Year 6
We have had a busy week and produced some great work already.
We shared this book- 
It is a guide for how our kindness can make both others and ourselves happy.
We then wrote a class poem - An A -Z of Bucket Filling
We designed our own Buckets to share how we thought that we could be good 'Bucket Fillers'
We also produced a piece of collaborative class art work - based on the painting of the 'The Weeping Woman' by Picasso.
Each member of the class was responsible for producing a piece of the picture, which they had to scaleup. We then we put it together to create our own version of this painting.
Welcome back
I hope that you have had a lovely summer break and had time to relax with your family and friends. I am looking forward to getting to know you all on your return. We have some exciting things planned for our first half term, including a beach art session, a trip to the Naze tower and our involvement with the Tendring Ambassadors Culture programme.
PE will be on a Wednesday, and children need to be in their school PE kit on this day. They also need to have earrings removed. PE kits can also be worn on this Friday, 5th September and Monday 8th September as we will have extra PE sessions before swimming begins.
Swimming will start on Monday 15th September. Children will again need to remove earring and bring in swimming kit to school with them each week.
We will be learning spellings on a weekly basis. I will send home a copy of the words if you want to practise at home. We will have a short test each Friday (5 words only)
Children will complete a practice arithmetic test each Friday. I will send home the papers so that you can see how their scores are progressing and help to go through any questions with them.
The homework chart is on the website and at least 3 tasks from here need to be completed and returned by 23rd October.
Mrs Bliss has asked that any letters of application for Head Boy/Girl be with her by Tuesday 16th September.
Over the next few weeks, we are making our World War Two air raid shelter/garden models. If you have any fabric scraps, craft paper scraps or small cardboard boxes e.g. cereal boxes that we could use please send these in by Tuesday 16th September.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. My school email address is paula.hagan@walton.essex.sch.uk if this is easier for you contact directly.
Miss Hagan, Mrs Rackham, Mrs Sands
Archive of Year 6 2024-2025
Leavers' 2025
Whole School Beach Day
Pirates of the Curry Bean
Congratulations to all of the Year 6 children who took part in our end of year production. You were amazing - your hard work really paid off.
Art Week - 2025
Birch Hall 2025
Lion King
On Wednesday 4th June, Year 6 enjoyed an amazing day out in London, watching the musical; The Lion King
We had a good journey and arrived in London on time - so we walked over Waterloo Bridge to The South Bank to look at some of the famous London landmarks from the river. I also gave us time to stretch our legs.
The production was fantastic and enjoyed by all.
Tudor Week
Leather coin purses
Tudor Style houses
Tudor Food Tasting
We tried 3 different recipes from authentic recipes
Post SATs - Beach Day
We spent a fun morning at the local beach. We completed some activities linked to our science topic - Light and Shadow.
Comparing how the length of our shadow changed during the 3 hours that we were on the beach.
Shadows with our facial expressions
Beach Games
Smarties Fraction Maths
We used a tube of smarties to help us revise our knowledge of fractions - we then got to eat them afterwards. 
The Tudor Rose
In History, we learnt about the importance of the Tudor Rose - designed by Henry VII to unite the Houses of York and Lancaster after the battle of Bosworth
We revise our sewing skills to create these versions using coloured felt
Remembering the 80th Anniversary of VE Day - May 2025
Our class bunting
We spent the morning at the beach creating our own sand sculptures.
Making Edible Easter Nests
On Thursday we worked in small groups to make our edible nests from chocolate, marshmallows and shredded wheat. Yummy.
Pine Cone Chicks
We used pine cones to create these cute Easter chick models.
Marbling Art Project
We used a marbling technique working with oil based inks to create a marbled pattern, we transferred these to paper sheets, which we then used to make Easter cards.
We then invited the Year 2 join us, so that we could show them how to do marbling.
Making Mother's Day gifts
We created these Danish Heart Baskets and filled them with sweets - for our mums.
Science Week - Making ice cream in a bag
Making Lava Lamps - Science Week
Beach Afternoon
On Friday we had a great afternoon on the beach. We completed a science week task of making sand slime.
Beach Art
We used shells and stone on our local beach to create snowflake patterns, that should be symmetrical.
