Year 6 – 23/11/18

There has been a lot going on in Year 6 over the past couple of weeks! Last week was Parliament Week as well as Anti-Bullying Week. To celebrate Parliament Week, we welcomed to our classroom local Councillor Peter Knell and his wife June, who are former mayor and mayoress of Hertsmere. We also learnt about the Suffragette Movement and recognised that it is 100 years since women first had the right to vote. Another aspect of Parliament Week was learning about the similarities and differences between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the children even got to dress up as clerks, speakers and MPs!

For Anti-Bullying Week the class participated in a workshop which explored emotions and how we might act in different scenarios. The children also made anti-bullying posters with their Reading Partners.

The Healthy Living Group introduced a competition to the school last week whereby each class has to bring in the widest selection of fruit. There was a fantastic team effort from Y6 and together we collected 21 different fruits; we then enjoyed these as a healthy snack on Friday afternoon.

6 children represented the school by participating in cross country at Queenswood School and did brilliantly – well done!

This week, the House Captains went to the graves of three local men who fought for our country during World War One. They laid cards made by the rest of the school, thanking them for what they did, then they went up to the war memorial next to Oakmere Park and found where the three men’s names were engraved. Thank you to Mrs Lines for organising this and taking them out.

In Science this week, we learnt about the circulatory system and acted out the journey of a red blood cell as it delivers oxygen to the body.

This week’s home learning (due Tuesday 27^th November) is as follows: