Monkwray Junior School, Monkwray Brow, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 9DT
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Headteacher: Mrs P Telford B.Ed (Hons)
Enquiries should be made to Mrs P Telford
Telephone: 01946 696790
Fax: 01946 695332
E-Mail: head@monkwray.cumbria.sch.uk

Welcome to our Year 6 page.

Welcome to Class 4! Our teacher is Miss Styles and our teaching assistants are Mr Carey, Mrs Hewer and Miss Wright who work with us in different sessions throughout our day. On Tuesday mornings, we are taught by Mrs Lamb who also takes some of us for small group work on Monday afternoons. Mr Carey also takes some of us in small groups. These groups are always changing and we enjoy getting the opportunity to work with different teachers. Our PE day is a Thursday and we enjoy time in the computer suite on Mondays.

During the Autumn term, we were taught music by Mrs Kekus and we learned to play the violin. We are looking forward to continuing to learn how to play the guitar with Mr Hendra in the Summer term.

Here on our class page you will find photographs which show what we have been doing during the year.

 

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Latest from Year 6

Batik

Throughout the half term, year 6 have been learning how to create Batik art. They started off learning about the concept by using wax crayons and water colour followed by PVA glue and acrylic paint. Once they understood the concept of the wax resisting the dye / paint they started to develop their skills using a tjanting tool. Finally, they planned and created their final piece using the tjanting tool, melted wax and dye.

Portraits

The first art topic in year 6 was portraits. The children started by looking at different facial features and then how to sketch a body in different positions. These skills were then combined to create an image of their inspirational person.

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Design and Technology – Cooking and Nutrition

Our Autumn term DT unit was to research, design, make and evaluate a Great British dish. Year 6 carried out surveys as part of their market research and discovered that sticky toffee pudding was extremely popular amongst those who were surveyed. The children then found out the ingredients which were needed for this recipe and where these ingredients come from in the world. The children worked with the head of the DT department from The Whitehaven Academy to develop their recipe by changing the dried fruit that would be added. Year 6 then went up to The Whitehaven Academy where they each made their own sticky toffee pudding which they then took home to eat and, later, evaluate. They all smelled and looked delicious!

Science – Light

Year 6 have been working scientifically in their second science topic of the Autumn term: Light! One of the ways in which they have worked scientifically is they, in small groups, planned and completed a fair test/investigation in to the size of shadows in relation to the light source and also the shape of the shadows in comparison to the objects that cast them. Year 6 were able to draw some excellent conclusions from their findings.

RE – Do all Christians have the same beliefs and traditions?

During the Autumn term, our RE enquiry focused on exploring the beliefs, practices and traditions of various denominations within Christianity and how these are similar and different to one another. As part of our enquiry, we visited three local churches: St Peter’s C of E Church, St Begh’s Catholic Church and the New Life Church which is Evangelical. We were able to ask each of the church leaders about their buildings, ceremonies, beliefs, practices and much more. We were very interested to compare the different denominations and we found out lots of similarities but also many differences.

Sponsored PE – Danceathon

As their sponsored PE activity this year, year 6 chose to complete a 1 hour danceathon in the school hall. Year 6 showed some off some excellent dance moves and even learned routines to a few of Miss Styles’ favourite school disco songs from her days at junior school! As year 6 completed their danceathon, all staff and pupils walking through the hall during this time were encouraged to dance their way through which year 6 were delighted to see happen. Their danceathon was a great way to keep fit, fundraise money for the school and it put lots of smiles on lots of faces. Well done, year 6!

 

Music – Violin

From September to December, Mrs Kekus came in to teach year 6 how to play the violin every Wednesday afternoon. Year 6 all thoroughly enjoyed these lessons and some of year 6 have now started (in the Spring term) the violin after-school club. To bring together all the hard work that year 6 had done in their violin lessons, they played two festive songs which were recorded and included as the finale of our Christmas carol concert which we filmed this year instead of going up to St Peter’s church.

Science – Fartology Science Show

Year 6 went to see the science show titled, ‘Fartology’, which was presented by the Gastronauts, at St Nicholas’ Gardens in the town centre. Whilst there, they discovered the science behind bodily gasses, where marshmallows get their pink colouring from and also about the chemicals involved in making sherbet; year 6 were delighted that this part included Miss Styles being used as a volunteer to taste each individual chemical up on stage. From the look on her face, we don’t think the citric acid was very nice! They also got to observe some very big explosions and see what happens when you use a giant whoopee cushion all based around lots of interesting physics!

Bike Ability

In the Autumn, some of year 6 took part in the Bike Ability programme. Across the week, they learned how to be safe on their bikes and what to do in different situations on the road. They all had a great time and learned lots about cycle safety.

Summer Term Sport: Wheelchair Basketball and Skateboarding

In the Summer term, we have enjoyed a skateboarding session and also a wheelchair basketball session where we were coached by a member of Team GB who competes in the Paralympics. Both sessions were lots of fun and are days which we look forward to each year at Monkwray. Year 6 are looking forward to more sporting days in the second half of the Summer term where we will be enjoying weekly cricket lessons and also a scooters session!

National Grid Power Challenge

During the summer term, year 6 were one of only a few schools who were selected to take part in the National Grid Power Challenge. Led by our guide via Zoom, year 6 learned all about how our homes, towns and whole country are powered and they completed three levels of challenge using lots of different electrical components to build circuits and light up the buildings. Year 6 all had lots of fun and we were all amazed to learn that Play-Dough is an electrical conductor!

Design and Technology – Light Up Boxes

Our Autumn term Design and Technology project was to design and produce a light up sign/box. To make our boxes, we had to create the main structure out of a shoe box, we created a frame to fit our boxes which involved measuring, sawing and joining. We then designed our messages for our boxes using ICT and we used our understanding of electrical circuits to incorporate a working circuit, using LED bulbs, to make our boxes light up. Once our project was complete, year 6 evaluated their work and came to conclusions about what worked well, how challenges were overcome and what could be done differently next time.

Science Crest Award – Tumbling Toast

Throughout the Summer term, year 6 have been working towards achieving their Crest awards by carrying out 8 different investigations and working scientifically. Year 6 achieved their first sticker for their task to design an outdoor gym and their second task, pictured below, was to investigate Murphy’s Law to answer the question, will buttered toast always land butter-side down? Year 6, in groups, chose their own way to carry out the investigation: some investigated the effect of the amount of butter, some investigated whether or not the height from which the toast is dropped has an impact etc. Year 6 are thoroughly enjoying working towards achieving their Crest award and look forward to their new investigation each week.

Science Crest Award – Fantastic Fingerprints

Whilst working with Mrs Lamb, year 6 have been investigating fingerprints as a part of their Crest award. The children had discussion time about what they knew about fingerprints and they looked at their own fingerprints using magnifying glasses. Next, year 6 used cocoa powder and talc to take their own fingerprints and they recorded their results and were encouraged to notice patterns found in fingerprints e.g. loops, arches and whorls. The children were then challenged to investigate which member of staff in school had touched a glass by examining the evidence of their fingerprints left on the glass with the sample fingerprints which members of staff had given for comparison.

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