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
Cricket preparations
Year 5 and 6 have been practising their bowling, batting and fielding skills as we move in to the cricket season. Our coach, Johnathon, has been working the classes hard to master the techniques required, ready for any future competitions!
Making the most of ‘summer’.
It isn’t often we can say the weather has been beautiful, so when it is Year 6 are particularly keen to make the most of it! Our project on the 5 Pillars of Islam required some detailed research. As the sun was shining, we decamped to the gardens and made full use of the tablets […]
Welcome to our School
We would like to welcome you to our school. Whether you are a parent of a child currently at our school or a prospective parent, please enjoy discovering St Marys CE School by exploring our website. أهلا بك, maligayang pagdating, welcome, willkommen, bienvenue, benvenuto, powitanie.
Easter Concert
Well done to all of our children who performed in the Easter concert. There were a huge array of musicians performing at a really high standard. From clarinet, guitar, piano, violin to Year 3 playing brass and Year 4 perfoming recorders; all children performed superbly. There wer various solos, duets and groups pieces played. Thank […]
KS2 SATs meeting
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting last week. If you missed it, the PowerPoint we used is available below. If you would like one of the handouts, please just ask and, as ever, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns. Year-6-SATs-meeting-for-parents Key Stage 2 SATs key […]
Inter House Times Tables Challenge
This afternoon we have held our interhouse timestables challenge. Each house was represented by a pupil from Year 3-6. The children took part in individual rounds and group rounds with some challenging questions. Each round was against the clock. Congratulations to Middleton who won this year with a very impressive score. We hope that this […]
VEX Robotics visit St Mary’s
We are very lucky to have busy, energetic and successful robotics teams next door at QES. The Year 10 teams came to show us their creations, share the challenges they have faced and difficulties they have overcome, and inspire us in to creating our own computer controlled objects. The teams gave a very polished presentation […]
Testing Lung Capacity
Part of our science work this term has been looking at animals, including humans, and how the internal organs and systems work. After learning about the lungs and the respiratory system, we decided to create an investigation in to our lung capacity. It wasn’t an overly successful start as we tried different techniques, equipment and methods, […]
Houses of Parliament Outreach Visit
We have had an excellent visit this week from Rachel Dodgson who joined us from the Houses of Parliament. She provided us with an excellent assembly for the whole of KS2 and then delivered workshops for Year 5 and 6. During the visit we developed our knowledge of voting and debating. We have had a […]
Harry Potter Book Night
We have had a wonderful and exciting night reading parts of the first Harry Potter book. We also had an opportunity to be sorted into houses with a sorting hat! We tried out our wands, created spells and shared our favourite characters and books in the series. Thank you to evveryone who enthusiastically dressed up […]
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