What another fantastic week we have had in Year 6! From learning all about the Leeds Pals Batallion in history to raising money for Macmillan, we've definitely had a busy but fantastic week! The children have continued to give 100% effort in lessons and show enthusiasm and determination daily. Keep up the brilliant attitude Y6! 

In maths, we continue with daily arithmetic sessions and we started our new unit on addition and subtraction. We revisited how to do addition and subtraction column methods and how to place common factors in Venn diagrams. 

In reading, we are continuing our class novel Private Peaceful and we are thoroughly enjoying it. We can't wait to see what happens to Charlie after getting accused of stealing! In writing, we have been looking at rhetorical questions and how we can use these effectively in speeches. Next week, we will be writing up our speeches persuading the young men of Britain to enlist in the armed forces, basing these on the iconic Lord Kitchener recruitment poster of 1914. In spelling, we have been looking at synonyms for the word 'talking' and continue to practice handwriting

We are continuing our OAA sessions in PE and are getting really confident when reading maps when locating different symbols around the school grounds. We are continuing our double page spread on the Leeds artist, Hayley Mills-Styles and the effort the children are putting into this has been incredible - they will definitely be put on the website as soon as we complete them. 

Finally, on Friday, both classes invited family members to join us in the hall for a Macmillan coffee event to raise money for this brilliant charity that provides cancer support. The children were absolutely wonderful and looked very smart in their waiters uniforms! On behalf of all Y6, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to parents, grandparents, friends etc for all the cake donations, raffle prizes and your fabulous support for our school and our children. We couldn't do events like Macmillan without you all so it is much appreciated! What a fabulous end to a rather hectic but totally enjoyable, fun packed and money raising week! We'll let you know our grand total next week - well done everyone! 

THANK YOU!!