We finished our class book, Leila and the Blue Fox this week and the children have really enjoyed writing an extended blog post based on her adventures in the Arctic and what the main character has learned. We have started our new class book which is ‘Once’ by Morris Gleitzman and it links in nicely with our World War 2 topic.
Algebra – a much feared topic in maths – was on the agenda this week. I think the children were surprised to see how quickly they grasped some of the basic concepts and by the end of the week were getting stuck in and solving some more challenging problems.
In topic, we continue to be impressed with the pupils’ enthusiasm when learning about World War 2. This week, our focus was the changing role of women during this period. Lots of brilliant discussion and hot potato topics that were sensibly spoken and written about.
Science has been the highlight of the week in Year 6. We delved further into our topic of Light and focused on the ‘spectrum of light’ where we discussed what white light is, what produces white light and the spectrum of colours that appear. When white light (light with no colour filters) is refracted using a glass prism or water, the colours bend and separate into the colours of the rainbow. Red is at the top as it bends the least and violet is at the bottom as it bends the most. We used the idea of Newton’s disc to create a spinning wheel that has the colours of the rainbow on it. When you spin it quick enough, the colours merge to a white representing white light. Everyone LOVED it!
Everyone loved the Lion Dance assembly, held on Tuesday to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
For homework, we have suggested that the children look through their past SATs papers to revise and go over questions.
Homework:
Read x 6
TTRS x 5 mins per day (minimum of 35 minutes in total)
Oracy – Debate with family
Art – Collect resources
(Details on Google Classroom)
We wish everyone a restful and relaxing half term break.
The Year 6 Team
