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Mr M. Copley
Hello. My name is Mr Copley. In class, we spend a lot of our time working hard on our Writing, Reading and Maths skills to help prepare for the SATs in May and to help get us ready for the transition to high school. We like to have fun in Year 6, but we also know we need to work hard and try our best in everything we do.
- 10/03/23
10/03/2023
This week we have been discussing drugs in our jigsaw lesson and understanding the difference between different types. We’ve got the hang of ratio in maths and started dancing in our PE lessons. We’ve started gathering knowledge about the space race in preparation for our tri...Read Full Story - 03/03/23
03/03/2023
This week in Year 6 we have been doing mock SATS, during maths we have been learning about volume. We continue to make our phone cases during DT. During music we listened to Bollywood songs. During computer lessons we created our own quiz. Next week we continue with maths and learning volume.Read Full Story - 24/02/23
24/02/2023
We’ve been working hard again this week learning new skills in maths – area of triangles and parallelograms (had fun saying that one). We got to try a bit of golf this week as well and looking forward to next time when we can give it a good whack. Double page spreads comparing Brazil and...Read Full Story - 10/02/23
10/02/2023
This week in Year 6 we have been learning different stitching techniques in DT which will be for our phone cases. We’ve started learning about area and perimeter and also learning about maps in geography. After this week’s assembly, the year 6s really showed their maturing se...Read Full Story - 03/02/23
03/02/2023
Metric measures! It’s been a tough week learning these but we’ve not given up. In DT we’ve been learning how to make a phone case. They’re designed and ready to make. On Wednesday we demonstrated all our school values when we were drawing self portraits and learning how to si...Read Full Story - 27/01/23
27/01/2023
This week in Year 6 we have been learning percentage, this has not been easy, but we have been resilient. We have also been learning about where people live in French. We have been creating immaculate double page spreads on the Earth, the Sun and the Moon. We have been developing our Gymnastic techn...Read Full Story - 20/01/23
20/01/2023
This week in year 6 we have been kind to each other by checking on each other when someone has been hurt. We were curious in science and made moving models of the earth and moon orbiting the sun. We've been courageous when sharing ideas in class and also asking for help when we don...Read Full Story - 13/01/23
13/01/2023
We’ve continued to learn more about fractions, decimals and percentages. Some of it’s tricky but were being determined and resilient. We were introduced to Rocksteady – rock and roll. French has been interesting and we’re up to counting to 100 now. A f...Read Full Story - 06/01/23
06/01/2023
This week in Year 6, we have shown kindness by helping the new children in EYFS. This week in Year 6, we have shown curiosity in PE by learning something new and learning about relating and translating in maths. This week in Year 6, we have shown courage by sharing our ideas in our reading/wri...Read Full Story - 09/12/22
09/12/2022
This week in Year 6, we have shown kindness by holding the door for other people. This week in Year 6, we have shown courage by trying something new when we learnt our new Christmas Song. This week in Year 6, we have shown curiosity in science when we investigated the h...Read Full Story - 02/12/22
02/12/2022
This week in Year 6, we have shown kindness by making a card for someone who is not feeling very well. This week in Year 6, we have shown courage by helping the Year 2s with an Escape Room activity during Forest School, as a class we had never worked with the Year 2s and didn’t know what to e...Read Full Story - 25/11/22
25/11/2022
This week in year 6 we've had a very challenging week. Abseiling off a 72 foot bridge was a highlight for many children. They certainly showed their courage with that one. Despite having lots of carrots, the food at Peat Rigg was also good. Orienteering in the dark, trekking through woodland, zi...Read Full Story