The more you read...

... the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go!

Year Six love reading!

In 6CC, the class librarians are responsible for updating their classroom reading table every few weeks. Mrs Cleghorn kick-started the reading table with a selection of books taken from the list '100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school' and their current class book, Stig of the Dump, is also from this list. Check out the website below for the full list of books:

https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/100-fiction-books-all-children-should-read-leaving-primary-school-–

So far, we have had a Goosebumps display, created by Livvie and Annabel.

Yasmin, Sophia, Georgia and Heather created a display about a Series of Unfortunate Events and our current display (created by Bradley, Livvie and Maxwell) is an interview with Bradley about his favourite series of books: Beast Quest.

We're looking forward to seeing what the next group of librarians come up with!

For more information about the importance of reading, follow the link below:

https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/primary-parents/learn-at-home/help-your-child-to-enjoy-reading/why-is-reading-so-important.html

Charlie and Lola stories

Over the past few weeks, Year Six have been busy planning, drafting and editing their very own 
Charlie and Lola stories.

Designed to be read for a younger audience, they needed to choose a realistic storyline that involved Lola learning a hard lesson. From spilling nail varnish on a posh lady's coat to getting stuck up a tree, Lola has been through the works in the 118 stories that have been written!

Here are some photographs of a few of our brave pupils reading their stories to a Year Three class:

Anti-bullying week and World Hello Day

Last week was Anti-bullying Week. Across the school, teachers led class discussions and activities focusing on understanding what bullying is and how we can tackle it.

In Year Six, there were class debates and discussions on various statements made about bullying. Some of these statements are listed below:

• Bullying only happens in schools.
• If you report the bullying to a teacher then you are a ‘snitch’.
• It’s ok to hit someone who is bullying you, it will stop it.
• There is no such thing as an innocent bystander.
• Online bullying is just banter, having a laugh and totally harmless.
• Online bullying doesn't involve physical harm.
• It is not bullying if someone deletes a comment or post.
• Online bullying can only affect someone if they are online and have an account too.
• It is easy to spot the signs of bullying.
• Children grow out of bullying.

Other activities included creating posters about anti-bullying:

The Creativity board in the Year Six corridor was also drawn on by pupils with tips on how to tackle bullying:

Following on from anti-bullying week, Tuesday 21st November was World Hello Day. 

World Hello Day was first created in 1973 in order to show people, especially the people of the Middle East, that conflicts can and should be resolved through communication, and not violence. 

The challenge - set by the founders of World Hello Day - is to say hello to at least 10 people during the day. This can be achieved in a number of ways. 6CC discussed a few possibilities this morning:

Will you join us in our mission?

Llamas and alpacas

Over the past few weeks, Year Six have been learning all about fractions. Adding and subtracting, simplifying and converting - if there's a question involving fractions, Year Six know what to do! The poster below was created by Joshua in 6CC to help other children to remember how to do certain methods (one of his Future Me pledges).

Reasoning is an extremely important skill to master in Year Six and is worth two thirds of the total marks in the Year Six SAT papers. The bar method is a brilliant tool to help develop this skill, which uses a bar to visually represent what we know and what we need to find out.

Thinking blocks is an app used at CJS to practise using the bar method - it is also downloadable at home. Year Six have been enjoying working their way through the large bank of questions that it has to offer.

November was renamed Barvember at CJS (courtesy of White Rose Maths Hub) and one question that has had Mrs Cleghorn and Mr Murphy stumped is pictured below. 

Are you up for a challenge? Post your solution as a comment under this blog!

Year 6 weekly news update

CJS attempts whole school world record!

On Friday afternoon, CJS students were all in the school hall drawing pudsey bear. We attempted to set the world record for the most children drawing the same picture at the same time: it was the biggest art lesson EVER! Plus, it lasted all afternoon!

Also, everyone dressed up in the spottiest clothes they could find because it was Children in Need. It has been soooooooooooooooooo fun. Everyone was as noisy as ever, and as funny as ever!

It has also been anti-bullying week and there has been a lot of talking about it.

There has been a change of display in 6CC. The history board has changed to being a 6CC board. It has little strips of paper on it, saying what our favourite things are. It also has ideas for our morning meetings!

Written by Marianne