St Mary's Church of England School
Nurturing Creative Thinkers
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Kendal Road,Kirkby Lonsdale,
Cumbria LA6 2DN
Year 6
Year 6
Welcome to Year 6 – a very special class! As the oldest children in the school, we undertake a wide variety of important roles and with this comes a strong sense of responsibility. We are proud to take on the positions of Head and Deputy Head Girl and Boy and Key Stage/ Early Years buddies. We also help with the running of the school by preparing for assemblies, break times, lunch times, organising fruit and milk, and our most challenging task, keeping certain staff members organised, tidy and on time…
In addition to our extra responsibilities, we have a very high workload as we strive to ensure we have a sound understanding of everything we have been taught over KS2 and prepare for the curriculum expectations in Secondary School. Although this can be very challenging, the sense of achievement as we move through the year is amazing and very rewarding.
We will be working hard to prepare for the our Key Stage 2 assessments and can’t overestimate the value of support at home. Although we are now very familiar with the assessment framework, we are, as ever, expecting some changes and ‘improvements’ to the tests this year. We will have a meeting nearer the time to discuss this, but as a guide to what we can expect, Michael Tidd, a deputy headteacher from Nottingham, has made a video to clarify what is likely to be happening in the summer term and you can find it here: KS2 assessments – what will they be like and how can I help?
We also have many exciting activities to look forward to with things that keep us focused right up until our last days in Primary School. This year we will have three residential opportunities and trips to help support our learning, and make the last year in Primary School the best yet! These include an overnight stay at school at the start of the year, developing our outdoor learning activities, leadership and teamwork, as well as a one night stop in Liverpool to find out more about our topics on the Titanic, Victorian Britain and Britain since the 1950s. We will also be continuing our popular and successful outdoor adventurous residential to Hawse End.
However, above all these activities and expectations, we are proud role models for the rest of the school and want to help everyone have as good a time here as we have.
Chromebooks are used in all of our subjects, where suitable, which uses an individual user email. We will be developing our use of connecting and collaborative technologies to support our learning and will keep you updated with them as we go. We are also planning on updating our video on the school (see below) to allow for the many developments the school has seen – watch this space!
Year 6 Staff
Mr O Fitzsimons - Year 6
Mr Fitzsimons is a qualified Sports Coach and leads our Football Club and also works as a teaching assistant in different classes in school. Mr Fitzsimons trained at Lancaster and Morecambe College, has played football at Morecambe Academy and plays and coaches with Endmoor Football Club.
Mr D Yates BSc. (Hons) PGCE - Year 6
Mr Yates Profile Prior to working at St Mary’s I was riding my bike around South America immersing my self in the different cultures and environments. I have previously worked in Vietnam as a year 4 class teacher in the international circuit which was a fantastic experience. Out side of the classroom I can usually […]
Mrs G Gladwinfield, BA (Hons) - Year 6
I’ve worked at St Mary’s for the past ten years and have had the privilege of working in all key stages. I have a real love of reading, especially children’s books, and enjoy helping children of all ranges to enjoy and appreciate books themselves. Both my children attended St Mary’s and loved the experience. One […]
Latest News
Victorian projects
Having seen the quality of the projects from last year, the expectations were high. I’m delighted to say we weren’t disappointed when the children turned up with their Victorian creations. We had a wide range of items, including incredibly tasty cakes and biscuits, the less tasty gruel and building bricks and the not at all […]
Amazing Camping Trip!
Once again, the children at St Mary’s have amazed us all with their determination, hard work and resilience. Year 5 and 6 children have completed an impressive expedition to stay overnight at Box Tree Farm in Wennington. Although our start was slightly delayed by Mrs Smith’s horsebox malfunction, we set off on Tuesday morning and explored the […]
Annual Review – Parents Information
We have published our annual review. This document provides a short review of the school year and our improvement priorities for the school in the coming year. We have had a very exciting year and we look forward to another exciting time starting in September. Please read through our review and share some of the […]
Hockey Fest
Have you been watching the Olympic Hockey? Maybe you have been inspired to go along and play or support our local players? Why not give Hockey a try?
Music Concert – Concert Images
We celebrated our many musicians who entertained us this year superbly with their huge range of pieces played on a vast range of instruments. The document below captures some of the musicians who played in the concert as a flavour of the lovely atmosphere in front of parents and our children. Anyone who has been inspired […]
Head Boy and Girl Poem and Speech
I would like to thank our Head Boy and Head Girl this year for their wonderful contribution to school. They have taken the responsibility wonderfully. I was exceptioanlly impressed with Emma’s poetry reading in our Leaver’s Service and everything she has done this year holding herself with grace and humility. I have been very impressed […]
Annual Review 2016
This document provides a review of our year for parents to reflect on what has been a fun and exciting year. We hope you find the information in the review interesting. It is a very brief summary of the huge amount of learning experiences that have taken place this year. You can dowload this document […]
Music Concert
We have held our end of term concert which was a wonderful showcase of such a diverse range of musicians. With over 60 children performing this was a wonderful morning of entertainment. It was lovely to see children throughout our junior classes taking part in brass, violins, flute, clarinet, guitars, accordion, clarinet and a wealth […]
London Visit
Our school council joined with the school council with Beetham School to visit The Houses of Parliament. We had an early start but it was certainly worth it! We walked arounf London taking in the sights such as Downing Street, Whitehall, Horseguards Parade, Buckinghm Palace, The Mall (including the changing of the guard), Thames, London […]
South Lakes Pupil Parliament – School Council
Year 5 and 6 representatives of our school council have attended the final South Lakes Pupil Parliament of this academic year. During which the children worked with other schools on team building activities, explored issues relating to children’s rights and needs, diversity and looked at identity. After which the children delivered a presentation about children’s […]
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