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Year 6

Year 6 are taught by Miss Anthony and are supported by Mrs Mallinson.

Welcome to Year 6 Letter

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SATs Information Evening Presentation (download)

If you want to know what we are doing, please read our curriculum overview for the current term.

Recommended Reading Books

Year 6 Reading List 

World Book Day 2022

Year 6 – Practice SATs Papers

Transition to secondary school

The BBC have created a useful webpage for Year 6 pupils to help them think about their transition to secondary school. Why not have a look and have a go at the follow up activities.

See what we have been doing…

Outdoor Adventurous Activities (OAA)
Year 6 braved Storm Eunice and stayed outside for their OAA activities (18th February).  As you can see from the photos, the wind and rain didn’t stop the fun and the smiles!

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Electrifying Electricity!
In Science, Year 6 have been learning about electricity.  They used different components to build circuits and drew these in their books using scientific symbols.  The buzzer seemed to be the favourite component – it was very noisy in class!

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Dodgeball
Year 6 had great fun this afternoon (14th February) when Darren from our School Sports Partnership delivered a PE lesson on Dodgeball.  There was lots of ducking, diving and all-round fun!

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Archery
Year 6 had great fun today in the school hall when they practised their archery skills with Darren from our School Sports Partnership.  Even Robin Hood would have been impressed!

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Heritage Trail
Year 6 had a very busy Friday morning (28th January) when they set off with clipboards and maps to complete the Chester-le-Street Heritage trail.  The trail helped them to combine their History and Geography skills:  finding out about the history of their town and using map reading skills to navigate their way around.  Everyone had a fantastic morning and discovered lots of new facts about their town.  A special thank you to the kind volunteers in the church of St. Mary and St. Cuthbert who told us all about the Anker’s house.

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Plant Detectives
Year 6 were transformed into botanists today (24th January).  They studied the different plants found in our school and church grounds, and had to classify them into flowering plants, conifers, ferns and mosses.  It was amazing how many different species were found within a small area!

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Samba

Year 6 were transported to the carnivals of Rio de Janiero, in their PE lesson, on Friday (21st January).  They stepped and shimmied their way around the hall, creating their own moves in their samba schools.  They will be working together over the next few weeks to create their own dances.  Look out for photos of the final pieces!

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Party Time!
Year 6 had a fantastic day today (21st December) when they celebrated their final ever Christmas party at St. Cuthbert’s.  They showed off their talents in the talent show and pulled some impressive moves on the dance floor.  Check out the moves in in the photos below.

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Festive Fun Run
On Wednesday (8th December), Year 6 took part in a festive fun run around the school field.  They had to jump over tinsel hurdles, navigate their way through candy cane field, run through the Christmas arch way . . . and try not to slip in the mud!  You can see from the smiling faces that everyone had lots of fun.

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Joyeux Noel!
We used our French lesson this week to get into the festive spirit and learn some French Christmas vocabulary.  We had to use our knowledge of French numbers and colours to create a French Christmas booklet.  Can you guess what a ‘cloche’ and a ‘bonhomme de neige’ are?
GymnasticsIn PE, Year 6 are currently working to develop their gymnastic skills. They had to work with a partner to create a routine in which they performed balances, rolls and jumps in unison. Their routines were well-planned and creative – watch out Max Whitlock!

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Nissan
Year 6 had a fantastic day out when they visited Nissan in Washington.  They found out about the history of the car plant and learnt about how they produce cars today.  They had a tour around a workshop and saw a friendly robot in action.  They were then given a challenge to form their own production line and build a Lego car.  They managed to complete it in record time, so St. Cuthbert’s are now at the top of the Nissan leader board!  Fingers crossed we stay there until the end of the year so we can claim a prize!  Check out the photos below to see how much fun we had.

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Live Lesson – Parliament

In class today, Year 6 linked up with staff from the UK Parliament to find out how debates are conducted and laws are created.  They found out about the House of Commons and the House of Lords and the different roles people have there.  They then held their own debate, and decided that they would like a law to help homeless people, especially during the upcoming winter months.  It was a great insight into how our democracy works.

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Quidditch
On Monday morning, St. Cuthbert’s was transformed into Hogwarts with the arrival of a Quidditch pitch!  The class was divided into four teams – Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Gryffindor – who had to compete against each other to score as many goals as possible.  We didn’t have any broomsticks, but the goals were still flying in!  Well done to Ravenclaw, who were the final winners.
(Article 29:  Education must develop all children’s abilities and talents)

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Other Faiths
In Religious Education lessons, Year 6 have been learning about Judaism.  They found out about two holy festivals:  Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.  They found out about the different customs and traditions, and even had a taste of apples dipped in honey – a traditional food eaten on Rosh Hashanah.  Yummy!
(Article 14:  Freedom of thought, belief and religion)

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Drawing Skills
In Year 6, the pupils have been developing different drawing techniques.  They have been exploring texture and used their skills to create a portrait.  They then looked at perspective using a vanishing point and created a street view.  They were also given the challenge to draw their own hand and then improve it using observation techniques.  From the photos, you can see we have some talented artists in our class!

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National Poetry Day

For National Poetry Day, Year 6 studied a famous poem called ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allan Poe.  They looked closely at the vocabulary used in the poem and identified rhyming words.  They summarised the events of the narrative poem and made predictions about what might happen next and why the raven was there.  They then drew images to reflect the mood of the poem – which was rather dark and creepy!

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Hawkhirst
Year 6 had a fantastic week at Hawkhirst!  You can see from the photo that fresh air, outdoor activities and beautiful sunshine brought smiles to all of their faces.  They were all absolutely superb during the week away and were a credit to their families and our school.  Well done Year 6.

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