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Year 6 Polar regions blurb
This term in Year 6, we have been studying the polar regions; learning about their past, the people who have explored them and the people and animals who live there. The children have particularly enjoyed learning about the different explorers and their attempts to reach the North and South Poles. As part of this the children designed their own Polar region tents, focusing on features that would make them suitable to survive in freezing conditions. They then built these tents using a variety of materials and equipment. Well done Year 6!
Book recommendations for Year 6
100-books-to-read-in-year-5-and-6.pdf
Best Books for Year 6 | Ages 10-11 | The Reader Teacher
Parent Forum
We would like to invite parents and carers to our Year 5 and 6 coffee morning on 24th September from 9:00 - 9:45am. This will be an opportunity for you to meet school staff and other parents. In advance, please watch the following video which welcomes you to the year group and provides key information. If you have any questions following this video, please use this meeting as an opportunity to discuss them.
Awards and Attendance
Class Teacher Awards 14/11/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Anaya and Arann
6CM – Sasha and Shanley
6F – Skanda and David
6H – Benita and Aditya
6W – Ivana and Jacob
Year Group Leader – Jasper and Arad
Best Attendance – 6CM
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 7/11/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Isaac and Jun
6CM – Ruby and Miro
6F – Corinna and Sunny
6H – Joshua and Ryan
6W – Adora and Ayan
Year Group Leader – Prisha
Best Attendance – 6F
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 17/10/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Kian and Rohit
6CM – Abdullah and Agatha
6F – Joseph and Anna
6H – Sreeram and Diya
6W – Gregory and Malali
Phase leader Award – Joshua 6B
Best Attendance – 6W
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 10/10/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Sophia
6CM – Daniel and Karthick
6F – Nivvi and Nayel
6H – Vinnie and Daisy
6W – Lezhi and Akshaya
Year Group Leader Award – Riona and Reg
Best Attendance – 6W
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 3/10/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Bella and Gloria
6CM – Amir and Anvi
6F – Beau and Gloria
6H – All Class
6W – Samuel and Mahnaz
Best Attendance – 6W
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 26/09/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Ayden and Thulasika
6CM – Jasper and Theodora
6F – Raashi and Raunak
6H – Anabel and Reg
6W – Niamh and Daniel
Best Attendance – 6W with 98.5%
Well done to everyone!
Class Teacher Awards 19/09/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Emilia
6CM – Kam and Alex B
6F – Elijah and Nick
6H – Maggie and Ryan
6W – Hadley and Peace-Maria
Best Attendance – 6F
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 12/09/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Eldar and Thulasika
6CM – Sharon and Joshua
6F – Autumn and Rayan
6H – Maria and Thomas
6W – Oliver and Ruby
Best Attendance – 6F
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Class Teacher Awards 05/09/2025
The following children received awards this week....
6B – Andi and Whole Class
6CM – Grace and Whole Class
6F – Selin and Whole Class
6H – Zmyah and Whole Class
6W – Henry and Whole Class
Well done to everyone!
The Year Six Team
Weekly Learning Journeys
Autumn 2
spelling_learning_journey___autumn_2___week_2.pdf
learning_journey___autumn_2___week_4.pdf
learning_journey___autumn_2___week_2.pdf
spelling_learning_journey___autumn_2___week_1.pdf
learnin_journey___autumn_2__week_1.pdf
Autumn 1
learnin_journey___autumn_1__week_7.pdf
learnin_journey___autumn_1__week_6.pdf
learning_journey___autumn_1__week_4.pdf
Language of the month
Hindleap Warren
Day 4: Thursday
Another great night’s sleep and everyone was excited for our last full day at Hindleap.
Breakfast was egg or bacon rolls (and vegan alternatives). We could also help ourselves to porridge, fruit salad, yoghurt, toast and cereal. We all ate well and headed off to our morning activities.
When I’m home, ask me how I built my shelter.
Ask me about Gladiator.
Ask me about the obstacle course
Lunch was sausage, mash and gravy… just the thing to warm us all up! There was also a delicious homemade tomato and lentil soup for anyone who wanted it. Everyone preparing and serving the food is really kind and listening to us when we ask for things on the side or alternatives.
Back out again for more activities. Another dry day, with clear skies… but low temperatures. We are continuing to demonstrate the Avenue Values of Perseverance, Resilience and Teamwork and our wonderful teachers are leading by example.
Due to the colder weather, we’re making sure that we have lots of layers on. Our clothes from the start of the week are dry thanks to the drying room but there is a distinct whiff of the swamp about us all now! Brace yourselves when you open up our suitcases on our return.
Dinner was pasta with a choice of tomato or cheese sauce with garlic bread. Everyone cleared their plates again.
We are getting ready now to head out to either a night walk or a campfire (whichever we didn’t do on Monday). We will have a hot chocolate and a biscuit when we get back so we are nice and warm as we head to bed for our last night at Hindleap.
Return Journey: Friday 21st November
We are setting off tomorrow afternoon and are due back around 3.00pm at Dorset Road gate. We will try to keep you updated with a more exact time but if you don’t hear from us, come at 3.00pm. Please do not call the office.
We know you will be pleased to see us, but please stand well back and let us off the coach, and safely through the gates into the playground. No child will be dismissed from the roadside.
