Eagles Class- Year 6

Welcome to the 2023-2024 academic year!

Catholic Life: Stations of the Cross 2024

Year 6 took part in a Stations of the Cross event staged in the school hall, where each class had to represent a Station of the Cross. Our station was Jesus dies on the cross. This station was represented through artwork and diary writing in English and RE.

Big Walk and Wheel 2024

Thank you to all the children and parents who took part in the Big Walk and Wheel initiative over the last 2 weeks. The purpose of the Walk and Wheel is to encourage children and parents to be active, as well as to help the environment by reducing vehicle emissions.

Considering the weather hasn’t been great, 696 journeys were logged either on foot, cycling or scooting. This is an amazing effort, so well done to everyone who took part.

Class Results:

1st Year 6 Eagles- 60%

2nd Year 5 Kingfishers- 53%

3rd Year 2/3 Finches- 49%

4th Year 1 Sparrows- 44%

5th Year 3/4 Swifts- 43%

6th EYFS Robins- 36%

Well done to Eagles class who get an extra 30 minutes of break time next week as a reward for finishing first.

PE: Cumbria Cross Country Championships 2024

Well done to Elodie and Charlie who represented Dean Gibson and the South Lakes at the Cumbria Cross Country Championships at Hunter Hall School in Penrith. Elodie finished 19th and Charlie finished 20th. What an amazing achievement!

Science: Exploring Electricity

This week we had great fun making and exploring electrical circuits in Science. After learning the correct symbols and component names, we investigated using different components in our circuits and the effect this had on how each component worked. Everyone was so engaged and enjoyed their learning in this lesson.

Catholic Life: Year 6 Class Mass

Father Hugh led a very reverent and reflective class mass with the theme of Peace and Catholic Solidarity this morning. We listened to Bible readings, engaged in prayer and sang hymns.

PE: Cricket Coaching

Year 6 have been enjoying participating in cricket coaching provided by Cumbria Cricket Association and the Chance to Shine scheme. The children have been learning the key skills of cricket such as batting, bowling and fielding. The sessions will run until February half-term. Well done to all the children involved for improving their cricket skills and making such good progress!

Autumn Term 2- 2023

Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term. I hope you all had a lovely half-term holiday. Some of the topics we will be covering include:

Maths: Multiplication, Division, Fractions & Decimals

English: War Horse

Science: Can we light a light bulb using fruit?

RE: Justice

Geography: Mountains and Rivers in the UK

PE: Dodgeball

Art & Design Technology: Sculpture

Music and Drama: Christmas play

Spanish: Myself and greetings

A huge welcome back to the new academic year! Welcome to Year 6. I am looking forward to an action packed year of learning. It is such an exciting time to be a Year 6. I, Mr Ashburn, will be Year 6 teacher this year and I am privileged to be teaching your child. I look forward to meeting you and your child as the year progresses. Please see above for links to important documents.