Term dates: Thursday 3rd September - Friday 18th December (half term week beginning 26th October)

November

Michael Rosen day - 12/11/26- ‘Huge Poetry Party’

Yesterday, we celebrated Michael Rosen Day in class. We learnt about Michael Rosen and listened to one of his poems. We also had the opportunity to ask him questions about his life and his experiences at school. - Fife

 

On Michael Rosen Day, we joined his huge poetry party! This year's theme was ‘Silly School Stuff’, and we even learnt a new way to spell. Michael Rosen shared some of his poems with us, explained where some of his ideas came from and told us about a school trip he once went on.

Overall, we had a lovely time and thoroughly enjoyed celebrating Michael Rosen Day!

— Megan

Vaping./smoking workshop run by Catch My Breath

Evidence-Based Youth Vaping Prevention Programme

Empowering young people to make informed, healthy choices about vaping.
CATCH My Breath is an evidence-based vaping prevention programme delivered by Everyone Health, adapted from the highly successful U.S. model, the most used youth nicotine vaping prevention programme in the United States.

 

"Today we had a workshop about smoking and vaping. We learnt what was inside both, wrote down what to say to someone if they're being peer pressured. There was a video showing us a representation of what addiction looks like. It showed a bird getting the nugget (nicotine) and feeling good for a few moments (20 minutes) and getting worse and worse and worse every time it got the nugget until its health was terrible.

Also, we found what vaping can do to you, like it can reduce saliva and can damage your gums and your teeth will fall out. We found out that smoking can cause cancer that could potentially kill you.

Finally, we saw another video of their colleague interviewing a young man who quit vaping/smoking. It showed he achieved a great and extremely hard achievement." -Darcie

"Today, two ladies came in to tell us about vaping and smoking. Also, they told us what was in vapes and cigarettes. Then, we watched a video about a bird chasing and eating a nugget while slowly losing energy.

One of the ladies also showed us how much tar would be in our body if we had 20 cigarettes every day for a year.. Finally, we looked at a video where a man was interviewing a boy that quit vaping." - Georgia-Lee

 

This morning, we've been learning about vaping and smoking. Did you know that cigarettes contain rat poison? Also, the weed inside cigarettes contains chlorine, toilet cleaner and other cleaning solutions.

One of the activities we did today was Word Bingo. Word Bingo is a game where you make a list of words that you associate with a particular topic, such as smoking and vaping. Once we'd done that, we went to another person and discussed our words. If we both had six of the same words, then we got a bingo! - Jade

 

This morning we have learned about vaping and smoking. Vaping and smoking are dangerous for your health because it contains nicotine, which can stick to your heart and make your heart work harder. Although the vape might look cool, it is gross for your mouth. - Fife

 

This morning, we learnt about the dangers of smoking. I think the lesson was interesting because we were told that the nicotine in cigarettes and vapes increases your heart rate.

When you light a cigarette, it releases tar. When you inhale the smoke, the tar enters your body.

Vapes are mysterious because they can contain unknown substances that are not listed on the box. - Kye

 

Today, we had a workshop about vaping. We learnt what is in a vape, what is in a cigarette and what can happen if you smoke or vape.

Some of the effects of vaping include tonsillitis, a weakened immune system and collapsed lungs. We also learnt about how difficult it can be to stop vaping once you have started.

Furthermore, we looked at a smoking and vaping timeline to see how they have developed over the years. We also saw tar in a jar, which showed how much tar could build up inside your body if you smoked 20 cigarettes a day for one year.

In conclusion, the workshop was interesting and informative, and now we know what to do if someone offers us a vape. - Megan

Good afternoon, parents and carers.

Today, we've been learning about smoking and vaping and why they are so harmful to our health.

At the start of the lesson, we knew very little, but by the end, we had learnt so much! Did you know that cigarettes can contain harmful chemicals, including substances also found in rat poison, toilet cleaners and rocket fuel?

Today, our visitor also showed us a jar of tar. This demonstrated how much tar could build up in your lungs if you smoked 20 cigarettes a day for a year.

Although vapes can look pretty and colourful, they can contain harmful chemicals, tiny metal particles that can enter your lungs and plastic. Did you know that 600 puffs of a vape can be equivalent to smoking around two packs of 20 cigarettes in terms of nicotine exposure?

We had so much fun and learnt lots of interesting facts. We're bringing our workbooks home, so please feel free to have a look at what we've been learning.

Have a lovely day! - Maia

 

 

October

In year 6 we have been really focussing on our writing. We are nearly at the end of our WW2 recount and I have been incredibly impressed by the writing the children have produced. 

 

In maths, we have spent time looking at common factors of numbers, using factor bugs, and common multiples. We have also covered different rules of divisibility. 

Number	Rule for Divisibility
1	Every number is divisible by 1.
2	If the number is even (ends in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8).
3	If the sum of the digits is divisible by 3.
4	If the last two digits form a number divisible by 4.
5	If the number ends in 0 or 5.
6	If the number is divisible by both 2 and 3.
7	Trickier! Try dividing—if it works with no remainder, it’s divisible.
8	If the last three digits form a number divisible by 8.
9	If the sum of the digits is divisible by 9.
10	If the number ends in 0.

In foundation subjects, we have looked at Judaism and why some people choose to cover their heads, as well as resolving conflict and creating a positive online reputation. 

 

We have completed our topic of WW2 now, which the children have been absolutely enthralled by. We have looked at;

-Evacuation

-The Blitz

-Types of shelters (Anderson, Morrison and public)

-Rationing

-The Blackout

-Barrage balloons

_The role of women.