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Weekly Update - 24.10.25
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
We made it! Our first and longest half term of the year is officially over! We have had a great first 8 weeks settling into life in Year 6.
This week in English we have starting looking at onomatopoeia sounds to describe our visit to Armley Mills so that we can write some mill inspired poetry after half term.
In Maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been looking at different ways to complete mental calculations and completed an assessment on everything we have learnt so far on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Mrs Trotter's group have been looking at multiples and common multiples.
In Topic, we put all of our learning together to create some fantastic "JIGSAW" work (the children split into different groups to research a different aspect of Victorian child labour and we presented our findings at the end). Maple Tree worked brilliantly in their small groups and created some fantastic work as a result.
In Guided Reading this week, we read an information text all about the fiction genre "Victorian Gothic" (topic related and a slightly spooky Halloween theme!). We learnt about famous texts from this genre such as Frankenstein and Dracula, and since then I have had lots of requests to increase the "horror" section of the school library!
In assembly this week Mr Dring spoke about the importance of staying safe on Bonfire night, have a wonderful half term and enjoy any celebrations but please come back safely after the holidays!
Miss Bairstow :)
Weekly Update - 17.10.25
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
We have had another good week in Maple Tree. We have finished writing our Victorian diaries and are excited to see them on display. Next week we will be moving onto writing some mill inspired poetry.
In maths, my group have been learning about the order of operations (BODMAS). Mrs Trotter's group have been recapping formal methods of addition and subtraction and learning about inverse calculations.
Please keep sending in tubes for our upcoming DT project - we desperately need more!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 10.10.25
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
We have had another good week in Maple Tree. We have really enjoyed writing our Victorian diary entries - hopefully these will be published ready for display by the end of next week!
In maths, my group have been recapping methods for long multiplication and short division. Mrs Trotter's group have been recapping methods for rounding and methods for formal addition.
Our Armley Mills gallery is now live - please click here to see pictures of the Year 6 visit on Friday 26th September.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 3.10.25
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
Unfortunately we were hoping to have a gallery of Armley Mills pictures to share with you this week but have had some technical issues with the school camera and for the time being cannot copy the pictures from it! Hopefully this will be rectified soon as we had a great day and the children made a real effort with their costumes so we would love to share a gallery with you.
In English this week we have started writing diary entries from the perspective of a Victorian school child. We have lots of ideas to draw on from our visit.
In maths, Mrs Trotter's group have been practising their rounding skills whilst my group have been looking at prime, square and cube numbers.
We had an exciting afternoon on Friday electing our very important Year 6 School Council Chairperson and Communications officer.
Have a lovely weekend :)
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update - 26.9.25
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Maple Tree Class Blog
Hello,
We have had a great trip to Armley Mills today - will update with pictures next week!
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)