Year 6 Mrs Brennan
Welcome to Owl Class - Year 6
Mrs Brennan, Mrs Dickings, Miss Ward
Welcome to our class page which celebrates all of our hard work and learning here at Hawthorn Tree School. Please feel free to contact me on the following email address should you have any concerns.
Holocaust Educational Trust
Year 6 were privileged to take part in the Holocaust Educational Trust's Primary Outreach Event on Friday 2nd July with Catrina Kirkland from the Trust’s Education team and Hedi Argent as a guest speaker. Through a live link, the children were able to find out about Hedi's experiences of growing up in Austria, how she faced antisemitism as a child and her move to the UK as a refugee after the Kristallnacht attacks on November 9th and 10th 1938. 
Summer Maths Club
We have been given the opportunity to offer your child the chance to take part in a Summer Maths Club from Eedi Summer Club. If you sign up before 14th June, you will receive free access to a 7-week programme of Maths to help motivate and engage your child and help him/her grown in confidence with the subject.
If you have any questions, please contact family@eedi.co.uk directly.
Science - The Life of David Attenborough
This week Owl Class took their learning outdoors and completed a scavenger hunt collecting facts all about the life and work of David Attenborough. The children had twelve questions to answer about his life and work. Next week, learning will return to the classroom where the children will present their own documentary featuring facts about David Attenborough.
Scavenger Hunt
Amazing Americas - Year 6 Geography
Owl Class have been finding out about the Amazing Americas. This topic has worked alongside our Titanic topic and our work on the immigration process through Ellis Island into America. The children have explored the continents of North and South America and the countries that form them. They have also looked in more detail at some of the contrasting regions of the Americas, finding out about the landscape, climate and locations of each area. In order to compare human and physical features, Owl Class carried out a detailed fieldwork study of the local area to help them to identify the similarities and differences between a region of the Americas and where they live.
Fieldwork - Exploring our local area
End of Spring Term.
Well done and thank you to Year 6 Owl Class for all of your hard work this term.
It has been great to be back in the classroom and to see you all face to face again. I have included some photographs of the work that you have completed this term whilst back at school.
Looking forward to all of our new learning topics after Easter.
As always, please feel free to contact me directly by email:
sara.brennan@hawthorn-tree.lincs.sch.uk
Some examples of our work this term.
Welcome Back - Spring Term 2
Welcome back everyone. I hope that you all had a restful half-term and were able to enjoy some more relaxed family time. Thank you to all of you who have worked hard over the past few weeks supporting home learning whether a parent, carer, child, older brother or sister or bubble member.
All of your efforts have been outstanding - Thank you.
As always my email is available during school hours.
sara.brennan@hawthorn-tree.lincs.sch.uk
Lincolnshire Stay Safe Partnership - Year 6 Online Safety
Wednesday 24th February 2021 2:00 pm Group A and Group B.
Following on from the national Safer Internet Day, all Year 6 pupils will be taking part in a LIVE workshop with Lincolnshire Stay Safe Partnership. Pupils will focus on how to stay safe on the internet, privacy settings and how to respond to online bullying. I look forward to us all taking part in this important learning session led by Stay Safe Officer Neil Bontoft.
Links to the live session will be posted here shortly.
World Book Day
Arabian Nights - 3rd March 2021
We have been given the fantastic opportunity to access a free online storytelling performance of Arabian Nights with professional storyteller Alia Alzougbi streamed live. The magic will begin at 1.30 and finish at 2.15pm.
Book your place for this magical Arabian adventure here. Click 'What's On', and scroll down to the World Book Day event.
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/KS2worldbookday/register
World Book Day Activity: Write a blurb for your favourite book.
Remote Learning - Spring Term 2021
Good Evening, I hope that this message finds you well. I thank you for your patience during this difficult time.
It is such a shame that we have had to close our doors again, after only having one day back in school. However, it was lovely to see the children back together again.
Please find below your child's home learning resources, which will include:
English, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, Maths, Reading, Science, History/Geography, PE, Art, RE and RSE.
We aim to keep the curriculum as broad and as balanced as possible.
All resources can be found in folders below.
Simply click on the owl below, which corresponds to the day of the week, and this link will take you to all the resources that you will need each day.
As I'm sure you are aware, some children in every class require some differentiated learning activities to help them maintain the same sense of achievement as their peers. Therefore, I have also provided a list of useful websites that can be used in support of your child's learning
(please find all the appropriate links below).
