Year 6

Y6 News 22.3.24

There has been so much going on in Y6 this half-term - it's hard to believe that we only have one term left of the year.

In English, we have been learning to write discussion texts. This has involved debating both viewpoints for different topics and deciding on our own opinion. We have developed our vocabulary in order to achieve quality pieces of writing. In reading, we finished Floodland and are a good way through our current novel The Last Wild. We are fascinated by Kester and his journey from Spectrum Hall to the Ring of Trees to Wind's Edge. There are also interesting characters we have met so far. Each chapter ends on a cliffhanger and we are constantly predicting what we think will happen next.

In maths, we have learnt what ratio and proportion are and how to calculate these. We completed a unit on algebra, which included writing expressions and solving equations. More recently, we have been investigating angles.

In science, we have been learning about classification. Our unit of work begun with us classifying sweets and last week, we investigated plants in the school grounds. We particularly enjoyed researching unusual living things.

In the foundation subjects we have: developed our gymnastic skills; cooked two course meals; learnt classroom vocabulary in French; planned how to achieve our dreams and goals in PSHE; considered Jesus' resurrection and sacrifice to Christians in RE; learnt about volcanoes, earthquakes and mountains in geography; and composed our own songs in music.

Next week, we are on our residential at Condover Hall, which will be a great end to a jam-packed term!

Y6 News 26.1.24

This week, the Y6 class have been working incredibly hard on assessments in reading, grammar and maths. They have also earned their gem target, meaning they had a treat of non-school uniform and a film on Friday.

In our art curriculum, the children have been learning all about photography this half-term and have really enjoyed the creativity of taking and editing their own photos. This week the children were tasked with designing an album cover inspired by the style of Derrick O. Boateng who is a young Ghanaian artist famous for his colourful and playful photography taken and edited on his iPhone. You will find some of our creations in the gallery.

Y6 News 12.1.24

Y6 have made such a wonderful start to this New Year! I have been so impressed with their attitude to learning and focus in lessons.

In maths, we have begun our unit on decimals. This has involved us knowing the place value of numbers, rounding, adding and subtracting. In English, we are learning our model text 'The Old Mill' and thinking about our toolkit. We are also learning to use semi-colons accurately in our writing. Our new class novel, Floodland, has already got the class intrigued. Please see our Spring term overview for more information on what we are learning this term.

Y6 News 8.12.23

I have been so proud of the teamwork that I have seen in Y6 this week! The children worked in groups to plan and write their own character flaw stories. They really enjoyed this opportunity and I was so pleased watching them work collaboratively.

On Wednesday, we were visited by Santa and then went to perform Christmas carols at the Care Home. The children sang beautifully and showed our Lace Hill values in abundance.

Y6 News 1.12.23

This week we have been investigating light, colours and shadows in our science lessons. We experimented with filters and how different colour filters can alter the colour of things we see. In PSHE, we have been thinking about personal safety, in particular how we might look after ourselves in the community.

In English, we have begun our character flaw unit of work. We are using 'A Christmas Carol' as our stimulus to help us with our writing. On Friday, the children wrote some brilliant story openings using similes, alliteration, personification and onomatopoeia.

Y6 News 17.11.23

This week in English, the children have been writing their own newspaper reports. They are really getting stuck into this non-fiction unit, enjoying using videos as a stimuli to help them write but also the chance to use formal and informal language. Next week, the children will be writing a final independent piece of journalistic writing.

In maths, we are right in the middle of our fraction unit and the children are becoming more confident with applying the correct strategy with each of the four operations.

Y6 News 10.11.23

Today, our Year 6 children led the Remembrance Assembly to the rest of the school and their adults. They showed such respect, resilience and integrity when saying their lines and singing the songs. We are extremely proud of how well they did.

Y6 News 13.10.23

This week, the class went on a faith tour in Bedford, visiting a Mosque, Church and Gurdwara. The children listened really well to the information shared and asked lots of questions about the faiths and places of worship.