If someone else is collecting your child, please ensure you have informed the school. Please remember that siblings must be 16 years or over to collect.
If you need medication back straight away, then please ask a teacher. If it can wait, then please collect it at pick up on Monday (it will be brought out with the children).
Remember that there is no lost property after Hindleap so if it isn’t in my bag, it belongs to the forest now. Mrs. Cook thinks she may have seen a badger wearing a hat and gloves with a camera around its neck, but then again, it’s been a long week… maybe she’s just hallucinating?! If we have lost something or something is a bit damaged, pleased don’t be cross! We have tried really hard all week to be independent and we have done our very best!
We’re all looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Love Year 6 xxx
Day 3: Wednesday
Well, despite going to bed with a belly full of Moam, Haribo and Tango… we slept like logs last night and had to be plucked from our beds for breakfast which was scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and baked beans. We could also have cereal, toast, yoghurt and fresh fruit.
The temperature had really dropped so we made sure we put plenty of layers on before heading out for our first activity. We were very glad of those layers about half an hour in, as we had snow!
Lunch was hot dogs (with vegan option) with fried onions and lattice fries.
Back out to the activities after lunch and the snow had stopped. Everyone is being so brave and challenging themselves to do things that they didn’t think they could do. When I get home, ask me to tell you about one thing that I did that was out of my “comfort zone” and one thing I did to encourage or support a friend.
Ask me how we made a fire.
Ask me about nightline.
Ask me about axe-throwing. Yes, you read that right… ask me about axe-throwing!
Dinner was meatballs (with vegan option) in tomato sauce with rice and peas. Everyone cleared their plates again…It’s hungry work rolling around in the forest!
We promised Mrs. Cook a no nonsense night and we were true to our word so the disco is on! Our Resident DJ, The Burke-Meister, has been compiling his playlist all week and the teachers have all been practicing their best moves so it’s on track to be quite the event! We’re all getting ready now. The cloud of Lynx Africa is masking the wiff of swamp which is an added bonus.
STILL no need to worry… we are having so much fun.
Love Year 6 xxx
Day 2: Tuesday
After the night walk / campfire last night we had hot chocolate and biscuits to warm up and headed to bed. Everyone got a good night’s sleep, with the exception of one or two rooms that decided to host a clandestine game of Uno in the wee small hours. Mrs. Cook played a blinding “Uno reverse” this morning when she was banging on their door first thing!
Breakfast was a selection of Croissants and Pain Au Chocolate, home-made porridge, cereal, toast, fresh fruit and yoghurt. Some of us had the lot! All dietary requirements are being strictly adhered to and we are all full and happy.
Weather wise, it’s sunny and dry… and chilly! We are all wrapping up warm with multiple layers.
Lunch was a jacket potato with our choice of topping: chilli beef, vegan chilli, baked beans and cheese. Pudding was vanilla sponge. The salad bar is available at every lunch for us to help ourselves. This was the perfect lunch to warm us all up!
Then it was off to our next set of activities and everyone is really throwing themselves into the activities now… quite literally!
When I get home ask me about: Leap of Faith, Abseiling and Forest Adventure.
Dinner was Fajitas (chicken and vegan) with Mexican rice. Pudding was carrot cake… delicious!
NB: There was supposed to be a lovely photo of dinner here, but Mrs. Cook wasn't quick enough off the mark and we scoffed the lot before she had the chance!
Tonight is movie night and Tuck Shop and then we are heading off to bed. We have been exceptionally well behaved so far, so the chances of disco night going ahead tomorrow night are 90% in our favour... if tonight is shenanigans free... it's on!
Still no need to worry about us… we’re having a ball!
Love Year 6 xxx
Day 1: Monday
The coach ride was quick and easy and we all arrived in good time. As soon as we got here we found out where our rooms were, made our beds (rolled around with sheets in our hands, flinging pillow cases about) and unpacked (threw all our stuff around the room). We were given a tour of the centre so we know where everything is for the week.
Once our rooms were sorted, we had our packed lunch, got our thermals on and headed out to our first activity... which everyone loved! After a quick break, we headed out to our second activity. The weather has turned very cold but it's lovely and dry and we have our kit to keep us warm! This week is a great opportunity for us to practice some independence and get ourselves where we need to be, wearing the correct kit, at the given time. Some of us have managed to be nowhere near where we should be, wearing the wrong kit… late… but the week is young, and tomorrow is another day!
Before we knew it...it was dinner time. Dinner was pizza (margarita) with French fries and peas. Pudding was chocolate brownies and whole fresh fruit. There is a salad bar at every dinner and we helped ourselves. We were all very hungry from the activities and cleared our plates!
After dinner, we had some down time with our friends in our rooms. We are wrapping up nice and warm now as half of us are going on a night walk and the other half are having a campfire. When we get back we will warm up with a hot chocolate and then head to bed.
Hindleap usually put their Christmas decorations up as we are leaving, but this year they wanted to surprise us and have put them up early.
Here is their beautiful Christmas tree…
And here is that all time classic… the festive stuffed badger!
We are all safe, warm and happy so please don’t worry about us!
Love Year 6 xxx