Autumn 1 Week 7

In maths this week, Y6 have been learning the BODMAS rule (order of operations) and applying it to problem solving. We have also been looking at estimation and the children are definitely improving in mental arithmetic when applying this method of maths – well done, Y6 and keep up with the times tables too!

Our class novel, Private Peaceful is going down a storm and the children’s feedback has been great - we're really enjoying it! We have studied reading texts involving WWI and have been doing comprehensions based on our class novel. We have also been looking at expanded noun phrases and relative clauses and applying these in our writing. Y6 are very proud of their descriptive pieces about a battle field – linked to our WWI topic - and hopefully we will generate some AI pictures to show their writing in action.

The children have been continuing with their solo keyboard challenge, pushing themselves to learn and perform tricky pieces on the keyboard. Some children have mastered "Ode to Joy" and "O When the Saints go marching in" and some of them have reached the point of playing with two hands together, with "Shotgun" and "Amazing Grace".

This week, both classes investigated how we change the size of a shadow in Science. The children carried out a fair test and collaborated extremely well with eachother. We have been really impressed with the children's presentation in all areas of the curriculum and continue with handwriting practice every week.

Next week is Arts Week and Y6 are really looking forward to it. We'll let you know what we get up to next week!