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March 14, 2016

Stewards of the Earth

We have talked about the idea of stewardship in RE this week. We talked about what it means and how it links to the Creation Story. The children thought carefully about why humans should be stewards and how they could do it, for example by growing their own vegetables, turning off lights when they’re not...
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March 9, 2016

Project

This term you have been learning about the Victorians, including the many inventions that they created during this period. A lot of these inventions were very successful and we still use them nowadays, such as railways and rubber tyres. For your next homework project, we would like you to create and design a new invention...
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March 9, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Spellings This week we have looked at words with the with the /ei/ sound spelt -eigh. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practice them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet. Maths In maths next week we will be learning about angles....
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March 9, 2016

Direct speech

We have learnt how to use inverted commas in class this week. We also tried hard not to use the verb ‘said’, instead using alternative verbs such as ‘muttered’ or ‘exclaimed’. Here are some of the children reading their work aloud.        
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March 7, 2016

Personal safety, healthy living and well-being games

We have played some PSHCE games this afternoon all to do with personal safety, healthy living and well-being. We loved playing the games and learning at the same time! The board games had different themes including road safety, Internet safety and home hazards safety.           
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March 7, 2016

Saviours of the Train

We have continued to read The Railway Children and today acted out a crucial scene from the story when the three children prevent a train from crashing. We enjoyed using drama to help us understand this part of the tale.           
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March 7, 2016

Decimal fractions

Class 6 are currently learning about decimal fractions. This week the children used Base 10 to visualise whole ones, tenths and hundredths. Here they are showing what certain decimal numbers look like:        
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March 4, 2016

World Book Day 2016

We had such a fun day on World Book Day! Lots of children dressed up as their favourite book characters. We did a drama activity linked to the Star Wars books, made a book spine to go on a whole school display, read to younger children in Class 1, took part in the school costume...
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March 3, 2016

Project

Remember that for your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be about a specific danger such as overhead lines or pylons or it could be about the general dangers of electricity around the home....
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March 3, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Spellings This week we have looked at words with the /ei/ sound in them. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practice them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet. Maths In maths next week we will be continuing our work on fractions...
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March 3, 2016

Victorian songs and poems

Class Six created some fantastic songs and poems using the theme of Victorian school. All of the groups worked really well together and made a great audience for each other. I think we all agreed that we are glad not to go to a Victorian school!
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March 1, 2016

Electronic kits

Class 6 experimented with electronic kits in science this week.  Having learnt lots so far about how to make a circuit work, they tested different circuits on a challenge sheet using the components in the kits. They gave reasons why the circuit worked and lit up a bulb, or didn’t work.  Well done for using...
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February 29, 2016

LOGO

In computing, Class 6 are currently working on the software LOGO. The children have been writing basic commands such as fd for forward or rt 90 to turn right 90 degrees. They have been challenged to draw shapes and patterns using the commands and have had to work out any mistakes, or debug their algorithms,...
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February 25, 2016

Project

In science you have been learning about electricity. As you know, electricity can be very dangerous if people don’t use it safely and with respect. For your next homework project, we would like you to design a bright and eye catching poster to warn other children of the dangers of electricity. Your poster could be...
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February 25, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

English Next week in English we will be reading more of The Railway Children and will complete writing linked to the story.   Spellings This week we have looked at spellings with endings sounding like ‘sure’ and ‘ture’. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practise them in your homework book...
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February 24, 2016

500 Words Competition

Ten children in Class 6 have entered the Radio 2 500 Words competition. We have been lucky to hear many of the stories in class and they have all been terrific! Good luck to all of the children.
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February 23, 2016

Roots to Food

On Tuesday Key Stage 2 took part in the Roots to Food cookery challenge! Zak, Isidora and Charlie represented Class 6 in a cookery demonstration which they were apprehensive about initially but really enjoyed! The children learnt all about where food comes from, it’s nutritional value and how to eat healthily. What a fantastic experience...
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February 22, 2016

