Skyping!!!!

Today we were really lucky to have the chance to Skype with Major Carol Ditmer from the Salvation Army in the USA. Our RE topic is Christian charity and we found out all about the work that they do to support people. We found some of the stories quite sad but were amazed at how much help they gave to people. 

We also found out about Major Carol's life and how she felt God gave her a message to be an officer. A great afternoons work!!!!! 

Lantern Parade!!

This evening we took part in the lantern parade around Ellesmere Port! It was great fun and we enjoyed singing the carols! 

Fencing

This week, we have been learning how to do an aggressive block. This means we block a strike towards us and also try to gain a point off our partner. We are really enjoying our fencing lessons even if look rather silly in our gear! 

Stars of the week!

This week, our stars are: 

-Tyla for her fantastic literacy work-we have had assessments this week and Miss Ogden has been really impressed with her attitude and effort! 

-Angelika for being so positive this week and having such a good working attitude! 

Keeping safe online

For the last two weeks, we have taken part in a range of activities linked to anti-bullying and keeping ourselves safe. We had a visitor into school from the police who talked to us about how to keep safe online. We were surprised with some of the information he shared and have made posters to remind ourselves of this! 

Writing workshop with Miss Pitchford

After a fantastic visit to the zoo, Miss P came into school to help us produce a piece of writing. We worked on a persuasive letter to the curator and director of education at the zoo. Because this was such an important letter, we worked in groups to edit and draft our letter. 

Have a look at our plans so far: 

Zoo trip!

Today, we have had a fantastic day at the zoo and even managed to get behind the scenes at the rhino enclosure! We learnt all about a day in the life of a zoo keeper and were able to help the keepers by writing the rhino's names onto bags for their dung collection! 

Enjoy looking at our photos' 

UCEA visit to school

Last week, we were really lucky to have Mr McDermott from UCEA to come into

school to talk to us about moving to high school. We had lots of questions for him and all felt much better about our move into Year 7 after his visit! 

Stars of the week

Well done to our 2 stars this week...

Harriet for her excellent attitude and effort in her writing. I have seen a huge improvement and am really proud!

Leah for bringing in so many books for us to look at that are written by our author of the month, Enid Blyton 

Also well done to Jack who received a head teachers award for an excellent y attitude this week! 

Keep it up Year 6!!!!!

Anthem for the Port

After school in Friday, year 6 went to perform the song we learnt with the Fireflies ladies choir and Ellesmere Port Male voice choir. We were performing alongside The Oaks and Westminster for a celebration of 100 years of the hospital in Ellesmere Port. 

We sang amazingly-Miss Ogden and Mrs Webb were very proud!!!

Fishy Friday!!

Year 6 want to say a massive thanks to our kitchen who gave us a lot of fish fingers that were left over 😃

We all enjoyed munching on them whilst we watched Newsround!!!

Amazing writing!

Wow!!!! I can tell you haven't forgotten all the fantastic writing skills we learnt in year 5! This week, we have started to look at how to write descriptively and we used the illustrations at the start of the book King Kong to help us. 

Here are examples of your first piece of writing in year 6- I am really proud! 

Welcome to Year 6!!

Welcome back year 6! We've had a fantastic start to the year and I am really impressed with your effort and enthusiasm! 

Thanks for all your hard work-keep it up!!!!

Miss Ogden and Miss Kershaw

Year 6 enjoying a trip to DangerPoint

Year 6 enjoyed a trip out to Danger Point.  They learned a lot of new safety facts and enjoyed the different zones including water safety, staying safe online, road safety and railway safety.  The children met the alien K-Os and had fun interacting with him!!  The children were also joined by The High Sheriff of Chester during the tour. She was there to see what the children learned. 

Enjoying the butterfly Journey

A super variation of colour and beauty in the butterfly house. Everyone apart from Mrs Thorn enjoyed these wonderful creatures!

Chester Zoo trip

Year 6 are practicing map reading skills at  Chester Zoo. We currently have lovely weather and have stopped to check our location. More updates to follow...

Thank you...

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to year 6 and Mrs Thorn for such a good residential at Condover. I'm sure you are all shattered, but I was really impressed with how hard you all worked and what a good team we make. Looking forward to a good music workshop with Mr Clark tomorrow. 

Awards Ceromony

Well done to ALL of Year 6!! You all took part in the activities and I have been very impressed with your behaviour and attitudes. Make sure you get an early night tonight!! :-)

Egg Protector

Both Year 5 and 6 are trying to protect an egg!! They have earnt blue towel and Sellotape by telling some 'egg-cellent' jokes! This picture captures them playing the under and over game with their egg...let's hope they don't drop it.

Fence Off!!

A warm afternoon had fencing on the lawn of the mansion!! Some worthy winners managed to lunge and defend well. On guard!!

Laser Maze

We attempted to act as secret agents to enter the laser maze, getting from one side of the room to the other! 

Survival - part two

Wow!! What a team!! Year 6 created an excellent camp area and fire ready to cook whatever they could catch. They were brilliant at making sure the camp had seats, a table in the middle and logs to prevent the wind from blowing in. I think we have some top class survivors in our class...

Survival - part one...

Year 6 have just crash landed in the forest! They are trying to survive in a remote place.  Only a few essentials have managed to be saved... Check out the blog later to find out what happens...

Olympics!!!

This morning, we are working with Year 5 to take part in a mini Olympics! We are brilliant at javelin but not so good at hammer throw!

Having fun on The Grid of Stones!!

Year 6 have had a great morning - so far we have completed in door laser quest followed by some team activities. We are now having fun in the Laser Maze Grid of Stones. The children must remember a pattern across the grid, if they fail then they loose lives!! So far we have made 5 compete paths!!

Campfire

Last night, we had our camp fire! It was great fun and the children enjoyed singing and sharing their talents! 

Well done!!

Well done to all of Year 6!!  You have finished your SATs tests and I am extremely proud of you all.  Let's keep up the hard work for the rest of the term! Mr Bullen