Our Year 6s from both Rosedale House and Dame Bradbury's have come together to launch a blog about all that they are learning.
As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo.
Year 6 were asked to imagine that they were Billy, writing a letter to Joe, telling him about what Joe has missed since he died.
See Liam's letter below:
As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo.
Year 6 were asked to imagine that they were Billy, writing a letter to Joe, telling him about what Joe has missed since he died.
Masha did a great job of getting into the mind-set of Billy in their letter:
As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo.
Year 6 were asked to imagine that they were Billy, writing a letter to his brother Joe, telling him about what Joe has missed since he died.
As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read the wartime novel 'Billy the Kid' by Michael Morpurgo. The class were then tasked with writing a letter as Billy to his brother Joe.
Here is Lucas' well thought-out piece:
As part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 read ’Billy the Kid’ by Michael Morpurgo. Year 6 were asked to think like the main character, Billy, and write a letter to Billy's deceased brother Joe.
Here is Misha's fantastic letter:
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Masha and Lucy created this powerful poem:
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Mya has done a great job using descriptive language to put you in the shoes of the soldier.
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Amy thought through her choices of language carefully to create a sombre tone to her poem:
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Rudi and Campbell created an acrostic poem which describes what it was like for soldiers in the trenches:
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Arsalan has written a sorrowful piece on the poppies that grow over unmarked graves:
For Remembrance Day, and as part of their ‘Sticks and Stones’ theme, Year 6 were asked to write a poem about what Remembrance or war means to them.
Grace used 'glory' as the topic for her remembrance poem:
Alexander's WW2 portfolio
Zoe's WW2 portfolio
The Missing Brooch by Olivia
Enchanted Forest by Felix
The Elements by Hanna
Recently Year 6 have been studying persuasion. They watched 'Pocket Money Pitch' from CBBC and some Junior Dragon’s Den for inspiration. They were then tasked with inventing their own product and writing a persuasive pitch to present to the 'dragons'. Would you invest in their company or buy their product?
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