Author: Mr Rugg
A Roman, a Bishop, a robot and no pens!
No it's not the start of a bad joke, just another busy week in the life of Class 6!
We started off by revising and learning Roman Numerals up to 10,000 and recreated a number on the playground - can you work out what it is?
We were delighted to be visited by the Rt Revd Paul Slater, Bishop…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 5 October 2018
Tags: Class 6
Art Attack!
We had a brilliant Art session on Friday focusing on complementary and harmonious colours, and mixing different shades and tones like the artist Paul Klee. This is in preparation for designing our own class logo representing brand 'Class 6', linking to our topic about the Global Economy and how…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 27 September 2018
Tags: Class 6
I'll Be There
It's been another busy week in Year 6 and the children have been doing lots of different activities and learning. With assessments out of the way, we've made a start on our normal curriculum and in Maths have been looking at 'Place Value' and numbers up to ten million. We've linked this learning…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 18 September 2018
A busy week!
What a busy first week we've had in Year 6 - the time has flown! In addition to our baseline assessments each morning (which have earned the children lots of house points for getting through them so well), we've been sorting out things like daily routines and expectations, homework planners,…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 12 September 2018
Tags: Class 6
Welcome to our new Class 6
We've had a fantastic first day in Class 6 and the children have shown superb behaviour - taking their new status as the oldest children in school very seriously.
We've been talking about all of the exciting things we will be doing this year such as the residential, production, trips and…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 September 2018
Year 6 Green fingers!
We've spent a lot of time in the classroom recently preparing for SATs, so it was nice to spend some time this afternoon helping to tidy up the allotment and outdoor learning area. We dug up and weeded some of the beds, dead-headed some daffodils and even relocated a tree to the reception play…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 June 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Tags: Class 6
Year 6 SATs week
SATs week is upon us and the children have performed fantastically so far, tackling them with lots of positivity, determination and big smiles on their faces (partly due to Mr Rugg's dodgy song choice in our warm-up dance!). We're nearly at the finish line and are hoping for good weather for our…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 18 May 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Y6 Maths Mastery - Ratio and Proportion
This week we have been learning about Ratio and Proportion. Here we are sorting coloured blocks into groups and working out the different ratios. We have been working through some problems but also considering how we use ratios in real life when we are baking and cooking.
Posted by Mr Rugg on 26 March 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Persuasive Speech Writing
Following our fantastic residential at Carlton Lodge, we have been looking at the features of persuasive texts, and have written our own speeches to persuade another class to visit there next year. The speeches had to include alliteration, power of three, rhetorical questions and exaggeration…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 March 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Tags: Class 6
Chinese New Year in Class 6
We had a great day celebrating and learning about Chinese New Year in class 6. We started off by looking at some of the traditions and worked out which animal was related to our birth year. We then solved some maths problems with a Chinese New Year theme.
In English we listened to the story of…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 6 March 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Tags: Class 6
Fraction Matcher!
This week we have been adding and subtracting fractions. We have also been playing this game to practise our equivalence skills.
Are you a fractions wizard?! Play using the link below
Posted by Mr Rugg on 5 January 2018
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6
Mrs Benjamin's Maths Group
This week, Mrs Benjamin's Maths group have been learning to recognise and describe 3D shapes and their properties.
This involved sorting them into groups and recognising real life examples. Evie said, "I really enjoy working with Mrs Benjamin and I feel much more confident about my shapes…
Posted by Mr Rugg on 1 December 2017
Category: 2017 - 2018 Year 6