We have enjoyed reading ‘Here We Are’. We took part in some thought provoking discussions about how to keep the world healthy for generations to come and considered what we can do as future leaders to tackle social justice issues such as racial, gender and religious discrimination. Not only that, we explored our who we are and what we aspire to be and wrote some emotive poems. It has been an amazing start to our first term in Year 6.
We explored the story of Siddhartha and reflected on its importance to the Buddhist faith. Through learning about Buddhism, we learnt a lot about ourselves and created our own eightfold path to living.
This half term, we learnt all about the Caribbean Islands. We discoverd a lot about its geography, climate and place on the world map, using maps and digital mapping tools like Google Earth. More interestingly, we shared our own experiences and knowledge of the Caribbean. During this topic, we learnt all about the history of the migration of people to the UK; how and why people came to the UK from the Caribbean in the 1950s and 1960s and what it was like when they got here. Finally, we tried our hand at cooking a chickpea curry. It was delicious!
We are very excited to have received some wonderful photos of Home Learning. We would love to see some more photos of Year 6 learning at home, so that we can add them to the Hall Of Fame; please send your pictures to: admin@st-marys.lewisham.sch.uk.
Year 6 have continued their community project by visiting the Elderly Care Wards and seeing the amazing artwork that they created with the elderly last summer. The artwork has been displayed in a number of galleries and is now available to see in the hospital. It is a beautiful portrayal of the diversity of Lewisham market and all those who shop there.
Year 6 also used this opportunity to visit the elderly, sing some carols and hand out gift bags. The singing had an amazing impact on the patients and staff with many joining in or tapping along to the music. Music lies deep in people’s memories so the sound of children singing was very moving for some. The children were fantastic – well done! Year 6 enjoyed an amazing trip to the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill where they were able to consolidate their learning of life cycles. We explored the Butterfly House, observing butterflies in all stages of life and took part in a butterfly-inspired workshop, finding out all there is to know!
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