The Railway Children

Over the next half term we will be reading The Railway Children by E. Nesbit. This week we looked at the front cover of the book and made predictions about it. We then presented our ideas to the rest of the class. We look forward to reading the book and finding out if our predictions...
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February 10, 2016

Victorian Adverts

After writing our explanation texts about Victorian inventions that never were, we created posters and a persuasive pitch to sell the inventions to would-be customers! We presented both our pitch and poster to the rest of the class. Here we are, Dragon’s Den style-pitching…          
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February 9, 2016

Volta

We had another electrifying afternoon, researching and creating information posters about Alessandro Volta (the Italian scientist that the Volt is named after). We used Microsoft Publisher to create our posters which many of us had never used before. Our posters are bright and informative, well done Class 6!        
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February 8, 2016

Brave and unwise decisions

Today Class 6 listened to two stories – one where a child made a brave choice, another where they made an unwise choice. We discussed how sometimes this can be difficult to distinguish between and so we talkethrough many examples. Some children produced lists of brave and unwise choices; others created posters of the two...
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February 5, 2016

Class 6 Newsletter 05.02.16

05.02.16 Newsletter
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February 5, 2016

Next Week

Maths In maths next week we will be creating our doing a pancake-themed maths lesson as well as looking at fractions.   You have been given your nine times tables. Please remember to practise them by using your booklets to help you.   We have set you a task on My Maths. You have your...
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February 3, 2016

Victorian Schooling

This afternoon Class 6 recreated a Victorian classroom once again! The children had to learn two verses of a poem off by heart like Victorian children would have had to. It was very hard reciting the poem but we all did our best! Some of us loved the strict rules whilst many others found it...
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February 2, 2016

Electrifying science

Class 6 carried out an investigation to find out which materials are electrical conductors and which are electrical insulators. We had excellent results and now know the answer to this question! Come and ask us if you’d like to know which materials allow electricity to pass though them!  We planned our investigation ourselves using a...
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February 1, 2016

Learning Styles

This afternoon in Class 6 the children took part in a PSHCE lesson to understand what type of learner they are. We discussed different learning styles, what they mean and thought if we were like that as learners. Most of us realised that we learn in several different ways but may prefer one style to...
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January 29, 2016

Next Week

English Next week in English we will be writing an explanation text about a Victorian invention. Please remember to fill in your reading records as we will be choosing our next Bookworm of the Month soon! Maths In maths next week we will be working on 3D shape and fractions including tenths and hundredths. Remember...
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January 29, 2016

Spelling

This week we have looked at spellings with the –ation suffix. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practise them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet.
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January 29, 2016

Project

The 500 words competition has been launched for 2016 on Radio 2. Lots of you have been asking us about it and are clearly already very excited! We will look at the competition in more detail in an English lesson next week so don’t worry if you haven’t entered before.   Normally our homework projects...
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January 29, 2016

Class 6 Newsletter 29.01.16

29.01.16
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January 27, 2016

Word Classes

We have been working hard in Class 6 to identify adjectives, verbs, nouns and adverbs to help us improve our sentences and understand the jobs of each word. Here we are using our word fans!   
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January 26, 2016

Topic Enrichment Day

Key Stage 2 are enjoying our topic enrichment day! Look at the fantastic costumes some of the children have worn:        
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January 25, 2016

Edward Lear nonsense!

Class 6 have been looking at the work of Victorian writer Edward Lear. His style of writing is nonsensical and silly! The children have written poems in his style, including a nonsense alphabet. We had a range of things in our poems… kings, jungles, eels and yachts! Here are  some of the children performing our...
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January 25, 2016

Edward Lear nonsense!

