Week ending 2nd October 2025

In English, we have continued reading King Kong and begun to learn about how to write a balanced argument. We are extremely enthusiastic towards our debate topic: Should gorillas be held in captivity? The children finished the week by having a whole class debate, in which they presented their opinions and arguments, using the language that you would find within a written balanced argument. 

In Science, the children have been using plant taxonomy to group different plants. They have looked at monocots, dicots, conifers, ginkgos, ferns and moss. 

Throughout this term, we have been learning about climate change and the importance of taking action to protect our planet. This week, the children wrote persuasive letters to our local MP, Tom Tugendhat, sharing their thoughts and concerns about environmental issues in Tonbridge. They explored how small, local actions can make a big difference, suggesting ideas such as improving recycling facilities, planting more trees, and encouraging the use of sustainable transport. The children were passionate about making their voices heard and expressed a strong desire to see positive change in their community.

We are incredibly proud of their thoughtful writing, creative ideas, and commitment to building a greener future for Tonbridge!

Week ending 26th September 2025

The children have been fully immersed into their English this week, planning and then writing their own dilemma narrative, using the skills that they have learnt from our text King Kong and some other example texts that we have explored. They are now experts at including relative clauses and fronted adverbials in their writing. Our focus within this piece of extended writing has been to show how a character is feeling or acting through powerful verbs (show not tell). Miss Scott and Miss Clare are extremely proud of the writing that they have produced. Next week, we will be beginning to look at balanced arguments.

In Maths, the children have been recapping and extending their learning on factors and multiples. They have also explored rules of divisibility - how many can they remember at home? Next week, we will be exploring multiplication and division methods, ensuring we have self-checking strategies. 

In History, we have learnt more about the Maya Civilisation and the children were particularly excited by their link with chocolate. 

In RE, the children were extremely resilient when delving into the debate about Science and Religion. We explored scientific theories about creation and discussed whether they complimented or contrasted that of Genesis 1.

The children thoughtfully put together a farewell poem to wish Miss Newell luck on her next adventure in her new job. She was very touched with their artwork and poetic words.

Week ending 19th September 2025

In Maths, we have started exploring the 4 operations, starting with addition this week, and will be furthering our subtraction skills and revisiting factors and multiples next week.  

In English, we're really enjoying our text "King Kong" and have been exploring ways to effectively plan our own dilemmas, using the skills that Anthony Brown uses in his novel. Our grammar focus throughout the week has been relative clauses and modal verbs.  

Week ending 12th September 2025

We have had a superb week with lots of new learning happening across the curriculum. 

In Maths this week, we continued to focus on our place value knowledge – ordering numbers to 10,000,000, multiplying numbers by 10, 100 and 1000and rounding numbers. 

This week we have begun our Monday PE topic of fitness – the children focused on core fitness, cardio and agility. They had a rotation of activities to complete. It was great to see all the children engaged and understanding the importance of fitness for sporting games. 

The children are thoroughly enjoying our History topic: The Ancient Maya and this week learnt about where the civilisation was and when Lord Shield Jaguar ruled. They became very confident at identifying on different maps where the civilisation was, using geographical language to describe it, as well as learning about the language that they spoke.

In Geography, our topic is Climate Change - the children focussed on the energy mix in the UK and where they find different sources of energy. It links brilliantly to our art topic 'street art' that conveys important messages. 

Congratulations to Livvy and Jacob who have been chosen to be our head boy and girl and to our deputy team, Alyssa, Owen and Laurentiu. We can't wait to see you thrive this year in your new role. 

Week ending Friday 5th September 2025

It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school, this week. Our new Year 6 cohort have settled in well and have shown us they are ready for a positive year ahead, demonstrating that they will be incredible role models to the rest of the school.

This week we have focused on expectations in and out of the classroom and what their year ahead will look like. With both Miss Clare and Miss Scott, the children have created a class charter, a set of classroom expectations, to follow and they have signed this as an agreement that they will follow these rules to have a happy, positive and successful final year at primary school. 

In RE this week, we have written class prayers and created a poster relating to the fruits of the spirit. 

In English, we have set presentation expectations and will be having a big focus on handwriting, this year. The children wrote some fantastic letters to Mrs Hood regarding roles they would like to apply for - such as house captain, playground buddy etc.

We are looking forward to meeting all the parents at meet the teacher presentation evening on Wednesday 10th September, where we will discuss all things year 6 including homework, trips, swimming and PE sessions.