Hi Year 6,

 

I just wanted to start by saying how nice it was to meet your parents this week to discuss and share the progress that you have made this year. I hope you are proud of all that you have achieved this year and if you do have little things to work on as you move to secondary, make sure that you remember them and work on them when you go.

 

Today, of course, saw the culmination of a lot of hard work over the last few weeks as you completed your ‘Apprentice’ day. You all did an amazing job and a huge amount of money was raised collectively as a result –we will find out exactly how much when you count it on Monday and when we discover who the winning team is and therefore which charity will be benefitting from it. It really was a great afternoon and you have certainly left a positive lasting legacy in showing the younger ones how to run such a project when they get to Year 6. Now to do the same in your performance…

 

We will be continuing with our Relationship and Sex (RSE) lessons next week by answering the questions that you had this week. These questions will be answered in single-sex groups but will involve answering questions from both genders.

 

As we get nearer to the end of the school year and the show performance, we will be rehearsing without scripts from Thursday of next week, so please ensure you set time aside until then to learn all of your lines, but also more importantly, how you are to say them.

Here are the pictures of the afternoon before the chaos began:

...and one when it had already started!

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Mr Gradwell

Dear all,

 

So here we are at the end of another week already. I don’t want to complain about this lovely weather that we are having, but it does make for a warm, muggy classroom which can be hard to fully concentrate in, so I am glad that we are now at the weekend and can enjoy the sunshine.

On Tuesday morning next week, we will be going to Christ Church for a workshop to support your Transition to secondary school.

 

In English next week, we will continue with The Girl of Ink and Stars by using written persuasive techniques and retrieving and summarising details from the text.

 

In maths next week, we will be focusing on some further algebra before completing the ‘Apprentice’ project as you compete with your businesses on Friday afternoon. Please ensure that you have most if not all of the items purchased this weekend and that you bring them in by Thursday. As also mentioned in last week’s blog, please could you ask your families to provide a ‘float’ that you can use to give change on the day; this can be brought in on Friday and will be returned in full at the end of the project. It must be recorded by the treasurer and checked with Mrs Friedmann or me when you bring it in –do not leave it in your bag!

 

In science, you will be researching why and how living things adapt to their environment and also learning about the theory of natural selection.

In geography, you will be looking at further energy sources around the world.

I have not sent home any formal homework this week but I would like you all to be learning your lines so that you can start rehearsing in class without needing to use the script.

 

Have a good weekend.

 

Mr Gradwell

 

Dear all,

 

Another week has passed by so quickly! I know I have not been with you in the afternoons much this week, but I am pleased to hear that you have worked hard even when I have not been around which has been great to hear.

 

As it is Sports Day next Thursday (weather permitting), you will all be helping out the younger members of your ‘houses’ in the morning before taking part in your own races in the afternoon.

 

In English next week, we will begin a new book called The Girl of Ink and Stars by using written persuasive techniques and retrieving and summarising details from the text.

 

In maths, we will be continuing with our topic on financial maths by using market research techniques to finalise the business ideas before marketing the products/services. Our computing will be linked to our maths lessons as we use computer programs to develop ideas for business logos, create questionnaires and begin to develop advertising campaigns.

In geography, we will continue with our Energy topic by looking at energy in the UK.

As I mentioned today, your PE lessons have now switched permanently from Tuesday to Monday with the other days remaining the same (Thursday am and Friday pm).

For those of you who are acting as Treasurers for your businesses, you will have been given the £35 spending money this afternoon. As explained, you will need to collect and keep all receipts and I would like you to bring these back in on Friday 28^th June on the Apprentice sale day. Some of you have been asking me about the float situation and just to reassure you, anything that you bring in for that will be paid back to you in full at the end of the day (this is something else that the Treasurer will need to ensure happens).

Have a good weekend.

 

Mr Gradwell

 

 

 

Auditions and PE day change

Hi Year 6,

I hope you have all had a good weekend after all of the excitement of last week. This is just to let you all know about a couple of notes for tomorrow.

The first note is that after lunch tomorrow, Mrs Custis will be holding auditions for the Talent Show. The second note is that your first PE session for next week will be tomorrow afternoon instead of Tuesday. It will be at 2:15 still and the other PE lessons will remain on the normal days and times.

Enjoy the rest of your afternoon/evening.

Regards

Mr Gradwell

 Dear Year 6 Parents,

This is just a quick post to say that the children are all having a lovely time and the weather has been treating us very kindly so far! 

I am attaching a couple of pictures below but I am currently transferring all of the images that we have taken so far (and will continue to do so with the rest that we take tomorrow and Wednesday) and you will hopefully all be able to access these soon.

Kind regards

Mr Gradwell