Class Blog for Year 6

Year 6 - SATs week!

Year 6 SATs - That's a wrap!

Our Year 6 children were incredible this week - they were an absolute credit to their families and took each and every day in their stride!

We began each day with a chilled SATs breakfast, where the children were able to come in and have a calm, pleasant time together before the day began.

They came in smiling, ready and enthusiastic to get the tests done and they absolutely brought their 'A Game'!

This is a class who truly do support each other and their work ethic is something to behold!

They are also a resilient group of young people - something that the Government is saying we maybe need to work on in schools - not with this amazing bunch; they have 'grit' in abundance!

Sitting SATs tests does not show all the many gifts, talents and qualities that our children possess. They measure them on the day in a limited range of subjects and while I know that our children will have risen to those challenges and shown exactly how hard they have worked towards these goals, we know that they will go on to be incredible adults who will all be successful in their own individual and brilliant ways!

A massive thank you to our families - you are raising a phenomenal group of young people and we appreciate the support, kindness and positivity that you give us each and every day!

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Year 6 - May

VE Day - 80 Years on

As a a school, we commemorated the 80th Anniversary of VE Day by dressing in red, white and blue.

Year 6 took part in a UK-wide webinar involving hundreds of schools. The Webinar involved learning about British Values - what they are and how they might link in with VE Day.

All schools were invited to contribute in the chat and out of the hundreds of schools that took part, Copper Valley Junior School got a mention, much to the children's delight!

One of our pupils brought in a written account of his Grandma's memories from VE Day. Her Mum had found some fireworks from somewhere and everyone had managed to find some special food - in spite of the rationing - so they could have a street party with singing, dancing, laughing and bonfires! Celebrations went on until way past 4am!

Leading up to midday, we watched the service at Westminster Abbey and we all joined in with a 2 minute silence as a mark of respect and remembrance.

At lunchtime, we went up onto Foster's Field and shared a VE Day picnic, complete with bunting and plenty of flag-waving!

The children discussed the importance of not only VE Day but of our continuing need to remember in order to avoid any such wars from happening ever again.

We finished the day watching a special VE Day Newsround episode, which included some first-hand accounts of people's memories of VE Day.

Year 6 - April

Keyboard Project - Livin' on a Prayer!

Year 6 are lucky to be involved in a music project with Mr Jane from the Cornwall County Music Service.

Each week, they will be developing their musical skills and understanding through a variety of activities and games linked to the Bon Jovi classic, 'Livin' on a Prayer'!

Year 6 clearly have not forgotten some of the skills they previously learned in Year 5 with Mr Jane - we were all very impressed with how quickly they picked things up, listening carefully, repeating patterns and performing short melodies.

Hopefully, at the end of the project, we will be able to invite our families in for a final performance!

Comic relief 2025!

Our school councilors were great sports and offered themselves up to be pied in the face to raise money for Comic Relief!

All the children also paid to dress up as their favourite super hero, teacher or in their pyjamas for the day!

Year 6 - March

Copper Valley Careers Fair

The Copper Valley Infant site held a careers fair for the whole school. The children learned about a wide variety of careers, having some wonderful experiences and asking lots of thoughtful questions.

Our visitors included a vet who is also a farmer, a dog groomer, a dog walker, a health and safety manager, marine engineers, an oil tanker driver as well as information about working for the National Trust!

We are so grateful to all of our visitors for giving us their precious time and for showing us some of the many careers out there in our locality.

Hopefully, some of the children will be inspired to pursue some of these careers themselves!

Year 6 - February

If we can't go to the museum, the museum will come to us!

While Truro museum is undergoing refurbishment, the staff, along with many of their artefacts, have been using the Library Service van to come out to schools. Year 6 were lucky enough to be able to hold real primary source artefacts from both the Roman and Ancient Greek eras.

We had to wear special gloves so that we wouldn't damage the precious artefacts and we learned all about what these items can tell us about the time they originate from.

One of the favourite objects was something that baffled us. Being placed among the oil lamps, we assumed it was also an oil lamp, however, it turned out to be a baby's bottle made out of pottery!

Year 6 - January

Staying safe & being flexible!

