Year 6 News

Year 6 have enjoyed their science topic about light this half term, exploring how we see and the phenomenons created by light. The year 6 children planned, delivered and concluded their own findings to this science investigation into the shadows cast by objects. Their initial question was, “what happens to the size of a shadow as the distance from the …

Year 6 enjoyed ending the term with a christmas breakfast before their movie and hot chocolate. It is their last christmas as pupils of St.Cuthbert’s and it was important for us all to make the most of it. Most children in Year 6 were even brave enough to try “Buddy the Elf’s breakfast” recreated from the one he makes in …

Father Marc came after Mass on Monday to bless our Bambinellis. Year 6 gave him his own Bambinelli. To learn more about Bambinelli Sunday, see the video below:

Year 6 enjoyed a christmas themed spanish lesson this week. They learnt some new vocabulary, read a story about a little tree who was helped by Santa before creating their own christmas cards for their families and writing inside in spanish whilst singing along to “feliz navidad.”  

Year 6 had a wonderful time doing the Santa Dash. They dodged in and out of candy canes, decorated trees and even had a snowball fight. A great time was had by all.

Today, Year 6 had a visit from local author, Adam Bushnell. Adam showed us how to design a robot that would help the environment. When we had finished adding all of the special features we wanted the robot to have, we had to decide how the robot could malfunction. This was great fun and we really enjoyed thinking up the …

We are very proud of all of the year 5 & 6 children who attended the sportshall athletics competition today competing in both track and field events. They all performed extremely well and demonstrated excellent sportsmanship. We received first place in the small school entry (this was for schools with only a 1 form entry) and our children were very …

Year 6 have enjoyed reading the first chapter of their chosen book on Fiction Express this half term – Son of the Samurai by Adam Bushnell. These 3 boys were very happy with the quick reply back from author, Adam Bushnell, after they had commented on the forum in reply to his question. We can’t wait to see what happens …

Year 6 have been learning about how the finches discovered on the Galapagos island by Charles Darwin informed his theory of evolution by natural selection. We used different sized objects which represented the size of the food accessible across the island as well as using spoons, tweezers, a peg and toothpicks to replicate the different beak types. It was clear …

As part of our Y6 Judaism topic at the end of last half term we learnt about the Jewish festival, Sukkot. This is the festival of shelters which is a reminder of when their people were freed from slavery and went into the desert for 40 years. They had to build shelters with only God to protect them. This tradition …

Our Friends of St Cuthbert’s Group have organised an Autumn Disco. Please see below for details.

Please see our clubs page for a link to the clubs we are offering for the second half of Autumn Term. https://www.stcuthbertsprimary.com/clubs/

This term, in our History lessons, Y6 have been exploring crime and punishment throughout different time periods. Today, we were investigating the Victorian period and Y6 were sentenced to ‘hard labour’ in a Victorian prison. We had a go at some activities such as picking oakam, the tread wheel, standing still and stretching and moving a heavy weight backwards and …

Year 6 enjoyed their first careers conversation today as part of their Positive Footprints, Raising Aspirations programme. Today’s guest was an architect. The children were surprised to hear that it is a career for anyone who is both interested in science and art.

Last week year 6 enjoyed a glow party “dance with me” session with Sophie from the sports partnership. This was good for wellbeing as well as a great way to get active and have fun!  

Year 6 have enjoyed music lessons this half term with Mr Robinson, from St.Bede’s. We have used Kodaly to help with our singing, sang with a melody, bass and harmony as well as composing our own riffs inspired by the song “ain’t no mountain high enough” all while building on our knowledge of syncopation. This week we even explored the …

Autumn Term Clubs – Half Term 1 We have several clubs running this half term. Please follow the link if you would like to book a place for your child. Please note that places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Different clubs will be on offer throughout the year. MONDAY:  Year 1 & 2 Gymnastics Club …

PE days beginning from Monday 11th September.

We enjoyed celebrating the feast of St.Peter and St.Paul. Our children took part in a liturgical prayer, took part in the assembly hosted by Mark 10 Mission and enjoyed a day of fun, painting stones to go into the prayer garden and learning more about these two amazing saints, all while raising money for the Mark 10 Mission. Thank you …

Year 6 have completed their Faith In Action Award and celebrated by preparing a final liturgical prayer for Mrs Balls, the chaplin from St.Bede’s who has helped them to complete their award this year, Mrs Noble and Father Marc. They were very inspired from their visit to the primary youth festival and included songs they enjoyed and it inspired them …