27.11.25

 Year 6,

It is very strange sitting here and writing a blog on Thursday but a long weekend awaits all of us! 

This week you have begun writing narratives in the style of 'The Promise' - these are brilliant so far. In maths you divided fractions and found fractions of amounts. In computing, you considered copyright and then applied this understanding to the creation of your webpages. In RE, we learnt about the beginnings of Judaism and you retold the story in your chosen way. 

Next week you will be continuing your narrative in English, but will be starting a new topic in maths - units of measure. in science you will consider how diet and exercise can impact the heart and in geography you will learn about birth and death rates and how they impact population. On Monday, you also have a 'Health Fair' in the morning run by students from the University of Hertfordshire. 

Home Learning pages:

Maths 25+26

Grammar 16+17

Next week’s PE sessions are on different days so please ensure that you have your kits on:

-        Monday – football

-        Tuesday – 1hr PE

-        Thursday – ½ hr PE (trainers only)

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

Spellings wc24.11.25

   Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words ending in -ably.

adorably

valuably

believably

considerably

tolerably

changeably

noticeably

dependably

comfortably

reasonably

EXT:

excitable

knowledgeable

likeable

changeable

noticeable

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on silent letters.

thumb

crumb

bomb

lamb

dumb

knee

knuckles

knife

knock

knit

21.11.25

 Year 6,

This week you have been working on fractions in maths – it was great to see your confidence in multiplying and dividing fractions. In English, you have planned and written narrative poems inspired by ‘The Promise’. In science, you learnt about blood vessels and the composition of blood, and in geography you began our new topic all about how population can change over time by studying the global changes in population. In computing, you considered the features of a webpage and began designing one of your own.

Next week will be just as busy. In maths, you will be working on dividing fractions, solving problems with them and finding fractions of amounts. In English, you will begin writing a narrative based on your plans. In science, you will look at heart rate and how it can change based on activity, and in RE you will be looking at the foundations of Judaism.

 

 Home Learning pages:

Maths 34+35

Grammar 10+11

 

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

 

Spellings wc17.11.25

  Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words ending in -able.

applicable

tolerable

operable

considerable

dependable

comfortable

reasonable

perishable

breakable

fashionable

EXT:

adorable

valuable

advisable

believable

desirable

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on the prefixes im- and in-.

inactive

inconvenient

incredible

inverted

inaccurate

immature

immobile

impossible

improbable

impolite

14.11.25

 Year 6,

It has been quite a week. In English, you have revised modal verbs and figurative language and in maths you have added and subtracted fractions and mixed numbers. In science, you studied the different parts of the circulatory system and in history you explored crime and punishment in the early modern and Victorian periods. In Spanish, you began your new topic of school subjects. You also had the special visit from George the war veteran linked to our Remembrance learning, and a talk from Herts police about cyber safety. 

Next week, in English, you will be planning and writing a poem inspired by ‘The Promise’. In maths, you will be multiplying and dividing fractions by integers and other fractions. You will begin your new geography topic focusing on global population and in science you will learn more about the blood in the human body.

Home Learning pages:

Maths 7+8

Grammar 14+15

 

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

I would also like to say thank you for having such an amazing response to the exciting news I shared with you today about our extra class member. I couldn’t have asked for more!

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

 

Spellings wc10.11.25

   Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words with hyphens to join compound adjectives.

man-eating

little-used

rock-bottom

wide-eyed

pig-headed

tight-fisted

cold-hearted

stone-faced

green-eyed

short-tempered

EXT:

well-known

narrow-minded

old-fashioned

quick-thinking

close-knit 

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on a/ad/af words.

alone

alright

adjective

admire

advantage

afford

affection

afraid

affluent

affirmative

7.11.25

 Year 6,

You have been very busy this week. You have found synonyms for promise, created noun phrases and learnt about semi-colons in English. In maths, you have revised what fractions are, simplifying them and finding equivalents. In history, you learnt about Norman, medieval and Tudor crime and punishment, and in RE you learnt about Synagogues. I have also received your school photographs but forgotten to give them to you – I will give you these on Monday!

Next week, you will cover more of fractions – comparing, ordering and beginning calculating with them. In English, you will continue to study ‘The Promise’ by Nicola Davies, and will recap figurative language and plan a poem inspired by the story. In science, we will begin studying the human circulatory system and you will be having a workshop set up by the local police team.

 

A message from the school for your adults - We would like to invite all parents and carers to attend a Cyber Safety Presentation led by the Police team next Wednesday between 2:00pm and 3:00pm. The presentation will offer valuable, practical advice on protecting yourself, your family and your data online. It will also explain how parents can help children make safe and responsible choices when using technology.

 

Home Learning pages:

Maths 22+23

Grammar 12+13

I have also set your project this week – please see below.

Half Term project– Super Sculptors

This half term I would like you to focus your project on a particular sculptor. These are artists who create sculptures. The sculptor you study could be a classic or modern sculptor. Your learning outcome should include a presentation section and a creative section. As some of you have asked, yes you could study a piece of architecture and the architect who designed it.

