Meet the Teacher Parent's Meeting

For additional information all about Year 6, please see the attached information which was shared during our Meet the Teacher meeting. If there are any additional questions, feel free to come and speak to either Mrs Davies or Miss Pike on the playground! 

In Luna Class we have lots of fun and laughter! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have done.

Important information about us!

Teacher: Miss Pike

LSP: Miss Hammond

Additional Important Information:

In Year 6, our school day begins at 8:40am and finishes at 3:00pm.

Children can bring a named water bottle which needs to contain only water or squash.

Children can bring a small healthy snack with them to school to eat at break time such as: fruit or raisins. On Tuesdays and Thursdays the children can order a piece of toast as a break time snack for 20p. 

Your child will be given a reading book specific to their reading level. We would like the children to read as much as they can at home and record this in their reading record. 

PE Day:

Every Thursday

Swimming:

Every Wednesday

Homework:

All weekly homework will be related to SATs style questions in: reading, SPaG and mathematics.
All homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Friday.

Each half term, the children will also receive a homework grid of curriculum based activities. They must complete a minimum of three activities from the grid and bring them into school. We are looking forward to seeing your creativity! 

Reading Challenge:

We are holding a reading challenge again this year! Every time you read, write it in your reading record. For every comment, you will earn a point. When you reach 45 points, you will be awarded the Bronze Level; when you reach 90 points, you will be awarded Silver Level and for 135 for you be awarded Gold Level! There is also a Platinum level when you read over 30 books! 

Good Luck Luna Class! 

Mathletics, Spelling Shed, TTRS and Purple Mash:

Children can access these websites from home. Each child has an individual username and password. Mathletics is an excellent resource which allows children to practise their mathematical skills. Times Table Rock Stars encourages recall of times tables and Spelling Shed will help the children with their weekly spellings!

Caring and Kindness Award

A huge congratulations to these children in our class who have achieved the 'Caring and Kindness' award for how they treat other children all of the time whilst being at school.

It is an amazing achievement to have earned this award; you should be really proud of yourselves!

Musician of the Month

Kaiden

Our School Councillors are: 

Zayd and Harlie

Our Eco-Councillor is:

Safiullah

Our Playground Leaders are: 

Leilah and Kaiden

Mental Health Awareness Week

During the week beginning Monday 15th May, we completed a short mindfulness activity each day for Mental Health Awareness Week. The theme for the week was 'anxiety' therefore we looked at: breathing techniques using a breathing stick, created our own positive bookmark to take to high school, made a coping fortune teller, created our very own 'worry pet' and designed a positive affirmation brick for our wall of positivity! 

Well done, Luna class! 

End of SATs Park Trip

To celebrate the end of SATs, Year 6 went to Haden Hill Park for the afternoon on Friday 12th May. We took all of the football, tennis and cricket equipment and played on the massive field! Everyone had a brilliant time in the sun including the teachers!

Well done, Luna class on completing your SATS; it was a well deserved park trip!  

King's Coronation

To celebrate the King's Coronation, we all came to school wearing red, white and blue and we had a classroom picnic! All of the children in Year 6 came together to play a 'royally' good quiz and have a small buffet!

The children worked in groups of three to answer the four round quiz which tested their knowledge of the royal family, King Charles' chosen coronation songs and famous people!

Everyone was also given a bookmark to mark the occasion so we can remember it forever!

Well done to everyone! It was a brilliant afternoon! 

Attendance Reward

On Friday 21st April, Luna class enjoyed a film afternoon as a reward for winning first place for their attendance in the spring term. Everybody enjoyed watching Mr Bean’s Holiday whilst munching on crisps! Well done, Luna class!

Eid Al-Fitr

To celebrate Eid Al-Fitr we created beautiful star and moon hanging decorations. We used blue, silver, purple and black paint with a sponge and added glitter for an extra sparkle! Well done Year 6, your decorations were amazing! 

Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day, each year group chose a different country and geographical feature to focus on. In Year 6, we learnt all about Italy and focussed on the volcano Mount Vesuvius. We learnt about the history of Pompeii and then created our own volcanoes in groups! 

We took the volcanoes outside and used a chemical reaction to cause an eruption! 

World Down Syndrome Day

On Tuesday 21st March, we came to school wearing odd socks to raise money for the 21Together charity. We also planted and have been looking after three sunflowers; they are growing really well! Well done, Luna class! 

British Science Week

During the week beginning Monday 13th March 2023, we celebrated British Science Week. We completed a different science activity each afternoon! 

Year 6 focussed on forensic science and the key question: How does forensic scientists use connections to solve crimes?

On Monday, we found connections within the classroom using: eye colour, hair colour and height.

On Tuesday, we researched DNA and made a DNA strand bracelet. 

On Wednesday, we collected our own fingerprints and decided which family each fingerprint was: loops, whorls or arches.

On Thursday, we researched forensic science and made a beautiful poster full of our new learning and facts!

On Friday, we used all of our new knowledge about forensic science to catch a criminal! Someone had been stealing chairs from the Year 6 classrooms!

Using, fingerprints, hair strands, DNA, footprints and photographs, we found out that it was... Miss Foster!

World Book Day

On Friday 3rd March, we celebrated World Book Day! Everyone came to school dressed as a character from a book; everyone looked amazing!

We focused on our new class read for Spring 2: 'The House with Chicken Legs'. We talked about the front cover and what we thought the story was going to be about.

