Last week, Year 6 visited St Peter’s Church as part of our Easter RE unit, learning more about the Easter story and what Christians believe and to do some reflective thinking of their own. They were told the story and then visited various parts of the church that had been set up to tell a different part of the story.
When we returned to school, we reflected on the morning’s activities. Here is a comment from one child as a result of this experience:
“Although I am not a Christian, the activities made me reflect on my life and gave me an opportunity to think about my past and to think about others.”
As is traditional, at this time of year, Year Six have been busy baking biscuits for the Christmas Fayre. Biscuits will be on sale tonight – come early to avoid disappointment!
Yesterday evening, the year 6 football team had their first home football match against Locks Heath Junior School in the Hampshire County Cup competition.
The boys had been picked by Mrs Cooper after watching them at her after-school football club on Wednesday evening so it was the first time they had played together properly.
Despite the cold weather (both parents and teachers were well wrapped up!) the boys showed lots of determination and never gave up. We managed to score 3 goals against Locks Heath and played really well in the 2nd half, but unfortunately Locks Heath had the luck on the day and the final score ended up 9-3.
The boys will be involved in more matches after Christmas so watch this space ……
Over the course of this week, 54 pupils from across Year 6 have participated in Bikeability Cycle Training. As a school we were fortunate enough to receive funding to allow this professional cycle instruction to take place – free of charge. The training has been designed to give pupils the skills and experience to be able to cycle safely and confidently. It is the Cycling Proficiency for the 21st century! The pupils responded very well to the instructors and training and we are now hoping to see an increase in pupils cycling (safely) to school.
A big thanks to everyone who came to support our Upper School Maths Workshop this evening. The workshop, presented by Mrs Carter and Mrs Arnold, covered the skills progression used in the upper school for multiplication and division.
For those who missed the workshop, or those who want to work through parts of it again, the presentation can be seen here.
To print off a handout to work through, click here.
The marathon swim is a final day tradition stretching back to 1981. Each year, the children in Year Six compete for a slot on the team. The fastest three boys and the fastest three girls then spend an hour relaying lengths of the pool as quickly as they can. The current record of 225 was set in 2003, and it is an enormous challenge to get anywhere close to this result.
This year’s team swam fantastically, achieving a result of 216 – just 9 short of the record. Even more impressively, there result was only one length behind the second place result of 217, meaning that this years team have become the joint third fastest team ever to compete. A fantastic achievement for Emily, Janina, Lizzie, Max, Finn and Archie – and a huge challenge to the year group who will follow them!
As term draws to an end, we said a big ‘thank you’ to all the people who have given up their time to join us in school throughout the year to read with children, join us on school trips, or do any number of other jobs. While our helpers were served refreshments by our young governors, the summer choir provided entertainment, followed by Year Six with their final performance of ‘Believe’.
Our final Monday assembly of the year was dedicated to Year Six this morning. Mrs Carter had compiled a presentation of photos tracking their progress throughout the school from their time in Year Three to the present day. The assembly ended with an emotional performance of the song ‘Believe’.
On the 6th July, the police came into school to talk to the Year 6 children about the risks and laws associated with smoking, drinking and anti-social behaviour. In their presentation to the children, they reinforced previous learning, explaining the contents of cigarettes and the effects of them and of alcohol on the body.
The children were involved in various activities, including being given the opportunity to wear special goggles to simulate the experience of being under the influence of alcohol. It was an extremely informative session for the children, equipping them with knowledge for later life to help them make the right decisions.