We hope you take this time to encourage your child to complete the work provided and also listen to them read on a regular basis. We also encourage you to allow for your child to play TT Rock Stars as often as possible.
All we ask is that your child tries their best and has a go at completing their home learning.
My email address can be found below:
sara.brennan@hawthorn-tree.lincs.sch.uk
I will try to respond to your email as soon as possible between the hours of 9:00am -4:30pm (Monday to Friday).
Alternatively, you (or your child) can message me through Microsoft Teams during the times stated on the timetable provided.
Please keep all the learning that is completed it at home. These learning packs will need to be returned to school and swapped over with a new learning pack, every fortnight. Please wait to be contacted by the school to return/collect learning packs.
Many Thanks,
Mrs Brennan, Mrs Dickins and Miss Ward
Remote Learning Teams Timetable
Learning Support - Maths
As I'm sure you are aware, some children in every class require some differentiated learning activities to help them maintain the same sense of achievement as their peers.
If you know this is the case for your child, or you are referred to this section, this is where we will be posting activities for these children.
I have provided you with some multiplication and division worksheets and some links to useful reading websites.
Equally, if you do require further support, or have any questions or concerns, then please do not hesitate to contact me on the email address at the top of our class page.
Learning Support - English
It is essential that children continue to read during this time.
Click on the link below from Oxford Owl for a selection of eBooks that are available for free if you sign up to the site.
This is a fantastic resource with an excellent selection of books - I hope you find it useful.
Equally, you can also visit Boston Library online.
From the following website you can access e-books, audiobooks and e-magazines for free. All you need to do is become a member of the library (which is free to join) and a pin number which is available from the library.
Another useful website, which is also free to join, is ReadTheory used to improve children's reading comprehension.
Some of the fantastic work that has been completed at home and at school over the past two weeks.
A collection of pictures by Liam. Thank you for sharing.
E-mail contact details for the teaching team in school hours are:
Children at Home
Please head over to our class page on Teams. Under the channel heading General you will find our weekly timetable and instructions for this week's learning. Check the timetable for homework and a brief outline of the week's learning. After you have checked the timetable, simply use the channel list on the left hand side to find the day of the week.
For example go to Monday and click. Here you will find find the day's work instructions. Once you have read the instructions, go to Files.
At the top of the page it will say Files - click here to find folders of work.
Click on Files to find your work. Each lesson or subject has its own folder. The folder will be pinned to the top of the page and look like the folder below. Please note some children may have their own folders dependent upon learning needs.
If you're having problems please contact me by email or through SeeSaw and I'll be happy to help. Please note Teams can be a little slow to upload at times, so please be patient.
Science and DT
We have had a busy week this week! year 6 have been finishing two units of work this week. The first was our unit on Light in Science and the second was our unit on Gas Masks in DT. We had two fantastic days filled with lots of learning.
Creating a Wartime Gas Mask
This term, Year 6 have been working really hard, learning all about WW2. In our DT unit, we have been looking at wartime gas mask and why they were so important during WW2.We found out that during WW2, everybody was issued with a gas mask to protect them in the event of a gas bomb being dropped during an air raid. Luckily, there was never any need for a gas mask to be used properly. It was essential that everybody carried their gas mask at all times wherever they went and you would be fined if you were caught without it. Posters were also displayed everywhere to remind people to carry their gas masks at all times.
Throughout the term, we have been researching about wartime gas masks, creating our own research questions, asked our peers about the design of a gas mask they would like, created a detailed product design, which shows us the steps we needed to take to be able to make our own gas mask, constructing our own wartime gas mask, before we write a detailed evaluation about our finished product.
This topic also fits in with our English topic, Goodnight Mister Tom, which follows the journey of a young boy from London, William Beech, as he is evacuated to the countryside. William also had a gas mask which he carried with him everywhere he went.
Our gas mask were constructed using, paper, cardboard and we used plastic for the eye holes. Take a look at our pictures, to see how got on with our learning:
Following in the footsteps of Isaac Newton.
Year 6 discovered that white light is actually made up of all the colours of the rainbow. We learned that this is called the ‘visible spectrum’. For example, when a ray of white light shines on an object, the object absorbs some colours and reflects others. A pear reflects the green light and absorbs the other colours of light. It is only the green light that bounces back into our eye. The pear looks green to our eyes! See how we got on when we were investigating to see whether different coloured items change colour when a coloured filter was placed in front of them. This video explains refraction and light.