We then, made our very own house with chicken legs using paper and pipe cleaners! They all looked brilliant!

Well done, Luna class! 

Children's Mental Health Week

On Friday 10th February, we completed activities all about Children's Mental Health Week. We firstly looked at emotions and positive feelings. Then, we created our very own paperchain all about our closest friendships and relationships to follow the theme of the week: 'Let's Connect'. 

Well done Luna class; your paperchains were beautiful! 

Safer Internet Day

On Tuesday 7th February, we participated in Safer Internet Day! We designed beautiful posters about how to be safe online, completed an A-Z of all of the aspects of the internet and social media and then we wrote down any questions or worries we had about being online and threw them at Miss Pike.

Well done Luna class; you worked super hard! 

The Eco-Bus

On Tuesday 7th February, the Eco-Bus visited school to host activities for Year 6. We boarded the bus in groups to learn all about recycling and the environment. We then created our very own 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' game and created own own amazing recycling raps!

Well done Luna class; what a super day! 

DECCA Day

On Thursday 26th January, Year 6 participated in DECCA Day! Three special visitors came into school to host important session showing the children how to make sure they can stay safe outside and online.

First, we had a visit from a lovely police officer who spoke about her job role, the importance of staying safe and who to speak to if you feel you or someone else is in danger.

Then, we had a visit from Holly who spoke to us about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We completed lots of activities and played games!

Finally, we had a visit from Ian who works for Anti-Social Behaviour at Sandwell Council. He spoke to us about treating everyone nicely and what to do if you feel you have witnessed anti-social behaviour.

What a super, informative day! 

Attendance Reward

On Monday 23rd January, Luna class enjoyed a film afternoon as a reward for winning first place for their attendance in the autumn term. Everybody enjoyed watching The Lion King whilst munching on crisps! Well done Luna class!

Chinese New Year

On Friday 20th January, we learnt all about Chinese New Year - 'The Year of the Rabbit'. We researched key information and discussed the celebration! We then made the cutest sock rabbits reusing old socks!

Well done, Luna class; your sock rabbits are brilliant! 

Christmas 2022

During the week beginning Monday 12th December we had fun and completed lots and lots of Christmas activities! It was a fantastic week; well done everyone!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We will see you all in January! 

On Monday, we created our Christmas cards, made a war-time bauble, coloured our party placements and had breakfast with Santa watching Home Alone! What a brilliant first day! 

On Tuesday, we made our calendars for 2023, created our own snowman photograph frame and watched the EYFS Nativity and the Rocksteady concert! What a fantastic second day to our Christmas week! 

On Wednesday, we performed a Carol Concert on the playground with the whole school. Then, we created a reindeer craft and then had a film afternoon watching Elf with snacks! What a super day everyone! 

On Thursday, we started the morning celebrating our Behaviour Champions! We also created geometric Christmas tree paintings! 

On Friday, we started our morning with a brilliant Christmas party hosted by the PTA and then we played with toys, completed activity booklets and took part in a Christmas quiz! We then finished our Christmas week with a party in the classroom! Well done everyone, what an amazing week celebrating Christmas and your first full term in Year 6! 

Christmas Jumper Day

On Thursday 8th December, we wore our Christmas jumpers to school to raise money for 'Save the Children'. Everyone looks super festive in their jumpers and accessories! Well done, Luna class; it is nearly Christmas time! 

Anti-Bullying Week

On Friday 25th November, we took part in a lesson linked to Anti-Bullying Week.

We discussed how to be kind to others and that we need to treat others how we would like to be treated ourselves.

We then created a 'Luna Class Kindness Quilt'. Well done, Luna class! Your quilt of kindness was amazing! 

World Cup: England vs Iran

On Monday 21st November, we watched the first England match of the World Cup 2022. We went into the hall and watched it on the big screen! Some children also stayed in the classroom and created lots and lots of World Cup crafts to celebrate the World Cup.

Well done everyone; what a brilliant afternoon of sport! 

Children in Need

On Friday 18th November, we celebrated Children in Need. We all came to school dressed in Pudsey merchandise or spots! Everyone looked amazing! 

We decorated our very own coasters, bookmarks and lollipop holders.

What a brilliant day! 

Parliament Week

On Tuesday 15th November, we participated in a lesson all about parliament, the government and prime ministers to celebrate UK Parliament Week. We first ordered the prime ministers in chronological order from 1939 until the present day. We then researched a prime minister and created a fact file about them. 

We also had our very own democratic vote to choose two school councillors. The speeches were absolutely amazing, and it was really difficult to choose the two children to represent our class this year!

Well done, Luna class! 

Road Safety Week

On Monday 14th November, we completed an activity to learnt all about how to be safe on and around the roads. We first completed a wordsearch and played an interactive game of 'Guess the Road Sign'. Then, we created our very own Lolipop-person sign!

Well done, Luna class! Remember the key rules about staying safe! 

Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week

On Monday 14th November, we all wore odd socks to school for Anti-Bullying Week. We watched a video in assembly all about good friendships and listened to the anti-bullying song!

Well done, Luna class; your odd socks looked brilliant!  

World War II Experience

On Thursday 3rd November, we visited the Museum of Cannock Chase to introduce our new history topic; it was an amazing experience! We visited a 1940s living room, learnt all about evacuation and rationing and created drama scenes linked to World War II. 

