Friday, 24 May 2024

Dear all,

Well, here we are at the end of the half term already; I cannot believe that you only have one more half term to go in Year 6 and your time at Little Heath. The year has, as ever, gone by quicker and quicker each week. We will have lots to fit in during that time left though, plus, of course, we have our performance to put together still, so no pressure there then!

 

Obviously, before all of that hard work, we have our visit to PGL to look forward to. If you are coming, please make sure you are on School Road by 11.40am on Sunday 2nd June. Please ensure you have your day bag with you, with a packed lunch, as well as your packed case and your bedding and any medication that you may need. If you are not able to attend PGL, please come in to school as normal on Monday 3rd June. When we return from PGL, we have the day off on Thursday 6th June and then we will be going off to Go Ape on Friday 7th June. For this visit, please can you ensure that you are in school by 8:30am as the coach is due to leave by 8:45 in order to get us there for the start of the morning session.

 

When we finally return to class in a couple of weeks, in English we will be looking at a fantastic visual literacy clip called Dreamgiver which we will use as a stimulus for a narrative based on the film.

 

In maths, we will continue our Apprentice project by doing some market research in order to generate some suitable ideas for products.

   

Have a lovely break and see you all on either 2nd or 7th June.

 

Mr Gradwell

Friday, 10 May 2024

Dear all,

 

So here we are on the eve of SATs week. You have worked hard to prepare yourselves and I hope that you are not stressing about them too much. To support you with ensuring that you are all keeping calm, as you know, I am not setting any homework this weekend. I would like you to keep any tests fully out of mind over the weekend in order to remain rested and relaxed next week.

 

As a result of the tests being held in the mornings, English and maths will be different to normal next week but you will still be answering some further mixed grammar questions in English and word problems in maths.

Have a lovely weekend, get plenty of rest and enjoy the sunshine that I believe is going to be here with us all weekend.

 

Regards

 

Mr Gradwell

Friday, 3 May 2024

 Dear all,

 So here we are at the end of another week, but at the beginning of a long weekend which is good. Although the weather forecast is not the best, I will be hoping to get out in the fresh air as much as possible and I hope you are all planning on doing the same.

 

After our extended weekend, it will be another short week next week, but we still have lots of hard work to do, before the SATs the following week.

 

In English, we will revise key topics in grammar at the end of the week.

In maths, we will be finishing off our work on angles, finding numbers to satisfy equations and revising fractions and solving of multi-step problems.

In science, you will be carrying out practical investigations to find out about refraction of light.

 

In geography, we will be diving deeper into what renewable energy is and the benefits and drawbacks of different energy sources.

 

As you know, your homework task is maths and is to be completed on the sheets given out. This should be returned on Tuesday.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Mr Gradwell