Hello all,

Another week has flown by all too quickly and now we find ourselves going into the final week of the half term already. I hope you enjoyed the ending of the book Varjak Paw today and were either surprised about finding out, or were happy to confirm your theories and predictions, about the fate of Tam and what the ‘Vanishings’ really were.

Next week, Mrs Custis and I look forward to seeing you and your parents on either Wednesday or Thursday where you yourselves will get the chance to discuss your learning with us as well –something that we do differently in the autumn of Year 6 to how you have had your consultations in the past.

In maths and English next week, we will be carrying out some assessments during the week in order to identify any areas of your learning in grammar, reading, arithmetic and mathematical reasoning to focus on for the rest of the term.

In science, you will be trying to find out the approximate age of some of the trees in the school grounds before carrying out some activities linked to the Woodland trust website.

We will be completing the photomontages in Art and computing next week.

For your homework this week, I have asked you to prepare for a short ‘presentation’ that you will share during your parent consultation appointment next week. This should be returned by Monday. In case any of you lose it, or were absent today, the headings to write about are as follows:

·       What have you enjoyed about and learned in Year 6 so far?

·       What do you want to achieve this year?

·       What do you think that you need to improve in, in order to achieve your goals?

In addition to this homework, I would also like you to log-in to Sumdog over the weekend to take part in the competition that began today. It would be great to be able to put up some certificates in class from winning one of the daily competitions. If you are not able to log-in over the weekend, the competition is on until next Thursday so do try to go on before then. 

Finally, do not forget about your half termly projects that are due to be returned by Monday.

Have a good weekend!

Mr Gradwell