It was a brilliant introduction to our new topic - 'Allies or Enemies?'.

Well done Luna class! 

Show Racism the Red Card

On Thursday 20th October, we participated in the 'We Wear Red Day' and wore an item of red clothing to school to support the anti-racism educational charity. Here is a picture of us wearing our red clothes. Well done for supporting the cause, Year 6! 

Diwali

This week in our RE lesson, we learnt all about Diwali - The Festival of Light. We watched a video all about the religious festival and read some facts! We then created our own rangoli pattern on a special piece of black card which revealed a rainbow pattern! 

Well done Luna class; your creative rangoli patterns were amazing!

World Mental Health Day

On Friday 14th October, we acknowledged and learnt about World Mental Health Day. We discussed the different emotions we can feel throughout a day and how different emotions can affect our decisions and choices. We spoke about how spending time doing things we enjoy can have a positive effect on health and wellbeing. 

We created rainbow clouds all about us! We used our name in the cloud and wrote down brilliant adjectives that describe us! 

Black History Month

On Wednesday 12th October, Year 6 completed an activity to recognise and celebrate Black History Month. The children focussed on a scientist called Patricia Bath who researched and dedicated her career to Ophthalmology. She is recognised and remembered for her work in creating technology and devices to improve the health of eyes.

The children wrote down facts about Patricia Bath on an eye template and added colour! Well done Luna class; your work was amazing!

Children's University Lego Workshop

On Thursday 29th September, Year 6 participated in a 'STEM Lego Workshop'. The children worked together in small teams to create and build their own university. Each team created a different part of the university: halls of residence, Student Union, the sports hall, canteen and the dining hall.

The children worked together brilliantly and created a fantastic university made completely out of Lego bricks! Well done Luna class; you were all amazing! 

Children's University Graduation

On Thursday 29th October, some of the children in Year 6 graduated! 

The children had to earn 30 hours of extra curricular activities and log them in a passport. The children worked extremely hard to earn these hours and achieve the Bronze Level of the Children's University Programme.

The children had a fantastic graduation celebration in the main hall with their friends and parents watching in the audience. It was a fantastic experience; well done to all of the children in Luna class who graduated! 

Languages Day

On Monday 26th September, we celebrated Languages Day! We went into the hall and learnt lots and lots of words in German. We were able to pronounce words with over 30 letters! 

During the afternoon, we completed a flag quiz! We then created a piece of artwork using a range of languages. We wrote down the word for 'hello' in each language and used the colours of the flag to colour it in.

Well done, Luna class! What a brilliant day!

Queen Elizabeth II

On Friday 16th September, Year 6 children completed a piece of artwork in memory of the Queen. They used pencils to shade a picture of Queen Elizabeth onto tracing paper and then added a Union Jack to the background.

Well done everyone; your artwork was amazing! 

In Luna Class we have lots of fun and laughter! On this page you will find our class news and lots of interesting pictures showing you what we have done.

Important information about us!

Teacher: Miss Hackwood

LSP: Miss Hammond

If you would like to email Miss Hackwood with any work that you have produced, please send it to:

luna@reddalhill.sandwell.sch.uk

I'll look forward to seeing your amazing work!

Additional Important Information:

In Year 6, our school day begins at 8:40am and finishes at 3:00pm.

Children can bring a named water bottle which needs to contain only water or squash.

There will not be any toast provided at break time however children can bring a small snack with them to school to eat at break time such as: fruit or raisins.

The children can come to school on a Tuesday dressed in their PE kit with suitable footwear. 

Your child will be given a reading book specific to their reading level. We would like the children to read as much as they can at home and record this in their reading record. 

PE Day:

Every Tuesday

Swimming:

Every Wednesday

Homework:

All homework will be related to SATs style questions in Reading, SPaG and Mathematics. All homework will be set on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Wednesday.

Reading Challenge:

We are holding a reading challenge this year! Every time you read, write it in your reading record. For every comment, you will earn a point. When you reach 45points, you will be awarded the Bronze Level; when you reach 90points, you will be awarded Silver Level and for 135 for you be awarded Gold Level! 

Good Luck Luna Class! 

Mathletics, Spelling Shed, TTRS and Purple Mash:

Children can access these websites from home. Each child has an individual username and password. Mathletics is an excellent resource which allows children to practise their mathematical skills. Times Table Rock Stars encourages recall of times tables and Spelling Shed will help the children with their weekly spellings!

  Every week, we celebrate our successes by having a Writer of the Week, Maths Mind, Sports Player and a VIP!

VIP - Jayden

Sports Player of the Week - Asma

Caring and Kindness Award

A huge congratulations to these children in our class who have achieved the 'Caring and Kindness' award for how they treat other children all of the time whilst being at school.

It is an amazing achievement to have earned this award; you should be really proud of yourselves!

Important dates for your diary:

 Friday 8th July - Year 6 Prom: Cornbow Hall, Halesowen 6:30pm - 9:30pm 

Thursday 21st July -  Leavers' Assembly Luna Parents 2:00pm

DT STEM Afternoon

On Monday 18th July, we participated in a STEM afternoon linked to DT.

We designed and made a raft which needed to be strong enough to carry a chocolate bar!

Everyone worked brilliantly in their teams and everyone's raft worked amazingly!

Well done Year 6; a brilliant afternoon!

