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Year 6
Welcome to Year 6
“Be kind and loving to each other. Forgive each other the same as God forgave you in Christ.” Ephesians 4:32
Miss Durnin, Mrs Johnson and Miss Smith would like to welcome you to the Year 6 class page for 2023-2024. We look forward to keeping you informed of the things that are happening in our class throughout the year.
For more detailed information about each curriculum subject please refer to the appropriate tab on the Curriculum page.
Summer Term Updates
Dates For Your Diary
Summer Term
Summer 1
Mini Marathon Say No to Knife crime - Wednesday 17 April
Deaf Awareness Assembly - Friday 10 May
Bank holiday - Monday 6 May
Y6 SATS - Monday 13 May – Thursday 16 May
Y6 Smile Challenge - w/c 20 May
Y6 Liverpool Bus tour/Walker Art Gallery - Thursday 23 May
Non Uniform Bottles - Friday 24 May
School Finishes for Half term - 3pm Friday 24th May
Summer 2
School Re-opens 8.55am - Monday 3rd June
Y6 Residential Winmarleigh Hall - Monday 10 – Friday 14 June
Healthy & Active fortnight - Monday 17 – Friday 28 June
Children’s University Graduation Y2 & Y6 Edge Hill Uni - 1pm Wednesday 19 June
Fun Run - Friday 21 June
Y6 Secondary Transition day - Thursday 27 June
Sports Day - Friday 28 June (10am Juniors 1pm Infants)
Non Uniform TOYS - Friday 5 July
Arts Festival - 9am Wednesday 10 July
Summer Fair - 1.15pm Friday 12 July
Y6 party - Monday 15 July
Y6 Leavers Mass in church - 1.30 pm Tuesday 16 July
Y6 Leavers assembly - 9am Friday 19 July
Other Faiths - Hinduism
Year 6 had a wonderful time learning about Hinduism for Other Faiths Week. They enjoyed learning and performing a traditional Indian dance as part of their work!
#kNOwKnifeCrime
As a school we are always looking for opportunities and ways to educate our pupils on how to keep themselves safe. We have decided to team up with #kNOwKnifeCrime campaign and London Marathon 2024 and we will be fundraising for bleeding control kits and cabinets for outside our schools in Sefton. We want to keep our community safe and be well resourced in the event someone needs medical assistance.
Our school came together to complete a mini-marathon on the school grounds while representatives from Year 5 and Year 6 took part in a relay race with other Sefton schools.
Spring Term Updates
Dates For Your Diary
Spring Term
Dates for your Diary | |
Spring 1 | |
Boosters begin | Tuesday 10th January |
Y6 Romeo & Juliet Play in a day | Wednesday 17th January |
Non-Uniform Day (Unwanted Gifts) | Friday 26th January |
Inside Out Mental Health Day | Friday 2nd February |
Safer Internet Day | Tuesday 6th February |
Equality Assembly Y3 Y5 Y6 9am | Friday 9th February |
School Finishes for Half Term | Friday 9th February |
Spring 2 | |
School Re-opens | Tuesday 20th February |
The Wonderdome | Wednesday 28th February |
Pupil Progress meetings | Monday 4th March |
Comic Relief | Friday 15th March |
Easter Service | Wednesday 27th March |
Easter Bonnet and Raffle and Break up at 1:30pm | Thursday 28th March |
Easter Celebrations
Year 6 got fully involved in our annual Easter Bonnet and Gardens competition. The entries were fantastic - well done everyone!
World Book Day
Year 6, along with the rest of our school, wore green for World Book Day today! We are reading 'The Wild' by Yuval Simmer to remind us to care for our common home.
We also shared our favourite books with the class and recommended them to each other.
Equality and Diversity Assembly
Year 6 presented their learning so far this year linked to Equality and Diversity for their parents and the rest of our school. They finished their presentation with an African drumming performance and were amazing!
Trashion Show
Year 6 loved every minute of the Trashion Show! They strutted their stuff like professionals on the catwalk! We do this every year to remind ourselvse of the importance of reusing what we already have and to highlight the issues with fast fashion.
Science Escape Rooms
Year 6 had a fantastic afternoon working together to crack the code! They used their scientific knowledge to solve each of the clues before finally getting to the end. They worked well in their teams and had great fun doing so!
Spanish Cultural Morning
Year 6 had a fantastic time working with Senorita for their Spanish Cultural session! They made Spanish Carnival Pancakes. They learned that Carnival is usually held in February or March, with the dates depending on the year, although some places even hold them earlier. The festival is noted for humour, parodies and costumes in the streets of Spanish towns and cities, which all have their own traditions.
Western Approaches - History Trip
We spent the day at the Western Approaches museum in Liverpool to find out more about the part Liverpool played during World War 2.
