Welcome to Year 6
Article 28 Every child has the right to an education.
On Friday 15th November, our friends at Blue Peter invited the children to come and take part in the
Children In Need Blue Peter live show.
The children got to meet Pudsey Bear and take part in a world record for how many sets of Pudsey bear ears could be placed on in 30 seconds. To beat the record the presenter had to place more than 17 headbands on the children within the time.
The official judicator from the Guinness World Records was present on the show. The presenter successfully put on 18 sets of Pudsey Ears in the time making it the new world record.
The children had a great time.
We even took Augustine Bear with us and he got his first Blue Peter Badge.
On Tuesday 13th November, after our wonderful trip to the cinema, Year 6 headed over to the in Imperial War Museum. There we saw real memorabilia from WW1 and WW2 and learnt about many of the people that fought and died in the war. We ended the trip by visiting their sobering holocaust exhibit.
What an amazing way to spend this week of remembrance!
On Thursday 7th November Year 6 took a trip to Manchester Museum to check out their new interactive exhibition. They used iPads to travel back in time and explore some of the amazing artifacts that the museum holds. Students would pick a character and complete different missions around the museum. We saw everything from dinosaurs to mummies and had an amazing time!
Respect Understanding Danger Equality
On October 30th pupils in Year 5 & Year 6 took part in a R.U.D.E workshop. It was led by Dean Coady O.B.E.
He gave an inspirational and educational talk about his experiences and how respect, understanding, dangers & equality relate to everyday life. He helps to equip and educate young people with practical ways to 'Keep Safe' and use their voices in a positive way
Article 17 Access to information
The Terms Shared Read
As this first term comes to an end. We celebrated all of Year 6s hard work. Throughout this month students were given Dojos for hard work, good behavior and working well as a team. They were given the target of reaching 2100 Dojos, which they hit at the end of the week. As part of their reward Year 6 got to make and decorate their own delicious candy apples
Blue Peter Live
On Wednesday 16th October, some year 5 and 6 children were lucky enough to go to Media City
to take part yet again in one of the
Blue Peter shows.
This episode was to celebrate 'Diwali'.
They got to see some fantastic Bhangra dancers in action.
All the children had a great time and even got to meet Henry the dog.
They were praised for being an amazing audience.
This episode is due to be shown on Friday 1st November.
Article 2 (non-discrimination)
This term in Science we have been learning about circuits and their different components. We looked at the difference between a complete and incomplete circuit and how having many components attached to one cell might affect the light or sound we get from these components. Year 6 tried their hand at making their own complete circuit, adding more and more components as they went.
The first Thursday of October we held a reading workshop for our parents and students in Year 6. Parents joined us in the morning to learn different techniques, to help their children improve their reading at home. There were several stations with different reading activities at each. One station even looked at a past SATs reading paper. This gave students and parents an idea of what they will face in the May SATs. It was lovely to see our students show off some of the wonderful work they have done so far.
Article 28 Every child has the right to an education.
On Friday 20th September St Augustine's celebrated World Pace Day together. Year 6 did lots of fun activities in the morning. At lunchtime we ate foods from around the world. Then parents joined us in the afternoon to decorate rocks for our new peace garden.
Article 34 (Recovery from trauma and reintegration)
This week we took part in a school vote to elect the students who would take over the roles of the staff at St Augustine's. Our new head teacher lead the class assembly accompanied by the new deputy head and the new business manager. Year 6 then went back to class where they were taught by their new Year 6 teachers. Year 6 put a lot of planning and hard work into their lessons and took full advantage of their new power, by giving students an extra 10 minutes breaktime.
Article 12 Respect for the views of the child.
In the afternoon we got a visit from Reverend Stuart. He spoke to us about nature and the importance of looking after it and helped us plant some plants in our new peace garden.
Play Leader Training
Article 31 Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in wide rang of cultural activities.
This week we started our class training sessions for school play leaders. The training focused on developing the skills and knowledge required to facilitate and lead safe, engaging, and inclusive play. It emphasized the importance of creating a supportive environment and using play as a tool for learning and growth. Year 6 learned practical techniques for organizing games, managing groups, and fostering social interaction among children through different team-building activities.
Our Class Charity
The Charity Year 6 has chosen to support this year is Refugee Action. A Manchester based charity that aims to help refugees.
Say hello to our lovely new Year 6 class!
Year 6 Class Prayer
Dear god of our faith,
We are grateful for the life you gave us, the family we are apart of and the world we share,
We are thankful for the animals from the small snails to the big whales,
We are hopeful for the trees to continue to grow and the stars to glow,
Help us to be respectful to the other children’s rights so we can fly like kites,
May we never forget to believe, always hope to achieve and guide us to succeed.
Amen/Ameen