Fun Day 2022

On Friday 15th July, we had our Beach Fun Day!

We took part in a number of fun activities throughout the day: we went on the wall bars, had ice creams, played on the bouncy castles, drove diddy cars and even got to soak Mr Stokes!

It was a brilliant day and such a fantastic way to end our time at Reddal Hill!

A massive thank you to the PTA for organising it all for us!

Reddal Hill Prom 2022

On Friday 8th July, Year 6 children attended the Cornbow Hall in Halesowen for their prom!

It was a fantastic evening full of dancing, treats and laughter!

Everyone had such a brilliant time and looked absolutely amazing!

It was a night to remember Year 6; thank you for such a memorable evening!

Behaviour Champions 2022

To celebrate all of the amazing behaviour that we have at Reddal Hill, many of our Year 6 children participated in our Behaviour Champion Trip!

We had children who achieved Gold for showing fantastic behaviour all throughout Year 6! These children spent the day at Haden Hill Park and were treated to an ice cream from the ice cream van when they all returned to school!
Well done; what brilliant role models you are to us all!

We had children who achieved Silver for showing brilliant behaviour for two terms in Year 6! These children spent the afternoon at Haden Hill Park! Well done to you all!

We also had children who achieved Bronze for showing amazing behaviour for one term in Year 6! These children had an hour extra play on the playground! Well done to you all as well!

Reach for the Stars Week 2022

During the week commencing Monday 27th June, we participated in Reach for the Stars Week where we had visitors from different services and looked at our qualities and attributes for when we need to decide to choose what we would like to do as our future career!

We had visitors from the CEO of SIPS, Paramedics and Police Officers!

We were so interested in their jobs and asked many questions about how they achieved their dream career; they were extremely inspiring role models! Thank you for coming to visit us!

We then wrote 'Thank you' notes for our visitors to express our gratitude for them taking time out of their busy day to come and visit us!

Throughout the week, we also looked into our qualities and attributes so that we could get a good idea of what we would be brilliant at when it is time for us to choose a career!

A fantastic Reach for the Stars Week Year 6; well done!

Sports Day 2022

On Monday 27th June, all of Year 6 participated in Sports Day!

We went onto the playground in our house teams and competed in a range of events: 50m Sprint, 100m Sprint, Hurdles, Relay, Javelin, Shotput, Long Jump and Speed Bounce!

We had a fantastic afternoon!

Well done to everyone for participating and a huge well done to all of our winners!

Bug Hotel 

On Friday 24th June, we participated in a Eco-Council Workshop where we made our very own Bug Hotel! 
We used tin cans and decorated them using acrylic paint. We then attached a string around the middle and filled them with natural items ready for the bugs to make a new home!

They look brilliant Year 6; well done!

Litter Pick

On Wednesday 13th July, we participated in a litter pick on the playground!

We collected litter and recycled it into the correct bags before having a discussion about why we should do this. 
Well done Year 6; hopefully we all can remember to recycle!

World Music Day 2022

On Tuesday 21st June, we celebrated World Music Day!

Our chosen musical focus was Afrobeat music from Nigeria!

We started off with some facts about Nigeria before making our own Djembe drum; they looked absolutely fantastic decorated in tissue paper!

We then used our new drum to play in time to Afrobeat music; we even had a dance too!

We then coloured in music pictures to link in with our learning for the day!

A fantastic World Music Day Year 6! Well done!

Healthy Eating Week

On Thursday 16th June, we completed a healthy eating activity to remind ourselves about the importance of eating healthy, staying hydrated and participating in exercise. We completed a word search, loop game and made our very own fruit kebabs! They were delicious! 

Well done Luna class; remember to eat well for you and the planet!

Odeon Cinema Trip

On Tuesday 14th June, the whole of Year 6 went to the cinema to watch 'The Bad Guys'!

We had a fantastic time! We got the bus to Merry Hill, had popcorn, crisps and chocolate and even got to sit in the reclining seats!

A brilliant way to celebrate all of your hard work Year 6; well done!

Bikeability

On Tuesday 7th June, Wednesday 8th June and Thursday 9th June, some of our Year 6 children participated in Bikeability!

They started off on the playground where they ensured they were confident on their bike before riding around the playground and in and around cones. 

The children then went outside on the roads near our school where they learnt different skills for how to ride safely on the roads. They learnt how to overtake and ride across the road in a safe manner. 

Well done Year 6! You were all brilliant!

Queen's Platinum Jubilee

On Friday 27th May, the whole school came to school in red, white and blue and went onto the playground to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee! We walked around the playground waving our flags, sang the National Anthem, ate party food and sang our school jubilee songs! We then had a little dance to songs from throughout the decades of the Queen's reign!

It was a brilliant afternoon! Well done Year 6 for celebrating such a historic event!

In preparation for the playground party, we all coloured and decorated a piece of artwork to make a massive picture of the Queen! It looked absolutely fantastic by the school gates! We also coloured in a paper plate, a flag and a placemat!

We also entered the James Morris competition and created beautiful portraits of the queen! 

Well done, Luna class! What a brilliant celebration! 

Walk to School Week 2022

During the week 16th-20th May 2022, we were all encouraged to walk to school each day!

