Last week's attendance...

I have bad news everyone...

We have hit a record low for our attendance in 6SB 😢

89.2%

This was the second lowest in the entire school and is especially disappointing when you consider all the exciting things we have to look forward to at this time of year... Residential, end of year production, graduation, end of year party etc. Not to mention: your final days spent with all of your friends before many of you go your separate ways to secondary school!

I completely understand that sometimes we can fall victim to illness but aside from that, please make sure you are in school every day and are on time. 

Onwards and upwards please 6SB- we can't have attendance as low as this again!

Many thanks for your continued support, 

Miss Barrell x

Attendance last week...

Happy Monday everyone- it's attendance time again!
I have good news and some not so good news...


I'll start with the not so good news:
Last week was SATs week and, given how important that week is, we can typically expect attendance to be in the very high 90s if not 100%. Unfortunately this wasn't the case this year... 😢


Now on to the good news:
We reached the school target!! Our attendance as a class last week was...

96.2%

That's fantastic news and it just goes to show we can do it- so now let's keep it up! We have a lot coming up over the coming weeks- residential; meetings with secondary staff and transition sessions; end of year performance and end of year play etc. There's so much still left and we don't want you to miss a minute of it.


So... In school: everyday and on time.


You can do it!


Miss Barrell

The Royal Wedding: Harry and Meghan

6SB congratulate Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on their wedding day!

On Thursday, in honour of the upcoming Royal Wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, we donned our best threads in celebration.

Maths homework 18.5.18

Hi all,


A bit of fun for your homework this week- stage directions!
Do your research to find out which label goes where first of all- you can print the picture below out or draw it in your homework book and then label on the correct position for each.

Next try the activity below...

Mental Health Awareness Week

Hi all,


6SB, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, have been exploring what mental health is, what can affect it and how we can take care of it.

We have spoken about the importance of:


* understanding it's okay to not feel okay ALL the time;


* talking about our mental health, having people around us that we feel comfortable to confide in;


* avoiding situations or people that are negative;


* getting enough sleep;

* eating right;

* getting active.

This morning, in a bid to wind down a little after SATs week, we enlisted the help of Joe Wicks, aka The Body Coach, who put us through our paces and showed us how exercise can release endorphins and improve mood and help fight off anxiety and depression.

We felt great afterwards! 😂

SATs update...

Well done everyone on the first 2 maths papers today- only one more reasoning paper left now and you're done!


In terms of revision tonight, of course we don't know what will come up but we can think ahead to what topics might appear. Try some of these on for size:


Shape- especially circles- http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8c7qty
Angles

Algebra

Parallel/ perpendicular lines
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp327hv


Fractions/ decimals/ percentages (equivalence)
https://www.mathplayground.com/matching_fraction_percent.html

Maths revision...

Hi everyone,


Well done for today with the reading paper- two down, 3 more to go!


Tomorrow is Maths Paper 1 (arithmetic) and Maths Paper 2 (reasoning). We've done some revision today- going over elements for both papers.


Things that we discussed:
* The importance of accuracy- making sure your times tables or miscalculating 'carries' doesn't let you down.
* Fractions- making sure you always turn mixed numbers to improper fractions before you start calculating.
* Written methods for multiplication and division- these are worth 2 marks as opposed to just 1- make them count!
* Multiplying or dividing by a decimal... Make it easy for yourself- calculate with whole numbers and convert back to a decimal afterwards, e.g. 2.6 x 312 = 26 x 312 /10


One thing that came up this afternoon was averages: mean, median, mode, range etc. Having covered it less than some other topics, some of us were a little sketchy on this, so please find a couple of links below to help you go over these things:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/data/mode_median_mean_range/read/1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB_033ID7i8


Another request we had was for some measure and conversion work. So, below, there is another link to help you go over this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/measures/read/1/


If there's anything else you want, leave a comment or message me via Class Dojo and I'll do what I can.
Otherwise, get some rest and do something nice to unwind- you've worked hard; you've earned it!


See you tomorrow,


Miss Barrell x