Week commencing 5th January 2026
What a fantastic start to the new term! Even though we’ve only had four days back after the Christmas break, Year 6 have been incredibly busy and full of enthusiasm.
In Science, we’ve launched our new topic on Light and the children are excited about the investigations ahead (including making periscopes soon!). In Geography, we’ve started exploring Mountains—how they are formed and where they are found around the world.
Maths has been all about BODMAS, which was a great way to ease back into problem-solving after the holidays. In English, we’ve begun writing discursive texts and debated the question: Should zoos be kept open or banned? There were some very strong and thoughtful opinions shared!
In RE, our new focus is on the Beatitudes. The children wrote their own creative Beatitales based on one of the Beatitudes and enjoyed sharing these with each other—reminding us how faith, hope, and love are interwoven in our daily lives. Faith gives us the courage to learn and grow, hope inspires us to look forward to new challenges, and love binds us together as a class community.
PE has been full of energy with street dance—lots of attitude and character needed! We also had our first lesson with Salo from The Music Works, using GarageBand to create music, which was great fun. It's been a busy Friday as we’ve played hockey with mini matches - working on the 'long corner' - as well as dribbling drills, and taken part in preparing for 'House of Commons style' debating during our Reach activity.
It’s been a busy, exciting start to the term, and we can’t wait to see what next week brings!