We all completed five different levels:

Level 1 - To walk to school with friends or family

Level 2 - To understand that walking to school reduces the number of cars on the road

Level 3 - To understand that walking to school boosts our health

Level 4 - To understand that walking to school is a simple way to reduce pollution

Level 5 - To learn how walking benefits ourselves, our communities and our planet

Well done Year 6! 20 of us walked to school every day with a total of 118 journeys!

Eid Al-Fitr 2022

To celebrate the festival of Eid, we completed Islamic mindfulness colouring. 

We hope you all have a fantastic celebration! We are looking forward to hearing all about it!

Easter 2022

On Friday 8th July, we got ready for Easter!

We made lovely Easter cards!

Then we went outside for our Easter Egg Hunt! We found all of the eggs in the playground and when we came back into the classroom, we had a lovely surprise from the Easter Bunny! Sohanna even found the golden egg!

Well done for a fantastic half term Year 6! Have a wonderful Easter!

Olympian Visit!

On Wednesday 23rd March, Jaydon Paddock visited our school to host an assembly. He spoke about how to always try your best, have high dreams and never give up! He showed us videos of his gymnastic 'tumble' competitions and even did a live demonstration of a backflip! 

We joined in circuit training with him! We had to star jump, press up, mountain climb and perform lunges for a minute! 

Thank you for visiting us, Jaydon! It was amazing!

Comic Relief 2022

On Friday 18th March, we celebrated Comic Relief by coming to school in bright colours!

We started off by completing a wordsearch and completing a SPaG joke quiz!

We then decorated biscuits with red icing and chocolate buttons to make our own red nose!

Well done Year 6; a brilliant Comic Relief Day!

British Science Week 2022

For British Science Week this year, we focused on the theme of Growth and had two key questions:

What type of environment helps mould to grow?

What type of food does mould grow best on?

We started off by researching information about mould so we knew what caused mould and what to look out for. We used this information to create brilliant posters!

We then researched what mould looked like on different food types so that we knew which food type would be the easiest to spot mould growing on it!

We then wrote up a mini investigation into which environment affected the growth of mould the most. We left pieces of bread in the cupboard, fridge, freezer, in a damp bag and by the window to see which environment caused the most amount of mould. We found that the damp bag had the best result and we then used this finding throughout the rest of our investigation!

Using the damp bag environment, we then decided on which food type to use in our own investigation. We decided on using a nectarine as we decided the moisture in the fruit would also help the mould to grow. 

Using what we already found out, we then carried out a pattern seeking investigation where we used another food type but we put multiple items in a bag to see if this affected the amount of mould which grew.

Using this information, we then produced a poster on how we can avoid mould growing on food!

We are going to leave these investigations for a week now so that we can get the most accurate results!

We then completed our results table for all of our investigations over the week and wrote our conclusion! We very clearly found out that a damp bag on the radiator was the best environment for mould to grow at a rapid rate! We also found out that having multiple food items together also caused more mould to grow!

Well done Year 6! A super Science week!

World Book Day 2022

On Friday 4th March, we celebrated World Book Day!

We came to school dressed as our favourite book characters and we all looked fantastic!

Throughout the day, we all worked on the same book: Mirror by Jeannie Baker. 

It is a story which explains the lives of two young boys who live in different countries, Australia and Morocco. The story shows clear differences between their two lives but also the numerous similarities that they both share within their family and community. 

We started off with a quiz where we identified which aspects belong to either Australia or Morocco. 

We then produced maps of the country within the outline of the country which looked brilliant!

This year, we were all celebrating 25 years of World Book Day and we celebrated it here at Reddal Hill with a 25 Book Treasure Hunt!

The children all ran around the playground to search for the different book covers that were hidden all around! They had a brilliant time hunting them all down!

The winners of the treasure hunt were Cerys and Dua who found an amazing 21/25 books!

Well done girls!

We then finished the day with a certificate for the most creative costume!

Well done Latina! You looked absolutely amazing as the Mad Hatter!

Mental Health Awareness Week

On Friday 11th February, we discussed and celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week by focusing on all of the positive aspects of life that we need to help us to grow a positive mindset. 

We wrote these positive ideas on the roots in the hope that it would enable us to grow and develop a healthy mindset. 

Safer Internet Day 2022

On Tuesday 8th February, we participated in Safer Internet Day!

We discussed different games that we play online and understood the correct choices to make whilst playing these games. 

We then took part in a Safer Internet Day quiz!

Well done Year 6; you are now experts at being safe on the internet!

Chinese Lunar New Year

In our RE lesson this week, we celebrated Chinese New Year! We learnt all about the special time and researched information about the 'Year of the Tiger'. We then created some tiger artwork. Well done, Snape Class! Your tiger sketches were amazing! 

National Handwriting Day 2022

A massive congratulations to Asma!

She has received the award for having amazing handwriting which is perfectly neat all of the time!

You should be extremely proud of yourself Asma; keep up the beautiful work!

Bronze Attendance Winners

A massive congratulations to these seven children in our class who have been to school every day since September!

This means that they have completed 100% of our lessons which has resulted in amazing progress made by them all!

Well done; you should be very proud of yourselves!

Christmas Week!

In the build up to Christmas, we have had an amazing Christmas Week in Year 6!

We completed our Maths and English Christmas Activity booklets!

We then completed a range of STEM Christmas activities where we made a new staircase for elves out of foil, a new paper stocking which had to hold at least three pencils and a Christmas paper chain contest where we competed against each other to make the longest paper chain!