In maths, we have been learning the formal method for long multiplication. I've been impressed with the children's resilience and perseverance in getting these calculations accurate, making sure they follow the steps to success to achieve the right answers. In English, we have finished writing our first defeat the monster tales, and next week the class will be writing their own final tale. We are getting right into the thick of our class novel, Malamander, and the children are remembering many events from earlier to try and make links to solve the mystery.

Y6 News 29.9.23

It has been a busy two weeks in Y6 and the half-term seems to be whizzing by. Last Friday, we had our Anglo-Saxon workshop and the children showed great enthusiasm throughout the whole day. They threw themselves into the drama and role play and I have seen some very skilled actors in our class!

The children have worked incredibly hard this week as we completed some assessments. These will help to inform what learning from previous years that we need to revisit to ensure the children feel confident with the whole primary curriculum.

In PSHE, we have been thinking about our rights, responsibilities, rewards and consequences within the classroom. As the oldest children in the school, we are expecting our Y6 class to be role models to the rest of school. We are going to be working really hard on this over the next few weeks to ensure that everyone takes responsibility for how we conduct ourselves in the classroom as everybody has the right to learn.

Y6 News 15.9.23

Wow, what a brilliant start we have had in Y6! I have been so impressed with the children and their resilience and determination in these first few weeks. In English, we have been learning all about Beowulf and we are focusing on description within our defeat the monster tales. In maths, our first topic is place value and we are revisiting and rebuilding on previous learning of numbers, ordering, comparing, rounding and negative numbers.

We are enjoying our new topics in many other subjects, including blood and the circulatory system in science. Please look at our overview above for more details about what we are learning.

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Y6 News 14.7.23

This week we have been putting the finishing touches to our production, ready to perform to the school and parents next week. We are really excited to show you all how we have been spending this last month preparing for Alice in Wonderland. On Thursday, we had our Y6 leavers Kidchella which was a great success. We would like to thank all of the parents who organised the event for the children. This is the last update for the year as we prepare to send Y6 to their secondary schools and they spent their final week with us at Lace Hill. Both myself and Mrs Harper have loved teaching this cohort; we have had many memorable moments with them throughout their time in KS2. The school will definitely be quieter without them!

Y6 News 7.7.23

This week, the children visited their new schools for September. It was a very quiet day on Tuesday without them! We have been very busy rehearsing for our production and it is really starting to come together - we can't wait for you to see the show! A reminder that all costumes need to be next week so that we can have practices with these and all the props.

Y6 News 30.6.23

It's been another busy week in Y6 as we get closer to the summer holidays! We took a break from production practice to visit Silverstone Museum on Tuesday. The children really enjoyed the museum, scalextric session and workshop and we even got to see a little bit of racing on the track! On Wednesday, we had some visitors into see what reading looks like in Y6 and the children were brilliant ambassadors to the school. Finally, we finished the week with sports day, where we took part in activities and then led them for the younger children.

Y6 News 23.6.23



This week, the children have been in full production practice mode! We have been practising the songs, learning lines and learning how to project their voices and interact with others on the stage. We cannot wait to start making props next week! The children have also really enjoyed getting stuck into their DT project - making their own mini model playground out of wood.  They have been incredibly creative and hopefully it won't be long before they finish their final piece.

Y6 News 9.6.23

This week in English, we have begun our unit on biographies. The children wrote a biography about themselves imagining they are in their 50s before unpicking the features of a biography. In maths, we have been learning about costs and profits. We will be undertaking an enterprise project to help raise funds for our end of year production. The children are all very excited about this and have been busy sourcing ingredients for the products we will sell, calculating costs and what they can sell the products at to make a profit.

In science, our new topic is the science of sport. We are focusing on surfaces that we play sports on and the impact these have on the sport including equipment and athletes. In geography, we learnt about longitude and latitude.

Hopefully by the end of next week, the children will know their roles for our production so they can start learning their lines.

Y6 News 25.5.23

This half-term has just flown by! In English, the children have been writing tributes for Morris Lessmore, the main character in our English text. In maths, we have been revisiting fractions, decimals and percentages as part of our statistics learning. In art, we have been designing and creating our own graffiti art.

We have been very excited by the arrivals of our hoodies today! The children will also be coming home with the script for our end of year production. When we return after the half-term, we will be organising roles and responsibilities.