Science
Microsoft TEAMS Test!
I will be running a Microsoft TEAMS test on Thursday 22nd October 2020 at 1pm. This will allow all children in our class to access TEAMS and have a look at how our learning will be displayed and how they can contact staff, if we were to close our Year 6 bubble or the school in the future.
Further information has been sent out to you all via Parent Mail.
Equally, you will be able to find all of the information you need for downloading TEAMS and information on how to sign in, by following the link below to the Microsoft TEAMS section on our school website:
https://www.hawthorntree.co.uk/digital-learning-platform/
Please make sure that you have downloaded TEAMS and have signed in ready for 1pm (on the day) and then I will request a call with the children. There is no expectation for adults to stay with the children, but it is important that you are aware that your child is online.
See you then!
Remote Learning W/C 19th October 2020
(Please scroll down for updates and appropriate resources to support your child's learning)
Firstly, we hope this message finds you all well and we hope you have had a lovely weekend.
Thank you to you all who have accessed our remote learning resources from our class pages - we hope the resources are easily accessible and are also a help to support the learning that your child has been completing in school, prior to the school closure.
We have provided you all with some more learning sources for the week ahead, before you put your tools down and have a very well-deserved half term break.
This week, there are a range of different resources on offer for your child to complete. These resources include: Maths, SPaG, Reading Comprehension, History and Science.
Maths - football rounding and multiplication and division facts. We have also included another arithmetic paper.
SPaG - Using commas accurately.
Reading - The War Time Diary of Eliza Beale (three different levels).
History - War Propaganda Posters.
Science - Creating a playscript between Mister Tom and William Beech, where they explain in detail how light travels.
We do appreciate that there is a lot of work for your child to complete. However, we are not expecting that all of the work is to be completed this week. We ask that your child tries their best to complete a range of different activities and does what they can, when they can.
We have also included support tools to help your child with their learning.
If you do have any trouble with accessing this learning or need further support, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Year 6 Team.
We hope that you have a good week!
Maths - Number and Place Value and Using Four Operations
SPaG - Using Commas Accurately
Reading Comprehension
Science - Playscripts
History - Propaganda Posters
TT Rock Stars
Logins for TT Rockstars were sent out via Seesaw during the previous closure in October. Please check your Seesaw messages.
Well done to all the children sending in pictures of their learning. You can send in pictures via email or Seesaw. Thank you for continuing to work so hard Year 6.
Better Luck next time Owls! Thank you to all those who took part.
Learning Support - Reading
It is essential that children continue to read during this time.
Click on the link below from Oxford Owl for a selection of eBooks that are available for free if you sign up to the site.
This is a fantastic resource with an excellent selection of books - I hope you find it useful.
Equally, you can also visit Boston Library online.
From the following website you can access e-books, audiobooks and e-magazines for free. All you need to do is become a member of the library (which is free to join) and a pin number which is available from the library.
Another useful website, which is also free to join, is ReadTheory used to improve children's reading comprehension.
All you need to do is click on the links below:
Science Kahoot! Quiz
Test your knowledge of light using our Kahoot! science quiz. Winners to be announced when we return to school.
Good Luck!
Arts Award
Mrs Smith has asked us to remind all the children, who are completing the Arts Award, to please find their next piece of work on the school's website in the Arts Award section.
Click on the link below which will take you to this page:
https://www.hawthorntree.co.uk/arts-award/
Many Thanks
TT Rock Stars - Class Battle
Owls v Falcons
Calling ALL Year 6 pupils! Battle of the Bands is about to begin!
Owls v Falcons
Tuesday 13th October - Thursday 15th October 2020
Take part between: 09:00 -16:00 each day!
You will need your TT Rock Stars username and password to play.
Let the battle commence!
Seesaw
Please can parents who have not connected to Seesaw please contact me on the above email.
I can then add you to our class page send out learning logins for remote learning.
Many thanks,
Mrs Brennan
Remote Learning W/C 12th October 2020
Good Evening, I hope that this message finds you well.
Please find below your child's home learning resources for this week, which includes:
Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, Maths and Reading resources.
Each piece of work is a recap of what your child has been learning in school over the past 5 weeks. We hope that the learning provided will be of use to your child and will also be a revision exercise.
We have also provided a list of useful website that can be used in support of your child's learning.
We hope you take this time to encourage your child to complete the work provided and also listen to them read on a regular basis. We also encourage you to allow for your child to play TT Rock Stars as often as possible.