We also created a table TetraTREEdon and created our own Jingle Bell Maze!

We also created beautiful Christmas cards and 2022 Calendars that we can take and display at home!

We then produced three different wonderful Christmas crafts; a springy reindeer, a wool star and a pipe cleaner wreath!

We had lots of fun watching Elf and Home Alone with festive snacks!

We had an amazing 'Breakfast with Santa' where we ate some delicious snacks and even had a visit from the special man himself!

We had a delicious Christmas dinner in the dining hall with crackers and party hats!

And then we had our Christmas party! We took part in so many party games this year which was amazing! We played 'Drop the Potato', 'Flap the Elf', 'Dress the Snowman' and 'Pin the nose on Rudolph'! We then played Musical Statues, Musical Bumps and Pass the Parcel and all of these children won a prize!

We then finished the week playing with lots of different toys!

A fantastic week Year 6! We hope you all have the merriest of Christmases! Have a fantastic break and we'll see you all in January!

James Morris' Christmas Card Competition

In November, we all entered James Morris' Christmas card competition where James looks for an amazing piece of artwork to send as his Christmas card to all of the MP's in Parliament!

And... we had a winner!!!

Sohanna's amazing drawing was picked as a runner-up and it will be printed on the back of James Morris' Christmas card!

Well done Sohanna; what a fantastic achievement! Your artwork is truly amazing!

Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day

On Friday 10th December, we all took part and donated money to the amazing charity of
'Save the Children'. 

We all came to school in our festive Christmas jumpers to raise money for such a worthy cause. 

Well done Year 6; your donations will go a long way in helping lots of other children at Christmas time!

Christmas Party Afternoons

On Friday 2nd December, as a gift from the PTA, we had a Christmas Party Afternoon!

The children came to school in their Christmas clothes and had a party in our classroom where they each had a drink and snack, played a range of party games and won prizes for Musical Statues, Musical Bumps and Best Dancer!

A fantastic way to start Christmas off!

Thank you to our PTA for organising this event for us :)!

PANTS

On Friday 3rd December, we had a discussion about PANTS. We started off by completing a jigsaw of different pants to find the different reasons as to why it was so important.
We discussed the acronym for PANTS and how important it is to understand that we need to keep our private parts private and that we need to speak to a trusted adult if we feel worried about anything. 

We then produced our own pair of PANTS to remind us of the acronym. 

Well done Year 6!

Children in Need

On Friday 19th November, we all came to school in our 'Dress Up' outfits to celebrate and raise money for Children in Need! 

We created a Pudsey money box, bookmark and coaster to celebrate the amazing charity which all look fantastic! We also created a Pudsey spotty biscuit with yellow icing and skittles!

We gave out three prizes for the costumes today! Kai won the best costume, Lilly won the most creative costume and Tylisia won the funniest costume! Well done you three!

A brilliant day to celebrate Children in Need Year 6; well done!

Road Safety

On Thursday 18th November, we discussed the importance of Road Safety!

We took part in some online modules where we looked at safety, both on the road and in the car. We then created our own Road Safety game where we answered questions correctly to move around the board to see who got to the end the quickest!

A fantastic way to understand Road Safety Year 6; well done!

Anti-Bullying Week

During the week commencing 15th November, we took part in Anti-Bullying Week. 

On Monday 15th November, we all wore odd socks to school to highlight that we understand that even though we all have different traits, we all still need to be treated equally and celebrate how unique we all are!

We then had a discussion about 'One Kind Word' and spoke about the different types of bullying that could happen. We then created posters based on the acronym of STOP! to highlight the importance of anti-bullying and who we can speak to if we need to. 

Well done Year 6; you produced amazing posters!

Talk Money Week

In our Maths lesson on Friday 12th November, we discussed money management by looking into online scams and how we can best manage our money in a savings account. 

We started off by discussing genuine and fraudulent companies. We role played scenarios where children had to persuade the rest of the class as to if they were a genuine company or not by asking relevant questions such as if they had a registered charity number and if they needed any personal details. 

We then moved on to discussing what we would buy for £60 and if we saved it, what type of bank account, we could put it into so that we would get the best return on our money. 

We finished the lesson by understanding that sometimes, it is best to save some of our money for a 'rainy day!'

Well done Year 6; a super lesson on money management!

DECCA

On Tuesday 9th November, DECCA came into our classrooms to talk to us about the effects of alcohol and drugs. 

We spoke about alcohol, the different types, the nicknames used for it and the detrimental impacts that too much of it would have on our body. We also had a go at using beer goggles to see how alcohol affects our vision and brain by completing Maths questions and lock activities. 

We then moved on to discussing cannabis and the short term and long term effects on what this does to our body. 

A fantastic session Year 6 and thank you to DECCA too!

Remembrance Day

In our English lessons this week, we have been writing our own version of 'In Flanders Fields' to remember the brave soldiers who lost their lives during the war. 

We worked so hard on them all week and published them onto tracing paper in front of a picture of a poppy field. 

They look absolutely amazing! Such a wonderful way to remember our brave soldiers; well done Year 6!

Parliament Week

During the week commencing 3rd November, we discussed all about Parliament and the Government. We discussed James Morris and his role within Parliament and different topics that he could take to the House of Commons to discuss with other MPs from different areas. 

We then used the idea of democracy to vote for our new school council representatives. 

We put our crosses on the ballot paper before volunteers counted them all.