The presentation part could be Word processed or a handwritten project. It must give information on the sculptor that has inspired you and how you have tailored their work to create your piece. Please ensure that this is your own work and not copied directly from somewhere else (remember our learning on copywrite). This must be able to be shared offline, as you will be developing your public speaking skill by presenting to a small group about your sculptor and your piece.

The creative part could be a drawing, painting, model or sculpture but must be inspired by the sculptor you have researched.

This should demonstrate the research you have put in over the weeks before the deadline of Monday 15^th December, when you will share your learning with the class. 

 

 Reminders:

-        Odd Socks Day on Monday as part of Anti-Bullying Week

 

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

 

 

 

Spellings wc3.11.25

    Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have words using a hyphen to join a prefix to a root work beginning with a vowel.

co-operate

co-ordinate

co-own

co-author

re-enter

re-educate

re-examine

re-evaluate

re-energise

re-elect

EXT:

possession

occasionally

accommodate

communication

appreciate

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on more tricky plurals.

teeth

potatoes

tomatoes

echoes

heroes

puppies

beaches

wolves

thieves

dominoes

24.10.25

 Year 6,

WOW! How are we already at the end of the half term? You were shocked to realise it this week and it has definitely flown by. You have been incredibly busy and worked really hard. This week alone, you have: solved word problems and multi-step problems in maths, finished work on The Arrival and revised direct speech in English, developed your understanding of networking and Black History Month with a few cross-over sessions to research and create PowerPoints on influential black individuals, and created a photomontage on the same topic.

Home Learning

Reading – Poetry – pages 2-7 (all of the questions relating to ‘Lost Dog’).

Enjoy your half term and I will see you bright eyed and ready for another half term on Monday 3^rd November.

See you in November,

Mrs Cresswell 😊

Spellings wc20.10.25

 Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have adjectives ending in -ent and the equivalent nouns ending in -ence/ 

-ency to focus on.

innocent

innocence

decent

decency

excellent

excellence

confident

confidence

existent

existence

EXT:

consequence

convergence

coincidence

persistence

adolescence

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on plurals.

boxes

foxes

taxes

flies

kisses

mice

men

geese

watches

loaves

17.10.25

Year 6, 

Phew, what a week! Firstly, I apologise for there not being a blog entry last week, I totally forgot that I hadn't written one. This week I have made sure to set myself a reminder.

This week, you have written reports in English and completed some arithmetic practise in maths, but most of your time for these subjects has been spent on practise SATs. Well done for showing resilience and for taking them seriously as a chance to show your best (what more could we ask for). In the afternoons, you have developed your understanding of networks in computing, learned about characteristics of organisms in science and have had a very informative NSPCC workshop. Today you began your art project on inspirational people with black and minority ethnic heritage.

Next week, in English, you will finish your reports and begin planning a 3rd person narrative, also revising direct speech and its punctuation. In maths, you will continue to work with division and problem solving. You will also have a chance to complete your artwork and to share your 500 words stories with your classmates. 

Home learning

Maths - pages 18+19

English - completing the parent consultation preparation sheet (also to return on Monday) 

Your half term project is due on Monday. Well done to those of you who have already completed it and brought a copy in. If not, remember to bring it in on Monday. 

500 Words Challenge

I would like all Year 6 children to write a piece that could enter the BBC's 500 Words Challenge. All you need to do is write a story you would love to read in 500 Words or less.  Spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked - it's all about creativity! It is up to you as to whether or not you submit your story officially but you are still expected to bring a copy of your finished piece into class on 20^th October to share. We will be participating in a Live Lesson in September which can support this if you are finding it challenging, but feel free to begin writing as soon as inspiration hits you.

For those who enter the competition, 50 finalists will be invited to a star-studded grand final in February 2026, which will be supported by Her Majesty The Queen. If that's not enough, each winner will also see their story be read aloud by a superstar celebrity on TV, which will be shown as part of a special 500 Words programme with The One Show. The official panel of celebrity judges, Sir Lenny Henry, Malorie Blackman, Francesca Simon, Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell-Boyce will crown the winners. 

There are also lots of prizes to be won - each winner will take home a bundle of books and the gold winners also win 500 books for their school library. In addition to the book prizes, each of our winning stories will receive a framed illustrated cover produced exclusively by top children's illustrators.

Children can only submit one story each. There are very few rules on 500 Words but a few points to remember:

All the stories must:

• Be 500 words or less (title is not included in the number)
• Be written by an individual and not a group
• Be a child’s own original idea
• Be prose, not rap or poem

Stories must not:

• Give any personal details of the child, including their name
• Recount an historical event (but they can use a real person or historical character as a source of inspiration)
• Be created, written or developed by AI

In every 500 Words competition, all stories are judged on the following criteria:

• Characterisation
• Plot
• Originality
• Language
• Enjoyment

Reminders

- Parent Consultations are next Wednesday and Thursday. This one is a bit different as it is 15minutes and you join myself, your adult and Mr Gradwell. Remember that this is a conversation, not a test!