Have a lovely half-term,

Miss Biltcliffe and Mrs Harper

Y6 News 19.5.23

In maths this week, the children in Y6 have been reading and interpreting pie charts. They have collected their own data across the school to produce their own pie charts accurately using a protractor to measure the angles. In English, we have a new text, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore, which we have used to write setting descriptions of a library. The children enjoyed reading the book and predicting what would happen and noticing hidden meanings within the text and pictures.

In science, the children researched a scientist of their choice linked to evolution (Anning, Darwin and Wallace). They were fascinated with events that happened to some of these scientists and views that people had of them and their theories.

Y6 News 12.05.23



This week, the children have worked incredibly hard in their SATs tests.  They have shown resillience and postivity in all of the tests and we have been really proud of them.  In the afternoon, the children have been continuing with their normal lessons. In art, the children have been exploring symbolism in street art.  In geography, they have learnt where volcanoes are typically located and why.  In science, the children thoroughly enjoyed investigating the most effective type of bird beak, linked to their topic of evolution.  It was great fun to watch the children use pegs to pick up different shaped sweets and link to the theory of adaptation. Well done Year 6 for another super week.

Y6 News 5.5.23

The shorter week due to the bank holiday has flown by - as has the whole year and next week the children will sit the SATs. We are so proud of everything that the children have achieved both personally and academically since September (and before this too!) and next week will be no different. We know the children will try their best and that is all we ask from them. Have a restful weekend and enjoy another 3-day weekend, Year 6 :)

Y6 News 28.04.23

Y6 have continued to impress us this week with the amount of effort that they are putting in to all of their learning. In English, we held a class debate about the treatment of a character in the story The Island - the children were incredible at listening to each others' viewpoints and putting their own arguments across. In maths, we have been constructing shapes accurately, and again the determination that each child has shown has been really positive. In science, we have been continuing our learning about inherited characteristics, creating offspring for Mr Men and Little Miss characters.

Y6 News 21.04.23

Year 6 have had a wonderful week back after the break. In English, the children have been enjoying the story of the Island by Armin Greder. They have written character descriptions of the islanders and developed some excellent vocabulary which they have applied in their independent work. In maths, the children have been learning how to identify missing angles using known facts. In geography, we have begun our natural disasters topic by learning about the continent of North America. This will set the scene nicely for the learning that will take place in the coming weeks. In science, the children have started learning about inheritance and inherited characteristics as a part of their evolution topic.   Towards the end of the week, there was great excitement with the arrival of a class set of trumpets! The children will be having trumpet lessons every Friday this Summer term.

Y6 News 31.3.23

Wow! What a fantastic week we had at PGL! The children were all absolutely brilliant at taking on new challenges, overcoming fears and working together. I am so proud of all of the children and hope that they have made memories for a lifetime. See the gallery for just a few of the hundreds of photos we took!

Y6 News 24.3.23

This week in Y6 we have been learning about perimeter, area and volume in maths. The children have been working hard to find these for many different shapes including parallelograms and triangles. In English, we have been writing narratives based on a short film called Francis. The class enjoyed the spooky atmosphere of the video and have produced excellent writing.

In science this week, we have finished our classification topic. We explored the plant kingdom, going outside to find different leaves and sketch botanical drawings with our own annotations. We also researched micro-organisms.

Next week, many of us are going on PGL and are very excited about this!

Y6 News 17.3.23

The children in Y6 have been completing assessments this week in reading and maths. They have all worked incredibly hard and I am so proud of every single one of them for the effort and determination they have shown during the week.

In history, the children were learning about the Ancient Olympics as part of our Greece learning. They have produced some amazing double page spreads to show off all of their knowledge. In RE, we have started writing a recount about Holy week using the information the vicar shared with us from her visit the week before. In art, we have been using charcoal as part of our still life unit.

Y6 News 3.3.23

This week has been a very busy week in Y6. Today, we have been really fortunate to be part of Lace Hill's very first careers fayre. This has involved many adults coming to talk to us about their professions. It has been really exciting hearing about the jobs they have and getting to experience some of the resources they use. We are really grateful to all of the visitors for giving up their time.

