Hello!

We hope you have enjoyed the summer terms, especially as it's finally stopped raining! We have continued to work hard, both indoors and outdoors. Year 6 have spent time at the pond as well as the classroom and outdoor PE. Some of us have already achieved our first Gold in mymaths!

The writing has continued to impress us, with our mysterious prequel to Paradise Sands stories in English. We have also been writing dystopian future stories, with our own ideas for creatures to fight! In maths, we have been looking at shapes and angles and statistics, as well as regularly revisiting all our prior maths knowledge to keep it fresh in our memories.

In science we found out about ways humans and other animals have developed and evolved, and in history, we were really interested to learn about life since the 1940s, even getting to see some old fashioned video cassettes and a walkman!

Next half term, we will be finishing the Boy in the Tower in English and completing and editing our dystopian future stories. We will complete the White Rose curriculum with position and direction, then begin revision of any areas we feel need some more work.

Your teachers continue as Mrs Shay on a Monday and Tuesday and Mrs Gordon-Jones on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We also have Mrs Reed supporting us.

PE and library are on a Wednesday.

We want to remind you to keep calm and remember that even though SATS are important, they do not tell us everything about you and your journey through primary school.

We will be carrying out our mock SATS again this term. Some top tips to stay calm and get through this week:

• Eat a banana (they slowly release energy and can keep you going) in the morning
• Try and write down your worries before you go to bed. Try and share them with someone
• Practice sitting in a silent room (this is particularly helpful to get you in the zone) from time to time

Thank you 

Mrs Gordon-Jones, Mrs Shay and Mrs Reed

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