Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Welcome to our Year 6 class page!
Our teachers are: Mr Owen and Mrs Flanagan
We also have Mrs Merdani to support us in class on Monday too.
Keep checking here to find out what we have been learning in our lessons.
Friday 16th May
Wear Green for Mental Health Day
Today as a school all the children wore green and donated some money for goood causes all in aid of supporting our knowledge and charities focusing on Mental Health!
We spent the day dressed in green (including some wonderful costumes) as well as completing some mindfulness activities.
We did some dancing, and even practised gratification.
Thursday 15th May
This afternoon, we celebrated the end of SATs by continuing our Year 6 tradition of ripping up our past practise papers and throwing all the paper into the air! We all loved it and some of us even said that it was like therapy! We made such a mess we could even make snow angels in all the paper!
Mr Owen and Mrs Flanagan are immensely proud of how the children have coped with this week and we look forward to the fabulous results we know they will achieve.
Thursday 8th May
Today in History Year 6 have been exploring the VE day celebrations through using virtual experiences. We have been able to explore primary and secondary sources including photos, diaries (ready by their writers), and recordings of famous speecehes from leaders such as Winston Churchill.
We have explored using these sources and what they tell us about how it felt to be there on the day, what connections there was between them, and the themes of the celebrations.
Thursday 1st May
This afternoon, D-Side Dave visited us to talk about being drug and alcohol aware. We discussed medicinal and non-medicinal drugs and that some of the non-medicinal drugs are legal and some are illegal.
We learnt how Nicotine and alcohol are drugs which are illegal to take if under the age of 18 and that caffeine is not recommended for under 5s. Some shops wil not sell energy drinks, which contain incredibly high levels of sugar, to anyone under the age of 16 due to this sugar and ceffeine content. We made very mature suggestions and asked interesting questions to find out more about this topic.
Wednesday 30th April
This afternoon, as part of our SATs revision, we had a treasure hunt of our focus spelling rules when adding certain suffixes such as: doubling the last consonant when adding ed/ing, changing the y for an i when adding ly and adding ally if a word ends in ic.
This morning, Year 3 led our whole school class assembly which was a tribute to Mary, Our Mother. All of the children in school brought flowers and then we had a procession to present them to the Mary statue which Fr Neil has kindly lent to us.
Today, we received our Leavers' Hoodies! Mrs Rees presente them to us during celebration assembly this afternoon. We were so excited and love them. Thanks to our parents and the PTA who funded them.
We wish you all a very happy Easter weekend :) Here are the beautiful stained glass crosses we made today:
Stations of the Cross
This morning, we took part in a whole school journey around our school grounds for our Stations of the Cross. We reflected on each station and prayer together which was very special.
Easter Egg Hunt
We loved our Easter egg hunt this morning. We worked with our buddies in Reception to crack the clues, collect the letters and rearrange them to make the special winning phrase 'chocolate bunny'! We all won a little egg-yummy!
Big Lent Walk
On Friday, we travelled to Pugney's for our Lent walk. We brought in a donation of £1 which will be given to our school's Lenten charities. We walked around the lake twice and enjoyed lots of chats and laughs in the sunshine. What a lovely morning!
Sports inspiration day
Today, we took part in lots of sporty activities such as dance, handball, relay/obstacle courses and yoga. We thought about what sport means to us and how important it is in our lives. We then wrote a letter to sport to thank it for being part of our lives. Hopefully, one of these will be chosen to be published in a book!
Our Lenten Fundraising
The final total is in for our Ping Pong Lenten fundraising.....we raised a huge £75! Thank you to all the children who took part. We will draw our 3 winners in assembly on Friday so watch this space!
Friday 21st March
Despite travel sickness, a little anxiety and blisters, Year 6 climbed Pen Y Ghent today! Unfortunately, we couldn't make it to the top as we were advised it was too windy but we enjoyed the highest picnic we have all ever had! We climbed to the lunch spot in record time, had lunch and then headed back down to view Hull Pot (the biggest natural hole in the whole of England). Your teachers are incredibly proud of all of you for your achievement and although some of you found it hard, you persevered and showed incredible determination. Well done, Year 6!
