Beeches (Y6)
Mr Hawdon
Welcome to Beeches
Our teacher is Mr. Hawdon!
In year 6 we believe in working hard, whilst having fun. We hope you enjoy visiting our class blog.
Resources:
UKS2 essential reads
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login
https://www.conquermaths.com/login/
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/windy-ne10
https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
Important information:
Homework will be given out on a Friday and returned the following Thursday (Maths, Grammar and Reading Comprehension)
Spellings are expected to be practised regularly over the week.
P.E. is on a Tuesday – children are expected to have their kit to participate (P.E. kit will be taken home after use and not left on school premises).
Swimming is on a Friday morning – children are expected to have their kit to participate (Swimming kit will be taken home after use and not left on school premises).
If your child is having a school lunch please ensure that payment is brought in at the beginning of the week.
Additional Information
Week One of Spring Term?
We settled into 2016 school life this week. We have had a great time learning about percentages in maths and writing an advert - marks and spencer style – about our Christmas Lunch! With Mr Mason, we started our new topic called ‘Flying Food’. We have learnt about...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all of the Beeches and your families. I trust you have had a fantastic Christmas break and you are raring to go tomorrow! I shall look forward to catching up with you all in the morning. See you soon, from Mrs...
Beeches like to Party!
Yesterday UKS2 started the Christmas celebrations with their Christmas Party. The annual event was held in the school Hall with a DJ! Lot's of fun was had by all of the children....
Panto Success!
Phew! What a time was had last week! A HUGE well done to all of the cast of Peter Pan. Their hard work, fantastic attitude and commitment really paid off. They were brilliant and all three performances were a success...oh yes they were! A massive thanks to all the...
Number Ninjas!
A HUGE well done to 10 of our Year Six children who represented the school in a maths competition. They competed against six other schools; they had to use their knowledge of number, rapid recall skills and love of maths (!) to solve a range of puzzles. Well done...
‘Craftie’ Afternoon in the Beeches
Yesterday we hosted a craft session where our families were invited along. We made Christmas tree decorations to sell at the school Christmas Fayre. We managed to develop our sewing skills! A huge thanks to our families for all their support and help. Watch this space...
Beeches Blog Friday 27th November
This week has been another successful week; with Mr Mason we continued our work on Classical Rocks by learning about Edvard Grieg, a composer who wrote In the Hall of the Mountain King. This is the music for Alton Towers. We re-told the story of Peer Gynt, which the...
Beeches Autumn 2 Week 3
This week has been 'Take Care of Yourself Week'. We created a class charter which highlights our rights, roles and Mrs H's roles. We wrote a letter to David Cameron, which highlighted the rights that are being denied of some children in the World. Some of us...
Children in Need – Beeches Style!
Lots of fun was had in the Beeches on Friday. Firstly, we came to school dressed as our ‘Super Hero’ (take a look at the picture!) then we participated in an enterprise product. ‘Lord Sugar’ set us a challenge…we needed to invent a product which would make life...
Beeches Blog 2.11.15
Phew! Another really busy week in the Beeches. We have completed character descriptions of Mr Victor Hazel from Danny the Champion of the World. Mrs H was really pleased with these. Next week..setting description! In maths we 'nailed' improper fractions and mixed...
Autumn 2 – Mrs Hocking’s Blog
Morning Beeches, I hope you have had a lovely half term break and you are all well rested. We’ve got an exciting half term coming up…in literacy we will be using Danny the Champion of the World as a stimulus for our narrative focus; glorious fractions in maths(!) and...
Bridges made of pasta?
Yes, but only in the Beeches tough. Thank you Mr.Mason for helping the Beeches make pasta and marshmallow bridges as part of our Lord Armstrong topic - great time had by...