Welcome to Year 6.
Our Teachers are Mrs Collins and Mrs Aitbenmoussa and our Teaching Assistants are Mrs Rimstad and Mrs Cheruvarthur.
Jul 112025
What a show!
It’s been such a busy week. The children were absolutely thrilled to receive their Leavers’ Hoodies and didn’t want to stop wearing them – even with this heatwave! It is lovely to see.
We were delighted with the two performances of School O Vision 2025, which received a standing ovation from the parents this morning. It has been quite the ride!
Children have gone home today with their SATs results. The Year 6 team could not be more proud of how well the children tackled the tests and the results speak for themselves. See below.
Have a lovely weekend.
The Year 6 Team
Expected Alban City School National Reading 84% 75% Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling 89% 73% Maths 88% 74% Writing (teacher assessment) 79% 72% Science (teacher assessment) 95% 82% Reading, writing and maths combined 77% 62% Greater Depth Alban City School Reading 64% Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling 57% Maths 52% Writing (teacher assessment) 18% Jul 042025
Science, Singing and Spice!
This week has been a whirlwind of activity, with lots of rehearsals for the up and coming performance of School O Vision 2025. In between this, we have managed to make curry. I am sure you are all aware that the children worked in groups to peel, chop, saute, simmer and mix up a delicious vegetarian curry. Lots of children have asked for the recipe so we hope that you will enjoy recreating it at home.
The Science Fair was a roaring success, the children blew us away with their efforts. Lots of adults complimented the groups on knowing and explaining the theory and science behind their projects and doing so enthusiastically and confidently. It was a great morning.
Have a great weekend!
The Year 6
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Jun 272025
Graffiti Workshop Photos
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Jun 272025
Kimchi, Curry Tasting and Careers
Year 6 had a brilliant time visiting Wagamamas in town this week. We were warmly welcomed with goodie bags and smiley faces from the staff. All children got to participate in different challenges and activities: making and drinking their own healthy juices; identifying and tasting a large variety of key ingredients; weighing out and preparing a small recipe to be cooked on the grill. I think we can all agree that we didn’t need our lunch when we got back to school!
And that wasn’t the only food we tasted! On Thursday, we had a curry tasting! Along with a piece of naan bread, the children sampled a range of vegetarian curries; a homemade chickpea curry, kindly made by Mrs Cheru; a Bombay Aloo from M&S and finally a black daal from Infuse Indian Bistro in town. Children discussed the smell, taste and texture and then marked the curries out of 5. We worked out the mean to see which was the favourite.
Careers Day was a great success and Year 6 really enjoyed the talks from a clinical psychologist and a music industry post-graduate. We also heard from a 3D artist, who creates digital models and animations using computers! Following this, we tested some games and gave some useful feedback.
Play practice continues and from next week, we will be including props and eventually costumes. Wish us luck!
Enjoy the summer fair and have a great weekend.
The Year 6 Team
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Jun 252025
Graffiti Stars
As you will have seen, on Friday last week, we all took part in a street art workshop with Graffiti Stars. The children spent some time making their own stencils before being introduced to the spray can techniques. They carefully and thoughtfully painted their backgrounds, using these skills before having their name or a word tagged on to complete the board. The results were fantastic and everyone had a great time.
Photos to follow
Jun 132025
Gilwell Park- Day 3
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Jun 122025
Gilwell Park- Day 2
That’s nearly a wrap on Day 2. The group are enjoying the campfire in the beautiful evening sunshine following an extremely busy day. Bring on the marshmallows!
Activities today have been about challenging fears and working as a team – leap of faith, 3G swing, shelter building, climbing, aero ball and low ropes.
Children are all full up on the hearty meals they are serving and looking forward to enjoying a cheeky snack in their rooms this evening following a trip to the shop.
Homeward bound tomorrow.
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Jun 112025
Birthday Girl!
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Jun 112025
Gilwell Park- Day 1
Excellent first day with archery, 3G swing, firelighting, shelter building and low ropes keeping us busy. Everyone is filled up on garlic bread, lasagne and ice cream.
Rooms are all sorted and they are now enjoying some group games on the field in the evening sunshine.
Fingers crossed for some sleep tonight!
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May 232025
Songs, Species and Sports
This week, we have spent some time practising the songs for the Year 6 production – the singing is really coming along. It was brilliant to see lots of children auditioning for large parts; the teachers had a really tough job allocating the roles. Children should be learning their lines over the half term break so that rehearsals can start straight away after half term.
In English, we worked on a discussion text about endangered animals, where we looked at the reasons why an animal has become threatened and then considered some of the measures which are being taken to by organisations around the world to prevent extinction.
We finished our art project – Activism in Art – with some interesting results. We are hoping to display some of the work next term.
Sports Day rounded off the term nicely and it was great to see everyone taking part and having a go – the new format garnered some excellent results. Congratulations to all the teams that took part and the weather played ball too!
That just remains for us to say, have a lovely half term break.
The Year 6 Team
