Great Crosby Catholic Primary 01519248661 admin.greatcrosby@schools.sefton.gov.uk
The Northern Road, Crosby, Liverpool, L23 2RQ
Welcome to Year 6
We are on the rollercoaster ride that is Year 6!
Teachers
6JL - Mrs Johnstone-Swift & Mrs Lloyd
6M - Ms L. Murphy
6R - Mrs Richards
6T - Mrs Tyson
Key Dates
Mon 12th - Thu 15th May - SATs Week
Mon 12th May - English
Punctuation and Grammar, and Spelling
Tue 13th May - English - Reading
Wed 14th May - Mathematics - Arithmetic (Paper 1) and Reasoning (Paper 2)
Thursday 15th May - Mathematics - Reasoning (Paper 3)
Friday 16th May - Bewilder Woods Trip
Mon 19th - Fri 23rd May - Heritage Week
Mon 14th Jul - Y6 Leavers Mass at St Helen's Church 6pm. Winter uniform to
be worn.
Recommended Authors
These are recommended by the Y6 staff. Tell us if you have other authors that you have enjoyed.
Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, William Nicholson, Robert Westall, Charlie Higson, Eoin Colfer, Michelle Magorian, Alan Ayckbourn, J. K. Rowling, Helen Creswell, Darren Shan, J. R. R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Kay, Will Peterson, Dan Friedman, Cornelia Funke, Jenny Nimmo, Phillip Pullman, Louis Sachar, David Walliams, Philip Caveney, Rick Riordan.
Click on the image for a list of the Top 50 classic books every child should read!
Weblinks
Times Table Rock Stars
Use the same username and password that you use for Purple Mash and Mangahigh.
First visit the Studio to improve your rock status. You need to have had ten goes in the Studio to get your rock status.
Practise in the Garage.
Test yourself in the Soundcheck, then visit the Studio again.
Mangahigh
Maths lessons, challenges and games for homework and classwork. Try using your Purple Mash login and password or see Mr Cannell for help. School id 41975.
Arithmagicians
Arithmagicians will help with rapid recall of key mathematical facts of for 30 focused mental arithmetic objectives. It helps if you know your times tables!
Hour of Code - Dance Party
Click on the image to start the Dance Party tutorial and go on to create your own dance routines.
Hour of Code - Scratch Jumping Game
Hour of Code - Scratch Jumping Game
Click on the image to open Scratch.
Follow the instructions in the video that you watch in school.
Y6 Residential - PGL Boreatton Park, Shropshire
Mon 25th Mar
Activities were Jacob's Ladder, problem solving, abseiling, archery, laser tag and the high ropes course.
Tue 26th Mar
Everyone went canoeing. Some groups also did problem solving, zip wire, sensory trail and abseiling. The evening activity was a campfire in the rain.
Wed 27th Mar
Wed 27th Mar
On our final day we traipsed through the muddy swamps, braved the rain and hailstone showers and took part in archery, laser tag, sensory trail, zip wire high ropes course and climbing Jacob's Ladder.