Fabulous French

This half term we have been learning the days of the week and food vocabulary. We have put all this learning to practise by reading 'The Hungry Caterpillar' in French and creating our own simple  versions. Here are some photos of the process.

Mrs S.

Welcome Miss Ainsworth

Miss Ainsworth will be working in Class 6 for the next few weeks, she is student teacher on placement from Leeds Trinity University.

This week's newsletter

This week we have been getting to grips with mental calculation methods for addition and subtraction in Maths and we are learning to recall our number facts quickly to help us with this. In English we have been looking more deeply into how to write persuasive paragraphs and have also focussed on the correct grammatical terms to use to build an impressive persuasive argument. In Science we have written explanations of how the circulatory system works. In French we created out own versions of La chenille qui fait des trous (ask the children what this is!) After finishing our work on perspective, the children were very excited to see the progress they had made from September – examples will be on the website soon!

Citizens of the week: Joshua and Tom

Writer of the week: Oliver N

Speaker of the week: Harry C

This week's newsletter paragraph

We have another busy week in class 6 and the children are now getting to grips with the high expectations of work and pace in this year group. We have continued our work on large numbers in Maths and have been rounding these numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000 and 10,000,000! How amazing are we? In English we have been writing persuasive letters in pairs, imagining that a factory was going to be opened on the site of Marrick Priory! We have produced some very passionate writing! In PE we have begun our unit on netball as well as continuing Tag Rugby and in Science we have been getting our heads around how our heart works. We also continued to work on getting perspective into our drawing, this week focussing on buildings. Our confidence in French continues to develop, this week reading The Hungry Caterpillar in French!

Citizens of the week: Callum and Eden

Writer of the week: Cody

Speaker of the week: Kacey

This week's newsletter paragraph

It has been back to work this week for class 6! We have been getting to grips with the place value of numbers up to one million in Maths and we have begun to compare and order these numbers too! In English, we have been learning how to analyse texts effectively and have been reading examples of persuasive writing. We have been developing our throwing and catching skills for tag rugby in PE and enjoyed learning about the functions of our organs in Science. The children continued to learn the vocabulary for food in French and how to say what they like and dislike. In art, we gained some insight into how to create perspective in pictures using a vanishing point. On another note, we have a bag of socks and underwear that were left at Marrick Priory if any parents would like to claim them and also some unclaimed walking boots! Have a lovely weekend.

Citizens of the week: Teri and Charlie

Writer of the week: Sam

Speaker of the week: Harry 

Marrick Priory!

Here are a few photos from Marrick Priory so far. The children are having an amazing time and have been a pleasure to spend time with. There will be more photos to follow in the coming weeks. We hope you haven't missed them too much!

New school year!

Here is a lovely pic of the year 6 class of 2015-16. What a fantastic start to the year we have had!

Woodland Maths

Here are some pictures that were taken during our recent Outdoor Week at school. We decided to take our maths lesson into the woods opposite school and spent the afternoon investigating 2D shape patterns and angles. We had a great time!