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊

Spellings wc13.10.25

 This week, you have spellings from the practise SATs papers you sat. For the extension, should you need it, there are some less common words for emotions. Please practise them on the practice sheet provided and put them into sentences in your Home Learning Journal.  

Some of Mrs Stevenson’s group have their individual spellings to be tested and reviewed on Friday. You are to complete the same tasks of practising on the sheet provided and putting them into sentences in your Home Learning Journal for Friday. 

Your sentences and practice sheets will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

thumb

trouble

mixture

portable

dough

science

attention

obtained

weightless

council

suffered

typical

usually

cautious

essential

vague

adventurous

architect

descendant

inconceivable 

Ext:

incensed

sanguine

despondent

euphoric

jittery

Mrs Stevenson's group

thumb

trouble

mixture

portable

dough

science

attention

suffered

typical

usually

Spellings wc6.10.25

Please put at least 10 of your spellings into sentences in your Home Learning Journal (or on lined paper if you need your Learning Journal in school. Your sentences will be checked on Friday. Please ensure you complete these with the focus you would have in class - avoiding spelling errors, making sure sentences make sense, and having the basics such as capital letters and full stops. 

Please underline the spelling in each sentence. 

Mrs Cresswell's group

 This week, you have adjectives ending in -ant and the equivalent nouns ending in -ance/ 

-ancy to focus on.

observant

observance

expectant

expectancy

hesitant

hesitancy

tolerant

tolerance

relevant

relevance

EXT:

experience

experiencing

experienced

existence

hindrance

Mrs Stevenson's group

You are focussing on plurals.

bees

cones

skis

radios

angles

shores

excuses

yoyos

cameras

guides

3.10.25

Year 6, 

You have worked extremely hard this week! In English, you have continued reading 'The Arrival' and have completed writing on it. You have also begun thinking about the creatures that inhabit the New World and what their qualities are. In maths, you have revised square, cube and prime numbers, and worked on written multiplication up to 4 by 2 digits. In science, you considered how characteristics of living things link to their groups and in history you decided whether people were guilty or innocent, and considered their punishments in the context of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.  You also celebrated harvest with your families today and visited Sky Studios on Monday (photographs below); I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Next week, you will be revising relative clauses, planning and writing reports in English. In maths, you will focus primarily on division. Science will involve learning about microorganisms and in RE you will continue to study Yom Kippur. You will also have your next art lesson linked to photomontage. 

Home Learning

Grammar pages 4+5

Maths pages 14+15

 

You also have your half term project to be working on. 

500 Words Challenge

I would like all Year 6 children to write a piece that could enter the BBC's 500 Words Challenge. All you need to do is write a story you would love to read in 500 Words or less.  Spelling, punctuation and grammar are not marked - it's all about creativity! It is up to you as to whether or not you submit your story officially but you are still expected to bring a copy of your finished piece into class on 20^th October to share. We will be participating in a Live Lesson in September which can support this if you are finding it challenging, but feel free to begin writing as soon as inspiration hits you.

For those who enter the competition, 50 finalists will be invited to a star-studded grand final in February 2026, which will be supported by Her Majesty The Queen. If that's not enough, each winner will also see their story be read aloud by a superstar celebrity on TV, which will be shown as part of a special 500 Words programme with The One Show. The official panel of celebrity judges, Sir Lenny Henry, Malorie Blackman, Francesca Simon, Charlie Higson and Frank Cottrell-Boyce will crown the winners. 

There are also lots of prizes to be won - each winner will take home a bundle of books and the gold winners also win 500 books for their school library. In addition to the book prizes, each of our winning stories will receive a framed illustrated cover produced exclusively by top children's illustrators.

Children can only submit one story each. There are very few rules on 500 Words but a few points to remember:

All the stories must:

• Be 500 words or less (title is not included in the number)
• Be written by an individual and not a group
• Be a child’s own original idea
• Be prose, not rap or poem

Stories must not:

• Give any personal details of the child, including their name
• Recount an historical event (but they can use a real person or historical character as a source of inspiration)
• Be created, written or developed by AI

In every 500 Words competition, all stories are judged on the following criteria:

• Characterisation
• Plot
• Originality
• Language
• Enjoyment

 

Reminders

- PGL - you need to be registered on Arbor to be included in our numbers. We will be providing these to PGL shortly so check with your adult that this is done. 

You should be:

 -        Reading 5 times a week and completing a reading journal activity once a week

 -        Practising spellings each week between the pre-test and test; writing spellings at least 5 times and writing 10 of them into sentences (ensure that these are high quality and make sense) in your Home Learning Journal (set on Monday and completed for Friday)

 -        Completing the piece of English and piece of Maths set each week (set on Wednesday and completed for Monday)

 -        Practising maths on Sumdog

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Cresswell 😊