Year 6 have had another successful week of learning - the children are impressing us hugely with their hard work and enthusiastic attitudes in all they do!
In writing, we have built on our visit to the Bishop's Stortford War Memorial, and written a diary entry from the perspective of a soldier in World War I. The children have shown such empathy and a true ability to put themselves in the shoes of the young men who fought such a hard fight - our local history learning has really brought the topic alive for them. Reading diary entries from soldiers they now feel they 'know' has produced some moving, thoughtful and incredibly well written pieces of work.
We are also linking our art lessons to our WWI and science topics - and have begun to explore the concept of light and shadow. Careful sketching and new techniques under our belts will ultimately lead to sketching artefacts from the early 1900's. We look forward to sharing the end results with you!
RE saw us visit what it means to be a Humanist - and how the 'Golden Rule' of treating people as you, yourself, would like to be treated lies at the heart of the Humanist ideology. We were interested to learn how this rule also appears in almost every religion - and how, religious or not, applying it to our daily life can really help us all.
In French, the children have begun to explore the concept of likes and dislikes - and are forming complex sentences with real aplomb! We certainly have a year group who have both linguistic flair -and a lot of passion for discussion!
The children continue to be drawn into our reading text for the half term 'Holes' by Louis Sachar, and have been learning how to form character impressions founded on evidence. There has also been a large flurry of activity to discover Sachar's other novels...and non fiction books on everything Texas! From desert life to tornadoes!
Well done to the children on yet another fantastic week - and we look forward to sharing more with you soon.
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