Friday 27th September
We have had a brilliant week here in South America. In our English lessons this week, we came to the end of our first unit of writing and published our first stories as year 6. I have to say, I was very impressed with that quality of work produced and can't wait to see how these develop over the year.
One thing in year 6 we like to work on is editing our own work, to spot errors or ways in which we can improve. In order to help us, this week we had some editing stations set up in the classroom to help us work on particular areas of our work: vocabulary, spelling, grammar and punctuation. Each station looked at one aspect for 10 minutes, and the children worked together to help improve their work. It worked really well, and is something we will try and perfect over the coming months as the published pieces were excellent.
We also began our history topics and looked at the Victorians. Mrs Sanderson from North America very kindly brought in some Victorian artefacts for us to look at and we had lots of fun exploring these in class.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Friday 20th September
Well, another fabulous week here in South America. The children really are settling so well into the new school year and I am so proud of them all.
As part of our PE lessons this half term, we have been developing our skills in tag rugby (we actually have a tournament next week). The children showed brilliant listening skills and play the game very well considering it is very new to a lot of them. This week, we had some mini matches to practice ahead of the tournament. I was so proud of their resilience and determination during the lesson; they all worked so hard and showed brilliant teamwork.
I hope you all have a great weekend!
Friday 13th September
Well, unlucky for some but hopefully a lucky one for everyone in South America. I just want to say a huge thank you to you all for such a wonderful start to year 6. I really have been so impressed with everyone's hard work and enthusiasm; I just know this is going to be a wonderful year for us all!
This week in science, we began looking at our new top of 'Light'. We discussed different sources of light and how some things, like the moon, actually only reflect other sources of light. We also conducted an experiment to prove that light travels in straight lines using torches and card with holes in. The light only passed through when the holes in the card were perfectly lined up, which showed us that light only travels in straight lines.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and don't forget we are voting for our school council representative on Monday. If you would like to be considered, please have a speech ready for Monday's voting. :D
Friday 6th September
Well, what a fabulous first week back here in South America! We have been busy with lots of different things this week, one of which has been starting some sewing practice ahead of our DT project that we are starting next week. In order to re-familiarise ourselves with sewing, we created little pet mice using some old fabric. The children did find this a little tricky to start with, but most of us found our rhythm before long. I know that these skills will only continue to grow over the coming weeks and I can't wait to see how our DT turns out.
A huge well done to all of the year 6's for completing their cross country trials today. Again, I know it's a very tricky skill but they all showed such determination and I was so proud of them all.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!