Tag: Class 6
Understanding how we see things
To develop our understanding of light as part of this half term's Science topic, Class 6 tested the reflectivity of a variety of day-to-day objects. This supported our learning of how light bounces off objects in straight lines to enable us to see things, and acknowledge that some items are more…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 9 December 2019
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WW2 Showcase
Class 6 showcased their World War Two performance piece to our school and parents last week. The piece was phenomenal. The children performed a number of chereographed songs, moving poems and relevant, imaginative drama segments. They had been practising and preparing the pieces for a number of…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 2 December 2019
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Hotseating in English
Class 6 tried their hand at some hotseating to develop their evacuee characters in preparation for writing letters to their parents from their new homes following the evacuation! They developed some great back stories which will surely turn into some wonderful pieces of writing!
Well done…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 19 November 2019
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Yorkshire Air Museumn
Last week, Year 6 from both Bramham and Shadwell went on a brilliant school trip to the Yorkshire Air Museum. It was a brilliant day with lots of learning linked to our World War 2 topic. We even got to see a model of the Barnes Wallis bouncing bomb, which we have been writing news paper articles…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 19 November 2019
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Year 6 Evacuation Day
Class 6 relaunched their WWII topic with a role play day. The children came in dressed as evacuees, complete with evacuation tags. We then travelled to the countryside (outdoor classroom) to learn all about Operation Pied Piper, where we completed activities including 'work on the farm' alongside…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 5 November 2019
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Harvest Collections
Representatives from Year 5 and 6 spent some time taking food hampers of the donations from Harvest to residents of Bramham. They were brilliant, polite ambassadors of our school and enjoyed the benefits of being kind to others.
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Learning about the Holocaust
In our topic and reading lessons this week, we explored the tragic, but important subject of the Holocaust. The children learnt the escalation of events designed to persecute Jewish citizens in Nazi-occupied Europe and minority groups. We then had an interesting and thought-provoking discussion…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 17 October 2019
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Exploring WW2 Newspapers
Year 6 have been identifying features of a newspaper by exploring a variety of War papers. A wonderful lesson mixing English with History with some fascinating reads!
Posted by Miss Prankard on 11 October 2019
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Reading Challenge 2019
Launching the Year 6 Reading Challenge
This week we launched our Year 6 Reading Challenge. It is a brilliant opportunity to explore lots of new books and genres as class. Each child is given a book and our aim is that the class read all of the books in a set time limit. The children were…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 9 October 2019
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Electricity
This week in Science, Class 6 created electrical circuits. Firstly, they did this to successfully light a bulb, then they added a second bulb to make observations about the affect adding an additional component would have on the brightness of a bulb. They worked brilliantly, using team work and…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 27 September 2019
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Place Value Game!
We have had a brilliant couple of maths lessons in Year 6 using a place value game to master our ability to read, compare and order numbers up to 10,000,000! We are super impressed with how the children were able to articulate their understanding brilliantly (and apply some strategy to go for a…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 20 September 2019
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Getting to know our new buddies!
Year 6 had a marvellous afternoon getting to know their new buddies a little bit more. The children worked together on a few activities with the BeeBots, using great communication and teamwork skills. The older buddies in Year 6 made us very proud with their nurturing and supportive attitude and…
Posted by Miss Prankard on 18 September 2019
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