Beach Fun
On Monday we were revising area and perimeter and began with a session using biscuits to help with our calculations.
Valentine Paper Craft
Fun valentine paper chains
Roots to Food
On Tuesday 11th February we were visited by Darren, from Roots to Food. He helped us to create our own version of a Chicken Rogan Josh. Here is the recipe for you to try at home.
Darwin's Dragons
During our reading of this class book we heard about the main character Sym, who is shipwreck in the Galapagos Islands. He is only a young boy and he known by the other soldiers for playing the fiddle for them to sing along to. We listened to some different sea shanties and then created our own group versions of the song 'Chicken on a Raft'.
https://youtu.be/abMxA_2_8hI?si=jGum5Z1cbEHn-PP_
William Morris
As part of our learning about The Victorians, we looked at the art of William Morris. He was famous for his colourful prints and patterns, that were often turned into fabrics for upholstery and wall paper. We created our own designs in his style and then had a go printing some more simples designs that we had marked on polystyrene tiles.
We coloured these with felts, then reduced the size and copied it 6 times to recreate our wallpaper.
We then made printing tiles using a William Morris style design, before printing on to paper.
The Work of Frida Kharlo
Frida was a famous South American artist. We looked at some of here famous works and used pastels to tried and create our own version of her self portrait.
The work of Henri Rousseau - Our versions of his Tiger in a rainforest painting.
PHSE Week One 2025 - Showing Self Control
We looked at the work of Kandinsky - we created this class piece of work based on his circles pictures, using pastels.
Then we created small designs to use on our calendars
Christmas Celebrations
We decorated pine cones by adding a few pom-poms to make it stand out. We also used a bit of glitter glue to give off that frosty look, but before we did all of that, we had to stick the pine cone to a little wooden platform with hot glue to keep it keep it from falling over while decorating it. They all looked fantastic once they were all finished.
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Christmas Jumper Day - Origami Boats
World War Two - Cooking and Food Tasting
Banana Surprise Pudding Chocolate Potato Muffins Woolton Pie
Making Carrot Biscuits
Anti Bullying Week
Tendring Ambassadors Celebration Event - 12th November 2024
We had a great day at the town hall with the other schools, celebrating the work that we had been doing in schools. Thanks to those parents who came along to watch the final performance and well done to those children who stepped up on stage to read their Chinese Zodiac poems. You were very brave.
Our Rememberance Day display
We have now had our final visitors in from the Tendring Ambassador Project.
Tom a local cartoon artist came in to work with us on designing and drawing comic strips.
Then on 5th November, we had a visit from Anita Belli a local author, who helped us to write some poems about animals from the Chinese Zodiac. ( Post to follow)
Our World War Two topic
This term, we have been learning all about the key events in WWII and the impact that this had on the lives of people living on the Home Front here in Britain.
We created our own 3d models of a WWII garden, including and Anderson Shelter.
We studied the events of The Blitz in cities like London and Plymouth and created these collage picture of The Blitz over London.
Tendring Ambassadors
Over the last 3 weeks we have had visit from 4 workshop leaders as part of the Tendring Ambassadors Programme. Firstly a visit from Colchester United for a session on hate crime and how to try not to judge people by their appearance.
Then we were joined by Lera, a local lady from The Ukraine, who now lives in Tendring. She told us all about the history of Ukraine, their customs and tradition. We then talked about the impact that the war is having on the people in Ukraine. We made some sunflower cards - the sunflower being a symbol of Ukraine.
Next we took part in Chinese Calligraphy Workshop. We learnt a little about the history of china, their beliefs and language. We then got to try some of our calligraphy.
Our third sessions was visit from a local musician from Sierra Leone. He told us all about growing up in Africa. He brought along his Djembe drum and taught us some African songs.
Naze Tower Trip
We had a lovely day out at The Naze Tower. The weather was amazing and we learnt lots about the Naze and its use a military base during World War Two. We started by walking along the beach, collecting shells and rocks
Once we arrived a the tower the lady spoke to us about it's history since it was built in 1720.
Then we climbed up to the top of tower to see the clear views of Walton and The Backwaters.
Finally we completed the World War II trail to find the remaining Pill (lookout) boxes.
