Welcome To Badger Class
Mrs Tattersall and Miss Earnshaw are the staff who support learning in Year 6.
Important Information
PE -
Our PE lesson are on Tuesday. PE kits should be in school at all times. Earrings must be removed or covered with tape for PE lessons.
Water Bottles -
Children should bring a water bottle to school everyday. Bottles should go home and be cleaned each night.
Homework -
In Year 6 children take responsibility for their own homework. Each child has a reading record. These need to be in school every day and signed at least three times per week. This will be checked every morning at the start of the day. In addition, homework for Year 6 children during Autumn 1 term is set on Purple Mash each Friday. This needs to be completed before the following Friday.
Library -
In addition to homework, children can choose to visit the school library once per week to select a book of their choice. We also have a class library which children can choose books from throughout the week.
We love to see what you have been up to outside of school. If you have received any achievements in your out of school activities, please feel free to bring them in for our celebration assembly on a Friday!
In the morning we have:
Spelling, Guided Reading, Literacy and Maths.
In the afternoon we have:
Wider Curriculum (Science, Art, DT, French, History, Geography, PSHE and Music).
RE and PE is taught every Wednesday afternoon.
You can see when we are teaching each topic in our curriculum map below.
Worship
Worship is integral to our daily lives at Great Marsden St John's. There are three worship monitors in the class and these children lead in-class worship once per fortnight using articles from Picture News. They are all trained in delivering worship, and ensures that everybody gets the chance to share their ideas. The worship monitors change every half term.
Autumn Term
It has been a fantastic first few weeks in Year 6. To begin with, we focussed on developing our growth mindset, thinking about British Values and taking part in the House Captain elections. The children delivered persuasive speeches to the rest of the school so the rest of the children could vote for their House and Vice Captains. This was a great example of democracy.
The children have enjoyed getting to know their seedlings in reception. They have helped them at lunchtimes and created some hearts which include everything they love. This supported our current theme of love.
In class, our learning in English has focussed around Ross McKenzie's The Nowhere Emporium where we have analysed and responded to the author's choice of structure and vocabulary through discussion and debate. In Science we are exploring classification and in Geography we have been learning about earthquakes and volcanoes.