Class 6 have looked at the writing of Edward Lear in English. His style of writing is nonsensical and silly! The children have enjoyed writing limericks and other poems in this style! Here is part of our nonsense alphabet:      
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January 22, 2016

Next Week…

Maths In maths next week we will be revisiting multiplication and division. You have been given your eight times tables. Please remember to practice them by using your booklets to help you. We have set you a task on My Maths. You have your individual homework log-ins but to access the website the school username...
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January 22, 2016

Spelling

This week we have looked at further spellings with the –ly suffix. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practice them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet.
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January 22, 2016

Project

Project Remember that our topic this term is the Victorians so for your next homework project we would like you to choose one famous Victorian to write about in an information booklet. You can choose how to organise the information and illustrations within your booklet. Try to think creatively about the presentation of your work....
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January 22, 2016

Newsletter 22.01.16

22.01.16 – Newsletter Have a good weekend.
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January 20, 2016

Shared reading

Class 6 loved sharing their Beatrix Potter books with the children in Classes 1 and 2!                        
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January 20, 2016

Victorian Debate!

This afternoon Class 6 re-created the Houses Of Parliament in the classroom and debated a very important issue… Whether poor Victorian children should be stopped from working or not! The children in Class 6 on the side of the Victorian children won the debate! We all agreed after a heated discussion that indeed Victorian children...
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January 19, 2016

Celebrating our hard work! 

Here we are looking at our books to celebrate our hard work in Class 6!         
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January 19, 2016

Learning about electrical components

Today Class 6 continued their electricity learning by looking at torches and understanding which electrical components are inside to make the torch work. Did you like learning about torches?           
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January 19, 2016

Creating our books

Here are Class 6 busily creating their Beatrix Potter books on Monday!             
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January 15, 2016

Class 6 Newsletter 15.01.16

Have a relaxing weekend! 15.01.16
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January 14, 2016

Beatrix Potter

Class 6 have been writing in the style of the famous Victorian author, Beatrix Potter. We have made lovely, little books to put our writing into and illustrate with pictures of our animal characters. The finished books will be ready next week! Have you enjoyed this writing Class 6?
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January 12, 2016

Class 6 Newsletter 08.01.16

08.01.16-Newsletter
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January 8, 2016

Class 6 Newsletter 08.01.16

Well done class 6 for a fantastic first week back after Christmas! 08.01.16-Newsletter
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December 14, 2015

Autumn Term in Class 6

Hi Class 6, As the autumn term in Class 6 draws to an end, what have you enjoyed doing at school in the last few months? Miss Land.
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December 11, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 11.12.15

11.12.15 Newsletter
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December 10, 2015

Blast off!

Yesterday classes 5 and 6 made film canister rockets (using water and Alka Seltza tablets too) to demonstrate how a real rocket launches and defies the pull of gravity. There were many cheers on the upstairs landing as our rockets flew up to the high ceiling (almost touching it)! We found out that one and...
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December 4, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 04.12.15

Have a lovely weekend class 6. 04.12.15 Newsletter
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December 3, 2015

Park Grove Christmas Fair

Enjoy the Christmas Fair Class 6! Sing loudly if you join in with the school choir! Miss Land
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November 27, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 27.11.15

27.11.15
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November 26, 2015

Permeability

Class 6 conducted an investigation yesterday to find out whether certain rocks are permeable or not. The children designed the experiment themselves using a science planner. They decided to use a pipette to drop 10 ml of water on a rock and then observe whether the liquid went through the rock (which they then measured...
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November 20, 2015

Newsletter 20.11.15

Well done for a fantastic week! 20.11.15 Newsletter
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November 19, 2015

Astro Science Challenge Menu Task

Class 6 have started to plan a menu for a day on board the ISS for Tim Peake. The children need to create meals that total 4300 kcals! This is because when astronauts go on a space walk, they need lots of energy as they could be on their walk for up to 8 hours!...
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November 13, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 13.11.15

13.11.15
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November 10, 2015

Class 6 Assembly

WELL DONE for such super effort and enthusiasm during your assembly this morning Class 6! You were all awesome! Miss Durkin, Mrs Smith and I were so proud of you and all of your hard work. Miss Land.
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November 6, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 06.11.15

06.11.15 Newsletter
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November 5, 2015

Astro Science Challenge!

