In Maths, we are continuing with our daily five minutes of mental maths practice, and the children are becoming increasingly confident with these activities. We have now moved on to addition and subtraction and have revisited the different strategies the children can use to help them solve calculations. 

In Topic, we have enjoyed our session with the volunteers from Barry War Museum. We learnt lots and particularly loved hearing and joining in with some songs from the era. We have also been learning about conscription and how, during the First World War, men were legally required to join the army. The children explored different viewpoints and started writing persuasive texts explaining whether they felt conscription was a positive or negative thing.  

On Thursday, we had our first outdoor learning session with Mrs King. We planted daffodils, tulips, pansies, violas, conifers, lamb’s ears and some herbs. The children loved the opportunity to be outside in nature and can’t wait for next week already! 

Important Information for Next Week 

• Remember to check newsletter for after-school clubs which are in full swing. 

• Thursday 8th October – Outdoor learning session. Please ensure they wear their school uniform and come to school with wellies and a waterproof coat.  

• Friday 9th October – PE afternoon. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit. 

• Tuesday 10th November – SWAM visit for 6KM and half of 6RC 

• Thursday 12th November – SWAM visit for 6AP and half of 6RC  

How can you help at home? 

We have noticed that some children do not enjoy reading at home. We completely understand that children may feel that reading is a skill they have already mastered, but reading is about so much more than simply being able to read the words on a page. Regular reading helps children to develop their vocabulary, comprehension, imagination and fluency. It also introduces them to new ideas, experiences and perspectives.  

We would really encourage you to make time for reading at home each day. This could be reading their schoolbook, sharing a story together, reading a magazine or comic, or even discussing something they have found interesting online.  Over the next two weeks, we would like the children to complete a reading diary and bring it into school for us to see. This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate the reading they are doing at home and encourage them to make reading part of their daily routine. As an extra incentive, children who complete their reading diary will receive extra playtime as a reward! We hope this will encourage everyone to get involved and, most importantly, enjoy reading together at home. 

Thank you for your continued support! 

The Year 6 team.  

We’ve had another busy and positive week of learning in Year 6!

In Literacy, continuing with ‘The Gas Mask’ our pupils have been working on sentences of 3 to develop descriptive settings, parenthesis to provide the reader with extra information and pathetic fallacy to affect the atmosphere and mood of our portal stories.

In Maths, we are doing 5 minutes of quick mental maths practice daily and we have continued to compare and order numbers up to 7 digits. At present we are working with powers of 10, multiplying and dividing, moving numbers right or left depending on the number of zeros, rounding up and down, as well as column addition.

In Topic, we are drawing portraits of WW1 soldiers, creating multiple drafts using real life photographs and constructive peer-feedback to improve. We are very much looking forward to welcoming our volunteers from Barry War Museum next week, the effort they put into providing real life soldier experiences and recounts for our pupils is impressive.

On Thursday year 6 pupils were due a taste of outdoor learning with Mrs King however due to sickness that was not possible, but we took the children on a tour of the outside spaces, and they seem keen to get started, even if there are spiders!

Aspiring year 6 leaders had the chance to make their case to their house team mates as to why they should be considered for either the House captain or vice-captain. It was a difficult decision for our younger pupils to make but the votes were cast, and the pupil voice was heard,

Cadoc  –   House Captains: Bella & Caleb

• Vice Captains: Oscar & Elouise

Baruc  –   House Captains: Ieuan & Freya

• Vice Captains: Nell & Wilson

Dyfan  –   House Captains: Pierre & Erin

• Vice Captains: Roman & Amber

• Vice Captains: Viola & (TBC)

Important Information for Next Week

• Remember to check newsletter for after-school clubs which are in full swing.
• Thursday 1st October – Year 6 will be taking part in their second outdoor learning session. Please ensure they wear their school uniform and come to school with wellies and a waterproof coat.
• Friday 2^nd October – PE afternoon. Children should come to school wearing their PE kit.
• Walk Home Arrangements: Please ensure that your child's walk home information has been updated on ParentPay.
• Healthy Snacks: Please ensure that your child brings a healthy snack each day to enjoy during morning break.

How can you help at home?

We would like children to recap their times tables regularly in preparation for our upcoming work on multiplication. Being able to recall times tables quickly and confidently is an important skill that will support children across many areas of mathematics. Please see QR code for a link to a times table game.

Please also ensure that your child is reading at home every day. Reading regularly is incredibly important for developing vocabulary, comprehension, fluency and confidence. Even a short period of reading each evening can make a real difference to your child’s progress.

Thank you for your continued support!

The Year 6 team.

We completed our Health and Wellbeing project, ‘Walking in Their Shoes’, bringing together what we discovered through our interviews. The children also created paper-mâché shoes to represent their interviewee and enjoyed completing their final pieces. 

We also began our core subjects – Literacy, Maths and Topic. The children have settled well into their routines and have enjoyed getting stuck into their new learning. 

In Literacy, we have been exploring the text ‘The Gas Mask’. The children created their own story maps to represent the key events and have begun exploring similes and metaphors. 

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of place value, working with numbers up to 1,000,000 and using this knowledge to compare and order numbers. 

We have also launched our new History topic, Britain at War, focusing on the outbreak of World War One. To begin our topic, the children took part in a WW1 Immersion Day, completing three activities: 

This week, our new Year 6 cohort has started the school year with an exciting Health and Wellbeing project. Working together as a team, we have explored what empathy means and considered what life might be like when we put ourselves in someone else’s shoes. We have enjoyed lessons exploring the difference between sympathy and empathy, the importance of hearing and actively listening, and how to use open and closed questions effectively. 

We have also explored children’s rights and considered the different perspectives of staff members who have a variety of roles and responsibilities within our school. We are building towards an exciting opportunity to interview members of staff, finding out more about what life at Romilly is like from their point of view. 

Alongside our Health and Wellbeing work, we have also put our mathematical thinking to the test! Using our prior knowledge of maths, we have described ourselves through calculations and codes, combining creativity, problem-solving and numeracy skills. 

Important information for next week 

Jump In Day: Thursday 17th September - Step back in time and experience life during World War I. Children will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the past and explore what life was like for people during WW1. Children can come to school dressed as someone from the WW1 era, such as, Soldiers, Nurses, Factory workers or Children. As part of the day, the children will be learning outdoors and exploring what life was like in the trenches, so please bear this in mind when choosing their outfit and footwear. 

Healthy Snacks: Please ensure that your child brings a healthy snack each day to enjoy during our morning break. 

How can you help at home? 

We would like children to recap their times tables regularly in preparation for our upcoming work on multiplication. Being able to recall times tables quickly and confidently is an important skill that will support children across many areas of mathematics. Please see QR code for a link to a times table game. 

Please also ensure that your child is reading at home every day. Reading regularly is incredibly important for developing vocabulary, comprehension, fluency and confidence. Even a short period of reading each evening can make a real difference to your child’s progress.