Year 6 have come back to school in 2025 and hit the ground running!

In Science, we are learning about 'Living Things & their Habitats'. So far, we have learned about classification, MRS GREN and we have researched a variety of living things from all of the different Kingdoms.

In History, we have been learning about Bias and how to decide how reliable information presented to us about the past may or may not be in relation to a local History study about Cornwall.

In French, we have linked our unit to Science, learning all about Habitats.

Our English this half term is a revision unit, helping us to prepare for SATs, but using the first Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone' and in Maths, we have just completed a unit about Ratio & Proportion.

In Computing, we are learning all about online safety and we have had a visit from the NSPCC, talking about how to keep ourselves safe both online and in real life. The children know how to talk to a safe adult and that they can also contact Childline: 08001111 - 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

In PE, we have been revising our use of balance, using the apparatus and in PSHE, our unit is helping us to discuss our future dreams and goals.

Year 6 - December

Year 6 are steaming ahead!

This week, Year 6 worked with Rebecca Catterall, who is the Development Officer for the Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, in conjunction with the University of Plymouth. We took part in their 'Day Trips to Happiness' project.

We met Rebecca and Sally - with her wonderful pink hair and guitar - at Gunnislake train station and we took the train to Bere Ferrers. When we arrived in Bere Ferrers, we were met by a lovely gentleman named Chris, who owns much of the land down there.

Chris runs a B&B down there and has been collecting train memorabilia for decades! He allowed us to use one of his carriages to do some fun activities; we made 'parcel pets' edible poetry and Sally composed a song for us, which we sang together!

After lunch, Chris showed us the signal box and we all had a go at changing the signals - much strength was needed for this!

At the end of the day, we got the train back to Gunnislake and walked back to school along the back roads, exploring our local neighborhood - Year 6 were an absolute credit to their families and to us. A member of the public, who had been on the train while we were there, made a point of popping in to see Mrs Cox to tell her how wonderful the children had been!

Year 6 - November

Year 6 crack the code!

Year 6 were fortunate to have a visit from Robert Wiltshire, who is the Youth Programme Coordinator for Tech Cornwall. Mr Wiltshire showed the children how to use the microbits, connected to our Ipads.

We learnt how to write simple codes that would turn on and off various LEDs. We also learnt how to change the colours of the LEDs as well as alter their brightness.

Being able to do this meant that the children could then create patterns and shapes which would change and repeat on the microbits.

If the children want to practise at home and program for free, they can visit:

https://microbit.org/

Microbits can also be borrowed free-of-charge from your local Library.

For information about your nearest Library, please see below:

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/libraries-museums-and-archives/libraries/

Year 6 - October

The Autumn Term is in full swing!

Year 6 are settling brilliantly into their new, responsible roles as the oldest in the school and we are all getting used to our lovely new name, 'Copper Valley Junior Academy!'

The children have enjoyed their historical enquiry into the lives of the Anglo-Saxons and they are also proving to be enthusiastic Scientists, as we explore the fascinating Science behind 'Light'.

In English, we have been looking at the various tools and language features that make effective suspense writing and the children are currently finishing their own, innovated suspense story! We are particularly impressed with their determination to improve their handwriting!

Our RE question for this half term asks, 'What would Jesus do?" and the children have shown what deep thinkers they are, when challenged with these 'Big Questions'!

Across the two bases, we are thrilled to have been placed joint first, alongside Callington Primary Academy, for our entries to the Art competition at the Honey Fair, with one of our very own Year 6 children achieving 4th place in our age range!

In French, we have been learning how to talk about our families and in Computing, we are learning all about networks and how these work, both locally, nationally and internationally.

Year 6 have shown amazing positivity when it comes to their Maths and they have shown us what strong Reasoning skills they have! We will continue to build on their Arithmetic skills with daily practice and we are encouraging them to learn their times tables at home, as well as reading regularly.

The mornings are getting darker and the days are getting soggier, however, Year 6 will not let this dampen their spirits, as we continue to plough through this long Autumn Term, towards that time of year that cannot yet be mentioned!!

Thank you for all you hard work so far, year 6; Mrs David and Miss Cunningham are so proud of you all!