Class 6 started to work on the exciting Astro Science Challenge which will be a KS2 project for 6 weeks, linked to Tim Peake’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS) in December. We enjoyed researching the ISS earlier this week and we will be looking at time related maths to do with the ISS...
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October 23, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 23.10.15

Have a great holiday!23.10.15 Newsletter
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October 22, 2015

Class 6 Assembly… sshhh!

Class 6 have been busily preparing their class assembly which the rest of the school will see after the half term holiday. We are trying to keep much of it a secret! We hope everyone looks forward to seeing us perform soon… Miss Land.
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October 20, 2015

Science Enrichment Day

We had a wonderful space science enrichment day! Class 6 learnt all about Tim Peake the British astronaut who is going to the International Space Station in December. We also tried astronaut food, wrote poems about the view from the space station looking towards Earth and finally made the eight planets from papier mache! What...
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October 16, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 16.10.15

16.10.15 Newsletter
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October 14, 2015

Animal Food Chains

Yesterday, Class 6 learnt about animal food chains. We started to use the science vocabulary ‘producer’, ‘consumer’, ‘prey’ and ‘predator’. We learnt that most food chains start with green plants. Did you enjoy the lesson Class 6? Miss Land.
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October 9, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 09.10.15

Have a fun weekend!09.10.15 Newsletter
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October 8, 2015

E-mail

All of the children in Class 6 started to use their e-mail accounts yesterday which Miss Bird kindly set up for them. The children loved writing and sending e-mails to me and other children in class – such excitement! We will learn more about using our e-mail and the other apps over the coming months....
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October 2, 2015

Goodbye Mrs Chambers!

Mrs Chambers left Class 6 this afternoon to start her new job soon. We will really miss her! Thank-you for everything that you have done for us and we wish you lots of luck! From Class 6 x
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October 2, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 02.10.15

02.10.15 Unfortunately MyMaths is down due to a technical error so there is no MyMaths homework this week.
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October 1, 2015

Hernán Cortés

Class 6 really enjoyed learning about Hernán Cortés this week. We learnt the very complicated story about Cortés arriving in Mesoamerica (modern day Mexico) in 1519, being mistaken by the Aztecs as a Snake god and taking heaps of gold back to Spain! We loved acting out the story to help us understand it and were all...
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September 25, 2015

Zumba

Today class 5 and class 6 joined together to have a special PE lesson. Mrs Chambers taught us some Zumba moves and we had a go ourselves! We had lots of fun and danced to some of our favourite songs? Which dance did you like the most?
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September 25, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 25.09.15

25.09.15 Newsletter
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September 24, 2015

Pedestrian Training

This week Class 6 completed their pedestrian training. The children learnt how to cross the road safely in a variety of situations, including near parked cars. Do you feel confident crossing the road now Class 6? Miss Land.
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September 18, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 18.09.15

18.09.15 Newsletter
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September 17, 2015

6 things you would find in an explorer’s backpack…

We had an imaginative poetry writing lesson yesterday in Class 6. The children imagined what a desert explorer would carry in his backpack whilst out roaming the sandy dunes! The children thought of some really interesting and magical ideas. The poems were a great success! Well done Class 6. Miss Land
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September 11, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 11.09.15

Well done for a lovely first week!11.09.15 A Newsletter
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September 10, 2015

Welcome back to school Class 6!

We have had a lovely return to Park Grove in Class 6. What a hard-working, polite and friendly bunch of children you are! I’m looking forward to a really great year with you. Our first topic of the year is Exploration. What do you think we will be learning about Class 6? Miss Land
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July 10, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 10.07.15

10.7.15 (1) Have a lovely weekend!
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July 9, 2015

A year in Class 6

Class 6, now that the school year is sadly drawing to a close, what have you enjoyed most about your time in Year 3 or 4 in Class 6? – Miss Land.
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July 3, 2015

Ice-cream and archives!