Well done to our new school council representatives! They will be announced later next week!

Diwali

On Thursday 4th November, we celebrated Diwali!

We looked at the story of Rama and Sita before creating beautiful Diwali art work on our magic black paper!

They look amazing; well done Year 6!

Show Racism the Red Card!

On Friday 22nd October, we all wore red to school to support the charity 'Show Racism the Red Card!'

It is a brilliant cause to recognise and support so well done everyone for taking part!

Black History Month

On Thursday 21st October, we celebrated Black History Month. 

We discussed what Black History Month was all about and why it was so important that we celebrate this every year throughout the month of October. 

We had a fun-packed afternoon playing Guess the Song where we listened to songs written and performed by amazing Black artists. 

A fantastic afternoon Year 6; well done!

Silver Behaviour Champion Trip

On Tuesday 19th October, our Silver Behaviour Champions went to Haden Hill Park for the afternoon!

They had an amazing time playing on the equipment and climbing trees with their friends!

Our Bronze Champions also had great fun out on the playground for an hour!

Well done Behaviour Champions; you are a credit to our school!

Languages Day 2021

On Tuesday 28th September, we celebrated Languages Day by participating in a workshop in the hall where we learnt six different languages for twelve different nouns. We looked at French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. 

We then came back to the classroom and completed a match up activity about everything we learnt in the hall!

A fantastic Languages Day Year 6, well done!

Enterprise Week 2021

For Enterprise Week for Project Gambia, we decided to try and make a profit by decorating and selling plant pots!

We visited the Project Gambia warehouse where we purchased all of the materials that we needed for our item. We tried to purchase them for the least amount possible to ensure we could make as much profit as we could.

In Maths, we looked at money managing with budgets, 10% reductions, finding change and then working out profits and losses. 

In English, we researched an entrepreneur and created a poster presentation.

We produced an A3 poster with different facts and pictures which all looked amazing; well done everyone!

In our additional lessons, we practised writing a C.V, we wrote down a speech to interview for a new role before role-playing for an interview and we wrote a sales pitch for our new plant pot product!

On Friday, we then went out onto the playground to sell our product!

Our sellers were amazing and we sold out in no time!

Well done Year 6; an amazing enterprise week!

Prom 2021

On Friday 9th July, we had our Year 6 Prom 2021!

We went to the Cornbow Hall in Halesowen where we had a fantastic evening socialising with friends, having lots of pictures and playing a range of games!

Everyone had an amazing night; it was a wonderful way to make lots of memories and finish our year together !

You will all be greatly missed Year 6!

National Sports Week

Starting on Monday 21st June, we are celebrating National Sports Week!

The theme for the week is to celebrate Sir Tom Moore by completing 100 minutes of exercise throughout the week, 100 reps of an activity each day and 100 seconds of a different activity each day. 

We have got our wall charts up on the wall ready to go, to see who is able to complete the Sir Tom Moore challenge!

Good luck everyone!

Musical Rock Star Day!

On Monday 21st June, we celebrated Musical Rock Stars Day by coming to school dressed as amazing rock stars!

We started off the day by creating our own back stage pass with our photo on!

We then created our own 'Musical Snakes and Ladders Times Table Game' where we adapted the original idea of Snakes and Ladders and included mathematical questions which needed to be solved in order for someone to win! They looked amazing everyone; well done!

After break time, we then wrote our own 'We Will Rock You' song, titled 'We are Reddal Hill!' The children worked in groups to write their own verses before producing their own props to use in their performance. Each group came to the front and performed to the instrumental of the song! We have got so many rock stars in our class; amazing performances everyone!

After dinner time, we produced an amazing musical instrument piece of art work where we used pencil crayon to colour in an instrument and felt tip pens around the outside!

They looked brilliant; well done everyone!

We finished the day by awarding our Best Dressed Rock Star to...

Ishaaq!

Well done Ishaaq! You looked amazing!

What a fantastic day Year 6! 

Euro 2021

From 11th June to 11th July, we will be celebrating and following the Euro 2021 tournament!

We have put up our wall chart and fixtures so that we can follow the games, looked into the different countries participating in the tournament and researched about the different players and what country they are playing for!

In one of our PE lessons as well, we will be participating in a football tournament and penalty shoot out with the winner receiving a prize!

What an amazing month of sport it will be! Come on England!

Bikeability

On Monday 24th May, Tuesday 25th and Thursday 27th May, some of our Year 6 children took part in Bikeability lessons!

They had some time on the playground first before going outside of school and practising their skills on roads, around corners and all of the different skills that they needed to be safe on the roads!

Well done Year 6! A fantastic achievement!

First Aid Afternoon

On Wednesday 26th May, we participated in a First Aid Afternoon where we discussed what we needed to do in an emergency, potential hazards which we may find in and around our homes and what to do in an event where someone is choking. 

We had a brilliant afternoon and we all achieved a certificate for our new first aid knowledge!

Well done Year 6!

Easter Celebrations

On Thursday 1st April, we celebrated Easter! We created our own Easter cards, created a bunny basket to collect our eggs and participated in an egg hunt! 

Well done, Luna class! 

We hope you have a lovely Easter break! 

Red Nose Day!

On Friday 19th March, we celebrated Red Nose Day by coming to school in brightly coloured clothes so that we could brighten up everyone's day!

