Friday, 30 November 2012

Shapes and Nutrition

We are learning about shapes and their properties in maths at the moment. Here are a few resources to use to help learn continue your learning at home.
 
 
 

Use the following link and food pyramid diagram to help with the food-diary homework:

Healthy Eating BBC activities


 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Friday, 9 November 2012

Mountain Environments


Use these links to help you research mountain environments for this week's homework.

Mountain environment information (woodlands website)

Channel 4 mountain environments

Mountain animals

The National Geographic Kids site has lots of good information. Click on the 'mountain environment' button on the right of this page.

Pika










Snow Leopard













Ibex

Saturday, 20 October 2012

Harvest Homework

Apologies for the delay. Here are some links for the Harvest research homework:

Harvest customs

History of harvest festival

Harvest festivals around the world (you could pick a couple of countries to research)

Christian harvest festival (BBC video)

UK and African harvest festival traditions

Please do not copy lots of writing from websites or books. Note down key words and then write a few sentences or notes in your own words.


Thursday, 18 October 2012

Dioramas

On Monday Year 6 got rather creative on their return to Wykeham. They created some rather exciting dioramas showing their highlights from the Kingswood Trip (or the fun week of activities for those who did not go to Norfolk).

See how many activities you can recognise!

Friday, 12 October 2012

Kingswood Trip; Friday

We are all home safe and sound with no-one left behind. We were taking part in activities right up until our final lunch at Kingswood.

Lots of tired and happy faces on the way back. Luckily the children have learned lots of fun songs which they performed for most of the journey. 

We have had a great week and are very proud of the children for everything they achieved. Thanks to all parents for their kind comments about the blog, I'm really glad everyone enjoyed the photos.





Thursday, 11 October 2012

Kingswood Trip: Thursday

I have torn myself away from the lively last-night disco, to start sorting out the final blog post from Kingswood. Some very impressive moves on display. Really pleased to see loads of comments with messages for the children, will pass them all on.

The weather has been more overcast today, with just a drizzle of rain this evening. We went to the beach this morning for some exciting rock-pooling. The children were very engrossed finding all sorts of fascinating creatures. After that, we headed to the lifeboat museum, which was nice and hands-on, including some dressing up and an opportunity for shopping. This afternoon we somehow managed to fit in two activities before the disco.

We still have more activities tomorrow morning before we head off after lunch. I think everyone will sleep well on the coach- teachers and children alike.






Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Kingwood Trip: Wednesday

Unbelievably, the good weather has continued. The children have had another lovely and very busy day. This evening, the blog post is a bit earlier, because the children were all contained in their last activity for the day- a scrap-heap challenge, so I was able to start uploading early. Activities have included more leaps of faith, frisbee golf, orienteering, laser tag and adding their own soundtrack to their stop-motion animated movies (will see if I can publish those on youtube after the trip).

Have passed on all the messages in the comments, which the children really liked. Beach tomorrow morning, then more activities and then disco in the evening.





Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Kingswood Trip: Tuesday

The children have had a really busy packed day and amazingly the weather has stayed beautifully sunny all day! We split off into four groups  and embarked on a full timetable of activities. These included: archery, Jacob's Ladder (a climbing challenge), leap of faith, woodland problem solving, den-building, quad-biking and stop-motion animation.

We ended the day with a murder-mystery evening. So if you see some suspicious characters in one of the slideshows (including a bearded nun) then that explains it. 

Looking forward to another full day and a continuation of this lovely weather tomorrow.







Monday, 8 October 2012

We have arrived...

We have safely arrived at Kingswood, and the children are now in their beds after a busy first day. First, we were shown around the site and got to have a peek at some of the exciting facilities we will be using during the week. The children put their bags away in their rooms and made their beds (duvet covers proved a great challenge!)

After the tour, the children had some free time to explore in small groups, play football and frisbee and generally run off some energy. Dinner was chicken, potatoes and vegetables. We managed to fit in our first organised activities (split into our four groups) before joining together again for a camp-fire singing and joke-telling session.

