St Teresa's Class : 2024-2025
The Year 6 Team (St Teresa's Class) are Mrs Parker, Mrs Greener, Mrs Fausta and Miss Day
Welcome to St Teresa's Class page.
SATs Easter Holiday packs
As promised, the children will be bringing home an Easter holiday SATs pack that they have requested. Please take a look. There is a list of youtube videos linked to learning as well as several different activities. Children should choose the aspects they need to practise the most and also use their CGP 10 minute test books to practise over the holidays. They should also have a good break too!
To access the links, drag the link with a left click of the mouse into your browser.
On a phone just copy the link and paste.
French Culture Week
This week, the children have been learning about French Food. They sampled a taster of Quiche Lorraine, madeleines, pain au chocolat, baguette, Brie cheese and crepes.
They also played a game where they had to practise key phrases saying whether they liked, disliked, loved or hated each food item they landed on.....in French!
Disaster!
Year 6's Geography theme this half term is called "Disaster" and in class we have been learning about how volcanoes are formed. We have also been finding out about the different parts of a volcano. We created our own volcanoes, trying to show the different parts like the magma, the lava, the crater and the vents. Here is an explanation about the formation of a volcano and a few of our erupting volcanoes!
French:
In French this week, we have been revising adjectives in French. Today, we thought of lots of positive adjectives to describe our wonderful mums! We created a special bookmark for each of our mums for Mother's Day - Bonne fête des mères to all of our wonderful mums!
Who's Your Rock?
Today, our Year 6 class were involved in a project run by St Peter's Church in Brighton.
To commemorate 200 years since their foundation stone was laid, St Peter's are creating a piece of art work contributed to by over 2000 children and groups across Brighton.
Francesca came in and talked to the children about the project and got them to reflect on who is each child's rock. They brainstormed this and put a list of their "rocks" into a tube which they decorated to look like a "stick of rock."
We look forward to seeing our children's art work as part of St Peter's Church community art installation.
Stunning Start - WWII
Last week, we spent a day learning abut different aspects of WWII. the children learned abut rationing, evacuation, the Blitz, how the war started and what it might be like during an air-raid!
French
Year 6 are learning about French subjects and learning how to read a French school timetable.
They played a memory game in pairs applying their knowledge of the different subjects in French. They also played a matching game to consolidate this understanding.
Outdoor Learning: 17.10.24
Last Thursday we had a fantastic time during our Outdoor Learning Day.
The children found out about creating a perfect circle with chalk; using angles for making turns on a compass; working as a team and creating natural art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. they also found out how to be safe around outdoor fires with Miss Cross.
Here are a few pictures:
French Culture Week: 22.10.24
This week is French Culture Week. Year 6 have been learning about French artists and their works. They chose a piece of art work from Claude Monet or Paul Cezanne or Henri Matisse and created their own piece based on or inspired by the artwork.
Here are a few pictures:
Dear All,
Year 6 will be having Outdoor Learning next Thursday 17th October. Please send your children in to school in old clothes instead of uniform - and a coat!!
Many thanks,
Year 6 Team
French
Year 6 have been learning French with Mrs Skinner on a Thursday afternoon. The lessons usually involve a practical activity or game where the children apply the knowledge they have learnt.
So far this year, they have learnt how to tell the time on the hour and half hour, about the names of places around the school and about how French primary schools are different to St Joseph's.
Here are a few photos:
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please come to our Harvest Assembly on Tuesday 15th October at 9:00am.
We look forward to seeing you if you can make it.
Year 6 Team
Our Stunning Start for our Mexico topic will be on Thursday 12th September. This will include food tasting, so please let me/office know if your child has any allergies.
Click HERE for this term's theme overview and coverage.
We had a fantastic Stunning start last Thursday about Mexico. Among other activities, the children enjoyed: food tasting, making Day of the Dead masks and a very exciting Pinjata game!
Welcome to Year 6
Dear All,
I am delighted to be your new Year 6 teacher and welcome you all back to the new academic year. I look forward to all the exciting projects and hard work that Year 6 brings. I know we are all ready for a fresh start and I am keen to get to know you all. I look forward to meeting you and am readily available before or after school if you need to speak to me at any point.
This year will be a great opportunity for the class to lead on our new school behaviour code and to show other children what fantastic role models Year 6 pupils can be. Please check this web page regularly for updates from inside the classroom!
I look forward to getting to know everyone and am sure we will have a successful year
Mrs Parker
Learning Overview
PE
This half term, Year 6's PE days will be on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Please make sure your child has a full PE kit in school at all times - black shorts, a green St Joseph's t-shirt and trainers or plimsolls.
Please remember that earrings should only be small studs or sleepers and will need to be removed or covered with tape before lessons.
The children will also be doing the 'daily mile' on the other three days.
Reading
Please encourage your child to read as often as possible (ideally at least three times a week.) This can be by themselves, to a family member or to a sibling We will also have at least three independent reading sessions in a week as well as comprehension activities in class.
Spellings
A paper copy of the spelling list for the first term will be sent home with your child. Children will be tested on a Friday each week. Spelling frame is an excellent website to support your child with spelling. Click HERE for a link to it.
Homework
Please click HERE to find out what our homework expectations are. Your child will receive homework of mental arithmetic - in line with Year 6 SATs and Spelling and Grammar activities - in line with class work. some children may be set some times tables work if it is felt that their class Maths work would benefit from extra practice. Homework will go out on a Wednesday and be expected back on the following Monday.
Please make sure your child attends school in the correct school uniform. This includes plain black shoes or trainers. They also must be wearing a tie and no jewellery (except for small studs or sleepers)
Thank you parents and carers!
We appreciate your support.