On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day. Some of the children in the class went to share stories with the nursery children. We also read the beginning of The Secret Garden and watched the film before we watch a production of it early next week.

Other highlights of the week include: researching Greek pottery, finding out about vertebrates and invertebrates, investigating ratio and editing and researching careers.

Y6 News 24.2.23

In English this week, Y6 have been writing narratives based on the short film, 'The Lighthouse.' The children have been really good at being descriptive in their writing and trying to include different sentence starters. In maths, we have started a new topic: ratio. We have been using our knowledge of fractions to help us with this.

In science, we started our topic off by classifying sweets - we enjoyed eating this afterwards! Finally, we enjoyed our treat day on Friday for earning 50gems.

Y6 News 3.2.23

This week in maths, Y6 have been converting between decimals, fractions and percentages. They have also been calculating percentages of amounts and finding the whole. This has been quite tricky but the class have shown resilience and determination to succeed.

In English, we have been reading The Highwayman and learning vocabulary from the text. We summarised the narrative poem in our own words using modern English.

In DT, the children have planned and started building their own electrical steady hand game. We hope to finish these next week so that the children can bring them home.

Y6 News 27.1.23

What a fantastic week of story writing in Y6! I have been so impressed with the quality of writing that every child has produced this week, making sure they used our suspense toolkit to write their warning tales. The results are amazing and the children should be very proud of themselves.

In music, we have started our new topic all about films and soundtracks. The children enjoyed the first lesson with us listening to music from films and determining why the music would be played - to create tension, for romance or for action to name a few.

Y6 News 20.1.23

This week in English, the class have been learning how to create suspense in their writing. We have created a class toolkit with devices such as short sentences, ominous sounds, control of pace, verbs to convey mood, and show not tell to help us achieve this atmosphere in our writing. Next week, we are going to use this to write our warning stories.

In maths, we have finished our topic on decimals; we had a very successful week multiplying and dividing. Our next topic is percentages, which will require us to use our decimal learning.

In the foundation subjects, we have been coding games in computing, creating our own advanced rhythms in music, learning about Islamic dress in RE and researching the phyiscal features of Greece in geography.

Y6 News 13.1.23

What a super first week and a half back in Year 6! After the initial tiredness of getting back into routine, the children have all been very engaged and hardworking. We have started many new topics this week including Greece in geography, decimals in maths, electricity in science and clothing in RE.

We all enjoyed our trip to the pantomime last week to watch Snow White. The children were a great audience and really represented the school well.

Y6 News 16.12.22

We have had wonderful week in Year 6! In English, we have used the story of the Christmas Carol for inspiration and the children have written incredible story openers where we have focused building atmosphere. In maths, the children have enjoyed learning how to describe position using coordinates and we have been learning how to reflect and translate shapes. In history, the children have had a wonderful afternoon creating Viking Longhouses which have used as a stimulus for non-chronological reports. In Art, the children have used their photography skills to design and create their own CD cover. So much creativity in the classroom in the last two weeks and we are really proud of them all!

Have a wonderful Christmas Year 6 and we look forward to seeing you all back in the New Year.

Y6 News 9.12.22

In English this week, we have been writing story openers based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Mrs Harper and I have been so impressed with the children's writing, where they have rewritten the beginning of the story with more description to create atmosphere for effect. This is our class target and the children have been working to find vocabulary words, phrases and language tools to add to their new vocabulary books.

In maths, we have been learning about coordinates, translations and reflections - the class all enjoyed getting the mirrors out! In history, the children have been busy creating miniature Viking longhouses - thank you to Michael for sharing this idea with the class.

Y6 News 25.11.22

This week Y6 went on a faith tour to three different places of worship in Bedford: a gurdwara, a mosque and a parish church. We were so proud of the respect that the children showed to the different faiths that we learnt about and of the questions that they asked.

In English, the children wrote their circulatory systems about the human heart using their science knowledge from last half term. In maths, we finished our topic on fractions. We now know how to add, subtract, multiply, divide and find fractions of amounts!