Wednesday 12th March
This afternoon, in our R.E lesson, we took part in a debate to share our opinions on whether Jesus had a fair trial in front of Pontius Pilate or not. We used great debating skills such as following on from each other's arguments, using persuasive sentence starters and effectively communicating our counter arguments.
Thursday 6th March
Today was World Book Day and what an effort the children made with their brilliant costumes! We had a fun day packed with book tasting in our Holy Family cafe with biscuit and popcorn treats, a trip to Waterstone's bookshop in town and other book related activities! What a great day!
Tuesday 28th January-celebrating the Jubilee year of hope 2025
Mrs Rees led a whole school worship this afternoon so that all children in school could see the very special Jubilee logo and hear how special it is. We all had a photograph with it before it continues it's journey onto Christ the King tomorrow.
Remember this is the Jubilee year of HOPE. What can you do to keep hope alive in your homes?
Wednesday 15th January
This afternoon, we did a carousel of various activities to help us to understand the phrase’ Jesus is the Bread of Life’. We made bread crosses, created a recipe for Jesus and a Bread of Life booklet.
Wednesday 8th January
More active learning in our R.E lesson this afternoon. We were using our Bibles to find scripture readings within John's Gospel and exploring the meaning of the phrase 'Jesus is the bread of life'.
WC 16.12.24
What a lovely last few days we have had at school. We loved our Christmas parties, board game day and singing our hearts out at the carol service.
We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas-from all in Year 6!
Wednesday 18th December
After Mass this morning, we spent some time with our Reception buddies. We shared a snack with them, exchanged cards and then had a play outside too. We hope our little friends have a wonderful Christmas!
A visit to Santa’s Grotto
Friday 13th December
This afternoon, we headed down to Jailey Field to take part in a Christmas themed treasure hunt. We had lots of fun and ended with a hot chocolate and a goody bag too!
We also visited Santa Claus in his grotto this morning and then he came to visit our classroom this afternoon. We hope we receive all the wonderful things we have asked for!
Tuesday 10th December
This morning, we had Blue Watch visit Year 5 and Year 6 to talk about fire prevention.
Blue watch are part of a four-strong team who rotate their shifts so there’s always a team at the fire station ready to respond to any incoming emergencies.
The fire brigade don’t only get called out to fires. They also attend: road traffic collisions to pull and cut metal to free people trapped in vehicles, large animal rescues such as cows and horses, water rescues from the River Aire or the canal, general rescues (from lifts, park swings etc) and hazardous material removal/disposal.
If you discover a fire, you should:
- Get out of the building as quickly as you can and shut the door behind you
- Stay outside-don’t venture back in to rescue pets, items etc
- Call 999 and ask for the fire brigade
You must:
TEST YOUR FIRE ALARMS EVERY WEEK!
PLAN AN ESCAPE ROUTE IN CASE OF FIRE
Thursday 29th November
In R.E this afternoon, we performed our inspirational speeches based on Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech. We listened to Patryk, Daniel F, Peter, Betty, Ariam and Holly.
Well done to our winner with the most votes for her inspiring speech....
Athletics
Here are some of the children at the athletics event this week. Thank you for representing us!
Wednesday 20th November
In our Writing lesson today, we worked together in our editing groups to peer assess each other's writing. We found it much easier to find things to improve in someone else's work rather than our own! We used ARMS (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute) and COGS (Capitals and other punctuation, Organise, Grammar and Spelling) to help us do this. We were also checking that each other had included the use of a semi colon (in an expanded list and/or to join 2 related clauses) which has been our skill focus this week.
Herd Farm
(13th-15th November, 2024)
Thank you for attending our assembly, we had such a wonderful time and the children were especially happy to see so many of you there.
