Year 6 - Blwyddyn 6

Croeso i Flwyddyn 6!

Teacher: Mr Parker

PPA: Mrs Anderson

Reminders

FRUIT / Ffrwyth

Every morning, the children may buy a healthy snack for 20p or £1 for the week. The Year 6 children wash and sell the fruit and count our earnings. We use any profit to buy some special extras for the children in their lessons.

WATER BOTTLES/ Poteli Dwr 

We are trying to reduce the number of bottles we throw away so are

encouraging the children to bring a water bottle to school or buy a Greenway one for £1.50, available from the school office. They may fill it at the fresh water fountain. They can keep this in class and re hydrate throughout the day.

PE Ymarfer Corff

Thursday - indoor & Friday - outdoor

We have Upbeat Dance for the first six weeks of the term so can children please wear joggers/leggings and t-shirt. Thursday children will take part in drama and gymnastics in the hall so could girls wear leggins or shorts and boys to wear shorts or joggers.

Friday is outdoor PE, with the Winter coming can children please wear appropriate shoes and warm clothes.

Tymor y Haf

May The Force Be With You

Our Summer topic is called 'May The Force Be With You' whilst we have discussed the idea of what a force is we have thought of many things we would like to learn about.

What are forces?

Can we see or feel forces?

How do they affect our daily lives?

Is force powerful?

What else can force mean?

What is a force of nature?

Is there a wild force?

How to Stop a Moving Car?

We have tested different materials to determine which would produce the most friction. We dropped the car from the top of the ramp and timed how long it took to stop.

The quicker the car stopped, the more friction the material gives.

We created graphs on Google Classroom to show the stopping distances.

Forces of Nature

For our final half term we are looking at other types of forces.

We have started to look at forces of nature and how global warming is affecting the planet. We used straws and marshmallows to create an earthquake proof building with different levels of success!

Spring Term - Tymor Y Gwanwyn 

This term our context is called 'Our Heritage'

We live in a country that is full of history and tradition but what do we know about these? Over the next 10 weeks we will be learning all about Welsh history and how in the Victorian times Wales became one of the most important places in the world!

We will find out about some of the sad times and become reporters in the  aftermath of the Aberfan disasters. 

Using our pupil voice, we will find out lots about out little country with a huge history.

We looked at sources from the late 19th century and saw just how much coal was exported from Cardiff. We used this data to create a range of charts to help us answer questions.

Aberfan Disaster

We have learnt about the tragedy of Aberfan! After learning all the facts, reading and listening to eyewitnesses we created our own newspaper reports.

Safer Internet Day

We have made information PowerPoints alerting other pupils to the risks they may face online.

Autumn Term - Tymor yr Hydref

To Infinity and Beyond - I Anfeidredd a Thu Hwnt!

We have talked about the context and the class have made some fantastic ideas of what they would like to learn about. We are going to start travelling through space learning about the planets in our Solar System before crash landing back on Earth to learn about the many things which are affecting our planet and what we can do to help the future of our planet. 

Distance Between Planets

As part of our pupil voice we wanted to find out the distance between the planets. We were able to find out the distance between the planets. We were then able to convert the measurements to smaller units to see  for ourselves.

CPR Training

We were able to take part in a workshop to learn a very important life skill. We were able to take part in CPR training so if somebody was to have a heart attack we know how to save them.

Netball Training

As part of transition to high school we have taken part in netball sessions with Eastern High.

Year 6 Skate Club are building their skills ahead of a trip to the Knap and Llandaff Fields later in the year. Learning to skate involves a wide range of skills including balance, coordination, improvisation, mutual support and resilience.

A massive 'Well done' to Skate Club for the skills shown on our trip to the Knap in Barry - skating skills, bravery and self-belief, resilience and social skills, and helping others. Great work!