Year 6
Year 6 Pre-Learning Tasks
Normandy Residential
Normandy Residential
At the beginning of term, Year 6 had the most wonderful time on their school residential to Normandy, where they set up home for one week at Chateau du Baffy in Columbiers-sur-Seulles. An early start and a very rocky crossing did not dampen their spirits. Setting sail from Dover and arriving in Calais, their first stop was Honfleur. This is a beautiful town most famous for its influence over Impressionist art, it has a stunning harbour and is full of interesting buildings.
Year 6 enjoyed a jam-packed week of excursions and learning experiences. This included trips to: a goats cheese farm, the 360 Cinema at Arromanches, the American cemetery, Omaha and Juno beaches (two of the five D-Day landing beaches), a tour of Calvados Pierre Huet family distillery and the chance to explore Falaise Castle with its unique architecture and the opportunity to learn about William the Conqueror, which was followed by a quick trip to the local hypermarket. Evenings were spent playing board games and quizzes, enjoying a movie together, sampling snails and frogs legs and we even had time to squeeze in a disco!
This residential is more than visiting amazing sites of historical interest. It's about developing confidence, growing independence, strengthening friendships and making life-long memories. Year 6 you were amazing!
Barnes to Bruges - the BIG Send Off
First week back and bursting with energy ...
Welcome to year 6, where we have had an extremely busy and productive start to our autumn term. The topic river below outlines the learning content and subject coverage for this term. As you can see the class texts 'War Horse' and 'Goodnight Mister Tom' relate closely to our history topic 'The Battle of Britain'. The pupils' learning will also be supported and enriched with several class trips this term.
A motivated and dedicated approach by all members of year 6 is essential to ensure that high expectations are embraced enthusiastically, and that each member of the class is ready to learn, is respectful of others and school property and believes in themselves and their peers.
I very much look forward to teaching your child this year; helping them to grow and mature into a thoughtful and confident young person, who aims to be the best they can be spiritually, academically, socially and physically.