Year 6 Blog 8.9.23
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 9:15am
What a great first week back we have had in Year 6. The children have come back from their time off with a great attitude to learning and have stuck themselves in at the deep end excellently. We have started to look at our topic of Healthy Humans by doing an experiment on our heart rate, where the children measured their heart rates at different points after exercise. They worked well as a team to help each other in this. We have also started to go through place value in maths, comparing and ordering numbers and rounding them to the nearest million, hundred-thousand etc.
We have introduced tall desks to our Key Stage 2 classrooms so the children can choose to sit or stand as they work. Research indicates there are multiple benefits to standing to work, including:
improved focus and concentration due to micro-movements allowing energies to be directed into learning rather than than seeking broader movement;
increased levels of alert, both during and after standing to work;
reduced risk of obesity;
improved mental health linked to positive endorphins being stimulated by exercise;
better posture and spine/shoulder alignment.
The children will all have opportunities to explore how they work best given the benefits are universal; ample space for seated work will continue to be available.
A quick reminder that homework can be found on the Home Learning Button on top of the Year 6 page. Home Learning is a maths activity, Grid activity and practising spellings every week.
Welook forward to the rest of the school year; You should be really proud on how your children have started life in Year 6.