We also wrote down a joke so that we could have a LOL-A-THON! We all stood up and performed our joke to the class so that we could end the day with a smile on our face!

A lovely day Year 6, well done!

British Science Week!

During the week commencing 8th March, we participated in British Science Week where the theme was 'Innovating the Future'. 

Our investigation was based around whether citrus fruits could create electricity!

After many investigations, we concluded that a lemon is not a reliable source of electricity as it is very unpredictable!

A brilliant week Year 6; well done!

Mother's Day Cards

To celebrate Mother's Day, we made beautiful cards to say thank you to our wonderful Moms!

Have a lovely Mother's Day everyone!

Internet Safety Day

To participate in Internet Safety Day, we have completed a range of activities this week to understand how to stay safe on the internet!

We discussed what Internet Safety Day is and completed a quiz about what we should do in different scenarios! We then produced a poster to remind ourselves how we can always stay safe and what we need to do if we feel worried about anything!

Well done Year 6; your posters are bright, colourful and include very important information !

Chinese New Year

To understand the celebrations of Chinese New Year which begin on Friday 12th February, we discussed the traditions which are celebrated for this festival. We used our knowledge to participate in a quiz and then we made Chinese Dragons!

They look brilliant Year 6, well done !

PSHE - Express Yourself

During the week beginning Monday 8th February, we discussed Children's Mental Health week and how we all are individual and unique!

We discussed 'What makes you, you?', completed a quiz about understanding what to do if we need to talk to people about how we are feeling and then completed an 'Express Yourself' sheet too! We also created a piece of art work to 'express ourselves'!

Well done Year 6, super work!

Christmas Week in Luna Class!

Christmas Party!

On Thursday 17th December, we had our Christmas party!

We started off playing pass the parcel and our winners were Hiba and Archie!

We then played musical statues, musical heads and best dancer and our winners were Elena, Reyaan and Sam!

We then finished our party with our wonderful buffet of food!

A fantastic party everyone!

Christmas Crafts!

Throughout the week, we have made a range of different Christmas crafts!

We made a wool star bauble, a pipe cleaner wreath and a springy reindeer!

Fantastic crafts Year 6!

Lockdown Pantomime!

Due to the current situations, this year we watched a Lockdown Pantomime on a live stream!

Norfolk Music Hub performed Rapunzel and it was brilliant!

We all had an amazing time watching it!

Breakfast with Santa

On Wednesday 16th December, we had our breakfast with Santa!

We watched The Polar Express, ate croissants, cookies and muffins and had a wonderful visit from Santa Claus! We must have all made the good list this year as we all received a gift from him!

2021 Calendars

We also made calendars for 2021 which look absolutely amazing!

Fantastic work Year 6!

Christmas Cards

We made some wonderful Christmas cards this year with a Christmas tree made from strips of paper! Well done Year 6; they will look amazing on display in your homes!

Christmas Jumper Day

On Friday 11th December, we all came to school in our Christmas jumpers!

We brought in a donation and looked wonderful and festive in our Christmas outfits for the day!

Thank you to everyone who donated!

Christmas Dinner

On Wednesday 9th December, we kick started our Christmas activities with our Christmas dinner in the hall!

We all went down to eat our dinner together, pulled crackers, told jokes and wore our lovely Christmas hats!

A lovely way to start Christmas Year 6; we cannot wait for all of the fun activities next week!

My Identity Bag

In PSHE, we watched a video linked to REWIND all about racism and extremism. 

We discussed about the benefits of having our own identity and how this would help us to understand that we are all able to have our own unique opinion about different things.

Our Identity Bags highlighted how individual we all are :).

Diwali

In RE, we learnt all about Diwali - the Festival of Light! We watched a brilliant video explaining the traditions and special activities that take place on the day. We created beautiful Diwali artwork on magical black paper! We drew Rangoli patterns, Diva lamps and traditional Hindu patterns.

Well done Luna class; they are absolutely beautiful!

Christmas Card Competition

For Christmas this year, James Morris set his annual competition of completing a Christmas card. We produced a range of Christmas cards, using different designs, ready to send off to James Morris to see if any of us can win the competition!

Good luck everyone; your designs are amazing!

British Values

As part of our British Values learning, we wrote a letter to James Morris regarding the different issues that we felt we needed to discuss at the moment. We wrote letters about the NHS, the environment and the housing around our area. 

Ellie-Mai wrote a letter to James Morris about how hard the NHS has worked throughout the pandemic and how they deserve to be recognised for their amazing efforts! James Morris wrote back to Ellie-Mai stating that the NHS will be getting a pay rise next year!

Well done Ellie-Mai for making a difference!

Remembrance Day 2020

For Remembrance Day this year, James Morris asked schools in Sandwell to produce a special piece of Art work to remember the different Poppy Day we had this year. 

We created a poppy collage as a class and sent it off to James Morris.

He was extremely impressed with our design and mentioned us on his social media!

Well done everyone!

We have also received a certificate from James Morris for our participation in the competition!

Fantastic work everyone!

On Wednesday 11th November, we looked at the poem 'In Flanders Fields' and created our own version of it. We then wrote it on tracing paper and stuck it to a Remembrance Day picture. 

They look absolutely brilliant; amazing work Year 6!

To commemorate 75 years since VE Day, we had an amazing poppy wreath sent into us. 

We spoke about what this meant and how important it is to World War II. 

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