Hobletts Manor Junior School
Team Turquoise
Team Turquoise 2026/27
Your Classteachers are Mrs Vipond and Miss English.
Your teaching assistants are Mrs Buck and Mrs Brewster
We have had a fantastic start to year 6!
This is what we've been up to this half term!
It has been a busy half term in Year 6. Lots of us went on our very exciting trip to PGL in Weymouth and those of us who stayed in school had lots of arty and PE fun! In Science, we have been learning about light, how it travels, how we see things and what materials block and reflect light as well as investigating how light refracts and can make objects appear distorted under water.
In History we have been learning about the history of London and in particular, the key events of World War 2 and who was involved and particularly enjoyed looking at real WWII artefacts. We had a fantastic trip to Bentley Priory as part of our World War 2 topic as it was the headquarters for the Battle of Britain.
In Art, we have looked at the work of Andre Derain, a French impressionist painter who produced lots of paintings of London as well as famous London landmarks. We have used his work as inspiration for our own London paintings and have enjoyed experimenting with different mediums to find the one we like the best. We have been learning how to draw and paint pictures with a single point of perspective.
In PSHE we have set goals for ourselves and thought about what life is like for children in other countries. In French, we have been learning about French sports and how to say what sports we like and what sports we play and in Music we have singing, playing and improvising to ‘Do what you want to do’ and ‘It’s all about love’. In addition, we have been finding out about Buddhism and how Buddhists follow The Eightfold Path which guides them to make good choices. We had a fun lesson where we performed role plays about each of the parts of the Eightfold Path!
wc 19.10.26: History - this week we visited Bentley Priory as part of our World War 2 topic as Bentley Priory was the headquarters for the Battle of Britain campaign!
wc 19.10.26: Art - this week we created one point perspective paintings of London!
This term's optional homework!
wc 12.10.26: Science - this week we investigated refraction through different activities and using prisms.History: this week we found out at different sources of evidence to find out about the Blitz and recreated being in school during a bombing raid!
wc 5.10.26: Art - this week we made dragon eyes using clay, paints and spray paint!
wc 5.10.26: PE - this week we practiced our basketball skills including shotting and dribbling!
wc 28.9.26: Science - this week, we investigated how the size of shadows change when the shadow is moved nearer or further away from the light source.
wc 28.9.26: Art - this week we learnt how to draw a city scene with one point perspective!
wc 21.9.26: RE - this week we looked at how Buddhist's actions are influenced by the Noble Eight-fold Path!
wc 21.09.26: as scientists we used opaque materials to make shadow puppets concluding that opaque materials are best to make shadows as they do not let light through!
wc 14.09.26: as scientists we used data loggers to measure how much light travelled through different materials in Lux.
wc 14.09.26: as artists we used different media to extend a London landscape and decided which we liked best.
wc 07.09.26: as scientists we found out how to use mirrors to see around corners!
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Web links that you may find helpful
- www.bbc.co.uk/history
- BBC Bitesize - KS2 Science
- BBC Bitesize - Dance Mat Typing Build speed of typing in a fun and challenging way
- CBBC - Newsround An engaging news based website.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/year/zmyxxycBBC
- Books To Make You Feel Better..pdf