Yesterday, in the scorching hot weather, Class 6 ventured to the Museum Gardens for a delicious ice-cream. Thank-you to the PTA for paying for this lovely treat! We then went to read the ‘Chocolate Letters’ at the archive in the library. We were so pleased to handle such old documents and read what the men thought...
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July 3, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 03.07.15

03.07.15 newsletter
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June 28, 2015

National Coal Mining Museum Trip

Classes 6, 7 and 8 visited the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield on Monday 22nd as part of their Local Studies topic this half term. The children learnt all about coal mining in Yorkshire through the ages, met some pit ponies/horse and even went underground to experience what it is like working in a...
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June 26, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 26.06.15

25.06.15-newsletter Have a lovely weekend!
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June 19, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 19.06.15

19.06.15 newsletter
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June 18, 2015

A special message from the Class 6 governor

Dear Class 6 Thank-you for your kind and extremely professional thank-you letters. Once again I’m blown away by your fabulous handwriting and your ability to talk so well about what you did and why you enjoyed it. I really enjoyed Monday’s lesson and had a lot of fun exploring Google Earth, Google Maps and Street...
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June 12, 2015

Rounders

We enjoyed a rounders match this afternoon which ended the week really nicely as the weather is glorious! We have all improved under-arm and over-arm throwing in PE this week. Well done children, I look forward to futher matches this half term. Have a lovely weekend everyone, Miss Land.
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June 12, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 12.06.15

12.06.15-newsletter Have a lovely weekend!
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June 8, 2015

Sponsored Bounce

Lots of luck to all of the children at Park Grove today with the sponsored bounce! We hope that you raise lots of money for school ICT equipment! From Class 6.
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June 5, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 05.06.15

05.06.15 newsletter
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May 15, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 15.05.15

15.5.15 Have a lovely weekend!
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May 14, 2015

Class Assembly

Class 6 finished writing their assembly last week and now have been practising it ready for the real performance next week. The children are excited to sing the songs for you. Good luck with your final rehersals Class 6! – Miss Land.
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May 8, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 08.05.15

08.05.15 newsletter
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May 6, 2015

Cheese

Class 6 were like mice this morning and tasted a variety of cheeses (linked to our forthcoming assembly…!) Cheddar and Red Leicester were definitely the class favourites! Some very brave children tried Stilton and Gorgonzola and quite liked them! We are now fully in the mood to give the rest of the school a cheesy treat...
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May 1, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 01.05.15

1.5.15 Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend!
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April 28, 2015

Shadow Puppets

We had such a great science lesson this afternoon! Class 6 learnt about shadow puppets and made their own puppets using lolly sticks and cardboard. Then we used one of the puppets to conduct a cool shadow experiment. We moved the puppet nearer and nearer  to a light source and away from a white screen. We...
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April 24, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 24.04.15

24.04.15 newsletter
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April 23, 2015

Chickens

Hello Class 6! Are you happy that the chicks, or rather chickens, are back at Park Grove? I can’t believe how much Gary has grown! – Miss Land.
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April 17, 2015

Class 6 Newsletter 17.04.15

1 Newsletter 20.04.15 Have a lovely weekend!
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April 17, 2015

LOGO

Class 6 have worked really well over a number of weeks experimenting with and writing commands on LOGO. We finished our lessons today by using the ‘repeat’ function and by writing a series of commands for a purpose (drawing letters and short words). Well done to the children for being brilliant at writing commands and...
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April 16, 2015

Busy Summer Term

Welcome back to school Class 6 and the busy Summer Term! We have swimming, our assembly and sports day all to look forward to. Also we will be working on our fabulous new topic about Cricket and Cheese! What are you looking forward to most in the Summer Term? – Miss Land.
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