations: Benin, Ancient Islamic and Maya.

Today, we had a ‘taster’ session of each civilisation and found out lots of things we never knew:

• Did you know that the Mayans may have invented basketball?
• Or, did you know that the Ancient Islamic Civilisation were inventing machines that may have helped humans to fly thousands of years before the Wright brothers?

Children will now complete an independent research task to create a fact-filled project board about a civilisation of their choice whilst focusing on skills related to the foundation subject age-related expectations for Year 5 and Year 6.

It might look something like this:

You could help at home by:

• asking your child to think about the pros and cons for researching each civilisation
• spending time researching their chosen civilisation with them (using a range of reliable sources – not just Google!)
• encouraging them to carry out independent research
• discussing the importance of using reliable (and appropriate) sources when researching

School Saving Accounts

Our next paying in session for children with School Saving Accounts is this week.

• Wednesday 22 June 3.15pm

You’re welcome to accompany your child to pay in their money.  If you can’t come, or maybe your child is at an after-school club, you can bring money to the office in a sealed envelope marked ‘School Saving Account’ with your child’s paying in card and this will be deposited into their account.

Also, it’s not too late to open an account.  Please ask at the office for an application form.

The next paying in session this term is Wednesday 20 July 3.15pm.