The museum exists today because Combined Operations moved to Derby House at Exchange Flags because German aircraft and U-boats were attacking ships travelling in from the continent. The department became known as Western Approaches Command as it monitored Western Approaches, the rectangular area of the Atlantic Ocean lying immediately to the west of the British Isles. Liverpool subsequently became an important strategic position in the Second World War.
School Mass
Year 6 helped Fr Faustinus to lead our whole school in a Celebration of the Eucharist. We carried out readings, took part in the offertory procession and led the rest of the school in singing the hymns. It was a beautiful morning.
Autumn Term Updates
Dates For Your Diary
Autumn Term
Autumn 1
Monday 11th September: GANGS Workshop with James Riley
Friday 15th September: St. Robert Bellarmine’s Feast Day Mass.
Wednesday 20th September: MHST Team Wellbeing Workshop
Friday 22nd September: CAFOD CST Workshops
Friday 6th October: MacMillan coffee morning. Wear yellow for Mental Health Day.
Friday 13th October: non-uniform day, unwanted gifts.
Monday 16th October: Pupil Progress meetings.
Friday 20th October: Wear red or blue for say no to racism day.
Friday 20th October: School closes for half-term (3pm)
Autumn 2
Monday 30th October: school reopens.
Friday 3rd November: non-uniform day, chocolate
Friday 10th November: wear odd socks for anti-bullying.
Friday 17th November: wear pyjamas to school to support Children In Need.
Friday 1st December: non-uniform day, bottles.
Wednesday 13th December: Advent Service
Friday 15th December: Xmas fair 1:15pm
Thursday 21st December: Christmas Jumper Day and Santa Dash.
Friday 22nd December: Xmas party and school closes (1:30pm).
Advent - Collective Worship
Year 6 enjoyed their Respond Collective Worship to bring together all their learning throughout the Expectations topic in RE.
Design Technology - Electrical Fairgrounds
Year 6 had a great day working with Steph O'Donnell to create their electrical fairgrounds. The planned and sketched out their design, built structures using accurate measurements, made their own circuits and switches and put it all together!
Other Faiths Week - Judaism
Year 6 visited Childwall Synagogue during Other Faith's week. They were joined by Year 1 and learned all about Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and about the many wonderful and interesting symbols associated with the Jewish faith.
We also tried some apples with honey to signify the sweet new year that begins during Rosh Hashanah.
Remembrance Collective Worship
Year 6 joined together to hold a Collective Worship and two minute silence for Remembrance day.
Odd Socks - Friendship Fortnight
We proudly wore odd socks to school on the last day of Friendship Fortnight. We wanted to remind ourselves that we are all proud to be different and unique!
Art - Mixed Media Collage
Inspired by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Year 6 created mixed media collages based on their own lives and memories. The quote, 'God gave you a fingerprint that no one else has, so you can leave an imprint that no one else has,' was central to the work as each child made their collage individual to them in their choice of images, colours and design.
Maths - Efficient Methods
Year 6 sorted and classified a range of calculations into the most efficient ways that they can find the answers. They worked in groups to decide if they could use a mental, formal or jot method to calculate. They also used counters to represent examples of how they can add numbers up to 10,000,000.
History - The Vikings
Year 6 had a fantastic day working with Altru Drama to learn and perform a 'Play in a Day'. Each child played a part and not only did they develop their acting skills, but they also developed their knowledge of the Vikings!
Hello Yellow - Mental Health Awareness
Year 6 joined in the fun on Friday and wore yellow to school. This was so we could raise awareness about looking after your mental health. As you can see from the smiles on their faces, they had a lovely day! We talked about the importance of looking out for our mental and physical health and explored some of the things that we can do to help.
Get Away N Get Safe Workshop
James Riley (The Gangs Man) visited Year 6 for a week of workshops to help them be Brave and Confident at all times. They learned about the importance of keeping themselves safe and not being drawn in to making poor choices.
Hokusai Mission Display
For our Mission Display this year, Year 6 studied the work of Japanese artist Hokusai. They recreated his work, 'The Wave' to represent how our school mission statements can help guide them through the year.
School Council Elections
Democracy has been in action! Our Year 6 children voted for their councillors who will represent them this year. Well done to everyone who put themselves forward!
Feast of St Robert Bellarmine
The children from Year 2 to Year 6 attended mass to celebrate the Feast Day for St Robert Bellarmine. This mass also gave us the opportunity to join with our parish community to begin our year together.
CAFOD Workshop - Catholic Social Teaching
All children in our school enjoyed a workshop led by the wonderful volunteers from CAFOD Liverpool. Year 6 learned about Catholic Social Teaching as the keys to help us follow the light of Jesus.