Below is the power point from the assembly with the photos and videos that we have, as well as some select photos from our residential.
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Thursday 14th November
What a fab day we have had! Our groups have taken part in archery, tested our team work on the night line and made ourselves, our teachers and each other proud by being daring on the zip lines and the giant swing. We are full from a lovely home cooked roast chicken tea with brownies for dessert. Now, we are getting ready for our quiz!
Wednesday 13th November- Herd Farm
We have arrived! After tea tonight, we went on a night walk through the countryside. Sophie, our night walk leader, taught us about some of the trees we could see on our way such as: the the elder, the oak and holly bush. It was great to be in the countryside, enjoying the clear skies. We even saw Jupiter! We will continue to take lots of photos and videos and will share them with you all in our class assembly next Wednesday 20th at 9.10am.
Wednesday 24th October
In maths today we have learnt about common factors- numbers that multiply together to create a product.
We have used our knowledge of our times tables to help us to find combinations of numbers that multiply together.
Monday 21st October
Well done to our fabulous girls' football team who played this afternoon! They played 2 matches and won both of them. They scored 5 goals in all and didn't concede one! Amazing start to the season girls. Your teachers and class are very proud of you!
Wednesday 17th October
This afternoon, D-Side Dave visited us to talk about the Internet and social media awareness. We learnt some outrageous facts such as nearly 60% or people born after 2010 find social media influencers more trustworthy than books, parents celebrities and parents and on average, people spend 2hrs 24 mins on social media per day! We thought about the social media we use, how to set our privacy settings and the things that we should and shouldn't share.
Wednesday 9th October
This morning, we looked at the famous poem 'Leisure' by William Henry Davies.....'What is this life if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare'. We rehearsed it and then performed it before recording it. Some of us even did actions to make our performance more interesting!
Tuesday 8th October
This afternoon, firefighters from Leeds Fire Station on Kirkstall Road visited us to talk about keeping safe on Bonfire Night. We learnt that we always need to be sensible when we are around bonfires and fireworks and to encourage others to always be sensible too. We heard about hoax calls which can cost lives and the fact that firefighters and other emergency services can be called to situations and then be attacked themselves. These are examples of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB). These carry sentences of up to 10 years in prison.
Wednesday 2nd October
Today, we raised money in aid of the MND (Motor Neurone Disease) charity and remembered the amazing Leeds Rhinos rugby player Rob Burrow. We took part in the Connect Challenge along with 49 other schools in Leeds. This included completing 7 miles for 7 classes and other challenges. We ran around with our Reception buddies in the morning, encouraging them to run as far as they could!
Wednesday 25th September
This morning, we visited Mount St Mary's for a taster of the lessons that they offer. We took part in DT (where we made some cute finger puppets), P.E (where we rock climbed up the climbing wall) and Humanities (where we learnt debating skills).
We really enjoyed ourselves and it was lovely to see past Holy Family students around the school too!
Monday 23rd September
Science
Today during Science our children explored the different parts of the heart and their function. .We underwent a dissection of several sheep heart to explore their similar structure, look and feel. Our year 6 children learned so much about the different parts of the heart.
Wednesday 18th September
This morning, we joined with Year 5 for a live webinar with author Katherine Rundell. She is the author of our next class novel 'The Good Thieves'. She shared hints and tips with us to help us in our writing including the importance of editing our work.
It was really exciting to hear about her new book Impossible Creatures. We will definitely buy a copy and read this in our story times.
Tuesday 10th September
This afternoon, we met our buddies in Reception for the first time. We look forward to spending fun times with them this year!
More active learning in today's R.E lesson! We were focussing on 7 parables of Jesus, finding them in our Bibles and writing their references and page numbers. In our next lesson, we will study these further and decide what these parables teach us about the Kingdom of God.
Wednesday 4th September
This afternoon, for our first R.E lesson, we took part in some active learning! We had to find the definitions of the virtues that were hidden around our classroom. These are the qualities that people should demonstrate in the Kingdom of God.