If you are able to print these resources, then please do so and allow for your child to write on each worksheet. If you are not able to print each resource, then we are more than happy for your child to complete their learning on a Word document or in a notepad/spare paper at home.
Our school email addresses can be found at the top of each class page and we will respond to any
queries about your child's learning during school hours.
All we ask is that your child tries their best and has a go at completing their home learning.
Many Thanks,
Mrs Brennan, Mr Jaques and the Year 6 Team.
Home Learning - W/C 12th October 2020
Keeping Safe While Working Online
Working from home is likely to mean more time spent on computers, tablets and the internet. Therefore it is incredibly important to ensure you are being safe whilst you are online. Please take some time to look at the slides (PDF) below to make sure you are doing everything you can to stay safe!
If you have some spare time, there are also some activities for our Year 6 pupils to look at and complete.
Click on the PDF resources below:
Keeping Active at Home
Whilst the school is closed for the next few weeks, it is important to make sure that we are engaged with our remote learning. Equally, it is also important to take a break from time to time and also engage in some physical activities.
Ms Ingamells has kindly provided us with some useful activities that your children can do over the next two weeks.
Take a look below.
All activities can also be found on the sports page of the school's website. Just click on the link below:
https://www.hawthorntree.co.uk/sport/
How many of these challenges can you achieve?
Numbers to 10,000,000 Scavenger Hunt
Both Year 6 classes took part in a scavenger hunt to consolidate their understanding of place value in numbers up to 10, 000,000. The children worked in pairs to locate different questions scattered around the playground and provide answers on their answer sheets, before having their answers checked by an adult.
Numbers to 10,000,000 Scavenger Hunt
We really enjoyed playing 3 in a row with our partners today using negative numbers. Have a go yourself or challenge the computer. Links below!
Connect Three printable
Terrific Maths investigation using negative numbers today. We had to find the hottest and coldest countries and calculate the differences in average temperatures.
Science Posters - The children have made some great posters explaining how light travels in straight lines and how we see objects.
Here is our Knowledge Organiser for our Science topic Light - ask our learners about their knowledge of Light and see what they can recall!
Welcome to Owl Class.
Mrs Brennan, Miss Neal, Mrs Dickings and Miss Ward would like to welcome you all to our class page.
We hope you managed to enjoy some restful family time over the summer break; it's great to be back. I am delighted to have the privilege of teaching your children in their final year here at Hawthorn Tree. Our journey together in Y6 will be filled with challenges, but it will also be filled with discovery, amazing learning experiences, new roles and responsibilities, growing independence and equally importantly- enjoyment and laughter.
This is the year of reading; challenges have been set and reading will be celebrated throughout the school. Please support your child's reading by hearing them read at least twice a week, we have some fantastic Y6 texts to read this year beginning with Goodnight Mr Tom.
We have had a great couple of days back in the classroom and although things are different, I have been delighted with the children’s attitude to learning and their resilience. A class timetable and homework timetable are attached below. If your child is struggling with homework, they are welcome to speak to Mrs Brennan, Mrs Dickings or Miss Ward BEFORE their homework is due in, this means we can complete the homework together and address any misunderstandings.
If you do have any concerns or queries, then please do not hesitate to contact us (preferably by phone or email) before or after the school day.
Please keep checking in on our class page for important updates and snapshots of our learning.
Stay safe. Thank you.
Mrs Brennan
London Residential 2021
Mrs Brennan and I would like to inform you all about an exiting opportunity for our Year 6 pupils. Next year, we would like to take our Year 6 pupils on a three-day residential to London.
The three day trip will allow for your child to explore London through World War 2.
Over the three days, we will visit The Imperial War Museum, where we will explore the causes, course and consequences of World War , hop on board the HMS Belfast to explore what life was like at war on the sea, before discovering the secrets beneath the streets of Westminster in the underground nerve centre of the Churchill War Rooms.
In addition to our war time adventures, we will also be enjoying a stunning 360-degree, panoramic view of London on the London Eye, before taking in the sights from a whole new perspective with a cruise down the River Thames.
We also have the opportunity to watch a West End Show (show to be confirmed) before rounding off our trip by visiting Warner Bros. Studios - The Making of Harry Potter. Here, the children will take a spellbinding, behind the scenes exploration of the sets used in the massively successful franchise.
If you would like more information about this trip, then please find more information and payment schedule via Parent Mail or visit our Newsletter section on the school website.
We hope you can join us!
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the Year 6 team!