Year 6 Strong and Powerful Homework

25th November 2016admin

Strong and Powerful Homework

In year 6 we are Strong and Powerful learners, who take ownership of our own learning. To increase our levels of responsibility we have decided to lead our own close the gap home learning journeys.

We have identified the current gaps in our learning in our ‘Close the Gap’ plans with our teachers. We have established whether each of these gaps is something that: we need to be taught by a teacher, can research independently or can practise independently. We have chosen our homework from the research or practise independently columns.

Miss Sheridan and Miss Bold have put together a bank of resources for us to use when we are closing these gaps at home – they will be adding new things to the bank every week. Please find the URL below.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14kpQTrhvNsCqEO06sTCKhijnx_pnsgX1HTvFw8hDgmA/edit#slide=id.p

We will see the impact of our personalised close the gap home learning throughout our lessons in school. With our teachers we will be reviewing whether our gaps have been closed. We also have fortnightly spellings and quick maths in our booklets as well. If we come up with any new gaps we need to ask our teachers to put more resources onto the resource bank. 

We are looking forward to having ownership over this learning! 

We will remember them – a post by Year 6

By f gilders16th November 2016

This post was written by 3 Year 6 pupils – Anaiya Patel, Muhammad Behany and Inshirah Khodai – regarding their experiences on 11th November 2016 at a Remembrance Day Service.

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We will remember them….

On Friday 11th November, we were invited to attend a Remembrance Day Service with a number of other schools across Milton Keynes. This was a once in a lifetime experience for me and the day was filled with many exciting activities. We paraded down the street led by the Bagpipes Legion and members of the army. As we reached the end of the parade and arrived at the memorial, I thought to myself, ‘I am really honoured to be here and remember the men and women who sacrificed their lives for our benefit.

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A horn/trumpet played ‘The Last Post’ and a lady gave us a speech about the soldiers who fought in World War 2. Then, we had a 2 minute silence to remember them. Another school read a poem to everyone called, ‘The inquisitive mind of a child.’

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Pearl-white doves (doves are the symbol of peace) were released in the air, and fluttered above our heads. The time had come to lay our poppy wreath on the memorial. We felt quite sad and serious and the atmosphere was very sombre.

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As the doves towered high above us, remembrance crosses, with a single poppy attached to them, were handed out to us. Clenching these symbols of remembrance in our palms, we were required to order ourselves into rows for a photograph. However, with 600 children to organise, this was easier said than done! We got there in the end, just in time for someone to come out with a camera – ‘Cheeeese!’

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We were then thanked for attending and made aware that there were refreshments inside the church. Miss Courtney, Miss Gilders and the rest of us headed inside (with no second thoughts!). Inside, we discovered that there were some beautiful poppy seed cupcakes with grey butterscotch icing, topped with a large, sugary poppy on top, and some squash to drink.

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Walking back to the car, we thought about how brave the soldiers must have been to give up their lives so that we could have ours. I now fully understand why its important to remember all those involved in conflict across the world, both from the past and in the present. I know what is really behind that poppy on your chest.

Super Moon

By 15th November 2016

It was amazing that there has been a fabulous super moon in the sky (especially whilst we have been investigating space). Did you see it?

 

Have a look at the news here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-37978572

Children in Need

By 14th November 2016
This Friday (18th November) is Children in Need and to raise money this year we are hosting our very own ‘spotty’ bake sale.
Please bring in a ‘spotty’ cake from home to donate to our cake sale. Please only bring a few cakes to sell.
Our bake sales will be held after school on Friday in your child’s small school.
We are also asking for a £1 donation to dress up in ‘spotty’ clothes this Friday. If your child does not have spotty clothes they are welcome to come dressed in bright colours too!
Let’s raise lots of money this Friday for a brilliant cause.

We will remember them…

By f gilders11th November 2016

Today, Brooklands Farm Primary School was represented by 3 Year 6 pupils, who attended a Remembrance Day Parade and Service along with 600 other school children from other schools across Milton Keynes, at the Woughton Parish Memorial.

The children who attended are completing a blog post of their experiences which will be posted on the website next week.

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