Class 14

Today, the boys visiting from Mayo College in India arrived. They introduced themselves in an assembly and we will be working with them in the next two weeks.

Wednesday 21st May

London Residential - Day 1

Year 6 have had a fantastic first day in London!

After setting off from Beechwood, we made the journey to London and had lots of fun playing games, discussing the things we would do in London and eating sweets! When we arrived, we went straight to Russell Square Gardens to have our packed lunches and stretch our legs after the journey. From there, we walked over to the British Museum which is in a magnificent building.

In the museum, we saw lots of artefacts that related to the history topics we have studied at Beechwood, including Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Roman swords and the Sutton Hoo burial. We were amazed at how things from thousands of years ago were preserved so well and it really brought the history topics to life.

From there, we headed to the River Thames for a river cruise. We travelled down the river and saw many famous sights while a tour guide explained the history of what was around us. We saw the Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London amongst many more fascinating landmarks.

We then had a closer look at the Houses of Parliament and the Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) as we walked across the river and were amazed at the size of this giant clock tower. It struck four o’clock as we were walking by so we had the chance to hear the famous bells ring. We passed Westminster Abbey and had a look at the statues of famous historical figures in Parliament Square before heading back across the river.

Next, we went for a delicious meal at Pizza Express. There were many Italian dishes on offer and we enjoyed sitting at the tables chatting with friends.

After a busy day of sight-seeing, we were taken to the hostel where we unpacked and got ready for bed in our rooms.

We are all very excited for tomorrow’s activities!

Thursday 15th May

Leeds Rhinos Rugby Lesson

This afternoon, we had a rugby session with a coach from Leeds Rhinos. We enjoyed playing different games, practising our invasion games skills.

Thursday 15th May

SATS Week Completed!

Well done to year 6 for a fantastic SATS week. You have all worked incredibly hard each day and should be very proud of yourselves!

Monday 10th March

Science Week Assembly

This week is International Science Week and the theme is change and adapt. We began the week with an assembly with Mr Graham where we looked into the theme and linked it to our previous science learning. This week we will be taking part in scientific activities to celebrate the week.

There is also a competition running this week where we will be answering the question: Why is science important? Mr Graham and Miss Moss look forward to seeing everyone’s entries!

Friday 7th March

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Friday 7th March

World Book Day

We enjoyed World Book Day today, dressing up in either pyjamas or as a book character, and did lots of reading through the day. As part of the event, Class 14 read with Class 5 which was really fun! We shared our books and listened to the younger children read.

Friday 7th March

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Monday 3rd February

Safer Internet Day Assembly

Safer Internet Day will be on Tuesday 11th February this year. We had an assembly with Mr Jackson to get ready for the day and think about how we can stay safe online.

Friday 31st January

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Tuesday 28th January

Science - Light

Today in science, we looked at how light travels in straight lines. We found it interesting seeing the light travel through the holes in the card. Also, when we bent a tube, the light did not travel through it!

Friday 24th January

Class Awards

Well done to this week's award winners!

Monday 20th January

TSU Launch Lesson

Today we began our France and the French Revolution topic with our launch lesson.

We investigated 5 areas which we will continue to look at through the topic:

• the French monarchy
• the third estate
• after the revolution
• revolutions around the world
• French Impressionist art

We completed a carousel of activities and wrote our findings in our research books.

We then thought of questions we would like to answer through the topic and compiled them into a list of 10.

Tuesday 21st January

Place2Be and Children’s Mental Health Week Assembly

Today, we had an assembly with Emma from Place2Be where she told us about this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week. The special week will be from 3rd - 9th February and Emma told us that there will be exciting activities!

We finished the session by listening to a story about a Koala which helped us to understand mental health.

Friday 17th January

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Spring 1 Home Learning Grid

This term in history, we will be learning all about the French Revolution. Attached is the new home learning grid with lots of exciting activities to do. We look forward to seeing what you create this term!

Tuesday 19th November

Anti-Bullying Week Assembly 

Mrs Giles led an assembly today to talk about Anti-Bullying Week. We recapped the definition of bullying and watched some videos about the week. We thought about how we could be kind to others by filling up their buckets and not taking from them.

Friday 8th November

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Thursday 7th November

PE Coach

Today we enjoyed our first session with the PE coach. We practised ball skills in lots of different games.

Wednesday 6th November

Climate Joy Day

For Climate Joy Day today, Year 6 learnt all about things in the Earth that trap carbon so we have a good amount in the atmosphere. They are called carbon sinks and include forests, the ocean and permafrost. We learnt all about them then continued our research and created a group outcome.

Tuesday 15th October

Harvest Assembly

Today we had an assembly with Rev Anne where she told us all about Harvest. We learnt about the importance of sharing food with those who need it and we created a healthy ‘soup’ using lots of different vegetables that spelled our harvest.

Friday 18th October

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Friday 4th October

Class Awards

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Wednesday 2nd October

Black History Month Assembly

Today we had an assembly with Mrs Lanforth all about Black History Month. We looked at different people who are famous for making a difference, some we knew and some were new to us. Throughout October, we will be learning about some inspirational people for Black History Month and we will be showing you what we have learnt in an assembly later this month!

Friday 27th September

Class Awards

Well done to this week's award winners!

Thursday 26th September

European Day of Languages

Today we celebrated the European Day of Languages. We began with an assembly with Mrs Powley who told us all about the day and showed us how to play a game where we had to find all of the languages. We did lots of activities looking at the different languages and some members of our class even brought cake in!

There were also certificates given out for amazing work throughout the European Day of Languages!

Thursday 26th September

Home Learning

Well done to Erica-Rose and Emily for this fantastic home learning all about North and South America!

Wednesday 25th September

DT - Bridges

We were challenged to make a chair that someone in our class could sit on in DT today. It was really difficult to make a strong enough chair but we remembered some strengthening techniques from previous years. We will learn how to make strong joins in our next lessons so when we make bridges, they will be really strong!

Tuesday 24th September

PE - Dodgeball

Today, we continued practising our dodgeball skills in PE.

Friday 20th September

Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!

Thursday 19th September

Science

Today in science, we continued our classification of living things topic. We grouped living things, thinking about what we had learnt in previous years before learning about three new classification categories: fungi, protesta and monera. 

Tuesday 17th September

West Yorkshire Fire Visit

Today we had a visit from 3 firefighters who spoke to us about fire safety and how their jobs work. They then showed us their uniform and then we went outside to see the fire engine. We even got to spray water out of the hose!

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Class Awards

Well done to this week’s award winners!