Y6 News 18.11.22

The children have continued to show us how brilliant they are this week as we get right into the middle of half-term. In maths, we have been multiplying and dividing with the fractions. The children have all grasped the method really quickly and many surprised themselves with what they achieved. In English, the class have been writing their own non-chronological report on the circulatory system of a creature of their choice/imagination. Some of these were very humorous!

Y6 News 11.11.22

This week in Year 6, in English, the children have enjoyed learning their new model text: the circulatory system of a dragon. They have explored how to signpost the reader with sentence openers and develop cohesion. In maths, the children have been learning how to calculate with fractions and have enjoyed practising their skills. This half term, the children have been learning how to create photo montages using newspaper and magazine cuttings. We had great fun in the classroom creating our images and enjoyed a walking gallery to admire our masterpieces. We finished the week with an incredible remembrance assembly and we are very proud of them.

Y6 News 4.11.22

We have been so impressed with how quick Year 6 have settled back into the routine of school this week after half-term. It was lovely to see so many parents at parents evening too and share the wonderful work that the children have produced so far this year.

In English, we have been focusing on poetry linked to remembrance and written our own poems. We will be sharing a selection of these in our assembly on Friday 11th. In maths, we have started our fraction topic, simplifying, comparing and ordering fractions. In science we finished our topic on the circulatory system by writing a diary entry as if we were a red blood cell.

Y6 News 14.10.22

What a busy week we have had in Y6! Throughout the week, most of the class have taken part in bikeability; the instructors were really impressed with them and the children represented the school brilliantly whilst cycling around Buckingham. We have also been cooking as part of our DT unit 'come done with me' and have produced excellent starters, mains and desserts. The dishes we tried were very tasty!

In science, we looked at heart rates of different living things and created bar charts to make comparisons. We also used clay this morning to make realistic models of human hearts.

Finally, a huge well done to all of the children that went forward for pupil parliament - we were blown away by the standard of the speeches. Congratulations to Rosie and Harrison who are our Y6 pupil parliament representatives.

Y6 News 7.10.22

This week in English, we have been innovating Beowulf to create our own defeating the monster tales. The description and vocabulary in these have been amazing and we can't wait to see the children use their learning from the past 4 weeks to write their own completely independent narrative next week.

In maths we have been learning to multiply by 2-digit numbers using the formal long multiplication method. We are moving onto division and will be practising different strategies before deciding the one we prefer.

In science, the children worked incredibly hard to produce PowerPoints about healthy lifestyles, focusing on diet, rest, drugs and exercise.

Y6 News 30.9.22

It has been a very busy week in Y6 and we couldn't be more proud of all the children in the class. On Monday and Tuesday, we finally got to enjoy our first residential and the children were all brilliant! They took part in a codebreaking/orienteering activity, bat detecting, campfire with smores, den building and fire lighting. It was a fantastic trip and we are already looking forward to our next residential later on in the year.

Despite the tiredness after our trip away, the class have worked incredibly hard this week in the rest of their lessons. We have been innovating Beowulf and have some brilliant ideas for our own defeating the monster tales. In maths, the children have been impressing the Y6 adults with their work on multiples, factors and primes.

Y6 News 16.9.22

This week, Year 6 have been enjoying reading more chapters of our novel ‘Malamander’ and are developing their prediction and summary skills. In maths, they have been ordering and comparing large numbers and using our knowledge of number lines and powers of 10. In English, the children have learnt our model text ‘Beowulf’ and have so much enthusiasm for the gruesome parts! We are also really proud of the children for showing resilience and determination in their secondary transfer tests. 

Y6 News 9.9.22

We have had wonderful first week in Year 6. The children have risen to the challenge of being the best version of themselves and setting high expectations for themselves. In English, the children have written some fantastic defeat the monster stories and have begun exploring the story of Beowulf, linked to our Anglo Saxon topic which we have started learning in history. We have started our class novel, ‘Malamander’ which the children have really enjoyed and are showing some excellent inference skills.

In maths, we have started our place value topic, solving problems with numbers up to 10 million. In science, we learnt about the four components of blood and created 'blood smoothies'.

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