Autumn 2

Welcome back to Autumn 2! I hope everyone had a restful half term and are ready for the new adventures and challenges that Autumn 2 has to offer! 

In Autumn 1, we have had a busy first half-term! Please see below for more information on what we have been up to...

History

As part of our History topic, we have been learning all about World War 1 and World War 2. To help bring our learning to life and to understand the devastating impact war has on people, we were very fortunate to welcome a special visitor, 'Grandad Terry.' Grandad Terry was a young child during WW2, and he shared with us some of his scary stories and experiences he had lived through. We were all amazed at how much courage, bravery and resilience Terry has! Following on from WW2, Terry was also part of the RAF Special Forces unit during the Cold War. As a hobby, Grandad Terry shared with us some of the amazing models he makes to visually represent the war. We are very grateful for Grandad Terry coming to visit – it really made us all think about how fortunate we are to live in a safe country, thanks to those that came before us.

Harvest service

A big thank you to all the families who came to celebrate Harvest with us at St Peter's Church! I was extremely proud of how well the children sang and recited their lines in front of a huge audience! We certainly are blessed with some beautiful singing voices in Year 6- the summer term production is going to be amazing! My thanks extend to all those who donated some food that was donated to the Yateley Industries Community Pantry.

RE Pause Day- Gratitude

The last day of Autumn 1 was a whole school RE pause day. On this day, we were thinking about gratitude and what it means to be grateful. In the morning, we looked at the definition for gratitude as well as how different religions express gratitude. The children were then put into groups and given the task of designing a poster for a country of their choice, outlining how they show gratitude. This task had cross-curricular links to RE, Computing and PSHE. Miss Singer and I were amazed at how well the children worked in mixed year group teams. Have a look at some of these amazing posters the children created!

Autumn 2

Another busy half-term ahead! In English, we are going to be continuing to focus on a range of writing techniques in order to make our writing appealing to our target audience. We will be writing an extended blog post and also creating an informative text all about an endangered animal. Our Maths learning will be centred all around fractions, decimals and percentages. It has been pleasing to see that many people have ordered the SATs CGP books already! Booster group (by invitation only) will begin in this half term. Our History and Science units for this half term are continuations on from the units in Autumn 1. Please see below for the Autumn 2 Year 6 topic web and family learning sheet for more information.  Watch this space and I look forward to updating on here soon!