Everyone ended the first day happy and tired. First full day of activities is tomorrow.






Friday, 5 October 2012

Kingswood Trip

Departure arrangements

Just a quick reminder about departure arrangements for Monday. The coach will be leaving at 10am. If parents want to see their children off, then they can arrive at 9:30am. Leave luggage by the KS1 ramp.

If any parents are unable to see their children off at 9:30am, they can bring them into school for 8:45am and say goodbye then.

Parents will then be able to drop off money and medication. Once registered, children will collect their luggage and take it to the coach.

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Harvest Festival Assembly

As promised, please find below the videos and lyrics for our harvest assembly songs.

Autumn Days (lyrics included in video)




Harvest for the World

All babies together 
Everyone a seed 
Half of us are satisfied 
Half of us in need 
Love’s bountiful in us 
Tarnished by our greed 
Oh, when will there be 
A harvest for the world 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
Hey 

A nation of plenty 
So concerned with gain 
As the seasons come and go 
Greater grows the pain 
And far too many 
Feelin’ the strain 
Oh, when will there be 
A harvest for the world 

Yeah, yeah 

Gather every man 
Gather every woman 
Celebrate your lives 
Give thanks for your children (No) 
Gather everyone (Gather everyone) 
Gather all together (Gather all together) 
Overlookin’ none (Overlookin’ none) 
Hopin’ life gets better for the world 

Yeah, yeah, yeah 
Oh 

Dress me up for battle 
When all I want is peace 
Those of us who pay the price 
Come home with the least 
And nation after nation 
Turnin’ into beasts 
Oh, when will there be 
A harvest for the world 

Yeah, hey 
When will there be 
I wanna know now, now 
When will there be a harvest

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Friday, 28 September 2012

Anne Frank links

Here are a few Anne Frank links to help with your homework. If you find any other good pages, do  let us know in the comments.

Anne Frank Musuem


Anne Frank Facts


Anne Frank's Story


Sunday, 23 September 2012

Mapping the world

In ICT we are currently learning about map software and how extra information can be included to make them more useful. 

On Thursday, we will be going out in the local area (please return your slips!) to take some photographs which we will then put into a map using Google Earth to help share some information about road safety.

We will also be learning how to use online mapping tools such as google maps.

We may be using the following links in the ICT lessons this week. All will be explained then! Meanwhile, feel free to explore them yourself:





Thursday, 20 September 2012

Winners...

Here are the official election results:

Head boy: Ryan Blinkhorne
Vice head boy: Brandon-Lee Russell
Head girl:Holly Lamport

Vice head girl: Chloe Jaffer

House captains
Emeralds: Dulcie Barlow
Diamonds: Emily Lloyd
Rubies: Connor Crouchman
Sapphires: Jack Maydell


House captains

Emeralds: Dulcie Barlow
Diamonds: Emily Lloyd
Rubies: Connor Crouchman
Sapphires: Jack Maydell

Well done to all the winners- we are sure you will serve the school with distinction. Also, very well done to everyone who was brave enough to put themselves forward as candidates for election and make a scary speech in front of the whole school. We are very proud of you all!


Saturday, 15 September 2012

Welcome/ Election Time!

Welcome!


Welcome to our year 6 blog. This blog will keep you up to date with everything that is going on in year 6 at Wykeham. 

As well as the latest news, we will be showcasing great work and providing links and resources to continue learning at home. 

Click on the links on the menu bar above to find resources on Maths and English to help you continue learning at home.

Election Time!

We have had a very busy start to year 6. One of the most exciting events has been the elections for Head Girl and Head Boy. All of the candidates performed excellent speeches on Thursday, getting over their nerves to explain why they deserved  the most votes. On Friday, we had a proper polling station set up in the hall, ably supervised by volunteers from Year 6. The votes are now being counted and the winner will be announced in assembly on Monday 17th September. Further elections will follow to select the heads of our four school 'houses' (Rubies, Diamonds, Sapphires, and Emeralds).